participation ribbon wrote:
I don't understand the (seemingly recent) obsession with finishers medals. It used to be the major marathons gave them out. Now it seems like every race, no matter the length, has one. I helped put on a 10k/5k turkey trot, and we got angry e-mails after the race because we didn't have them. Are "new" runners really that concerned with these cheap trinkets?
Meh I think they're ok if small and discrete. Nothing wrong with them if they don't add too much cost to race.
This one twenty something local runner does marathons in like 5 hrs then wears his finisher's medal the NEXT day to club runs.
What a tool. He's also in shape so he just sucks balls at running. His 5k is like 22 or something also. Who wears their finisher's medals the day after in public?