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This is the finisher’s medal for the inaugural Livermore Half Marathon that was held on March 29, 2014 in Livermore, California.

Beautiful medal!

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

RIF #121 Ed Ettinghausen

We are a little late getting started but Extreme Racer 2014 is off and running!

RIF #121 Ed Ettinghausen is in the lead with 300 points! Ed, the Jester, is followed by RIF #279 George Southgate in second with 292.3 points and RIF #259 Rob Distante in third with 255.805 points. They are also the top 3 on the Men’s Leaderboard.

RIF #323 Jennifer Hatcher leads the women with 194.1 points. Jennifer is followed by RIF #277 Donna England in second with 118.6 points and RIF #231 Christy Scott in third with 113 points.

Here are the full standings through February 2014:

Top Ten
1. Ed Ettinghausen – 300 (RIF #121)
2. George Southgate – 292.3 (RIF #279)
3. Rob Distante – 255.805 (RIF #259)
4. Hideki Kinoshita – 245.4 (RIF #88)
5. Joshua Holmes – 209.6 (RIF #1)
6. John Kent Leighton – 206.1 (RIF #190)
7. Jennifer Hatcher – 194.1 (RIF #323)
8. Danny Staggs – 139.3 (RIF #186)
9. Bill Wells – 135.8 (RIF #327)
10. Eric Spencer – 121.23 (RIF #320)

Women’s Leaderboard
1. Jennifer Hatcher – 194.1 (RIF #323)
2. Donna England – 118.6 (RIF #277)
3. Christy Scott – 113 (RIF #231)
4. Robin Mancinelli – 112.4 (RIF #134)
5. Kim Crowe – 112.3 (RIF #245)
6. Suzanne Spiceland – 91.7 (RIF #280)
7. Amber Goetz – 82.2 (RIF #15)
8. Christy Bowers – 71 (RIF #60)
9. Amanda Staggs – 57.2 (RIF #210)
10. Natalie Torres – 13.1 (RIF #72)

Men’s Leaderboard
1. Ed Ettinghausen – 300 (RIF #121)
2. George Southgate – 292.3 (RIF #279)
3. Rob Distante – 255.805 (RIF #259)
4. Hideki Kinoshita – 245.4 (RIF #88)
5. Joshua Holmes – 209.6 (RIF #1)
6. John Kent Leighton – 206.1 (RIF #190)
7. Danny Staggs – 139.3 (RIF #186)
8. Bill Wells – 135.8 (RIF #327)
9. Eric Spencer – 121.23 (RIF #320)
10. Denis McCarthy – 114.12057 (RIF #263)
11. Jeff Le – 107.2 (RIF #248)
12. Jeff Liu – 82.4 (RIF #275)
13. Ben Pennington – 62 (RIF #315)
14. Nathan Bass – 44.1 (RIF #174)
15. Alex Barrientos – 41.7 (RIF #258)
16. Jeff Van Demark – 41.7 (RIF #322)
17. Stephen Griffin – 26.2 (RIF #48)
18. Dennis Arriaga – 26.2 (RIF #140)
19. Robin Robbins – 6.2 (RIF #33)
20. Steven Reagan – 3.1 (RIF #157)
21. Bill Baker – 3.1 (RIF #196)

This has been a tough winter for racing but now that spring is here…mostly…racing should be kicking into high gear! Good luck RIFers and Run It Fast!

Since we didn’t do a January post, we picked 2 names for our drawing winners from the submissions for January and February. This month’s  winners of the random drawings are RIF #15 Amber Goetz and RIF #248 Jeff Le! Congratulations!

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 finisher’s medal for the Andrew Jackson Marathon that took place on March 22, 2014 in Jackson, Tennessee.

This is another view of the medal:

[Medals submitted by  RIF #4 Marj Mitchell -follow her on Twitter @marathonmarj and by RIF #280 Suzy Michelson – follow her on Twitter @bookaroo32]

This is the finisher’s medal for the Greenway Marathon that was held on March 23, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Here’s another view of the medal:

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[Medals submitted by RIF #181 Donna Pittman – follow her on Twitter @RunslikePhoebe and by RIF #280 Suzy Michelson – follow her on Twitter @bookaroo32]

This is the medal the finisher’s of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Dallas Half Marathon received on March 23, 2014 in Dallas, Texas.

Little different from what you’d expect for a Rock ‘n’ Roll medal but still pretty cool.

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[medal photo submitted by RIF #258 Alex Barrientos – follow him on Twitter @alexb214]

This is the finisher’s medal for the Hastings Half Marathon that was held on March 23, 2014 in Hastings, United Kingdom.

Love the way it looks like an ancient coin.

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

This is the medal the finishers of the Loughborough Half Marathon received on March 23, 2014 in Loughborough, United Kingdom.

Nice cut out medal. The runners look pretty determined.

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

This is the finisher’s medal for the Rome Marathon that took place on March 23, 2014 in Rome, Italy.

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

This is the medal for the Jerusalem Marathon that was held on March 21, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel.

Congrats to Hudi on his PR there!

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[Medal submitted by Hudi. Follow him on Twitter @RunHudi]

This is the medal the finishers received at the Gate River Run 15K that was held on March 15, 2014 in Jacksonville, Florida.

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[medal photo submitted by BDuwe – follow him on Twitter @brandonduwe]