Is it arrogant/stupid to go around wearing a medal you win from a race long afterwards?

It is definitely not arrogant.

It may not be the cleverest thing to do, depending on your intentions.

Not arrogant.

More like retarded.

DUI

kurt angle wore his olympic gold medal for over 10 years, in fact he would come on the wwe show every week wearing the medal and reminding everyone he won it.

i thought it was hilarious.

I'd say the consensus with that is: "If you're Curt Angle or have an OLYMPIC medal, wear it for ten years. If you're a high school kid and you got a medal at the Po-Dunk XC meet, don't even pick up your award."

I honestly thought that was a manipulative way to look humble but really be the most arrogant S.O.B. in the world. Wearing your medal makes you look AND be arrogant. Boosh!

Actually, those medals aren't free. Either the athletic boosters or a local business fronted the money for those medals. The people who organize and sponsor the events actually like to see that the medals mean something to the HS kids. It is actually more arrogant to stuff the medal away.

I'd never wear it for a minute after i was awarded it.

It would go like: 1)I'm presented with it

2)I immediately shove it in my pocket and forget about it

3)Start to feel happy about my performance rather than my medal

4)When I arrive home later that night, remember the medal i won earlier, remove it from my pocket, and place it in a drawer with the rest of my medals, none of which are never to be seen again

This, of course, wouldn't be the same scenario if I won a world championship/olympic medal..

shrink rap wrote:

I'd never wear it for a minute after i was awarded it.

It would go like: 1)I'm presented with it

2)I immediately shove it in my pocket and forget about it

3)Start to feel happy about my performance rather than my medal

4)When I arrive home later that night, remember the medal i won earlier, remove it from my pocket, and place it in a drawer with the rest of my medals, none of which are never to be seen again

This, of course, wouldn't be the same scenario if I won a world championship/olympic medal..

shrink:

you are an arrogant sob, and very insecure

the kid who makes an effort to seem like he doesn't care about the medal is likely the most arrogant. he'll make excuses for not running 10sec faster during his cooldown. stuff like "i read on letsrun that i should spend more time under my lactate threshold, i'm gonna start doing that next week. after i bring my mileage down i'm gonna totally PR, dude."

his friend, wearing the medal because his around neck seemed like the most logical place to put it, will likely ignore every word.

-STS

When I was a kid growing up in California, it was the style that the guys won their varsity sweater and then attached medals that they won to the sweater. Being 14 years old, that seemed incredibly cool to me. The clinking of the medals on a heavily adorned sweater conferred quite a bit of status in the high school culture.

There were other avenues for status, as well. For example, if a girl could tease her hair so that it rose a foot or two above her head, that also was a status maker in certain circles.

I am surprised no one has called out this troll yet.

2/10

You ought to be in the Boston airport the day after the Boston Marathon.

I wear my medal from the special olympics every day, even to work at goodwill...

I went on a 3 race win streak my senior year XC in a year when our football team was absolutely awful. I hated that they got so many fans and so much respect, so I made damn sure to wear my medal to school the next Monday each and every time. I even stated on the announcements one morning that I was the best athlete in the school at the time. When the football guys showed up for sprints in track, I would always make sure to let them know that I can beat them in a 400. Sometimes, I would run workouts with the sprinters after school just to show them how the mileage doesn't phase me cuz look I'm still faster than you when I'm tired. Then I would run an extra long cooldown in front of them complete w/ some form drills. The gold medals kept coming, I kept wearing them to class, and people finally began to look up to me and treat me like an adult. Let that be a lesson to your kids.

I like seeing the high school kids where them around. It means they are passionate about the sport and care about success. This weekend I had 3 kids from my varsity team and one from my jv get medals then they had to go straight from the meet to band practice. Later I saw them wearing them at band practice. They had a lot of pride in what they did and there is nothing wrong with that.

I wear trophies from my local 5k's as a medal. Just put a chain on it then go to the the club and act like a rapper.

I get more pootang than anyone else on this board.

yourheadpiecetootight wrote:

shrink:

you are an arrogant sob, and very insecure

Whyyyyyyy???

Of the 20-30 races I run every year I get a "commemorative" medal from each of the road races, and they pretty much go in the bin (medals mean nothing to me dude, making me both "an arrogant sob" (sp?) and "very insecure")

Now if I won a national or international championship, of course I would keep the medal, but all the school ones and club ones i've won either individually or as a team are a waste of metal, as far as I'm concerned

You don't qualify as an arrogant SOB because you didn't WIN a medal. Commemorative medals aren't won, they are given to everyone to make them feel as though they've accomplished something more than they did. You didn't win those medals any more than you won a bagel and water at the post-race.

I was walking down the street in Madison, WI in 1982 and saw Eric Heiden walk by wearing all 5 of the gold medals he won two years previously, in 1980. Heiden won EVERY individual race, and set four world records. But still -- wearing all 5 medals two years later as you duck into State Street Brats?

http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2002/09/22/lv_heiden-historic_ap.jpg

Unless it's an Olympic medal!!