About Us

Welcome to Beyond Race Medals, founded by a couple united by our lifelong passion for running. With years of experience in both competitive and recreational running, we understand that every step has its own story and more importantly we also have storage boxes full of medals.

 

After completing the Hood to Coast Relays, one of the most incredible races and running experiences, we sat recovering with a teammate we had met just days a day before. We had now traversed 200 miles together across Oregon with 10 others running from Friday afternoon through the night to Saturday morning. Beat emotionally and physically, we watched him drink from a water bottle that he had custom-printed with his marathon time. In our exhausted state, we initially thought to ourself how silly this was that he would want to have his marathon time on his water bottle. Here we was thinking this guy was crazy for being proud of the work he had put in to run a time that he deserved to have tattooed across his forehead. Meanwhile, we were the sane ones who had just raced three times in a day through the middle of nowhere Oregon with a bunch of strangers at obscene hours.

 

With this memory in mind, we decided to create Beyond Race Medals. We've collected a ton of medals in our lifetime, and they all are sitting collecting dust somewhere in our basement. It’s not just about race day and the accomplishments that we achieve, but the journey to get to race day. The early morning miles through the cold, hot, wind, rain, humidity. Squeezing in a workout between all the other obligations in our lives. We know that there are some awesome race medals out there (and some of you have some sweet displays), but we think that that journey deserves to be better commemorated than by simply a medal that (likely) ends up tucked away in a storage bin or at best worn around your neck simply on race day.

 

At Beyond Race Medals, we celebrate you and your running journey. We understand the sacrifices, the challenges, and the triumphs that come with being a runner, and we aim to provide unique and personalized gifts that showcase your dedication. We hope to celebrate the moments that define your running story.