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Here is the finisher’s medal from the Hollywood Half Marathon that took place on April 5, 2014 in Hollywood, California.

Also pictured above is the medal from completing the Best of L.A. Challenge for completing the Hollywood Half and New Year’s Half Marathon.

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[medal photo submitted by Raquel Perez – follow her on Twitter @kickingrox]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Milano Marathon that took place on April 6, 2014 in Milano, Italy.

I lived for a bit in Milan. I’d like to return one day to run this marathon.

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[medal photo submitted by Claudio G – follow him on Twitter @troprunner]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Taunton Half Marathon that was held on April 6, 2014 in Taunton, England.

It was the 31st running of the Taunton this year.

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[medal photo submitted by 100 Medal Mission Mart – follow him on Twitter @greasygringo666]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Sheffield Half Marathon that was supposed to be held on April 6, 2014 in Sheffield, England.

The race was cancelled at the last minute due to INADEQUATE water supplies. Read more HERE.

Organisers cancelled the event citing a safety risk and said that a water company did not deliver the required water supplies.

In a statement they said: “It is with huge disappointment and regret that we have been forced to cancel this year’s race due to a problem with the delivery of water.

“We would like to express our sincerest apologies to everyone involved in the race who will be affected.”

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[medal photo submitted by John Armitage – follow him on Twitter @armitagejohn]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the April Fool’s Half Marathon that was held on April 6, 2014 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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[medal photo submitted by Darius – follow him on Twitter @dzoid11]

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]

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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Sadly,  16-year old teen Cameron Gallagher died shortly after finishing the Virginia Beach Shamrock Half Marathon last weekend. She collapsed just past the finished line and died shortly after at a local hospital.

Cameron Gallagher crumpled to the ground at 9:30 a.m. after crossing the finish line at Virginia Beach’s Shamrock Half Marathon. The Richmond girl was rushed to a local hospital, but doctors were unable to revive her heartbeat. She passed away at 11. a.m.

Family members who came out to cheer for the 16-year-old girl are now coming to terms with the fact that her young life was cut so short.

Cameron had a huge heart for helping others and had been planning a “Speaking Up 5K” to promote awareness about teen suicide.

Before her death, Cameron had been organizing a 5K to promote awareness about suicide. Friends say that the teen’s “Speaking Up 5K” will continue in Cameron’s memory.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Cameron’s parents, family, and friends.

[image: family]

Here is our live coverage and results of the 2014 Los Angeles Marathon via tweets from across the web live from the race and other places.

Ethiopia’s Gebo Burka wins the 2014 Los Angeles Marathon with a time of 2:10:37.

The female winner today was Amane Gobena, also from Ethiopia, in a time of 2:27:40.

UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE RACE