I finally bought a road ID — one of those little tags with my name and some contact phone numbers in case something happens to me while running and I need to be identified but am personally unable to provide my information. I don’t usually carry my purse while running, so sticking a dog tag-like metal plate to my shoe with velcro seems like a good alternative.
I had to think carefully about who I listed as contacts on the ID. For example, it didn’t make sense to only put my main running buddy on there. What if we’re running together and fall into the same well? My mother should be informed if something happens to me, but my tags have my brother’s name first since he’s probably better in a crisis situation. And at least one of my contacts is local.
It encouraged me to be paranoid. Do I put my whole address on there? No, because if a bad person attacks me and finds my house key, I don’t want them to know where to go. But I did include city, state, and I’m happy to say country!
Including country is a bit optimistic, which is why I liked it. It suggests that I plan to go running in other countries. I recently returned from Italy, which is why you’ve seen so few posts. And I have the travel bug.
