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How do I display my race medals?
Use a shadow box to keep all your medals in one place. I used a top loading shadow box because it’s easier to add a new medal to the collection. Medal storage/display idea! Use a shadow box to keep all your medals in one place.
What do I do with all my running medals?
What To Do With All Your Race Medals
- Hang Them Up.
- Get a Wall-Hanging Display System.
- Put Them in a Military Coin Case.
- Turn Them Into Magnets.
- Put Them in a Scrapbook.
- Turn Them Into a Coaster.
- Show Them Off Inside a Glass Jar.
- Put Them as Ornaments on the Christmas Tree.
What can you print on race bibs?
Tyvek is a fairly good material to print on and you can get away with printing just about anything anything on a custom race bib. And you can use the whole area to print on, so the designs can only be limited by your imagination (and practicality – make sure the participant number remains visible!)
What do you do with old race medals?
Recycle them. Sports Medal Recycling accepts donations of unwanted medals from athletes and event organizers and even recycles the cardboard boxes and plastic packing materials they’re shipped in. It uses money it gets from the recycling to donate to or participate in charity rides around the country.
How do you hang medals in a frame?
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How do you display running shirts?
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Do you get medals for 5k?
To be fair, most shorter distance endurance races like sprint triathlons, 5Ks and 10Ks don’t hand out finisher awards; most finisher medals are usually for completing a longer distance endurance event: half marathon, marathon, half Ironman, Ironman and endurance team relay, or an ultra marathon.
How do I print my own race bibs?
Printing Bibs on Your Own To print race numbers on your own, find a race bib template by searching for “running bib template” in your Internet search browser. Download the template and open it in either a word processor or image editing software. Add the name of your race at the top or bottom of the bib.
What is a 5k bib?
Bib numbers are a timer’s and race director’s most important tool. This number is printed on a flexible yet durable paper specifically designed to hold up against any elements participants may endure during their races such as rain, mud, or wind. Once pinned onto a shirt these numbers go wherever their runners do.
Do you get a medal for a 5K?
Yes, finishers in all races receive a medal. They each have the same design, but varying sizes based on the distance of the race – smaller for 5K, larger for Marathon. Each medal also has a distinct ribbon based on the race distance.
Are race medals recyclable?
Sports Medal Recycling is a group of athletes that recycle unwanted and extra medals from road races and sport events/competitions. Medals can be sent in at any time: we process shipments year-round. Since 2016, we have recycled over 100,000 pounds of materials.
How do you display medals in a shadow box?
Lay the medals against the hook and loop backing material in an arrangement that is aesthetically pleasing. If you are hanging military medals, you must place them in order of the highest honor. Place military medals highest in the shadow box, followed by ribbons and then badges.
What to do with your race bibs?
Turn your medals or race bibs in to coasters! I love this idea because it’s a fun conversation starter for something that you’d have setting out all the time without feeling like running has taken over your decor. Here’s a place to get your bib done. Here’s an easy option for race medal coasters.
What can I do with my bibs?
While you could get one of the cool race medal boxes with your bib to highlight that super special race, but there are some other fun ideas! What about collecting them in a glass bowl, placing them under the glass of a coffee table or using a shadowbox to pull them all together.
Do you have a room in the basement to display bibs?
Unlike celebrities most of us don’t have a special room in the basement to display race medals and bibs. And if you do, let’s be friends I can live in one of the other rooms you don’t remember you have.