When I ran with my buddy Al this weekend, he mentioned the Grand Island Half Marathon. I hadn’t heard of it. I did a search, and after a bit I found it. It is on May 3rd, and I am scheduled to run 15 miles that day. So I could run the race as my training run. The cost of the race is only $30 if I register soon. Grand Island is almost an hour and a half drive each way. Yeah, the race is cheap. I think I would get a shirt or something. And they have medals.
Men who finish under 1:30 get a gold medal. Men who finish under 1:45 get a silver medal, and other finishers get a bronze medal. Unless things went bad, I should get a silver medal. I can’t run that fast for that long yet to come near getting a gold medal. I emailed the guy to find otu about the medals. I am wondering if they are generic medals, or custom to the event. Right now I am on the fence about doing it. I can easily run my 15 miles on my treadmill. A new shirt would be cool, and so would a new medal. If the medal is cool, then I might do the race. If the medal is justa generic medal, then I probably wouldn’t bother. I have lots of generic karate tournament medals. Marathon medals are cool since they list the specific event. They make nice collectibles. Am I turning into a medal whore? I have friends who run marathons because they simply have cool medals. I will wait to hear back from the guy, or maybe call him next week.

Posted by Rob in Whatever on April 16th, 2008 |