RoadID
March 18, 2009Running outdoors, as I do for two thirds of the year, I am often without money, phone or ID. Probably not the best of ideas I know, but all the time I’m not going very far (and let’s face it, there isn’t a whole lot of room in running shorts to start carrying things) I don’t bother. In January 2008 I saw the RoadID in a magazine and I decided to check out the website.
Last summer (and the few outdoor runs I’ve done so far this year) I could be seen sporting the Wrist ID Original; a nylon and velcro wrist band with a stainless steel plate (sounds heavy but only weighs 0.1 ounce). The steel plate is laser engraved with my name, that I have asthma, my blood type, that I’m an organ donor, my mum’s and brother’s phone number and a motto. You have 6 lines of text and can ask for pretty much anything to be engraved on there. For $20 (around £15 nowadays but only a tenner at the time) that’s not bad.
So OK, ID isn’t really going to make running out on my own any safer in itself, but short of wearing kevlar and carrying mace (I live in Shelton after all) there isn’t a whole lot that can easily be done. ID means that, should something happen, my medical info and contact phone numbers are there. Which is better than nothing.
It’s light and comfortable, comes in different colours and even has a reflective strip for increased visibility. If you’re interested but wristbands aren’t your thing, fear not. RoadID do ankle band versions, dog tags, and one that straps onto the laces of your trainers.
If you want to buy a RoadID, for yourself or for a friend or relative, then please click on the RoadID button on this page (below and in the right hand side bar). That way, 10% of the cost of the ID gets back to me and I donate it to the charity I’m running for. Thanks.
This seems cool, you showed me yours the other day. Sitting in the sunshine trawling blogs, gossip websites and Twitter instead of doing emails (car parts make me want to cry). Promise to return to Stoke sometime soon, hope you’re all getting along :P
alright for some. i’m about to leave for bball so you might have a hard time getting in the house :-)
You make me smile =) plus all this raising money for charity makes me think i need to do it too =P x
in a good way i hope? i’m slightly worried now.
*cough*raceforlife*cough* :-)
Thanks for the link to your post! I’ll definitely rethink getting a wrist band…but I might get an extra “accessory” in case I ever feel like a change.
no problem, happy training!
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