Get Crafty

When I first started running races I was pretty proud of my collection of race t-shirts I was amassing. Even though I haven’t raced a ton in the past few years, I’m sort of overrun (so to speak) with race t-shirts. Some of them, specifically marathon shirts, are just too sentimental that I can’t bear to part with them. Several months ago I was at a friend’s house and her baby was sitting on a quilt that her mother in law had made using t-shirts her husband wore as a kid. Aha, there’s a way to keep my race shirts and do something kind of useful with them. I even found an online how-to. Now this is on my list of projects!

I recently came across a box of medals and race numbers. The medals are great fun for my toddler to play with but what about the race bibs? Here’s a clever crafter who made a bag out of race numbers and t-shirts. Here’s something for my talented friend Sandy to add to her bag offering!

I am of the opinion that if you’ve run a race, you can brag about it forever. Go ahead and wear that marathon race medal around town every day if you want to. Or you can be a little less subtle and turn your race stuff into more useful gear! I think I’ll start making a pattern for a race shirt snuggie.

I love soundtracks, this song was in Julie and Julia which I just saw and I really like it, it’s a good one for your running mix.