Marathon medal frames · Guide ·
What to put on a marathon medal frame
The details worth keeping beside a race medal: your bib number, the race and its date, your distance and time, and the photos to choose.
A medal on its own says you finished. The details around it say which race, which day, and how it went. Here is what runners most often put on a Marathon Frame, and how to choose.
Your bib number
It is the one number that was yours alone on the day, and it is printed on every photo of you on the course. On the frame's plate it sits largest, to the left.
The place and the date
The city or the race's name, and the date you ran it. Write the date the way you would say it. The frame in the picture reads “Brisbane 1/6/2025”.
Distance and time
If the time matters to you, add it with the distance: a first marathon, a personal best, a goal you chased for a year. If it does not, leave it off. The frame's standard layout has a line for each, and a custom layout lets you write your own words instead.
The photos
The photo panel sits behind the medal, so the middle of it is covered. Choose pictures whose subject is off to one side: you near the edge of the frame, the crowd, the start line, the skyline. One wide picture works, and so do two side by side.
Before you save
Read every line once more on the preview. Each frame is printed to order from exactly what you saved, so a typo in the designer is a typo on the frame.