My Road ID saved the day

I purchased my Road ID when I started training for the Chicago Marathon. I, like many others, never thought I would ever need to use my Road ID. The day I lined up to run the Chicago Marathon, it was very hot and humid, 88 degree heat, but I still believed I could accomplish my goal; to qualify for the Boston Marathon.

I was in mile 19 when I suffered a major heat stroke and passed out. I don’t remember too much about what happened, but the medical staff quickly noticed my ROAD ID that I was wearing on my wrist and called my husband (he was my boyfriend then). Matt arrived at the medical tent just as I was being loaded in the ambulance.

The Chicago Marathon was a chaotic scene, and I have to say that my ROAD iD saved the day. 

Two months later on a cool day in Memphis I qualified for the Boston Marathon. As I lined up in Hopkington, my thoughts flashed back to that day in Chicago. Moments later, the gun went off and I began the greatest road race I had ever run. My watch was on my left wrist and my Road ID was on my right wrist. I was on the road to Boylston Street to compete the journey.

Thanks Road ID for developing such a unique product; a product that saves critical moments in the midst of a crisis.

- Gina .W from Memphis, TN