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This is the medal for the Inaugural Cummins Falls Marathon that was held on February 23, 2013 in Cookeville, Tennessee.

Great medal for a pretty but tough course!

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[Medal submitted by RIF #75 Jennifer Scarlett]

This is the sweet bling the finishers of the Rock ‘n’ Roll New Orleans Half Marathon received on February 24, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

This medal IS a party and perfect for this marathon. Love the beads and the mask and the figures at the bottom. I love it!

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[medal photo submitted by Mallory. Follow her on Twitter @N0la_lady]

This is the awesome pirate booty that finishers received at the Gasparilla Half Marathon on February 24, 2013 in Tampa, Florida.

Love this medal! It’s very unique and fun and race worthy!

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[Medal photo submitted by Phillip Newman. Follow him on Twitter @tridaddyphil]

This is the medal the finishers received at the Inaugural Central Park Marathon that was held on February 24, 2013 in Central Park in New York, New York.

I think this is a very pretty and cool medal.

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[Medal photo submitted by Michael McLaughlin.  Follow him on Twitter @ESUrunner]

This is the medal the finishers of the GRU Augusta 10K received on February 24, 2013 in Augusta, Georgia.

Pretty solid medal for a 10K. This was the first year the 10K option was added at the Augusta Half Marathon.

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[Medal photo submitted by Virginia C. Follow her on Twitter @evenstartiger]

This is the finisher’s medal for the 30th Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon that took place on February 24, 2013 in Royal Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom.

Very cool that they used 30 for the shape of the medal.

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[Medal photo submitted by Runners Knees.  Follow on Twitter @RunnersKnees]

This is the medal for the CAF Caracas Half Marathon that was held on February 24, 2013 in Caracas, Venezuela.

Here’s another view of the medal:

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[Medal photo submitted by Giancarlo Selvaggio, follow him on Twitter @selvaggio_g and by Marcos Mayer Ottati, follow him on Twiter @Torniman2004]

Marathoners cast in metal run through Stockholm

Marathoners were streaming into the west side of the stadium. They would run a partial lap around the track before ending their 26.2-mile journey at the finish line I’d just crossed.
I wanted to have one last look. I glanced back down the track at the finish line fifty yards behind me, up at the expectant faces looking down from the stands. The people in those stands in 1912 had watched Jim Thorpe win two Olympic gold medals—later stripped from him for having played two seasons of semi-professional baseball. The decision was controversial and the medals were restored after his death.
I turned to walk through the archway. On the wall high above, a staff held out the Swedish colors, a yellow cross on a sky-blue background. The flag whipped and snapped in the wind.
I ambled through the archway, clutching my plastic blanket and finisher’s medal. On this June day the Stockholm Marathon had for me already become history, my 3:26:44 finish converted to mere blips on a computer disk. I was dismayed at what had happened. Once again the awful distance had declared its mystery, sprung its trap.
My legs hurt.
I walked a short ways to a soccer field and stopped in front of a blue-eyed blond girl, exemplar of Scandinavian beauty. She looked up and, noticing the tiny American flag printed on the corner of my bib, spoke in perfect idiom:
“Did you run good?”
“I did the best I could.”
“That’s the best!”
Then she went to work with her knife, reclaiming the timing chip.

Read the full story by Dallas Smith by clicking HERE

This is the very blingy medal that the finishers of the Mercedes Half Marathon received on February 17, 2013 in Birmingham, Alabama.

Very shiny and just what you’d expect to see from this race!

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[Medal photo submitted by RIF #192 Leigh Marsh.  Follow her on Twitter @MsPrincessLeigh]

These are the medals that RIF #133 Michelle Mitchell on in January and February in the Winter Mile Series in Moscow, Russia.

Congratulations to Michelle for winning the indoor mile both months!

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[medal photo submitted by RIF #133 Michelle Mitchell – follow her on Twitter @runnerchickey]