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Here is the finisher’s medal from the Cheshire Half Marathon that took place on April 29, 2012 in Cheshire, Connecticut.

In the words of Chris Estes, “What is this? A trinket?”

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[Submitted by Michelle Berg. Follow her on Twitter @mberg_teamepic]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the St. Luke’s Half Marathon that took place on April 29, 2012 in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

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[Submitted by Gerard Pescatore. Follow him on Twitter @GPescatore]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Gladiator Rock ‘N Run 6K obstacle race that took place on April 28, 2012 at Great Park in Irvine, California.

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[Submitted by Scot Britton. Follow him on Twitter @ScotBritton]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the CARA Lakefront 10 Miler that took place on April 28, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois.

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

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Big Sur International Marathon that took place on April 29, 2012 in Big Sur, California.

This is one mega cool medal that has a very natural Native American feel to it.

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[Submitted by RIF #18 Rick Jarvis who ran the Country Music Half Marathon the day before running Big Sur.]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Salt Lake City Marathon that took place on April 21, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

This is such a strong, bold, and masculine medal.  A medal a superhero would be proud to wear as his belt buckle.

The middle part of the medal (with the runners and ‘Utah’) is a spinner.

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[Submitted by Jason Howard. Follow Jason on Twitter @jasonrunsutah]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Pleasanton Half Marathon that took place on April 29, 2012 in Pleasanton, California

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[Submitted by RIF #140 Dennis Arriaga. Follow him on Twitter @dennarr]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Glass City Half Marathon that took place on April 22, 2012 in Toledo, Ohio.

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[Submitted by Adam Dishong. Follow him on Twitter @IrishRunnerCLE]

Leah Thorvilson destroyed the Frisco Railroad Run 50 Mile Race on April 28, 2012 in Williard, Missouri with a blazing time of 6:00:31.  Second place was a complete hour behind her.

Thorvilson’s time is believed to be a new course record and is easily the new female course record.

According to UltraRunning Leah’s time is the fourth fastest 50 miler by a female ever behind only Ann Trason, Donna Perkins, and Marcy Schwam.

Second place went to another female, Karen Plucinski, with a time of 7:00:44.

A dude finally placed in third with Pete Kostenlnick (7:16:51).

2012 Frisco Railroad 50 Mile Race Results

1. Leah Thorvilson – 6:00:31
2. Karen Plucinski – 7:00:44
3. Pete Kostenlnick – 7:16:51
4. Kyle Clouston – 7:48:53
5. Jeff Jones – 8:51:52
6. Ron Ayers – 9:03:23
7. John Allen – 9:05:41
8. Stacie Shaver – 9:19:17
9. Nick Haydn – 9:24:30
10. Cliff Ferren – 9:32:22

Leah is a member RIF #34 of Run It Fast – The Club. You can join the club and read more about it HERE.

19-year old Ryan James, making his marathon debut yesterday, won the 2012 St. Jude Country Music Marathon in Nashville, Tennessee with a time of 2:32:47.

James won easily by eight minutes over Arizona’s Steve Slaby (2:40:16) with third place going to Daniel Smoak (2:41:44).

Top overall female went to Georgia’s Erin Sutton in 2:54:16. It was her debut marathon as well.

Second place female was Karen Lockyer (2:56:21) and third went to Anya Bogdanets (3:02:15).

Only 11 runners of the 3,925 finishers went sub 3-hours on the hilly and hot course.

Top 10 St. Jude Country Music Marathon Finishers

1. Ryan James – 2:32:47
2. Steve Slaby – 2:40:16
3. Daniel Smoak – 2:41:44
4. Calvin Bannister – 2:51:25
5. Timothy Clarke – 2:53:21
6. Erin Sutton – 2:54:16
7. Colin Meyer – 2:54:33
8. Jadyn Stevens – 2:56:13
9. Karen Lockyer – 2:56:21
10. Tim Carven – 2:58:03

2012 St. Jude Country Music Marathon Searchable Results

I’m sure we’ll be hearing more from Ryan and Erin.

Top 5 St. Jude Country Music Half Marathon Finishers

1. Sammy Kiplagat – 1:10:08
2. Johnathan Lejeune – 1:11:44
3. Jordan Wilson – 1:12:44
4. Bradley Chronister – 1:14:19
5. Brian Shelton – 1:14:42

The female winner of the CMM Half Marathon was Sharon Thompson, from Franklin, with a time of 1:19:39. Second female went to Tamara Karrh (1:20:26) with third going to Ashley Evans (1:22:47).

Congrats to these top finishers and everyone who finished the Country Music Marathon or 1/2 Marathon yesterday.