Shocking, I know.
Let me take you through my thought process...
There are a few dozen fellow e-marathoners running the London Marathon later this month who I've chatted with via the blog/twitter/facebook.
Which is awesome.
This got me thinking - come the big day, I wouldn't know if I was running next to someone I've chatted to for months, as the interweb is a bit faceless.
Some, such as Becki Saves the Rhinos, should be easy to spot –
rhino horn on head. Others, I couldn't pick out of a police line up.
Not sure when I'd need to identify e-marathoners in a police line up though – probably a result of a break in at a pasta factory.
Anyway, wouldn't it be cool if there was a way we could identify each other.
I dismissed my original idea of asking us all to carry laptops/PC's as that could be cumbersome.
So, I thought how about some kind of sign?
Think someone's an e-marathoner? Why not show them some "M" goodness, like this:
Look at the delight on my stupid face...
Or, if we were more adventurous, we could try something like this:
Though, it could take a bit of work...
hhmmm, I'm slightly worried that option A) may be mistaken as giving someone a two thumbs down gesture and B) I worry I won't have any energy left after doing the scrubs effort.
ReplyDeletePerhaps, your call sign could be 'Sequin King', which all co-emarathoners could shout at you if we think it's you-but honestly who else is likely to be wearing sequins?
I'm trying to steer away from the sequins so shhh...
ReplyDeleteAny other suggestions?
I should be easy to spot on the day, as I will have bright green hair. And, no, that's not an April Fool.
ReplyDeletethink there'll be a few green-haired folk so I could end up falsely greeting someone!
ReplyDeleteI was considering the idea of a post-marathon tweetup/blogup so that we could all meet each other and share stories of how great the marathon was! Probably a week or two afterwards as everyone's going to finish at different times making meeting up on the day a bit difficult...
ReplyDeleteSequin King! Sequin King! Sequin King! Everyone join in! :)
ReplyDelete@ becki - like that idea. Should have stopped aching by then!
ReplyDelete@ leigh - is this what they mean by cyberbullying?
We could tippex a large @ symbol on the back of our running tops, or sticky tape, or something like that. or a large E (for emarathon) or something like that?
ReplyDeleteLike that one Dan!
ReplyDeleteOr perhaps something like "I do it online"?
On second thoughts...
How are the sequins going by the way???
ReplyDelete@ Emz - that's the kind of comment that'll get a red flag on your visa!
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