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rectumdamnnearkilledem
Which one did you all order?
Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
~ Sarah Kay
I have the little shoe tab. Easy to swap between rotating pairs.
Crap that's the reason I didn't get the shoe tab...figured it would be too much of a pain to swap. I got the dumb wrist one.
Call me Ray (not Ishmael)
Oh Mighty Wing
I love my shoe one. Makes me feel safer! Or at least I imagine if i'm abducted and I can flick my shoe off someone will see it and then know i'm missing. (oh weird girl logic is AWESOME!!!)
Head Procrastinator
A guy I know passed out in a marathon. The EMT guy said it was a good thing he had his ID on his wrist. Unless there was trauma to his legs they wouldn't look at his shoes. Just a PSA?
#2867
I ordered the one to wear around my neck several years ago and don't like it. Too jiggly. Which one did you all order?
Anyway just read the thread.....another good thing to put on there is NKA and NDA *known allergies, drug allergies* or if you have some put them. I'm a big RoadID pusher
I thought about getting one, but they seem too expensive for what they are. Am I crazy to think it would be easy to make one? I mean, even from like an airline luggage tag or something, for my shoe? I know it would tear off, but they're free, so I could just put a new one on...
Identification I am paranoid about getting hit by a car when I am running, and I will be the first to admit that. If something happens to me, then I want to know that my family knows about it and I want whoever is taking care of me to know any pertinent medical information about me. Whenever I run, I wear a Road ID dog tag. It has my name, where I am from, 3 emergency phone numbers (my wife, mother, and employer) and my blood type and allergies (or lack thereof.) Road ID offers quite a few different products including bracelets and shoe tags, but I chose to go with the military dog tag style because it is universally recognized and it doesn't have to be moved from shoe to shoe. You could go to your local pet store and get a collar made up with the same information for a much lower price. You would then also need to purchase a chain to hang that tag off of, and those tags don't tend to stand up as well to the beating and sweat that I subject mine to. Thus, they need to be replaced every few months to a year. Check the back of your race bib to see if there is a place for you to fill out your emergency information. In my experience, smaller races don't have anything on the back but larger marathons will give you a place to put your name and contact info, as well as where you are staying locally. If there is anything to fill out on the back, then I fill it out. Whether there is anything there or not, I will also include an ICOE, or "In Case of Emergency" phone number on the front of the bib. It will usually have the name and phone number of a local emergency contact, whether that is a friend that I am staying with or my wife if she has traveled to the marathon with me.
Run to Win25 Marathons, 17 Ultras, 16 States (Full List)
LPH
"Today I broke my record for most consecutive days lived!"
Running Dad