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Here is the finisher’s medal from the Dances With Dirt Marathon/Half Marathon that took place on May 12, 2012 in Gnaw Bone, Indiana.

Simple yet unique finisher’s medal. Love the name of the city.

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[Submitted by Jered Mounce. Follow him on Twitter @brokenmiles]

One from the vault for Mother’s Day:

On Fridays I would take Momma out for supper. One Friday we ate at Pizza Hut where I could have spaghetti. She wondered why. It was because my first race, a 10K which I’d kept a secret, was on the next morning. Four days after her death, I had surgery, and, following recovery, trained for eight weeks and ran my first marathon.

Running began a new life for me. For her, life itself was a hard run. By coincidence, it ended as my new one was beginning. Endurance had threaded her days. She left it with me.

Read the full story by Dallas Smith by clicking HERE

We asked on Twitter (@runitfast) where you were running this weekend and 45 of you responded!

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

David Chaloupka – Warrior Dash 2012 Amity, AR, run it clean or run it dirty, but #Runitfast !! Gotta go!

Vanessa Goodman – #YMCA Conroe, Tx 5K trail run fund-raiser for equine therapy program

TribalEspresso – Mt Tremblant Qc, Biking IM Tremblant 90k loop

Ricardo Sosa Pieck – merida, mexico!

michael c. miller – i’m running my first half marathon…the kirkland half, kirkland WA.

Shannon Clark – I’m running a Mother’s Day Virtual 10k on Sunday-my 1st 10k! 🙂

Rudy Regalado – New Prauge Half Marathon

Nicholas L. Norfolk –  I’ll be in #LittleRock at Jesse is Awesome Half Marathon on Sunday. #JIA12 #ARKrun

Kathy Shirley – Running an easy 10-miler along the beautiful San Diego coast!

Phillip Forsyth – Maclehose Stages 4-6 in Hong Kong. Around 32clicks

Jerry Armstrong Ⓥ – Representing @trailandultra at “Fear the Deer 1/2 Marathon!

Lisa Gonzales – Just running local roads/trails this weekend. Prepping for my 12HR! #ultra #gettingloopy

Brian Rice – SALUTE A SOLDIER 5K IN GILBERT AZ

Jason Orlinsky – 11th Annual Lou Gehrig’s Disease 10K Run in Coconut Grove (miami,fl) .. C’MON!!

Mary Grieder – Should be a 22 miler for marathon training but sidelined by injury instead 🙁 #disappointed #idratherberunning #run

Linda Tendler – Santa Barbara Wine Country 1/2 Marathon!!

Sheri Sandahl Mahnke – Walking for March for Dimes

Angie Gerber – Beautiful Portland, OR! Hoping for an easy 6 miles. Still recovering from The Ave.

Caloy Bautista – I’m doing my #Anywhere5K on the streets of Kidapawan

Aron Lanie – Brunswick Forest Duathlon in NC!

Michael Ceglinski – Paducah iron mom, half marathon in Paducah, KY

Christy Bowers – Ran Katy Trail 5K last night; just training runs this weekend

Jonathan Bobbitt – ’roundhere

RunTramp – Hammer Trail Marathon, Bornholm, Denmark. Will send a pic’ of the medal if I finish!

Murray Meads – Edmonton River Valley trails with my Canada Day 10 mile clinic

sutah ann robins – DE Marathon in @Running_Skirts

Kevin Erb – “Run with the Knights” – 5K fundraiser for alma mater high school in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Jeff Cook – Warrior Dash Arkansas in Amity AR.

Obaid Rahman – Will be running the folloing route on Sat morning with@fehrtrade http://bit.ly/Jxsszu

Jim Elliott – my daughter is running her 1rst 5K with “Girls on the Run” in San Francisco this weekend, the day before her 9th birthday!

Pablo Solano – 21k at San José tomorrow and 10k on Sunday at Cartago, Costa Rica

Samantha Firman – Title9K+ at the Boulder Reservoir in beautiful Boulder, Colorado on Mother’s Day!

Mark Sikkila – Fifth Third River Bank Run 25K Going for a sub 2:00:00#nervous #RIF108

Lauren S. – my last long run in STL before moving…10 miles in Forest Park

E. Smith – Early morning long run 10+ miles on Saturday, Jacksonville, FL.

Ted Lascari – 5/3 River Bank Run 25K in Grand Rapids, MI

Natalia Tanyadji – tomorrow morming long run before Singapore Sundown Marathon on the 26th will be road with the sea breeze 🙂

Robin – 3 Days at the Fair, NJ. There are 72, 48, 24, 12 and 6 hour races. Great races from the NJ Trail Series!

Lisa Edwards – Fifth/Third River Bank Run (25k) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Both MI RIF members will be there 🙂 I’m totally out of shape. Fun.

Sean Higgins – susan g komen Philadelphia 5k

elizabeth v rehmer – trail run in Bozeman tonight, long run on Sunday. 🙂

Joshua Holmes – Strawberry Festival 10K

rian c p – UOB heartbeat race

Scott Gorski – my first 10 mile run in prep for the Summerfest Rock & Sole half marathon next month. #Summerfest #bestfestonagreatlake

Michelle Mitchell – raced a 1000m TT then 5000m tempo run last night at Moscow State U trying to get my legspeed back post 100k. It’s getting there:)

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When we launched Run It Fast – The Club ten weeks ago, we promised a brand-spanking-new Garmin 310xt would be given away to one of the first 150 members to join.

Yesterday, we drew 10 names from the Random Number Generator to give us 10 finalists. This morning we selected one #/name from the generator to decide our winner.

And the winner is…

1. RIF #64 – Leah Harrison
2. RIF #90 – Marcia Larsen
3. RIF #23 – Jennifer Lazar
4. RIF #32 – Scott Lochridge
5. RIF #141 – Brian Wooldridge
6. RIF #61 – Amanda Cottingham
7. RIF #18 – Rick Jarvis
8. RIF #15 – Amber Goetz-Bouchard
9. RIF #85 – Brett Beckham
10. RIF #36 – Bryan Snyder – WINNER

Big congrats to Bryan and a special thanks to everyone who has joined to date. We’ve quickly built an impressive running community here in the United States that is starting to spread around the globe.

For information on joining Run It Fast – The Club click HERE.

Members be sure to check out (and submit your info) our Extreme Racer Standings Program (details).

Complete Run It Fast – The Club Member Directory

When we launched Run It Fast – The Club ten weeks ago, we promised a brand-spanking-new Garmin 310xt would be given away to one of the first 150 members to join.

We got to 150 members pretty quickly, and it’s time now to select which RIF-Club member will win the Garmin.

The drawing is going to consist of two drawings. In the first drawing, I’m going to use Random Number Generator to select 10 different Run It Fast – Club numbers. These ten members, along with their RIF #’s, will be listed below.

Tomorrow I’ll use the Random Number Generator again using the #’s 1-10 (as labeled below) to decide who the winner will be.

And the 10 Finalists Are…

1. RIF #64 – Leah Harrison
2. RIF #90 – Marcia Larsen
3. RIF #23 – Jennifer Lazar
4. RIF #32 – Scott Lochridge
5. RIF #141 – Brian Wooldridge
6. RIF #61 – Amanda Cottingham
7. RIF #18 – Rick Jarvis
8. RIF #15 – Amber Goetz-Bouchard
9. RIF #85 – Brett Beckham
10. RIF #36 – Bryan Snyder

So these are the lucky ten that will have their name in the hat tomorrow for the Garmin 310xt.

For information on joining Run It Fast – The Club click HERE.

Members be sure to check out (and submit your info) our Extreme Racer Standings Program (details).

Complete Run It Fast – The Club Member Directory

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Safari Park Half Marathon that took place on May 6, 2012 in San Diego, California at the San Diego Zoo.

This is a very cool and beautiful medal from a fun race through the zoo.

Check out Lisa’s Race Report on this race over at her blog (HERE).

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[Submitted by RIF #5 Lisa Gonzales. Follow her on Twitter @runlikeacoyote]

The autopsy that was performed on ultramarathon runner Micah ‘Caballo Blanco’ True after his death has revealed that he died from heart disease.

While medical examiners couldn’t point to the cause of the heart disease, they said True’s left ventricle, which pumps oxygenated blood to the rest of the body, had become thick and was dilated.

Chemical tests showed that True was mildly dehydrated and had caffeine in his system. He also had some abrasions on his elbows, forearms, knees and shins.

True, a legendary type of character made famous in the book Born To Run, disappeared in the Gila Wilderness in New Mexico back in March. He was missing for several days before his body was found on March 31st.

May Caballo Rest In Peace!

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Pittsburgh Half Marathon that took place on May 6, 2012 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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[Submitted by RIF #90 Marcia Larsen. Follow her on Twitter @marsh153]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the 35th Lincoln Marathon that took place on May 6, 2012 in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Pretty medal and an exact replica of the Lincoln Presidential Half Marathon Medal (see HERE). Not sure which one went to this design first, but I’d bet on this one above since it is the 35th running of the event.

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[Submitted by Chad Kilpatrick. Follow him on Twitter @BBChad]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Gettysburg North-South Marathon that took place on April 29, 2012 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

A medal that lives up to it’s name.

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[Submitted by S. Martell. Follow Martell on Twitter @scottym228]