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This is the finisher’s medal for the Shakespeare Half Marathon that was held on April 27, 2014 in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom.

Great medal and fun quote!

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

This is the “medal” the finishers of the Nike Women’s Half received on April 27, 2014 in Washington D.C.

Pretty & shiny bling in the Tiffany Blue box every girl likes to receive!

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[medal photo submitted by RIF #294 Dawn – follow her on Twitter @inkdgirl55]

This is the cool finisher’s medal for the Big Sur International Marathon that took place on April 27, 2014 in Big Sur, California.

Beautiful medal for a beautiful marathon to run.

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

RIF #121 Ed "The Jester" Ettinghausen

March saw a big increase in points for many of our top 10 runners and a few new additions to the top 3.

RIF #121 Ed Ettinghausen is still in the lead with 743.8 points! Ed, the Jester, is followed by RIF #279 George Southgate in second with 434.3 points and RIF #1 Joshua Holmes is now in third with 385.8 points. They are also the top 3 on the Men’s Leaderboard.

RIF #323 Jennifer Hatcher leads the women with 298.9 points. Jennifer is now followed by RIF #287 Carol Earles in second with 295.4 points and RIF #280 Suzy Michelson in third with 175.3 points.

Here are the full standings through March 2014:

Top Ten Leaderboard
1. Ed Ettinghausen – 743.8 (RIF #121)
2. George Southgate – 434.3 (RIF #279)
3. Joshua Holmes – 385.8 (RIF #1)
4. John Kent Leighton – 345.8 (RIF #190)
5. Jennifer Hatcher – 298.9 (RIF #323)
6. Carol Earles – 295.4 (RIF #287)
7. Bill Wells – 293 (RIF #327)
8. Denis McCarthy – 271.32057 (RIF #263)
9. Rob Distante – 255.805 (RIF #259)
10. Hideki Kinoshita – 245.4 (RIF #88)

Men’s Leaderboard
1. Ed Ettinghausen – 743.8 (RIF #121)
2. George Southgate – 434.3 (RIF #279)
3. Joshua Holmes – 385.8 (RIF #1)
4. John Kent Leighton – 345.8 (RIF #190)
5. Bill Wells – 293 (RIF #327)
6. Denis McCarthy – 271.32057 (RIF #263)
7. Rob Distante – 255.805 (RIF #259)
8. Hideki Kinoshita – 245.4 (RIF #88)
9. Danny Staggs – 242.7 (RIF #186)
10. Ben Pennington – 140.6 (RIF #315)
11. Jeff Le – 138.2 (RIF #248)
12. Eric Spencer – 121.23 (RIF #320)
13. Nathan Bass – 106.8 (RIF #174)
14. Jeff Liu – 82.4 (RIF #275)
15. Bill Baker – 79.3 (RIF #196)
13. Shane Tucker – 58.05 (RIF #337)
17. Jeff Van Demark – 57.9 (RIF #322)
18. Arland Blanton – 55.5 (RIF #290)
19. Alex Barrientos – 41.7 (RIF #258)
20. Dennis Arriaga – 39.3 (RIF #140)
21. Stephen Griffin – 26.2 (RIF #48)
22. Jason Scott – 26.2 (RIF #265)
23. Robin Robbins – 19.3 (RIF #33)
24. Steven Reagan – 16.2 (RIF #157)

Women’s Leaderboard
1. Jennifer Hatcher – 298.9 (RIF #323)
2. Carol Earles – 295.4 (RIF #287)
3. Suzanne Michelson – 175.3 (RIF #280)
4. Donna England – 155.8 (RIF #277)
5. Amber Goetz-Bouchard – 146.6 (RIF #15)
6. Robin Mancinelli – 138.6 (RIF #134)
7. Amanda Staggs – 122.7 (RIF #210)
8. Christy Scott – 119.2 (RIF #231)
9. Kim Crowe – 112.3 (RIF #245)
10. Christy Bowers – 95.27 (RIF #60)
11. Alicia Eno – 86.7 (RIF #126)
12. Marj Mitchell – 47.2 (RIF #4)
13. Kristen Love – 26.2 (RIF #238)
14. Tiffani Glass – 26.2 (RIF #328)
15. Natalie Torres – 13.1 (RIF #72)

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

Looks like spring racing is in full swing! Good luck everyone and Run It Fast!

This month’s  winners of the random drawing was RIF #263 Denis McCarthy! Congratulations!

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[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 medal the finisher’s of the Texas 10 Huntsville received on April 13, 2014 in Huntsville, Texas.

This is one of the 7 races in the Texas 10 Series. The are doing some fun medals for the series.

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[medal photos submitted by RIF #48 Stephen Griffin – follow him on Twitter @stepheng73]

This is the finisher’s medal for the 4 Mile Run In The Park that took place on April 12, 2014 in the Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee.

Congratulations to RIF #4 Marj who PRd there and was 1st in her age group!

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[Medal submitted by RIF #4 Marj Mitchell. Follow her on Twitter @marathonmarj]

This is the finisher’s medal for the London Marathon that took place on April 13, 2014 in London, United Kingdom.

Here’s a view of the back which is pretty cool too:

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

This is the very cool finisher’s medal for the Martian Marathon that took place on April 12, 2014 in Dearborn, Michigan.

I have got to put this race on my to-do list!

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[Medal submitted by RIF #108 Mark Sikkila. Follow him on Twitter @MarkSikkila]

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]

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]