Running Storage and Display

If you're anything like me and have been running races for quite a number of years, your closet and "bling" racks are full!

With shirts and medals constantly being added to my collection along with an ever changing supply of running shoes, a little organization is required every now and again. Here's a glimpse of the running storage and display over in my neck of the woods! :)

Bling/Display:

My running bling is stored on a wall in my husband's game room. Two medal racks are separated by Disney and non-Disney medals! :)

I also have a few extra awards/displays hanging above the medals!

My Disney medal rack needs an extra row, BAD! Guess I'm adding that to my Christmas list!

All of my race bibs are stored in scrapbooks, along with a few pictures from each race. I'm seriously behind on my scrapbooking efforts (currently on 2014), but I'm catching up pretty quickly!

Storage:

Several years back, Jason and I returned from a weekend trip to find our closet in shambles. A shelf had pulled away from the wall and left a MESS everywhere! In an effort to repair the closet, we purchased sturdier shelving and Jason graciously added a row for my running shirts and skirts/costumes! I love having this extra shelf as it opened up so much room in my dresser!

Not pictured here is my dry fit long-sleeved shirts and tights. These are all neatly folded inside a dresser drawer for easy access during the winter months.

As far as shoe storage goes, I have a shoe rack that holds a bit of everything, including my very first pair of Mizuno's (can't get rid of those)! As I replace my current pair of running shoes, the oldest pair from this rack gets donated to a local clothing/shoe charity.

Also not pictured here is my running bag storage cabinet. This cabinet is located in our wash room for easy access to our garage door. On Saturday mornings when I'm attempting to be quiet, I can slip my bag out of the cabinet and head out the door without issue...and without waking a sleeping baby!

How do you display your accomplishments and store your necessary running items?

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Race Memories

Apart from hanging medals on the wall or displaying race bibs in a holder, how do you document your race accomplishments?

If you couldn’t tell, I’m a fan of pictures – so much so, I take a point and shoot camera with me pretty much every where I go. I love documenting life through photos and don’t want to miss an opportunity to capture memories on camera.

When I first began running, I made Shutterfly books for each major race I ran (ie. Half and Full Marathons). The Half Marathon received an 8x8 book and the Full Marathon a 12x12 book. I’m quite a few races behind on my Shutterfly albums, I know I need to get caught up. Unfortunately, I’m so OCD I spend hours working on these books (which isn’t always feasible to accomplish). Ah well, maybe one day!

My other alternative is scrapbooking. I’m much closer to being caught up on my race scrapbooks than I am with the poor Shutterfly albums.

Each page of these two books contain pictures from every race I’ve ever run from 5K’s to mud runs to Half and Full Marathons. How do I keep up with it all? After each race, I fill a folder with race pictures on my computer. Once the pictures have been ordered, the file goes to my hard drive and off my desktop.

Here’s my scrapbooking “suitcase”. I think I need a desk to store all of these items so I don’t have to drag my supplies out every time I scrapbook. Hmmm…now there’s a thought! Oh Jason….hint hint….

I also keep Expo/race bag items together in a container in my closet. Along with pictures from each race, I also like to scrapbook with items from each race’s Expo/swag bag/race bib, course map, etc.  Once I’m finished with that page, I throw all of the extra items I’ll never use away (papers, fliers, etc).

Intro page to book one. :0)

Here’s a few sample pages:

My first ever “Disney Race”, the Castaway Cay 5K in April of 2009. It counts, right? Back in those days, we received a Magical Moments certificate of completion!

The Wine & Dine Half…see, I have my bib and everything!

And just because these two are coming up in a few days…

Rock N Roll New Orleans Full Marathon of 2012…

…and the Princess Half of 2012!  (Secret: I even kept my race box of goodies…you know, the one they give you after the race? I cut out pieces from the box itself to use with these two pages!)

Flipping through these scrapbooks sure brought back a lot of fun memories and great times shared with friends!  Most of these photos were taken by my husband with a DSLR or by me with my point and shoot camera – I rarely purchase official race photos unless I really really like them!

I spent a good bit of my iced-in afternoon on Wednesday catching up on book #2. Currently, I’m up to Goofy’s Challenge of 2013. That’s pretty darn close if you ask me! ;0)

Do you display your race photos in any way? How do you document race accomplishments?

Disclaimer: I did not write this post as an advertisement for Shutterfly, nor did I receive any promotional goods or compensation for my opinion. I just like to share my way of documenting races with you! :0)