Over the past 25 years, I’ve been saving my event and race bibs. I put them up on my door after the event, and remove them at the end of the year. Then I’ve been stuffing them on a shelf next to my desk, Today, I decided to get serious about “down-sizing in place”, and started with those bibs.
There are 250 – an average of 10/year. They amount to my “palmares”. Before throwing them in the trash (I’ve kept the ten most memorable/meaningful), I did an inventory:
Ironman – 39, including 8 x Kona (11 total qualifications), 3 x AG course records, 8 x AG wins, and 2 ITU Worlds (highest was 2nd place)
1/2 Ironman: 18
Xterra World Championships: 8, best finishes 2 x 3rd, 1 x 2nd.
Shorter Triathlons (Sprint, Oly, Xterra, etc.): 85. Highlight: USAT Nat’l Champs x 3, highest finish 5th.
Marathons: 7, including 3 x Boston
Half Marathons: 30, PR of 1:33 @ age 55
Shorter Running Races (5-15k): 37, 5k, 10k PRs of 20:08, 42:13, both @ 59
Cycling Races and Events: 25