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Indiana native Justin Gillette won the 2012 Georgia Marathon on March 18, 2012 with a winning time of 2:32:43.

Second place went to Atlanta’s Andrew Heath in 2:36:14 with third going to Brady Bennett in 2:40:12.

The first female across the line was Jill Horst in 3:00:52. Mary Chind and Patricia Coppel finished second and third respectively.

2012 Georgia Marathon Top 10 Results
1. Justin Gillette (Goshen, IN) – 2:32:43
2. Andrew Heath (Atlanta, GA) – 2:36:14
3. Brady Bennett (Rome, GA) – 2:40:12
4. Juan Soto (Gainesville, GA) – 2:46:34
5. Gary Krugger (Flagstaff, AZ) – 2:49:34
6. Ryan McClay (Atlanta, GA) – 2:50:40
7. Enrique Sanchez (Atlanta, GA) – 2:51:28
8. Philip Blong (Albuquerque, NM) – 2:56:57
9. James Bickelhaupt (Smyrna, GA) – 2:58:23
10. Humayun Zafar (Kennesaw, GA) – 2:58:50

2012 Georgia Marathon Top 3 Women 
1. Jill Horst (Rome, GA) – 3:00:52
2. Mary Chind (Decatur, GA) – 3:02:09
3. Patricia Coppel (Atlanta, GA) – 3:05:52

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Ryan Meulemans won the inaugural Savage Gulf Trail Marathon that took place on March 17, 2012 at Savage Gulf State Park in Tennessee in 4:57:33.

He finished nearly six minutes ahead of second place finisher Brian Costilow. Both men are from Signal Mountain, Tennessee.  Georgia native Michael Scherzer completed the podium with a time of 5:22:58.

Top female was Kris Whorton, from Chattanooga, Tennessee, with a time of 5:50:16.

55 runners started the brutal yet beautiful race and 40 finished.

Photos from the Beautiful, Challenging & Barbaric Savage Gulf Trail Marathon

2012 Savage Gulf Trail Marathon Results

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[image: Bill Knapp]

International Bling: Here is the finisher’s medal from the Jerusalem Marathon that took place in Jerusalem, Israel on March 16, 2012.

This was the second year for the Jerusalem Marathon. 1,000 took part in the full marathon with 4,000 running the half and another 10,000 for the 10K race.  Nearly 4,000 Israeli soliders ran the races to help provide security.

This medal has Hebrew writing on it and an antique feel about it that makes it a must-have for the marathoner with a big budget that can hop around the world for races.

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[medal photo submitted by Hudi. Follow on Twitter @RunHudi]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Liverpool Half Marathon that took place on March 18, 2012 in Liverpool.

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[medal photo submitted by Bryan Llorente. Follow him on Twitter @bryllo84]

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea tweeted moments ago comparing the feeling of running a marathon as the closest feeling to being on acid.

Flea in his own words, “Running a marathon is the closest feeling to being on acid without actual LSD consumption that I know of”

Flea, real name Michael Balzary, has run the L.A. Marathon each of the past two years.

In 2011 he finished in 3:53:00 (Full Story). Yesterday (2012), he finished in 3:41:49 PR.

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Here is the finisher’s medal from the NYC (New York City) Half Marathon that took place on March 18, 2012 in New York City, NY.

The race had 15,336 finishers and was won by Peter Cheruiyot Kirui with a winning time of 59:39. The female winner was Firehiwot Dado in 1:08:35.

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[medal photo submitted by Larry Medina. Follow him on Twitter @Rdrunner5k]

Here is the colorful finisher’s medal from the L.A. (Los Angeles) Marathon that took place on March 18, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.

Simple medal but pretty solid. The colors help prevent this medal from being a bust.

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[medal photo submitted by A.J. Reese. Follow him on Twitter @AJisrunning]

Here is the beautiful and festive finisher’s medal from the Georgia Half Marathon that took place on March 18, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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[medal photo submitted by Oliver Vagner. Follow him on Twitter @Oliver_Vagner]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Shamrock Half Marathon that took place on March 18, 2012 in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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[medal photo submitted by Darius. Follow him on Twitter @dzoid11]