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Here is the SOCAL Warrior Dash finisher’s medal that took place on March 31, 2012 in Lake Elsinore, California.

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

We asked on Twitter (@runitfast) where you were running this weekend and 32 of you responded!

Good luck to you all this weekend and Run It Fast!

Joshua Holmes – Umstead 100 Mile Ultra in Raleigh, NC. #runitfast

Monkey Trent – #Umstead100 Cripes

Lisa Gonzales – easy run or 2 around town this weekend for me. After 3 weeks off, I’ll take it. #crossingfingers

Robin Robbins – Andrew Jackson 1/2 Marathon

Amber Goetz – running the Human Race 5K in Greensboro, NC on Saturday 31Mar12 🙂

Marcia Larsen – Chicago Spring 10K on Sunday

Can’t Stop Endurance – Long trail runs in Shelby Farms!

Stewart Crouch – Texas Independence Relay

Kevin Ronayne – Loooong training runs in the hills of Central MA

Alvin Lee – Cherry Blossom 10 miler Washington, DC #runitfast

lillianflores – Memorial Park Houston TX 🙂

Mike Gilmartin – Chi-Town Half-Marathon on Sunday.

Charity Chitiyo – I’m running the @nyrr Colon Cancer Challenge – 15K, this Sunday. Looking forward to this race.

Jordan Weber – @CRBridgeRun Cooper River Bridge Run in Charleston, SC!

MassGal00 – #runforthetroops! Great cause!

Suzanne Erickson – #Umstead100 in Raleigh, NC!

Matt Conn – Heading south to the Knoxville Half Marathon. Ran it last year, an absolutely beautiful course.

A Season! – Cooper River Bridgerun-Charleston, SC

Gina Farrell– Gulfstream runway 5k. Mile one on the runway.

alex castillo – Benbrook Flower Power 5k

David Monett – The Beast – St Francisville LA

David W – Knoxville Marathon with my daughter. It is her first marathon.

aimee bellwood – Richmond park.

Lee Beebe – GoldenGateHeadlands26.2 TrailEvent! =^D

Kiki – I’m running in the Papa John’s 10 Miler in Louisville, KY. It’s the last event in the Louisville Triple Crown of Running.

Jaime Cabello Vivar– well I am going to do a 10k of running with hills…#onlyforvolunteers

Brian L – I’m not racing but @HeidiRuns is racing Ironman Texas 70.3 this weekend her first HIM.

Ben Keefe – going to do a ten mile trail run at Wyandotte County Park in Kansas. Should be sloppy. #trailrunning

Janie Crouch – No official races, just ready to help my brother run from his wedding if he changes his mind! We’ll really have to #runitfast !

Scot Britton – Running the @WarriorDash in Lake Elsinore #runitfast

SKORA Running – just running around The Black Hills National Forest this weekend!

BeardRunJax – Tour De Pain EXTREME, 2 day race series. 10k/5k/Half – Jacksonville, FL

Angie Gerber – Twenty miles on the beautiful Portland, OR waterfront. Prepared to get drenched. 🙂

Good luck to everyone and especially those running the Andrew Jackson Marathon and Umstead 100.

The Las Cruces Sun-News is reporting that Born To Run recluse runner Micah ‘Caballo Blanco’ True has been reported missing in the Gila Wilderness in New Mexico.

True hadn’t returned by Wednesday morning, Jane and Dan Brummer, co-owners of the Lodge, contacted state police and the search was initiated.

“The owners of the wilderness lodge where he was staying reported him missing because he didn’t come back,” said Fuller. “There was no indication of where he was going.”

Search teams from Las Cruces, Grant County and Socorro searched the area throughout Wednesday afternoon and into the night, Fuller said, and are continuing the effort today. He said that two helicopters from the NM State Police and the National Guard are coming today to assist the teams.

Blanco is the central character in Christopher McDougall’s 2009 best selling book ‘Born To Run.’  Blanco is a mysterious and reclusive character in the book who was living in Mexico at the time and close to the Tarahumara Indian tribe that is known for it’s incredible endurance running.

Read More About ‘Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen’ and buy it HERE

Simple, authentic to the sport’s past, and yet still unique. I like this one. Great photography of the medal and solid background as well.

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[Submitted by Gavin Reeves. Follow Gavin on Twitter @GavinJReeves]

The Jurassic Coast Challenge takes place “in Dorset, UK, 3 point to point trail marathons from Charmouth to Studland” on March 23-25, 2012.  Here is the finisher’s medal from that event.

Sounds like a pretty cool and challenging event.

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[medal photo submitted by N E. Follow N E on Twitter @naonope]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the 49th Caesar Rodney Half Marathon that took place on March 25, 2012 in Wilmington, Delaware.

This one is almost more of a corporate advertisement than race medal but it’s not bad overall.

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[medal photo submitted by Gerard Pescatore. Follow him on Twitter @Gpescatore]

Here is the finisher’s medal fromt he Xterra Black Canyon Half Marathon that took place on March 25, 2012 in Rock Springs, Arizona.

Just an opinion but this medal is small (per a witness), ugly, and uninspired.

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[medal photo submitted by Robert Boluyt RIF #66. Follow him on Twitter @Bateluer]

The NJ Ultra Festival 50K took place on March 24, 2012 in Augusta, New Jersey. Here is the finisher’s medal from that event.

It for sure has a bit of a reggae feel to it.

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[medal photo submitted by Robin. Follow her on Twitter @Robinmrr2]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the 6 Hour Snake Run that took place in Tulsa, Oklahoma on March 24, 2012.

This is one medal you don’t want to step on.

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[medal photo submitted by Eric VanZee. Follow him on Twitter @thebigtrout]

Marathoners now have ‘Samuel Adams 26.2′ (company name Boston 26.2 Brew) beer thanks to the Boston Brewing Company. The announcement was made last night at the Boston Athletic Association’s headquarters in Boston.

The BAA, which organizes the Boston Marathon, is a partner in the brewing of the beer, which is a gose. Never heard of a gose? There’s a good reason for that. It’s something of a forgotten style. It’s a light German beer brewed with at least 50 percent wheat, plus coriander and salt. Few brewers make a gose, which is too bad, because it can be quite tasty, with fruity esters, a spicy character, and a tart finish. (The name 26.2 refers, of course, to the number of miles in a marathon, not the alcohol content, which is 4.5 percent.)

The brew connects two of Boston’s most famous namesakes:

“Our partnership is a perfect fit because of our shared history– a Boston-born brewery joining the biggest of Boston traditions,” said Jim Koch, founder and brewer of Samuel Adams. “I released my first batch of Samuel Adams Boston Lager to the public on Patriots Day in 1985, the day of the Marathon right here in Boston.  I faced a lot of challenges getting that first brew packaged and distributed in time, but I had set Patriots’ Day as my deadline.  About half of our first 25 accounts were within three blocks of the finish line.  So, the Marathon’s finish line was my starting line,” added Koch.

The beer will be available at limited bars for it’s initial release and along the marathon race course:

This is the first ever partnership between the Boston Athletic Association and Sam Adams.

The special brew will be available at race-related events, as well as pubs and restaurants along the marathon route and around Boston.

You can view a list of the 100 bars that will be keeping ‘SA 26.2’ on tap HERE.