On a facebook page, I saw some people talking about a Tinkerbell Half race medal they found on ebay. Each poster said they would never give up their medal. They earned it, and it was quite important to them.
I went on over to ebay, did a search and found two Tinkerbell medals up for sale. One was at $76, the other at $167.50! The Tinkerbell medal is the nicest medal I have. It's huge, about 4 or 5 inches across and up and down, and has a Tinkerbell in the center that you can spin.
However, I have no attachment to it, or any of medals actually, except for maybe the first one I earned. I was actually planning on donating it and all my other half medals to Medals 4 Mettle, an organization that gives these medals to people with chronic or life-threatening illnesses.
(Okay, after typing that out, I feel like I should stick with my original plan and just donate it.)
Anyway, I thought, "Shoot, for 70 bucks, I'll sell it!" I figured I could recoup some of my expenses that way. So I sent Martin a text letting him know what the going price was for my Tinkerbell medal. He replied, "No. You earned that." Which I think is the sweetest thing ever.
Most of my medals are hanging on my closet door knob. Some are scattered around the house, because my kids like to play with them. I'm pretty sure some are lost. However, it doesn't really bother me. Sure it's nice to get a medal when you finish a race. However, my joy comes from the experience itself, the training, running the race, that sense of accomplishment once I'm done. The medal is just gravy.
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