scotty Posted August 14, 2018 Share Sorted my medals out the weekend, I stopped taking medals about 2 years ago, some like my 1st Argus, 947 etc I'll keep.This lot will be given to Caxton to be distributed to various hospitals in Gauteng as bravery awards for children. Sadly some races I have medals for are unfortunately no longer held. Drugwise ChallengeBlockhouse ChallengePresident cycle ChallengeChappies Cycle ChallengeAlabarante ClassicNorthmead SquareFountains Cycle ChallengeWestcon Cycle ChallengeBirchleigh MTB ChallengeSerenegeti MTB Challenge Slowbee, Frosty and DJR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave303e Posted August 14, 2018 Share a few of the trail runs are now offering the choice, a beer or a medal.... jdwet1980 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowbee Posted August 14, 2018 Share Sorted my medals out the weekend, I stopped taking medals about 2 years ago, some like my 1st Argus, 947 etc I'll keep.This lot will be given to Caxton to be distributed to various hospitals in Gauteng as bravery awards for children. Sadly some races I have medals for are unfortunately no longer held. Drugwise ChallengeBlockhouse ChallengePresident cycle ChallengeChappies Cycle ChallengeAlabarante ClassicNorthmead SquareFountains Cycle ChallengeWestcon Cycle ChallengeBirchleigh MTB ChallengeSerenegeti MTB ChallengeShow off. scotty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ians H2Sport Posted August 14, 2018 Share a few of the trail runs are now offering the choice, a beer or a medal....BEER!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH8MUD Posted August 14, 2018 Share I had some sentimental medals form my school days for Jnr SA athletics . Then it got stolen during a house burglary. Had a bit of satisfaction because other than sentimental value, I think they a worth nothing. Bastards. Any medals I got as adult and from cycling . . . . my kids play with it and it gets lost. Edited August 14, 2018 by IH8MUD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrRichard Posted August 14, 2018 Share With a slight 'hack' you can turn them into key rings - for your house doors, your bike rack and lock keys, your shed lock etc etc - I am sure the ratio of medal to key/lock is huge but at least you get to see the best ones and make some use of them rather than them hanging around collecting dust or stuck in a draw. Boston marathon is my bike lock, old cross country medal is back shed! DJR, arendoog and Red Bird 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmJayZA Posted August 14, 2018 Share I throw them into a drawer. Will hang them on a nice hangar when I get round to setting up my pain cave properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ouzo Posted August 14, 2018 Share With a slight 'hack' you can turn them into key rings - for your house doors, your bike rack and lock keys, your shed lock etc etc - I am sure the ratio of medal to key/lock is huge but at least you get to see the best ones and make some use of them rather than them hanging around collecting dust or stuck in a draw. Boston marathon is my bike lock, old cross country medal is back shed!many of the ones I have would be to massive to make a convenient keyring. But I like your idea anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 14, 2018 Share Also stopped taking medals a few years back. That said, I've taken all four medals on offer at the running events I've done this year. Edenvale 10Km - first ever runColgate 15Km - my longest run to dateSome night race at PWC bike park - that can be kept for Scotty's donation place.Discovery run last weekend, because it's a set of 4. I know I have my 2 Argus medals, and a few of my initial 947 medals. The Ride 4 Sight one's are in the cutlery drawer (bottle openers). As for the rest... tossed in the bin many moons ago. Gen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted April 12, 2019 Share still taking my medals We did not keep any of the medals from when we did rides in the 90's, so building a new collection Time to work on a plan for hanging them in the braai room .... I am also wondering about "marking" the medals, at least those mark milestones in terms of my progress .... Would like to record the distance and time .... (many events now just give a "year" medal, not showing if you did the 5km or the 60km ...) Edited April 12, 2019 by ChrisF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted April 13, 2019 Share When we cleared up and sold our house I got rid of all my medals. I chucked a few in storage waiting to come over here. In there are my sani2c medals and all my running marathon medals including my 2 oceans. My comrades medals came over with me.. These are the only ones i really care about. DJR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted April 13, 2019 Share Somewhere, sooner or later, someone must do a proper framing of their most prized medals. Like military medals get framed (see picture). If I had an Olympic medal, TdeFrance or a Comrades medal, it sure would qualify in my mind. But perhaps for some of us an Epic, W2W or a S2C it is as significant an achievement? Even "just" an Argus medal may well be a summiting of Everest for another. If I think of Team DJR, perhaps the medal that "senior" got from the Argus on his 80th birthday would qualify? Or framing the 4 Argus medals we got when 3 generations of us started and finished it together (with the 2 youngest 11 and 12 years old and riding their 1st one)? I've got so many medals that I thought I would make a wind chime out of them and hang it outside my study window. That way I would always hear "cycling noises", and in a Southeaster it could serve as a warning bell to start thinking about a good excuse to sleep late? Edited April 13, 2019 by DJR ChrisF, scotty and Beattbox 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted April 13, 2019 Share Somewhere, sooner or later, someone must do a proper framing of their most prized medals. Like military medals get framed (see picture). If I had an Olympic medal, TdeFrance or a Comrades medal, it sure would qualify in my mind. But perhaps for some of us an Epic, W2W or a S2C it is as significant an achievement? Even "just" an Argus medal may well be a summiting of Everest for another. If I think of Team DJR, perhaps the medal that "senior" got from the Argus on his 80th birthday would qualify? Or framing the 4 Argus medals we got when 3 generations of us started and finished it together (with the 2 youngest 11 and 12 years old and riding their 1st one)? I've got so many medals that I thought I would make a wind chime out of them and hang it outside my study window. That way I would always hear "cycling noises", and in a Southeaster it could serve as a warning bell to start thinking about a good excuse to sleep late? Very cool. My parents house was broken into a few years ago and the stole 2 of my grandfather's medals. His ww2 SA medal and 1 other (I can't remember off hand)... But thankfully they left his 2 DSC medals... Which have no real money value but significant personal value. It's a pity because when I inherit them one day I would like to frame them with his coronation sword (which he got for marching in the Queen's coronation) and now they are not a complete set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted April 13, 2019 Share Somewhere, sooner or later, someone must do a proper framing of their most prized medals. Like military medals get framed (see picture). If I had an Olympic medal, TdeFrance or a Comrades medal, it sure would qualify in my mind. But perhaps for some of us an Epic, W2W or a S2C it is as significant an achievement? Even "just" an Argus medal may well be a summiting of Everest for another. If I think of Team DJR, perhaps the medal that "senior" got from the Argus on his 80th birthday would qualify? Or framing the 4 Argus medals we got when 3 generations of us started and finished it together (with the 2 youngest 11 and 12 years old and riding their 1st one)? I've got so many medals that I thought I would make a wind chime out of them and hang it outside my study window. That way I would always hear "cycling noises", and in a Southeaster it could serve as a warning bell to start thinking about a good excuse to sleep late? Very nice idea ! Thinking of making something like this of my key recovery rides, adding a few of Maritz and I .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmarc Posted April 17, 2019 Share I see some MTB events now hand out fridge magnet medals, cool idea i think. WeekendWarrior80 and Tatt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewbacca Posted April 17, 2019 Share Energy events give out succulent plants and a Stodels R25 voucher. Those are the only ones I take. I have some medals of things I actually won. But otherwise they are just a waste. Rather give me something practical that will remind me 'oh, that race was cool. I should run/ride/paddle/swim that one again. I use my Darling DBX glasses all the time. I'm not terribly sentimental I suppose. On another note, I have become 'one of those guys' whose wardrobe is made up almost entirely of event shirts. As a hip cool yougster I always thought that would never happen, now I find myself having to actually look for non event T-shirts in the morning! Edited April 17, 2019 by Jewbacca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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