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This is the fun finisher’s medal for the Hotter than Hades Half Marathon that was held on June 21, 2014 in Leland, Mississippi.

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[Medal photo submitted by Daniel Butler.  Follow him on Twitter @RunDanRun26]

This is the finisher’s medal for the Mount Washington Road Race that was held on June 21, 2014 at Mount Washington in New Hampshire.

The Mount Washington Road Race rises 4650 over 7.6 miles!

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[Medal submitted by RIF #126 Alicia Eno. Follow her on Twitter @karhu262girl]

This is the finisher’s buckle for the Mohican 100 Mile that was held on June 21-22, 2014 in Loudonville, Ohio.

Very cool buckle! Congratulations to Larry on completing his first 100 Miler!

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[medal photo submitted by Larry Keister – follow him on Twitter @royalkeister]

This is the finisher’s medal for the Queens 10K that was held on June 22, 2014 in Queens, New York.

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[Medal photo submitted by Sandy – follow her on Twitter @syliness]

RIF #159 Diane & RIF #287 Carol

May is the best month of the year! Why? Because it’s my birthday month. 🙂 But also because there is some really great racing to be had during May and it looks like our Run It Fast Club Members took advantage of that!

Here are the Extreme Racer Standings through May 2014. RIF #121 Ed Ettinghausen is still in the lead with 1452.8 points! Ed, the Jester, is followed by RIF #190 John Kent Leighton who is back in second with 689.5 points and RIF #279 George Southgate in third with 662.67 points and . They are also the top 3 on the Men’s Leaderboard.

There was a little bit of a shakeup on the Women’s Leaderboard. RIF #323 Jennifer Hatcher is now in the lead with 531.2 points. She is followed by 2013 Leaderboard Rockstar RIF #159 Diane Bolton in second with 459.8 points and RIF #287 Carol Earles is now in third with 453.9 points. They are all really close though!

49 Run It Fast Club Members are participating so far this year (only 46 have submitted race miles). They have raced 11,060.16 miles in 462 races (95 5Ks, 21 10Ks, 61 Half Marathons, 162 Marathons, 20 50Ks, 11 50 Milers, 6 100Ks, 20 100 Milers, and 66 Other race distances).

Here are the full standings through May 2014:

Top Ten Leaderboard
1. Ed Ettinghausen – 1452.8 (RIF #121)
2. John Kent Leighton – 689.5 (RIF #190)
3. George Southgate – 662.67 (RIF #279)
4. Joshua Holmes – 637.3 (RIF #1)
5. Jennifer Hatcher – 531.2 (RIF #323)
6. Bill Wells – 476.4 (RIF #327)
7. Hideki Kinoshita – 459.8 (RIF #88)
8. Diane Bolton – 459.8 (RIF #159)
9. Carol Earles – 453.9 (RIF #287)
10. Shane Tucker – 371.36 (RIF #337)

Men’s Leaderboard
1. Ed Ettinghausen – 1452.8 (RIF #121)
2. John Kent Leighton – 689.5 (RIF #190)
3. George Southgate – 662.67 (RIF #279)
4. Joshua Holmes – 637.3 (RIF #1)
5. Bill Wells – 476.4 (RIF #327)
6. Hideki Kinoshita – 459.8 (RIF #88)
7. Shane Tucker – 371.36 (RIF #337)
8. Danny Staggs – 335.1 (RIF #186)
9. Denis McCarthy – 271.32057 (RIF #263)
10. Jeff Le – 260.2 (RIF #248)
11. Rob Distante – 255.805 (RIF #259)
12. Ben Pennington – 207.6 (RIF #315)
13. Jeff Liu – 194.1 (RIF #275)
14. Bill Baker – 134.4 (RIF #196)
15. Eric Spencer – 121.23 (RIF #320)
16. Arland Blanton – 107.9 (RIF #290)
17. Nathan Bass – 106.8 (RIF #174)
18. Jeff Van Demark – 74.1 (RIF #322)
19. Robin Robbins – 56.7 (RIF #33)
20. Stephen Griffin – 55.5 (RIF #48)
21. Alex Barrientos – 41.7 (RIF #258)
22. Dennis Arriaga – 39.3 (RIF #140)
23. Jason Scott – 26.2 (RIF #265)
24. Steven Reagan – 16.2 (RIF #157)
25. Brennan Thompson – 11.2 (RIF #274)

Women’s Leaderboard
1. Jennifer Hatcher – 531.2 (RIF #323)
2. Diane Bolton – 459.8 (RIF #159)
3. Carol Earles – 453.9 (RIF #287)
4. Suzanne Michelson – 301.3 (RIF #280)
5. Robin Mancinelli – 276 (RIF #134)
6. Christy Scott – 230.7 (RIF #231)
7. Heather Zeigler – 215.8 (RIF #246)
8. Kim Crowe – 205.3 (RIF #245)
9. Alicia Eno – 181.5 (RIF #126)
10. Amber Goetz-Bouchard – 172.8 (RIF #15)
11. Donna England – 168.9 (RIF #277)
12. Christy Bowers – 156.97 (RIF #60)
13. Julia Beavers – 148.9 (RIF #339)
14. Amanda Staggs – 122.7 (RIF #210)
15. Tiffani Glass – 94.1 (RIF #328)
16. Marj Mitchell – 90.5 (RIF #4)
17. Michelle Lenahan – 65.5 (RIF #283)
18. Shannon Miller – 41.2 (RIF #338)
19. Sue Stephens-Wright – 38.6 (RIF #321)
20. Kristen Love – 26.2 (RIF #238)
21. Natalie Torres – 13.1 (RIF #72)

Here is what all of the individual Races Leaderboards look like through May:

Now that it’s summer, will are RIFers keep racing like mad? Will anybody be able to catch Ed? He is running a 100 Miler every weekend so he will be hard to catch! Check back next month to find out! And until then…good luck and Run It Fast!

This month’s  winners of the random drawing was RIF #339 Julia Beavers! Congratulations Julia!

Details on joining Run It Fast – The Club

[Extreme Racer points are rewarded per each racing mile completed. Example: marathon = 26.2 points, half marathon 13.1 points, etc.]

[photo from Lisa Gonzales]

This is the sparkly & fun finisher’s medal for the Lazy Lobster 10 Mile that was run on June 15, 2014 in Wareham, Massachusetts.

A very appropriate medal for National Lobster Day…and it’s a bottle opener!

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[medal photo submitted by 100 MedalMissionMart – follow him on Twitter @greasygringo666]

This is the amazing medal the finishers received at the Bay of Fundy International Marathon held on June 15, 2014 in Lubec, Maine

This is the back:

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[Medal photo submitted by Joyce. Follow on Twitter @woyce]

This is the medal the finishers of the Father’s Day Half Marathon received on June 15, 2014 in Mexico City, Mexico.

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[Medal photo submitted by KamikaZEN. Follow on Twitter @The_KamikaZEN]

This is the cool finisher’s medal for The Glenmore Challenge which took place on June 14, 2014 in Glenmore Valley, Ireland.

The Glenmore Challenge is a 10 mile road race and the “Medal sources from local sustainable forest, crafted by local craftsman”. And it’s a great, unique medal!

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[medal photo submitted by @Amarkramsey]

This is the medal the finishers of the St Albans Half Marathon received on June 8, 2014 in St Albans, United Kingdom.

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