It’s day 15 of the stack on the MILES difficulty as well as today’s style is MEDAL MONDAY. If you’re new to running, social network or Earth, Welcome! We’re pleased to have you!! let me tell you what this whole ‘Medal Monday’ thing is all about…
What is MEDAL MONDAY?
Medal Monday, frequently seen with the hashtag #MedalMonday on social network indicates when somebody shares a picture of a medal they got after a Marathon, half Marathon, 10K, 5K or other distance race. These pictures can be a close-up of the race medal, the runner using the medal or some other innovative image.
It’s an chance for runners to share their accomplishments, publish a race recap on social media, show on a fantastic race, share a lesson from a difficult race or publish just because. #MedalMonday is frequently published the Monday after a race weekend – however that’s not a rule. in some cases runners take a long time to show on their race, compose their race recap, go offline for a huge after a race, or just want to celebrate a past race whenever they feel like it, so Medal Monday messages are typical year round.
How to get a fantastic Medal Monday Photo:
The traditional Medal Monday picture – wear your medal as well as hold it up. get somebody to take a photo of you with the surface line or other runners in the background. Do it best after the race, before you modification clothes or sit down. put any type of water or fuel you got out of sight of the photo so you’re not standing next to a random stack of water bottles as well as bananas.
Bite the Medal picture – You may have seen photos of athletes biting their medal. Yes, they BITE or pretend to bite their medal. (This isn’t special to running medals, numerous Olympic athletes do this.) It’s type of strange however a custom that goes back a long time. (It doesn’t truly make sense any type of more, however people still do it out of custom or since they’re motivated by photographers.)
The medal biting picture is just like the traditional except you pretend to bite (or really opt for it) your race medal. I’ve had buddies tell me ‘pretend to bite it’ when snapping a post-race picture for me! as well as I’ve seen a ton of similar pics, so it’s quite common.
WHY DO RUNNERS BITE THEIR MEDAL?
People utilized to bite into gold to inspect if it was genuine (human teeth are harder than gold so it would leave a small imprint). In the past Olympic athletes who won a gold medal may have bitten into their medals for this reason. now Olympic gold medals only have a little amount of gold in them… so why bite it? athletes still do this since professional photographers motivate them to do so. It’s ended up being custom as well as many of the world’s many embellished Olympians have photos doing this.
Runners do it with marathon medals since it’s a typical thing to do, we’ve seen so numerous others do it as well as what the heck else are you expected to finish with this big, bulky shiny item hanging from your neck?! It’s all a bit weird. as well as it’s all a bit awesome. may also have fun with it!
Medal Monday flat Lay picture – A flat lay is when a picture is shot from directly above objects on a flat surface – it’s typical in food as well as fashion photography. In this situation the focus would be your medal as well as you can organize different objects around it on a flat surface.
One simple choice is to organize your race tee shirt, bib as well as medal on a flat surface with any type of other products that have the race logo or choose the theme. believe ‘Flat Runner’ however for after the race.
I’ve taken pictures of my race medal with donuts as well as other quite food for #MedalMonday pics too.
Artsy Medal Monday picture – If you want to get innovative with your Medal Monday picture as well as choose to focus on the medal as well as not be in the photo – opt for it. Take a picture of your medal with a beautiful background, next to your post-race meal or utilize your creativity as well as do something unique.
I’ve seen incredible Medal Monday pictures where the medal is the focus however you can see an renowned landmark regional to the marathon in the background. This is a fantastic choice if you’ve traveled for the race.
Medal Monday event picture – This is a picture featuring you with your medal taken after the race in one more location, frequently after a shower as well as some rest. These are prominent for Run Disney races as numerous runners take pictures inside Disney world or Epcot (but you can do this anywhere a great post-race picture op is guaranteed).
To get a fantastic Medal Monday event picture – choose on the place as well as timing before your race (or take one best after the race just in situation your plan doesn’t work out). After you shower/get ready, rehydrate as well as refuel – take your medal to a fantastic picture op place as well as have somebody snap away.
These are some suggestions on getting a fantastic #MedalMonday picture – however if you don’t get a very elegant pic, it’s not a huge deal. publish it! celebrate your accomplishment. Share your experience with others as well as let them applaud for you too.
The running neighborhood on social network is extremely welcoming as well as supportive. I motivate you to take part as well as make some buddies as well as online running buddies.
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