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Many new runners come from a mindset where everyone gets a medal and it's good enough

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    #152
    KeenRunner
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭KeenRunner


    rom wrote: »
    For any normal person turning up to an event getting through like the 98%+ other people and collecting their medal at the end is simply a receipt of payment even if delude yourself in to thinking that your great.

    Does this apply to silver medals for finishing second..? Who do those losers think they are turning up and getting a medal even though they didn't win! ;)


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    #153
    Oops69
    Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Oops69


    Let's face it- there are two kinds of runners. Professionals and fun-runners. If you're not one, then you're the other.[/QUOTE]

    Or a failed elite in denial / pseudoelite , loads of those about , such insecurity !


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    #154
    hardCopy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭hardCopy


    Oops69 wrote: »

    Or a failed elite in denial / pseudoelite , loads of those about , such insecurity !

    Aren't they just fun runners in denial?


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    #155
    foxyboxer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,528 ✭✭✭foxyboxer


    If I was a professional I'd be more concerned about getting my cheque than getting a medal tbh.

    Perhaps they should include an option in the entry form asking if you want a medal, goodie bag etc at a reduced entry fee too.


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    #156
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,465 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    foxyboxer wrote: »
    Perhaps they should include an option in the entry form asking if you want a medal, goodie bag etc at a reduced entry fee too.

    Certainly not going to happen at something like DCM, would create a alot of extra admin work with little or no benefit to the race organizers

    Your idea would mean the people handing out the medals would need to check your number and everyone else's in the event against a list each time, same with the bag people. Its alot of extra work for them needlessly


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    #157
    foxyboxer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,528 ✭✭✭foxyboxer


    Cabaal wrote: »
    Certainly not going to happen at something like DCM, would create a alot of extra admin work with little or no benefit to the race organizers

    Your idea would mean the people handing out the medals would need to check your number and everyone else's in the event against a list each time, same with the bag people. Its alot of extra work for them needlessly

    I guess I meant that if a medal didn't matter to you then it might reduce the overall cost for the organisers. If you finished and wanted a medal you could exit on the left hand and collect a medal after finishing. Filling out a yes/no would give an idea of how many to order etc. Wasn't there a shortage last year.


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    #158
    foxyboxer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,528 ✭✭✭foxyboxer


    I can see why people would want to keep a DCM medal though (beckett bridge and phoenix Park motif the past few years) There's some thought given to the design at least. Unlike the generic Cork city medal which has been generic and the exact same design for the past two years. Wonder what the motif will be this year? Liberty Hall to commemorate 1913??


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