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Oct 2020
5:32pm, 13 Oct 2020
49,168 posts
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Velociraptor
I'm going to hold on to mine in case it increases in value. And because getting a one-off memento is why I entered the virtual event.
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Oct 2020
5:36pm, 13 Oct 2020
18,211 posts
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GimmeMedals
Much as I love medals, I would never buy one for an event I'd not done. And I'm not selling my precious treasure.
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Oct 2020
5:38pm, 13 Oct 2020
49,170 posts
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Velociraptor
I was going to say I couldn't imagine wanting a memento of a race I hadn't done, but I've had some nice t-shirts from events I've volunteered at and my all time favourite memento used to be a Box Hill Knacker Cracker beanies which I got for marshalling.
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Oct 2020
5:40pm, 13 Oct 2020
3,600 posts
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Little Miss Happy
I rarely keep medals so am more than happy to sell it rather than put it in a charity bag or the bin. No idea why people want to buy them though I think one year one went to someone who seemed to be a medal collector generally rather than just running or London ones.
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Oct 2020
5:48pm, 13 Oct 2020
11,895 posts
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geordiegirl
Wow shocked and stunned, I did see on FB someone said they'd seen the t-shirt and medal on eBay I wondered who would buy that!! Maybe I need to weigh a few medals in... hahahah
I am not motivated by a medal, the challenge be it virtual or real is to get me out there what I like is a new t-shirt and I'd adore a buff.
Just signed up for Loch Ness I had the option to say no to a t-shirt and they wouold plant a tree instead, if there was an option for no medal I'd take that esp when I already have one. Note to self take it and sell it hahahaha
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Oct 2020
5:50pm, 13 Oct 2020
11,896 posts
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geordiegirl
But I would never want a medal (or t-shirt) for something I've not earned. I did know a chap who ran ever GNR and had kept all the t-shirts, he asked if anyone who didn't want theirs would let him have it one year when he was injured. I would have given him mine but I didn't enter that year.
I did buy (in advance) a Highland Fling fleece, I was entered as part of a relay team not appreciating that it was a ballot - we didn't get through and I cant bring myself to wear it.
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Oct 2020
6:23pm, 13 Oct 2020
3,603 posts
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Little Miss Happy
I sold my London t-short was it was far too big for me to wear but I was pleased when they started to do xs ones. If I had the option in most races of having no medal or t-shirt I'd take it. I have kept the medal and t-shirt from the HM we ran on our honeymoon and I think from the GNR which was my first HM in this incarnation as a runner and the GSR which is where I met my husband in person for the first time.
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Oct 2020
6:39pm, 13 Oct 2020
5,994 posts
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minardi
I sold a Race T-shirt on eBay one year. I did Outlaw as part of a relay team - I did the marathon part. I was given the wrong T-shirt. They gave me the one for someone who had done the whole event and not just the relay! I got about 30 quid for it.
I keep all my marathon medals but recycle the others
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Oct 2020
7:23pm, 13 Oct 2020
6,967 posts
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Fragile Do Not Bend
I wouldn’t want a medal I hadn’t earned, but I would accept a T-shirt for a race I’d volunteered at.
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Oct 2020
6:24am, 14 Oct 2020
3,605 posts
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Little Miss Happy
I need an edit button - though it would too late to correct my typo's now anyway I guess.
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