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Ths is the medal for the Catalina Island Eco Marathon that was held on November 10, 2012 in Catalina Island (Avalon), California.

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[Medal photo submitted by RIF #1 Joshua Holmes.  Follow him on Twitter @bayou]

The Bling Case had a ton of submissions in September and a lot of them were very unique and pretty cool. Every month it gets harder and harder to narrow the selection down but we chose 16 medals for you to vote on for the Best Race Medal for September 2012. As I’m sure you know by now, the medal chosen as the Best Race Medal for September 2012 will be included in the contest for the Best Race Medal of 2012 at the end of the year.

The August Best Medal 2012 Vote is still going on and you have 1 more week to cast your vote for your favorite August medal if you haven’t done so already.

The Best Race Medal winners so far this year:
January – Inaugural Louisiana Marathon Medal 2012 
February – Surf City Marathon Medal 2012
March – Rock ‘n’ Roll New Orleans Half Marathon Medal 2012
April – Flying Pirate Half Marathon Medal 2012
May – Safari Park Half Marathon Medal 2012
June – Navy Ten Nautical Miler Medal 2012
July – Sogonapmit Marathon Medal 2012

Which September 2012 race medal do you think is the best? Pick your favorite out of these 16:

Thanks for voting!

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This is the medal for the Outer Banks Marathon that was held on November 11, 2012 in Outer Banks, North Carolina.

Here is a photo of the Outer Banks Half Marathon medal as well:

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[Medal photos submitted by Blair Maury – follow Blair on Twitter @nightoatmeal and by RIF #192 Leigh Marsh. Follow Leigh on Twitter @MsPrincessLeigh]

The big scandal involving General David Petraeus and his biographer Paula Broadwell has consumed most of the cable airwaves and news headlines over the past week.  At the heart of the story is the affair that Petraeus and Broadwell shared together.

Broadwell wanted to write her book on Petraeus but she needed access. She heard he was an avid runner and asked the General if she could run with him.  So the two of them met at the Pentagon in D.C. and went off for a run together.

The rest, as they say, is history.

Here is how Paula described it during a speech at the University of Denver back in October:

Our first interview in person was on a run. And I had proposed this because I knew it was a rite of passage for many of his former aids, to kind of get in the inner circle you had to be a runner.

Well I had run in high school, I had run in college, I had been a sponsored triathlete when we lived here in Colorado, so I loved physical fitness, but I didn’t think he knew anything about me in that regard.

So, we went for a run. We started at the Pentagon, and I had my recorder. I thought if I asked him questions that he had to give lengthy answers to, he would be more winded than I was. But he was smarter than I was — he’d say yes or no or he’d just asked a question in return or say “that’s classified, next.”

Anyhow, at some point at about mile three or four, he started to pick up the pace. And I knew this was coming. I call it the “boiling frog approach,” because you don’t know that the water is getting hotter and hotter. In any case I realized what was going on and I decided to shut off the recorder and race him.

And I was told never to beat him.  Keep up with him and you earn… it’s the rite of passage. But don’t beat him because he’s a guy, you’re a girl, and he’s a celebrity, and you’re a soccer mom.

In any case, he started elbowing me and it was over.

Long story short, I did beat him. We got down to six-minute mile pace, and I later found out that he was going through radiation treatment for prostate cancer, so it didn’t really count. But it was a rite of passage and a great sort of rapport builder with him.

It sounds like both Petraeus and Broadwell are in excellent shape if they were going head-to-head putting down a 6-minute/mile pace.  And hats off to Broadwell if she was a sponsored tri-athlete in Colorado.

Who knows exactly when or where their affair actually commenced (reports say 2011 after he left the Army), but I’m sure there was no turning back once he started elbowing her.

Broadwell’s words should become the confirmation quote from now on when one is caught with his or her running shorts down, “He started elbowing me and it was over.”

Knockin’ elbows is the new ‘Knockin’ Boots!’

This is the medal for the Tennessee Ragnar Relay that was held on November 9-10, 2012 from Chattanooga to Nashville, Tennessee.

The Ragnar Relay Series is a fun way to spend time running with friends. The relay is run in teams of 12 runners (or 6 runners for the ultra teams) and you get to spend some quality time with each other! Just think how well you’ll know each other after spending HOURS together in a van!

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[Medal photo submitted by RIF #183 Kirk Catron. Follow him on Twitter @kirkcatron]

This is the medal for the Nike 10K We Run Venezuela that was held on November 11, 2012 in Caracas, Venezuela.

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[Medal submitted by Giancarlo Selvaggio. Follow him on Twitter @selvaggio_g]

This is the medal for the Fort Lauderdale 13.1 Marathon that was held on November 11, 2012 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

It’s part of the Allstate Life Insurance 13.1 Marathon Series.

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[Medal submitted by RIF #207 Jorge Angel. Follow on on Twitter @777jaah]

This is the medal for the Anthem Richmond Marathon that was held on November 10, 2012 in Richmond, Virginia.

Colorful medal!

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[Medal submitted by RIF #126 Alicia Eno. Follow her on Twitter @karhu262girl]

This is the medal for the Mid-Land Half Marathon that was held on November 10, 2012 in Midland, Michigan.

The Mid-Land Half was the 7th and final race in the Michigan Half Series.

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[Medal submitted by RIF #108 Mark Sikkila – follow him on Twitter @MarkSikkila]

This is the medal for the Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon that was held on November 10, 2012 in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.

Beautiful medal! A different monument is chosen for the medal each year and this year’s medal features the Kentucky Monument. Here is another photo of the medal:

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[Medal photos submitted by RIF #185 David Pharr – follow him on Twitter @DavidPharr and by RIF #166 Nathan Judd – follow him on Twitter @Beukdeup]