Triathlon Finishers Medals?
garydee77
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Ok so im not in it for the silverwear lol but the thing I liked from the marathon, half marathons and 10kms ive done to date is the nice finishers momento/mdeal you get for completing the distance.
I completed my long awaited OD tri there on Sat in completly despicable conditions!! (Did you see the flooding in Northern Ireland???) but the race went ahead. Loved it by the way - defo a Tri addict now
Finished in 2hrs 51mins so delighted
But the thing was that there were no finishers medals - just a few awards for the main winners and age group categories.
I also did a sprint 3 weeks back - same thing - no finishers medal or momento.
Just curious to know if this is just a normal thing in Triathlon but I think it would be a nice touch for memories sake.
Now I can't place anything beside my first marathon medal and to remind me how crazy i was for all that training!! lol
I completed my long awaited OD tri there on Sat in completly despicable conditions!! (Did you see the flooding in Northern Ireland???) but the race went ahead. Loved it by the way - defo a Tri addict now
Finished in 2hrs 51mins so delighted
But the thing was that there were no finishers medals - just a few awards for the main winners and age group categories.
I also did a sprint 3 weeks back - same thing - no finishers medal or momento.
Just curious to know if this is just a normal thing in Triathlon but I think it would be a nice touch for memories sake.
Now I can't place anything beside my first marathon medal and to remind me how crazy i was for all that training!! lol
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Also, with most tris costing upwards of £25 where exactly is all the money going? I know it must cost a fair bit to put on a triathlon, but we cycle and run on the road which are free and I guess there is hire of lake or pool, but surely it doesn't come to that much?
I don't really know how much things cost so don't shout me down if I'm wrong.
T-shirts are an absolute necessity, why else would you put yourself through the pain???[8|]
Nope no T-shirt [:(]- but we did get a towel which made a nice change. Mind you a T-shirt would have been better, you can't go round wearing the towel - especially this one as it was tiny![&o]
I put myself through a half marathon last year - which for me was some effort as I am no runner and had never even done more than 5K at that stage - we got a t-shirt for that BUT it was truly gruesome and didn't even mention the half marathon!! All that pain for ..... well just the blisters really[:(]
Whilst we do get a T shirt to proclaim to lesser mortals what athletic heroes we are, it was quite nice to get a medal draped one over one's neck when crossing the finish line and gave an instant sense of achievement. As above, in my time I've done a few marathons etc and still have my Manchester marathon medal from 26 years ago tucked away somehwere long after the T shirt went to the great duster cupboard in the sky.
I used to do mountain bike enduros and a t-shirt was often the "prize" then - it does get a bit tiresome doesn't it?
How about some more original ideas - I like the transition towel idea... but then you'd only need one!
Dont think its to posie, and plenty of other swimmers seem to wear them.
I still have my London marathon medal but I've lost my GNR medals and all others too so I prefer the t-shirts even if it's just for a few 'wears'. A few events I've done gave 'More Miles' breathable t shirts - Nottingham half marathon and Cleveland short course (I think), now they are worth having.
Recovery drinks and food are much more appreciated by me in a goody bag.
Whats peoples experience on half and full ironman - is there usually finishers medals for these events?
G
It started with drinks bottle-age, progressed to coffee mug-age, and most recently I think it was a CD holder. Not 'arf!
Actually, the drink bottles are still useful. The CD holder has vanished into my kids' bedroom.
If they're going to give out crap medals, how about something fantastically inappropriate like an ornamental ashtray, or some McD vouchers?
and this would be inappropriate because. . .
Actually, now you mention it I did see a guy cycling out of Excel after the London Tri with a finisher's medal round his neck and a cancer-stick in his gob. Weird. Maybe he is one of the few people who'd use the ornamental ashtray.
Carbon-fibre pipe, anybody? "On your right! Puff, puff, puff...."
Its your responsibility to buy everyone in the bar a drink, which i always found weird.
Also you can send the ball away to be placed in a bottle for mounting on the mantle piece at home.
The point being that there is a buisness opportunity here for someone to produce a good quality momento of the triathlon achievements.
I for one would not mind paying to have my times displayed on a really nice SOMETHING. to disply somewhere
just my opinion.