The very first race medal I ever received was from the Royal
Family 5K at Disney World. I guess back then it was actually called a
“Medallion” because it wasn’t made of metal. It was plastic but it was colorful and it was cute so I
didn’t mind.
Even though I was so excited to have done my very first 5K, I
didn’t really display my medal/ medallion. I think I hung it in my closet. In my mind, I wasn’t going to display it
until I had a collection. And to me, a collection meant having three.
I don’t think I ever did end up making my display of my three
Disney Medallions because I ended up graduating from only running 5Ks before I
had earned all three.
With that being said, when I ran Mickey’s Holiday 5K this
past November, I was presented with a HUGE metal Medal! This was the first run
Disney race at WDW that gave the new and improved medals for the 5k instead of
the plastic ones. I knew ahead of time
that they would not be plastic and I was super excited.