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The I Run For The Party – Nashville 1/2 Marathon presented by the Hard Rock Cafe took place this morning and Marathon Maniac Scott Stader was quick to email us over a photo of the beautiful finisher’s medal.

Stader said they complained pretty loudly last year for not getting a medal for the race and that they “overcompensated” this year with this beautiful piece.

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[Follow Scott Stader on Twitter @scottstader]

We asked on Twitter (@runitfast) where you were running this weekend and a record 33 of you responded!

It looks like most everyone is runner shorter races this weekend.  So many great events of all distances out there.

Good luck to everyone running this weekend, especially all of you that are running your first 1/2, full, or any distance.  Run It Fast!!!!

Joshua Holmes – @bayou – Delta Dash 5K for St. Jude.

Rebecca – @complexmomruns – Malibu

Stephen G. – @stepheng73 – Veteran’s Day 10K (The Woodlands, TX)

Curt Metzger – @distance66 – Running The Fort Worth 20 Miler Sunday http://fortworthmarathon.org/

Chloe Marsh – @_chloemarsh – Richmond VA for the big marathon weekend!!

Abbie Bowman – @abbie_bow – 5k to support hunger.. in mount vernon, ohio!

Ravelle Mohammed – @ravmo – In Battery Park & Central Park!#nyc

Elise Colcord – @ecolcord – doing some distance around Buckhead! great routes found on mapmyrun.com roswell n wieuca great 4 hill challenge! #running

Scott Stader – @ScottStader – the Stader show is hitting up irunfortheparty half mary in Nashvegas tomorrow! Come out and join in on the fun!

Jeanie Olinger – @DovesFireMin – Running the Race for Hope 5K for the Oklahoma Brain Tumor foundation

Boudicca – @_Boudicca_ – Run Through History, Metairie, LA

Lizzi Liz – @lizziliz38 – 13.1 Ft Lauderdale 🙂

Amber McCloskey – @Agame16 – Morgantown, WV with the WVU women’s track team! First meet in 3 weeks!

Ace – @PhotoByAce – In Chicago at the inaugural Chicago’s Perfect 10 (at 7am, not 8am since they changed the times last minute)

Casey – @VivaRunVegas – I’ll be running the Malibu Marathon on Sunday. 🙂

Aaron Johnstone – @aarongeek – Running the San Antonio Rock ‘n Roll Marathon on Sunday! #RnRSA

Tory F. – @ptldradiogirl – Mainely Moose XC 5k in Portland tomorrow – my first XC race. 🙂

Kathryn D. – @k_doogs – Charlotte, North Carolina!

Michelle Kennemer – @Rnrgrltx – Fort Worth Marathon 20 miler–last big run before my 1st marathon on 12/4!

Ian Harper – @ianhar01 – Running the Chickamauga 1/2 tomorrow in Chickamauga, Georgia

Kerry Lastra – @berlinbears – I’m running RnR San Antonio Sunday!

Craig Brett – @craigbrett – over the hills 12k Bradford on Avon

Darius Daniel – @dzoid11 – inaugural Norfolk Freedom Half Marathon

Lisa Gonzales – @runlikeacoyote – I’m doing 18 miles here at home. Hopefully in the rain! Woo!

Beth McCurdy – @Beth262 – Peachtree city 50k on Sunday! Hoping for a 50k PR!

Raezzelle – @RaezzelleAnn – Dash for Dad 10K at Botanic Gardens in Memphis, TN. Proceeds go to The Project to End Prostate Cancer!

Matt Bayley – @coachbayley – NWAACC championships in everett Wa!!! Wish the CCS sasquatch luck!! #gotime

MJ – @CoffeeMonkey001 – Terre Haute Fall Classic 10k go #wvrrs

Katrina Pietromica – @kpietromica – Running in Eagle, ID for the Shine 5K Night Run.

Sam Bertolino – @sambb18 – MiamiMan 70.3

Edward – @celendial – Shun the Sun Half Marathon in Mesa, Arizona

Jenna S.H. – @JSofe – Tri-State Tough Mudder!

Damon Gang – @Damon_Gang – I’ll be running in Flanacher Rd park

mishlnaz – @mishlnaz – Jingle Bell Run in Portage, MI

Kevin Hunsicker – @KevOCCRN – Harrisburg Marathon, Harrisburg, PA…26.2 debut!

We have this finisher’s medal submission from all the way across the pond.  It is the Chester Marathon medal.  The race takes place in the United Kingdom town of Chester.

The clock in the middle of the medal is the Eastgate clock which is a prominent landmark the Chester city centre.

The Chester Marathon took place on October 8, 2011 and was won by Ben Fish in 2:27:25.

MBNA Chester Marathon Website

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[Medal photo submitted by Gavin Reeves.  Follow him on Twitter @gavinjreeves]

Christoph Niemann is an illustrator for the ‘Abstract Sunday’ column in the New York Times Magazine.

Niemann live-illustrated and drew the the 2011 ING New York City Marathon on Sunday as he ran the race.  A man of many talents to be able to draw and paint throughout the race.  You can view all 45 sketches he made during the race below.

View Niemann’s 45 New York City Marathon Sketches (click HERE)

Niemann finished the race in 6:11:18.

You can follow Christoph on Twitter at @AbstractSunday

Related 2011 ING NYC Marathon Stories

• Jennie Finch Passes 30,000 Runners at NYC Marathon to Raise $30,000 for Charity
• Apolo Ohno Runs New York City Marathon in 3:25:12
• Geoffrey Mutai Impressive in Winning ING New York City Marathon (Elite Male Results)
• Dado Firehiwot Wins ING NYC Marathon in 2:23:15 (Elite Female Results)

[image: Abstract Sunday]

Here is the over-commercialized finisher’s medal from the Dublin Marathon that took place on October 31, 2011 in Dublin, Ireland.

The Dublin Marathon was won by Kenyan Geoffrey G. Ndungu who ran it fast in 2:08:33.

Dublin Marathon Website

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[Medal photo submitted by Suzy Taylor. Follow her on Twitter @TaylorSuzy]

The Indianapolis Monumental Marathon took place on November 5, 2011 in Indianapolis, Indiana.  Here is the finisher’s medal from the Monumental.

Dallas Smith, who send us the photo, described it this way, “The Monumental Marathon medal is less ornate than its name might suggest. Rather, it’s simple and tasteful.”

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[Medal photo submitted by the legendary Dallas Smith.  You can follow him on Twitter @smithbend]

WE ARE MARSHALL!!! And here is the Marshall University Marathon finisher’s medal.  The race took place on November 6, 2011.

I think this medal is pretty great.  It’s unique yet not over-the-top cheesy with gimmicks.  And all medals, like the Flying Pig Marathon (see HERE) medal, that have a cool back side get extra points for creativity.

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[Photos submitted by Mikki Trujillo who PR’d the Marshall University Marathon]

It took a couple of days, but we’ve finally landed a photo of the 2011 ING New York City Marathon medal from the race that took place on November 6, 2011.

No wonder it took so long. This medal is several levels below average.

You’d think with the NYC Marathon being such a large marathon that they’d spend a little coin on a finisher’s medal worthy of this prestigious event.

It’s not the worst medal we’ve ever seen, but it is very 5K’ish for sure.

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Related 2011 ING New York City Marathon News

• Jennie Finch Passes 30,000 Runners at NYC Marathon to Raise $30,000 for Charity
• Apolo Ohno Runs New York City Marathon in 3:25:12
• Geoffrey Mutai Impressive in Winning ING New York City Marathon (Elite Male Results)
• Dado Firehiwot Wins ING NYC Marathon in 2:23:15 (Elite Female Results)

ING NYC Marathon Website

[NYC Marathon Medal pic sent to us by MH.  Follow her on Twitter @Madz2325]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the inaugural Rock ‘n’ Roll Savannah Marathon that took place on November 5, 2011.

The race was won by Nathan O’Connell with a time of 2:29:05.  The top female finisher was Jill Horst in 2:45:12.

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[Bling photo provided by Mike Manning. Follow him on Twitter @mmanning3]

Legendary softball player Jennie Finch completed the 2011 ING NYC Marathon on Sunday.  She finished with a time of 4:05:26.

Finch was the VERY last runner to start the race, but there was a reason for her caboose start.

Her publicist emailed this to me after the race:

Hope all is well! Thought you might be interested to know that Jennie Finch just ran the New York City marathon just four months after giving birth to her second son.

Though she is best known around the world for her 70+ mile an hour fastball, this morning the Olympic softball legend Jennie Finch’s speed was measured a little differently. She hit the “Start” button on her Timex GPS watch to begin the 2011 ING New York City marathon dead last and for each runner she passed, Timex donated $1 to the New York Road Runners Youth Programs. Finch crossed the finish line with an unofficial time of 4:05:26, passing approximately 30,000 people.

Congrats to Jennie and a special thank you to her sponsor, Timex, for donating so much money to the New York Road Runners Youth Programs!

Follow Jennie on Twitter @jfinch27

Related NYC Marathon Celeb News: Apolo Ohno Runs New York City Marathon in 3:25:12

Related: Geoffrey Mutai won the 2011 ING NYC Marathon