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This is the finisher’s medal from the Big D Marathon that was held on April 6, 2014 in Dallas, Texas.

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[medal photo submitted by RIF #258 Alex Barrientos- follow him on Twitter @alexb214]

This is the finisher’s buckle from the Umstead 100 Miler that was held on April 5, 2014 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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[medal photo submitted by RIF #134 Robin Mancinelli- follow her on Twitter @robinmrr2]

This is the finisher’s medal for the inaugural Texas Wine Series Half Marathon that was held on March 30, 2014 in Bryan, Texas.

This was the 1st of 3 races being held at local vineyards. If you like wine and you like to run, check out the series here: Texas Wine Series

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[medal photo submitted by RIF #60 Christy Bowers – follow her on Twitter @run2bake]

More and more runners are using Instagram to post photos from their training runs, races, and post-race celebrations.  Users of the popular picture sharing service use #hashtags to categorize photos for likes and to obtain new followers as well.

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Just this past week the hash #running was tagged for the 6,000,000th time. That’s a lot of running photos and an amazing feat. You can view running photos from runners from all over the globe under that tag and several others listed below.

Here is a look at some other popular running related tags on Instagram to tag your running photos with for likes and follows:

• #runitfast (1,127,249) – The official tag of Run It Fast®. Photos tagged with #runitfast are chosen from daily to be retweeted on our popular IG account (view HERE) of over 11,000 followers that has turned into a beautiful running mosaic.
• #running (10,492,316) – 10 million and counting.
• #run (10,470,249) – Slightly larger than #running
• #runner (1,803,097) 
• #instarunners (487,034) – Featured retweets of select running pics.
• #trailrunning (580,847) – Trail running pics
• #jogging (1,095,570) – Code name for running pics
• #marathon (1,623,769) – 26.2 miles
• #halfmarathon (631,263) – 13.1 miles
• #ultramarathon (43,208) – Beyond 26.2 miles
• #runnerspace (170,802) – Track and field pics.
• #runhappy (447,729) – Happy running!
• #finishline (241,417)
• #seenonmyrun (196,146) – Photos of what runners saw on their runs.
• #furtherfasterforever (191,028) 
• #nikerunning (844,820) – Some people even still wear their shoes to run it.
• #cardio (10,068,373) 
• #endurance (513,620)
• #exercise (12,349,046) – All forms of exercise including running.
• #fitmom (2,647,194) – Fit moms!
• #fitfluential (999,946)
• #fitness (66,217,466) – Over 34 million photos makes this one of the largest tags in any genre.
• #fitnessaddict (5,891,107)
• #fitspo (15,880,847)
• #workout (36,755,534) – Pump it up!
• #ultrarunners (4,445) – Ultramarathon runners and beautiful trails from around the globe.

[cut and paste these 22 basic tags – #runitfast #running #runner #run #instarunners #jogging #runhappy #nikerunning #furtherfasterforever #runnerspace #runhappy #finishline #cardio #exercise #workout #fitness #fitspo #fitnessaddict #workout #cardio #endurance #ultrarunners]

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This is the finisher’s medal for the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships that were held on March 29, 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Congrats to RIF #252 Neil who set a new PR there!

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[medal photo submitted by RIF #252 Neil Dryland. Follow him on Twitter @ndryland]

This is the finisher’s medal for the inaugural Livermore Half Marathon that was held on March 29, 2014 in Livermore, California.

Beautiful medal!

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[medal photo submitted by RIF #140 Dennis Arriaga – follow him on Twitter @dennarr]