Well, well. Sometimes the size of a half-marathon medal is smaller than the size of a full-marathon medal at the same weekend event.
Take, for instance, the “his & hers” medals that I got with my wife last Sunday at the 2010 Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon, respectively:
Completing either distance is quite an accomplishment. So I tip my cap to anyone who completes a marathon or half marathon.
And I blogged last year with a somewhat tongue-in-cheek question about whether the size of a half-marathon medal ought to match the size of a full-marathon medal.
Some readers took offense.
But Chevron and Aramco — or the weekend’s organizers — apparently decided that the “full” medal should be larger than the “half” medal for last Sunday’s two events.
So there you go. Get over it. Your accomplishment, everything leading up to your accomplishment, and what you take away from it are what matters, not the size of the associated medal.
Unless you are in it for the bling …
In which case I recommend that you check out the Texas Marathon, which once again had a hot-plate of a medal this year.
How about you? Do you prefer to race for bling, for small tokens, or for self-satisfaction? Please leave a comment here. Thanks!
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I'm not going to lie, if no medal is given at the finish, I won't participate. A story goes behind every medal, which I consider a memorable token of a painful journey to the end. The final moment, when the medal is hung around your neck, a feeling of accomplishment is at it's peak. No one knows your time, all they know is that you finished. We are all on the same team, and feeling the same pain, and experiencing the same joy. When we get home, we add the medal in with the others, as well as its story…
I want BLING!!!! I am enjoying your older posts!
Happy running!
Thank you, Diana.