xempo kit - Page 2 - Gear - Runner's World

seren nos

pirate

19/05/2011 at 14:41

link on the hoem page KK....you can enter a competition to win one

parkrunfan

19/05/2011 at 14:43

cougie wrote (see)

I dunno if I could sell my medals. It just feels wrong ? (that said - I really don't know where half of them are - so its not as if I'd miss them !)

The point was that just after VLM they were changing hands for anything from £20-£60, you will probably able to buy them now for £2-£5 if you really feel the need to replace it.

The reasons why some people may be desperate to get their hands on one very quickly after the event is not for me to draw conclusions about.........

TimR

19/05/2011 at 14:44

I'm getting a white one just to p*ss off the people in colured ones when I overtake them.

Higs

19/05/2011 at 14:44

Blimey - I was completely unaware of this so the spammer didn't do a great job

I'm green according to my HM time but only yellow for a mara - would I be a fraud wearing a green top in a marathon?

cougie

pirate

19/05/2011 at 14:45

LOL PRF - I like your thinking - you're basically trading your medals.
Sell high - buy low !

seren nos

pirate

19/05/2011 at 14:45

TimR wrote (see)

I'm getting a white one just to p*ss off the people in colured ones when I overtake them.

that made me smile

Fido2Dogs

19/05/2011 at 14:58

It's a nice idea for a present for someone else, or a prize in a competition.

Agree that the half vs full marathon times are a little out of sync. My PBs are 1:53vs3:59 and I've got the slowest HM PB of any sub-4 runner I know - in general people say 1:50 (not 1:55) equates to sub4 and I think they're right.

And also it is very "early days" in that there's no age/sex grading - a clubmate of mine ran a sub 2 hm this spring in her sixties (in hot weather too!) which is bloody good going compared to if a hypothetical son or grandson did the same!

DoogieHowserMD

19/05/2011 at 14:59

Having said I wouldn't wear one, I do think it's probably a decent commercial idea..

*Duncan Bannatyne voice* "Ahm unn"

parkrunfan

19/05/2011 at 15:00

cougie wrote (see)

LOL PRF - I like your thinking - you're basically trading your medals. Sell high - buy low !

I cant claim credit for the idea - Barnsley Runner flogged his for £35 on the day of the race and passed on the tip!

parkrunfan

19/05/2011 at 15:01

seren nos wrote (see)

TimR wrote (see)
I'm getting a white one just to p*ss off the people in colured ones when I overtake them.

that made me smile

Is this a severe case of reverse snobbery rearing its ugly head again?

Jeepers

19/05/2011 at 15:18

+ 1 for Mr Puffy's comments. I too was annoyed by the spamming on threads - reminded me of something to do with the number 6. . .

Now, if they were really clever, they'd make one which would change colour as you passed the finishing line, thus putting you in the correct colour banding.

Marketing hype, just another way to get people to buy more.

Doesn't appeal to me, I'd rather buy the colour that I want.

DoogieHowserMD

19/05/2011 at 15:21

parkrunfan wrote (see)

cougie wrote (see)
LOL PRF - I like your thinking - you're basically trading your medals. Sell high - buy low !
I cant claim credit for the idea - Barnsley Runner flogged his for £35 on the day of the race and passed on the tip!

Dumb/obvious question... So are these being bought by people who just haven't run a marathon but want the medal to pretend they have?

parkrunfan

19/05/2011 at 15:24

Who knows?

The guy who bought mine said '...it's for my grandmother'. Hmmmmmmm.........

seren nos

pirate

19/05/2011 at 15:24

I would have to go sub 3:15 for a purple one.............just need to get my OH to run a little bit faster to get me the only decent colour

DoogieHowserMD

19/05/2011 at 15:42

parkrunfan wrote (see)

Who knows?
The guy who bought mine said '...it's for my grandmother'. Hmmmmmmm.........

People are strange... why have a medal for something you didn't do?

*Polishes George Cross and Purple Heart*

cougie

pirate

19/05/2011 at 16:01

I think you're polishing George too hard if you've made him cross ?

DoogieHowserMD

19/05/2011 at 16:09

It's ok, he just winked at me.

Lee the Pea pirate

pirate

19/05/2011 at 16:12

From their website:

"Only runners who have completed half or full marathons will be wearing the Xempo logo, and Xempo verify all qualifying times, so you can be sure that when you are wearing a Xempo running top you're part of a pretty exclusive club"

Sounds a bit wanky, or maybe i'm just bitter because i'd only qualify for a white top!

Sussex Runner (NLR)

19/05/2011 at 16:18

Surely there is a link between how hard you train and how fast you are??

Curly45

19/05/2011 at 16:22

North London Runner wrote (see)

Surely there is a link between how hard you train and how fast you are??

Depends on your assessment of "how hard" I suppose - its like fast and slow in that its a relative term applied (usually) to percieved effort, rather than a defined formula for amount of work put in (which is the way you are probably thinking about it).

Ooo nothing like semantic twisting to really start off an agrument