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Monday, April 20, 2009

It finally came!!

After waiting for the mailman every day for two weeks, I finally resorted to the fact that, while on paper and actually knowing it myself, I may not receive my medal from the Azalea Trail Run in March. It is still hard for me to believe that I would even come close to getting such a grand prize. It was such an honor to be good enough to be eligible - and not come in for the last "place" prize! To put this in further perspective, there were 3,000 runners with 300 people placing for medals (10 per age group). This race had many international Olympic runners. Though disappointed in not getting the medal, I began to accept that what is recorded in their results would just have to do. BUT ........ when the mail came today, there it was!!! And, WOW, is it beautiful! It is large, very heavy and deeply engraved with different messages on both sides, then hung on a very pretty pink ribbon. Can you tell I'm excited??? (You can view a larger image if you want to read the medal by clicking on the picture.) Without waiting any longer, here it is beginning with the wonderful letter ...



(No matter how much I rotated this image, it wouldn't view properly.)

And finally, a picture with me and the medal. (I couldn't wait to get a picture and had not long come in from my daily run. What you see is what you get, ha!)

2 comments:

Peggy said...

Robbie~
What an awesome medal. It is HUGE!! I know how proud you are of this accomplishment. Go ahead and bask in all it's glory. You deserve it!!

Connie said...

Congratulations! By the way, you look great!

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