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Jackson native Paul Meyers died during the Andrew Jackson Half Marathon on March 31, 2012.  Meyers was just 33-years old.

Meyers was an assistant public defender for the 26th Judicial District of Tennessee.  A graduate of Rhodes College in Memphis and the University of Mississippi School of Law.  He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

His death is the first in the 40 years of the Andrew Jackson Marathon and Half Marathon.  The race takes place every spring in Jackson, Tennessee.

“He was (lying) on the road and people had gathered around,” Charleyn Reviere said. “There was no pulse and we put him in the car and got him to Regional as quickly as we could.”

Meyers collapsed and fell around mile marker 8 of the race. He was found by Reviere, as she stood near the street, waiting to cheer her husband on during the race.

Meyers father and brother both died tragically young from heart related issues as well.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Paul’s family and friends!

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Jacksonian Arthur Priddy won the 2012 Andrew Jackson Marathon on Saturday with a winning time of 2:57:42.

“The first quarter mile I wanted to maintain my pace,” Priddy said. “I stayed within the pace range I was comfortable with and never looked back.”

Priddy, who runs for Breakaway Running out of Memphis, beat out fellow Jacksonian Keith Caruso (3:04:38) who finished in second place and Evan Perperis (3:08:15) who finished in third place.

Top 5 Andrew Jackson Marathon Male Results

1. Arthur Priddy – 2:57:42
2. Keith Caruso – 3:04:38
3. Evan Perperis – 3:08:15
4. Jonathan Stewart – 3:08:41
5. Bailey Bell – 3:08:59

Catie Caldwell was the 1st overall female finishing in 3:20:05.

Second place female went to Jane Shettles (3:31:09) and third to Misty Thompson (3:37:35)

Top 5 Andrew Jackson Marathon Female Results

1. Catie Caldwell – 3:20:05
2. Jane Shettles – 3:31:09
3. Misty Thompson – 3:37:35
4. Emily Smith – 3:42:50
5. Chellie Jannin – 3:46:43

Complete Andrew Jackson Marathon Results

The Andrew Jackson Half Marathon was won by Jacksonian Neil Wolford with a time of 1:17:38.

Top overall female for the half marathon went to Laura Henry with a time of 1:33:01.

Complete Andrew Jackson Half Marathon Results

Congrats to all of the finishers of both races and especially the 15+ member of Run It Fast – The Club that took part in the half and full.

[image: Whitehead Foundation]

We asked on Twitter (@runitfast) where you were running this weekend and 49 of you responded!

Good luck to you all this weekend and Run It Fast!

Joshua Holmes – Rest and recover from #Umstead100. Might ease back in with some elliptical

Lisa Gonzales – Doing a little trail running in my home town. #thankful

Peggy – #Hollywoodhalf this Saturday!

Camille Breckenridge – I’m running my second 5K this weekend in Sardis, MS. I’m hoping to beat my last time.

Arturo Moreno – Abe Lincoln Presidential Half Marathon in Springfield,IL

RunningMixes.com – taking this weekend off to go to our first Chicago Cubs game then Easter on Sunday! Are you going to run on Sunday?

HECTOR RAMIREZ – Orizaba Veracruz, Mexico !

Mrs. Kaci – Downtown Fairfield, Sat AM, Run For Good 5K!

Deloras Shubert – I’m running a half in Plainview Texas

Matt Johnson – @MRR_Siouxland #SpringThaw 10 miler!

Crystal – Cedro Peak! #Tijeras #NM

Chris Haynes – Oak Barrel half marathon, Lynchburg, Tennessee, this Saturday!

c c – I’m running the @RunUSHalf in San Francisco! Beautiful weather and beautiful city=beautiful run

Justin Barden – a 5k in Jackson, first short race in a while, looking forward to it

Jeff Thies – Arcadia Invitational!! I’m in the mens 3200 rated 2 and the seeded DMR where I’m doing the mile!!! so excited!!

Clint Randall – running up in Maine!

Lena Moman – Oakland hills, 15 mile training run. #running

Timothy Gore – traveling to Knoxville, TN and will run there

NaomiPipes – @MemorialPark #4theParks in Houston.

South East Striders – 10k in south east Kent with the ladies of @SEStriders

Michelle Mitchell – ez 2 mi xc race -Sri Chinmoy xc series (Moscow) followed by last long run b4 100k Worlds in 2 weeks

John O’Regan – 10K in Ballybunion, Co.Kerry, Ireland. Speed session during Ultra Taper.

Mario Luevanos – I’m going to be at the @HollywoodHalf Marathon, I really want that star and hoping to finish injury free!

Kiki – Running in the Bunny Hop 5K in Westerville, OH on Saturday morning. Sunday morning is my long run for my 1/2 marathon training.

Jade Blackford – Wichita, KS @EasterSunRun 🙂

Laura Raeder – Lincoln Presidential 1/2 marathon in Springfield Illinois. With brother in law…must beat him!

melissa reeves – Atlanta- Color Run!!

Kevin Ronayne – Training runs in the Boston area this weekend

Ed Roshitsh – Marin Headlands, San Francisco!

White Rock Lake – White Rock Lake in Dallas. Ready for Big D Marathon around the lake next week!

RuddyHajiMohammadAli – Stadium Hassanal Bolkiah, Brunei Darussalam. Standard Chartered Run for a reason, seeing is believing.

Jay – round Scenic St Neots (UK).

Lauren S. – 48th annual Lincoln Presidential Half Marathon in Springfield, IL!!!

Michael Sullivan – Roanoke river run 5k

Frank Cepero – Running the Glass City Half oon the 22nd of April In Toledo

Stephen G – Muddy Trails Bash 10K

Ryan Malesevich – second half marathon in 7 days! South Shore Half Marathon in Milwaukee.

PedrosRevenge – the Aug!

Eric Steuck – Cobber track from MN running in lynchburg VA

Cameron Adamson – taper time boys! Boston 2012 sub 3 !

Larissa – along the Hudson!

Jess – SML 5k and 1 mile with my kids on Saturday a.m., Jacksonville. Shannon Miller’s organization is combating obesity in children.

Larry Keister – nothing fancy. just doing 13.1 around the neighborhood in prep for Kentucky Derby Festival mini-Marathon on 4/28

Angie Gerber – Another training run in beautiful Helvetia, OR. Ready for some hills!

The Mama Runs – just a training LSD run with my Sun am group at the Eau Claire #Running Room #runchat #runningaddict

Matt Ambos – running in the sting 5k! Going to go sub-22 for the 1st time!

Brendan Shearn – Arcadia invitational!!

Taylor Ray – Cumming ,GA! Gonna run my face off this weekend!!!

Deb – local trails….training

Here is the finisher’s medal from the 43rd Annual Yuri Gagarin Memorial Half Marathon that took place outside of the cosmonaut training center just outside of Moscow, Russia.

This is the medal for third place that was awarded to Michelle Mitchell.  A beautiful medal that appears colorful and with the image of a double-phoenix on the front.

[You can follow Michelle on Twitter @runnerchickey]

Florida native Mike Morton coasted and glided to a new course record at the Umstead 100 Endurance Run on March 31, 2012 in Raleigh, North Carolina with a time of 13:11:40.

The Florida native crushed the previous course record set by Zach Gingerich in 2010 of 13:23:02.

Second place finisher Jim Sweeney (14:14:25) and third place finisher Mark Manz (14:16:25) were fast enough for the 5th and 6th fastest times in race history.

The female winner was Indiana native Traci Falbo who easily won with a time of 17:02:39.

Second place female was Allison Moore (18:45:02) with third place going to Beth McCurdy (19:11:28).

2012 Umstead 100 Mile Top 10 Results

1. Mike Morton – 13:11:40
2. Jim Sweeney – 14:14:25
3. Mark Manz – 14:16:25
4. Jonathan Allen – 15:19:53
5. Troy Shellhammer – 15:27:50
6. Chris Ramsey – 15:35:58
7. Garth Peterson – 16:48:01
8. Traci Falbo – 17:02:39
9. Greg Armstrong – 17:48:03
10. Darian Smith – 18:25:27

Complete 2012 Umstead Results

Congrats to all of the finishers and to all of those who ran far enough to earn 50-mile finishes.

[photos: Umstead/Ben Dillon]

The famed Barkley Marathons eat the young and old alike.  The 100-mile race consisting of 5-20 mile loops is considered the toughest race to finish in the world. It is the sick creation of race director Lazarus Lake.

This year was no different with the small exception that three people actually finished the race and Brett Maune (story) set a course record in finishing and winning the brutal race that takes place at Frozen Head State Park.

Above is a look at some of the Barkley swag from Naresh Kumar who competed at the race this year.  Along with the bib # you will see a map of the state park along with book pages. Each runner has to tear a corresponding page out of books places upon the course to prove they made it to those points of the race.  If they lose a page on the way back to race headquarters then they are disqualified.

Like Lake’s Last Annual Vol State 500K race there is no bling or medal for finishing this beast….just pride.

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[Submitted by Run It Fast Member #2 Naresh Kumar. Follow Naresh on Twitter @iamarunr]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Texas Independence Relay that took place on  March 31 – April 1, 2012 in Texas (Bastrop to San Jacinto).

The relay covered 203 miles through Texas (website):

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[Submitted by Run It Fast Member #89 Stewart Crouch. Join Run It Fast – The Club HERE]

Loud, colorful, and proud….here is the finisher’s medal from the Tour De Pain Extreme Half Marathon that took place on April 1, 2012 in Jacksonville, Florida.

Great job by the RD’s on this colorful bling.

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[Submitted by BeardRunJax. Follow him on Twitter @BeardRunJax]

Here is the SOCAL Warrior Dash finisher’s medal that took place on March 31, 2012 in Lake Elsinore, California.

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[Submitted by Scot Britton. Follow him on Twitter @ScotBritton]

Here is the finsher’s medal for the Tel Aviv Marathon that took place on March 30, 2012.

The detail on the front (and the back – see photo below) is awesome and the medal gives a great sense of place. I think I actually like the back more!

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[Submitted by RunHudi – follow on twitter @RunHudi]