I'm a strapping motherf***er who struts around every day with my 100th Boston finishing medal as a necklace.
I'm a strapping motherf***er who struts around every day with my 100th Boston finishing medal as a necklace.
I make a clear exception for that particular medal. Mine is pressed into my upper back in a sort of bas-relief style that is evident when I wear my adidas Boston singlet.
Bb100 wrote:
I'm a strapping motherf***er who struts around every day with my 100th Boston finishing medal as a necklace.
My teammate used to spike trophies and medals on the track after stepping off the awards stand. He was a total nut, and did not seem to care about them at all. It pissed off the coach and AD on many occasions. Every one would look at him with their mouths open.
Newsflash: The medal comes off when you get to your race bag and put on your post-race gear.
I usually stick the medal under my shirt till I get home, then I give it to the neighbors' kids. They like to play with them.
how far from the beach can you wear very small swimmers become they become underwear?
spiker of things wrote:My teammate used to spike trophies and medals on the track after stepping off the awards stand. He was a total nut, and did not seem to care about them at all. It pissed off the coach and AD on many occasions. Every one would look at him with their mouths open.
Long long ago in a galaxy far far away when I was a swimmer I finished a race and when they read me my time I smacked the starting block in disgust at my poor showing. While I was sitting in the locker room pissed that I was 3rd because I swam poorly the coach came in and said that was disrespectful and I would go out and accept my 3rd place like a man. It was unsportmanlike to show contempt for my position, my competition, the event, or the event organizers and if I wanted to participate again I'd show some respect. Point taken, lesson learned.
Your team obviously needed a better coach and AD, since your teammate should have been punted off the team.
Haji wrote:
It was the tradition in my school also to wear them on your letterman jacket...So if you walked around looking like a South American General, you were considered a badass.
This, except that we never tried to actually wear our own letterman jackets heavily laden with hardware. The few of us that had girlfriends would have them lug the thing around.
Sort of like the mating ritual of the Birds of Paradise, those of us with the most medals seemed most likely to have relations with real live females.
The problem with the trophy room concept is that if you have an accomplished athlete over who casually inspects the shrine their response usually is, "Dude, 2nd place at the Hollering Run 10k?!? Really?!? You seriously need to get a life." I took down my temple shortly thereafter...
Sheep don't count, Balki.
"The medal comes off when you get to your race bag and put on your post-race gear"
There is a right time and a right place. I don't mind watching people present their medals at special events, especially if they are Olympians, not that I witness this often. I did watch Willie Banks present a laminated news clipping for a major mark and time when he was at UCLA during a luncheon before the USC/UCLA duel meet. He is a dynamic speaker and very funny so it fit and elevated energy in the room.
What would people think of kids strutting around with high SAT scores magic markered on their foreheads. Disgust. So I think strutting around a week after a race w/ your medal is a bit much. But the hour you get it and are flying high w/ endorphins is awesome. Wear it and love it!
I'm both arrogant and stupid and I never do this.
I like to wear my trophy wife on my arm