Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Road ID


I just purchased a Road ID and I received it in the mail this week. Road ID is one of the sponsors for the upcoming race that I am directing, the "Burn Your Lungs Run". I was never really interested in purchasing a Road ID for myself, but I received a gift card for one and decided that I had better use it.
The idea behind the product is to have emergency contacts and medical information on you at all times (especially running, biking, etc...) so that if an accident occurs to where you may not be able to speak, people can see who you are, who to contact, and any other info. that might be valuable and life saving.
I have come close to traffic a few times while out running. There have been a few cars or should I say pickup trucks that have intentionally swerved at me while I was road running (and one guy who tried to spit on me, he missed by the way), but I have never really felt like I was in real danger of an accident. Probably the one time that I was the most concerned was when I was trail running. I know it's hard to imagine being concerned for your life when you are trail running, especially since we don't have bears in Southwest Wyoming. But we do have antelope hunters who are from out of state. I saw a group of hunters and was pretty sure their scopes were on me. Thank God that they saw that I was not an antelope (I can't run that fast).
All that being said, my views on Road ID has changed just since I got one. I think that its a great idea, and I am totally stoked to wear mine all the time. Not only is it a great piece of equipment and possibly life saving, I think it looks really cool too. And anything that I can wear that is associated with running, I'm all about it.
If you are a runner, or you are outdoors a lot or doing endurance activities I would say get one of these bad boys. It makes sense to buy one and wear one before you have an accident. Like preventative medicine. The next time you see me, I will be wearing my Road ID. 

2 comments:

Audrey said...

and if you are really hard core you get a ROAD ID bracelet TATTOOED on your wrist. Then you are always safe

Adam Monaghan said...

maybe i should get one too