8 Things you can do with your race medals
- Re-gift: It is a recession after all… Just remember that the karmic wheel is small, what goes around comes around…
- Diving weights: they even come with a handy ribbon to go around your neck, or just stuff into pockets for the desired effect.
- Ornamental Display: This can be used as a conversation starter, although you have to take note of who you bore to death with your running tales, or expect a sharp decline in friends!
- Use as a weapon: If you take the biggest medal (I have a pretty big and heavy one, complete with the profile of table mountain on it) and keep it in a handy place, when an intruder strikes, swing said medal above the head until desired momentum is achieved (you may yell here like the Highlanders used to) and aim for the head. Beware; this could lead to imprints of whatever medal you have used, so try not to do it as a joke…
- Table Stabilizers: When you have a table that rocks because it is on an uneven surface, use a medal – not as cheap looking as a piece of cardboard and can double up as #3
- Tooth Mouse/Fairy gifts: Again in keeping with #1, the alternative to money is sitting right there in front of you. Note: you might have to explain to Junior why he can’t put it in his piggy bank for the iPod he’s been saving up for.
- Pocket Money: Times are tough and you put in many hours and hard work for that medal, it is as valuable as money (in your mind anyway).
- Accessorise: My medals come in all shapes and sizes, you could start a new trend and pare a medal up with an outfit – see how the people in the office react. Note: again could be coupled with #3, especially if there were people at work who didn’t even know about that run where you got a cramp 30 minutes into the race and then needed a number 2 after 45 minutes…
My Medals
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May 16th, 2009 / 
Comrades Marathon, Fund Raising, Half-marathon, Motivation, Reluctant runner, Running
Kloof Neck Classic – 2009
Last year when I did this race I distinctly remember walking a lot, cursing the race a lot and hurting a lot in the days which followed. This year, although not a leisurely walk in the park, it seemed to go by in a flash with very little cursing or walking and as for hurting – the sunburn I got after the race did more damage than the actual race itself…
Leave a Comment / February 9th, 2009 / Fund Raising, Half-marathon, Motivation, Reluctant runner, Running
Running – on empty…
It seems my levels of motivation have reached an all time low… Forcing myself out for a run on Wednesday, I went as far as the end of the block before I turned back and came home.
I’m feeling really bored with running which is probably why for the past 3 months I’ve been doing so little of it, although I know I need to pick up the mileage with a 56km race coming up in April and then the Comrades (89km) in May.
Joe from Fitness Geek recommended changing my running route and music, any other suggestions??
Oh, and I’m running the Kloof Neck Classic on Sunday, check out the profile below…
One Comment / January 30th, 2009 / Half-marathon, Motivation, Reluctant runner
Rebuild!!
Hi everybody, as those of you who are familiar with Reluctant Runner have probably realized, the site has gone through some changes over the last few weeks while I’ve been transferring all the content to a paid server – it seems I have finally done everything I needed to do although I’m sure a few things might have fallen through the cracks, so if some links aren’t working or you get an error message on some pages please give me a shout so that I can fix it.
Another thing is that my feed URL has also changed, so if you were subscribed to my previous feed please replace it with this:
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/ ReluctantRunner
Hope to see all the old faces here as usual!!
Leave a Comment / January 29th, 2009 / Half-marathon, Injuries, Motivation, Reluctant runner, Running, Training
Races Planned for this Year
These are the races I plan on doing leading up to the Comrades in May, of course things might change since I won’t run if I’m ill (I learned the hard way) or injured and I might add a few unofficial ones to the list, but so far here they are:
January
5th Poppy Run 15km – first time (1:24)
10th Terra Firma 13km – first time
17th Hohenhort 15km – 1:26:47
26th Red Hill 36.2km – first time
February
1st Kloof Neck Classic Half Marathon – 2:04:07
7th Lion of Africa Half Marathon – (decided not to do)
22nd Peninsula Marathon – 4:29:47
March
4th Men’s Health Lighthouse 10km – 0:54:22
7th Constantia Village 15km – 1:40:31
14th West Coast Half/Full Marathon – Didn’t finish
April
11th Two Oceans Ultra 56km – First time
May
10th Milkwood Half Marathon – 1:52:56
24th Comrades Marathon 89km – 11:19:
Seems like a lot now that it’s down on paper – I’m not going to lie, I feel a little intimidated…
2 Comments / January 7th, 2009 / Half-marathon, Reluctant runner, Training