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Endurance medals
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dreamfinder
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It's all about the bling!! Amazing to see how far the medals have come since their first marathon.
HollyBelle
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For the 5K's the "medals" are usually made of a rubbery plastic. However, the Inaugural Everest Medal was the compass-style one featured in the blog (and the run portion for that was only a 5K). You can kind of see them in this picture below:
HollyBelle
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If anyone has yet to see this.. you can now vote for the 2011 medal: http://espnwwos.disney.go.com/mickey-medal/index?CMP=VAN-DWWSFY10Q3MMVoteSplash0001
Personally, I'm not a huge fan of any of them, but I went with the "all gold" one because I don't really like the use of color on the other two.
Personally, I'm not a huge fan of any of them, but I went with the "all gold" one because I don't really like the use of color on the other two.
MKCP 1985
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I am a fan of all gold. It looks better on your neck than in a photograph.
As for the non-marathon medals, my favorites have been the Everest Compass (big and bronze with a surprise - the lid pops open and there's a compass inside! :lol: never mind the compass is purely decorative!) and the Tower of Terror Hollywood Tower Hotel replica with a moving elevator. :king: One thing to remember about the 5k medals - most (non-Disney) races only give you a tee shirt. At Disney you get the shirt AND a medal!
Looking forward to adding a Goofy medal to the collection this year!
As for the non-marathon medals, my favorites have been the Everest Compass (big and bronze with a surprise - the lid pops open and there's a compass inside! :lol: never mind the compass is purely decorative!) and the Tower of Terror Hollywood Tower Hotel replica with a moving elevator. :king: One thing to remember about the 5k medals - most (non-Disney) races only give you a tee shirt. At Disney you get the shirt AND a medal!
Looking forward to adding a Goofy medal to the collection this year!
GoofyFan1
Active Member
I am a fan of all gold. It looks better on your neck than in a photograph.
As for the non-marathon medals, my favorites have been the Everest Compass (big and bronze with a surprise - the lid pops open and there's a compass inside! :lol: never mind the compass is purely decorative!) and the Tower of Terror Hollywood Tower Hotel replica with a moving elevator. :king: One thing to remember about the 5k medals - most (non-Disney) races only give you a tee shirt. At Disney you get the shirt AND a medal!
Looking forward to adding a Goofy medal to the collection this year!
I like the all gold look too. I voted for the last one...close to last years' but a hint of color. I hope they don't mess with the Goofy medal, this will be my first and I like the current version. (not the 5th anniversary version, but the all gold one.)
sweetpee_1993
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Glad to know the 5k medals are plasticy. I want to have the boys do the 5k next March & will start looking to have something special made to present to them in addition to what they are given. 
surfsupdon
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Tower of Terror 13K medals were easily the coolest. Glow in the dark strap, and the medal was in the shape of the hotel itself, with a "dropping" moveable elevator.
GoofyFan1
Active Member
They were great! I'm really going to miss thast race, it was the first distance race I did when I started running again.
dreamfinder
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They were very cool, but the 15th Marathon and 5th Goofy were both pretty gosh darn solid. Even the iffy medals that Disney has done are still leaps and bounds above any other finishers medal I have gotten.
Figment82
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The ESPN the Weekend 5K medal is a metal one, not rubber. I don't participate in the races if the medal is rubber - I'm a bling snob, lol!
I agree, the Tower one is by far the coolest! I'm looking forward to finally getting the Everest one on Saturday, and my first Half Marathon one in January. Still haven't signed up for W&D, but will soon.
I agree, the Tower one is by far the coolest! I'm looking forward to finally getting the Everest one on Saturday, and my first Half Marathon one in January. Still haven't signed up for W&D, but will soon.
