On my WestchesterTrails site, I have links to two products I consider essential. One is for a headlamp (well, essential to those who run outside when it’s dark; they’re required on Road Relays).
The other is for RoadID. They were a sponsor of Versus’s coverage of the Tour, which led to the silly sight of guys in a studio wearing the things: “Wait, who collapsed? Oh, his RoadID says it’s Roll, not Liggett.”
This a no-brainer. Runners, Cyclists, Triathletes. There are alot of what-if scenarios. Fortunately I stayed conscious when I broke my elbow last year and I had my wallet with me. But it might have been otherwise. I got one for my mother-in-law, who likes to go for walks, as well. (A Great Gift!)
The new RoadIDs give the option of putting essential medical info on-line. So the one I have has two lines of my text followed by info for EMTs for calling or getting info on-line such as contact info, medical condition, doctor, drugs, organ donor, etc. I have the above on the first line — A-negative blood and no-known-allergies — and phone numbers — home and wife’s cell — on the second. These are the essentials. I wore it in Paris (carrying a hand-written address of our B&B too).
I have an older one that goes on my laces, but the new one is blue and on my wrist, the idea being that it will be easy to see. The same is the case for one on the ankle.
$19.99. The customer service is good; Brandon Wood reports that when he received his it had a loose thread and it was replaced almost before he hung up the phone.
As I said, a no-brainer.
4 comments
Comments feed for this article
July 30, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Robert James Reese
Yeah, I need to get one of those. I don’t want to get the address on it, though, because if I ever get mugged on a run, I don’t want the thugs to know where to use the keys. I’ll just stick my dad’s phone number or something.
July 30, 2009 at 9:33 pm
joegarland
You wouldn’t put your address on anyway. It’s for contact and basic medical info.
March 20, 2010 at 11:01 am
Would This Make You Feel Safer While Running? « RunWestchester
[…] big on RoadID, which I wear on every run (unless I forget it). I’m aware that as a man I may feel free to […]
May 29, 2010 at 3:33 pm
The Bronxville 2.5 Miler « RunWestchester
[…] I’d tell you if I did. (The only actual product that I’ve endorsed/promoted is the RoadID. I gave Dave a hard time for not wearing his at today’s race; he assured me that he always […]