Run It Fast®

We asked on Twitter (@runitfast) where you were running this weekend and 54 of you responded!

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

Joshua Holmes – Scenic City Trail Marathon – Chattanooga, TN #runitfastRIF #1

David Chaloupka – Running to the lake! #takingsometimeoff #summer2012

Lisa Gonzales  – I’m running in the mountains on Sat to watch Stage 7 of the Tour of California! Running 20 miles + boys on bikes = birthday fun!!

Caroline – I will be running in the Tie-Dye Invitational 5k on Saturday. Hoping to win a third trophy in my age division.

Jason Howard – running the Ogden marathon this Saturday.

Mitch Brannen  – Fallen Soldier 5K in Baumholder, Germany

LG – kirkwood spring fling 5k – atlanta

Chris Haynes – The inaugural Viola Valley Half Marathon on Saturday, in Viola, Tennessee!

Ms. Swan  –  #Merrill #DownNDirtyMudRun #Chicago

Wunderkind – Kassel City Marathon, Germany 😉

Fitzer2 – MS 5K run inGlenwood SpringsColorado!!!!

michael c. miller – running with my dog through discovery park, seattle.

LaraCateJ – Memphis in May #triathlon in Tunica, MS.Its a flat, fast course. Let’s hope my running doesn’t totally ruin that ‘fast’ thing!

Romana DL – #PujadaTibidabo 9Km #trailrunning +500http://www.uphillrunning.org 🙂

Gregory Wilson – Wildcat 5k on Saturday in El Sobrante, CA

Kent S Thomsen – on sunday I’ll be running the Copenhagen Marathon together with 12000 others.

Dennis Arriaga  – Bay to Breakers, San Francisco!

Kent Vaughan – running my first 100k. #TNF100 in the Blue Mountains, Sydney, Australia.

Matthew Young – Tewkesbury Half in the UK. Just me and 13x 6 minute miles. #showdown

Gavin  – Manchester 10k for me

Lynsey Rimmer – the Great Manchester Run, UK x

Team Marwell 10k – Team of 19 #zoo staff doing the Marwell #10k Sun 20th.

Angie Gerber – Cheering many friends running the first Portland, OR RnR Half!

Jim Wade –  #BlueNose2012 in Halifax

Julie Randolph – Patriot Band 10k in Olive Branch, MS 🙂#SouthernRunning

ashley hook – Scenic City Marathon, Chattanooga, TN.

Josh Gambill – Schamburgh, IL! Marathon at a cool expected 84°

Steve Colvin  – any 10K or 1/2 close to London, England next weekend 5.26.12?

Amanda Fire – Rite-Aid Cleveland Marathon! @clevemarathon

MM~J – Warrior Dash, Charlotte, NC!

Brian L. Shepherd  – run with the foxes in Indiana

Stephane Rodriguez – Brooklyn Half Marathon!

Skip Keltner – Geist Half Marathon Fishers, IN

Eero Kuusisto – Copenhagen Marathon! My first full one!

Lauren Sell – Green Bay, WI @cellcommarathon

Michelle Walker – Denver: #colfaxmarathon

Jorge Angel – running in Bogota, 2,600 meters above sea level or 8.600 ft closer to the stars!!

Brooke F – Running tonight’s Sevierville 5K!

Ben Brown  – Track practice Saturday am in Raymond Field at Acadia then Track meet Monday at Canada Games Track in Saint John#PushItFast

Elizabeth Kalifeh – Superhero 1/2 Marathon in NJ!

Running Shoes Guru – Count us in for the Brooklyn Half-Marathon this weekend. Just like the movie “Warriors,” but with more gel packs.

Robyn Diez  – Baton Rouge @ LSU Lakes and New Orleans @ Lakefront!

Murray Meads – Mill Creek Ravine, Edmonton 9.5km tempo

Tiffany Mallard – Joplin Memorial Run – Joplin, MO

E.B. – Turtle Crawl Olympic Distance Triathlon, Jekyll Island, GA

Kevin Ronayne – rail trails in Central Mass this weekend

Alex Morrow – Xterra Trail Half Marathon. Oak Mt. State Park. Pelham, AL

hamish brown – running Magic Shoe 5K with CalCoast in Newport Beach, CA ☺

Eric Secker – Joplin Memorial Run Half Marathon… Joplin, Mo

Leah Thorvilson –  @cellcommarathon #cgbm12

lisa trevino – Ogden Utah

caro tesi rocha – mount Vernon trail

Lexie Stempihar – Warrior Dash in Huntersville, NC

Victoria – Beach to Bay, Corpus Christi, TX.

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The Extreme Runner Points program is well under way and we’ve had a great turnout so far. 43 Run It Fast – The Club members have submitted their races and miles for the first 4 months of the year. This is a summary of all the races and miles that have been entered so far:

Pretty cool, huh? So far, Run It Fast – The Club members have run almost half way around the world and run a boat load of races! But that’s not all. I’d also like to highlight some of the fun run things they shared with us when they submitted their races and miles.

January

2 members ran a couple of firsts: Congratulations to Daniela Obregon #49 (@Nanyob) for running her first half marathon and Rick Jarvis #13 who ran his first marathon (and also ran another one in January!).

Nicholas Norfolk #116 (@absolut_zer0) became a Marathon Maniac!

2 members set PRs in January: Dennis Arriaga #140 (@dennarr) set a 5K PR and Hideki Kinoshita #88 (@RunKino) set a marathon PR at the MS Blues and then again a week later at Houston! Congratulations to you both on Running It Fast!

February

3 members set PRs in February:  Dennis Arriaga #140 (@dennarr) set a 10K PR this time and Kevin Ronayne #11(@KRona217) set a PR in the 5 Mile. Once again that running machine, Hideki Kinosita #88 (@RunKino), set a marathon PR! Yay! That’s how you Run It Fast!

March

Daniela Obregon #49 (@Nanyob) ran her first marathon! GoDani Go!

 There were a slew of PRs set:  Dennis Arriaga #140 (@dennarr) set another 5K PR, Kevin Ronanye #11 (@KRona217) also set a 5K PR, Nadia Ruiz Gonzales #69 set a marathon PR at the LA Marathon, and Hideki Kinoshita #88 (@RunKino) set ANOTHER marathon PR at NOLA. Way to Run It Fast!

Congratulations to Perry Ligon #146 (@perry_ligon) who placed 4^th in his age group (50-59) at the St. Patty’s Scramble 15K Trail Race!

April

For firsts in April, we have Dennis Arriaga #140 (@dennarr) who ran his first half marathon! Congrats Dennis!

4 members set April PRs: Mark Sikkila #108 set a PR for the half marathon, Christy Bowers #60 set a PR for the 10K, Hideki Kinoshita #88 (@RunKino) set a 4 Mile PR, and Michelle Mitchell #133 set a PR in the 100K. Awesome job of Running It Fast you guys!

Congratulations to Alicia Eno #126 who was 2^nd Woman Overall at the Dash for Dad 13.1 in Memphis, Hideki Kinoshita #88 (@RunKino) who placed 3^rd in his age group at the Martian Marathon, Marj Mithchell #4 who placed 1^st in her age group at the Shiloh Run In The Park 4 Miler, and Michelle Mitchell #133 who won a 2 mile race and placed 2^nd in her half marathon

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As you can see, Run It Fast – The Club members have started off the year with a bang! I know the rest of the year is going to be just as fun. No, even better. I can’t wait to see everyone Run It Fast in 2012!

So come on! Don’t be shy. If you haven’t submitted your races and miles for the Extreme Runner Points program for January through April, you can do so here:

Run It Fast – The Club Extreme Runner Entry Form

You can click here to find out more information about it: Extreme Racer Standings Program (details).

In case you missed the post on the current standings thru April 2012, click here: Run It Fast – The Club Extreme Runner Point Standings (thru April 2012)

And for information on joining Run It Fast – The Club click HERE. Join us today and be a part of the fun!

P.S. If you submitted races but forgot to submit your monthly mileage totals, you can leave a comment here or send me an email or a tweet and I will add them for you.

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Go Johnny Go 5K that took place on May 12, 2012 in Lebanon, Tennessee.

MORE PHOTOS OF MARATHON/ULTRA MEDALS AND BUCKLES

[Submitted by John Fesler. Follow John on Twitter @Fesman70]

Claire Lomas was paralyzed from the neck down back in 2007 when she was in a horse riding accident.  Doctors told her she would never walk again.

So she finished the London Marathon days ago in a ‘bionic’ suit, sixteen days after the race started.  She is the first person to finish a marathon in a bionic suit.

With her husband Dan, mother Joyce and 13-month-old daughter Maisie by her side, Lomas walked about two miles a day to complete the course. More than a fortnight later, on May 8th, a tearful Lomas crossed the finish line as thousands of cheering supporters urged her forward.

“The support has been breathtaking and it feels fantastic to finally finish,” Lomas, who was given a guard of honor by members of the Household Cavalry and the Virgin endurance trophy by CEO Richard Branson’s daughter Holly.

The ‘bionic suit’ runs about $75,000.  The suit allows movement by detecting shifts in the movement of the human body.

Lomas was able to raise over $100,000 during her 16-day journey to complete the London Marathon.

However, organizers of the London Marathon refused to giver her a finisher’s medal or official time since she didn’t finish the marathon on the same day she started it.

But several generous marathoners gave Lomas their finisher’s medal from the race. She says she has over a dozen now.

People who win marathons can inspire others to run, but it’s people like Claire Lomas that inspire thousands of people, by overcoming impossible odds to complete what many consider an impossible task as it is.

Claire said her biggest accomplishment after the accident was giving birth to her baby daughter, Massie.

Congrats to Claire Lomas on her London Marathon finish!

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Warrior Dash Arkansas that took place on May 12, 2012 in Amity, Arkansas.

MORE PHOTOS OF MARATHON/ULTRA MEDALS AND BUCKLES

[Submitted by Jeff Cook. Follow him on Twitter @JayCee5505]

One from the vault for Mother’s Day:

On Fridays I would take Momma out for supper. One Friday we ate at Pizza Hut where I could have spaghetti. She wondered why. It was because my first race, a 10K which I’d kept a secret, was on the next morning. Four days after her death, I had surgery, and, following recovery, trained for eight weeks and ran my first marathon.

Running began a new life for me. For her, life itself was a hard run. By coincidence, it ended as my new one was beginning. Endurance had threaded her days. She left it with me.

Read the full story by Dallas Smith by clicking HERE

We asked on Twitter (@runitfast) where you were running this weekend and 45 of you responded!

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

David Chaloupka – Warrior Dash 2012 Amity, AR, run it clean or run it dirty, but #Runitfast !! Gotta go!

Vanessa Goodman – #YMCA Conroe, Tx 5K trail run fund-raiser for equine therapy program

TribalEspresso – Mt Tremblant Qc, Biking IM Tremblant 90k loop

Ricardo Sosa Pieck – merida, mexico!

michael c. miller – i’m running my first half marathon…the kirkland half, kirkland WA.

Shannon Clark – I’m running a Mother’s Day Virtual 10k on Sunday-my 1st 10k! 🙂

Rudy Regalado – New Prauge Half Marathon

Nicholas L. Norfolk –  I’ll be in #LittleRock at Jesse is Awesome Half Marathon on Sunday. #JIA12 #ARKrun

Kathy Shirley – Running an easy 10-miler along the beautiful San Diego coast!

Phillip Forsyth – Maclehose Stages 4-6 in Hong Kong. Around 32clicks

Jerry Armstrong Ⓥ – Representing @trailandultra at “Fear the Deer 1/2 Marathon!

Lisa Gonzales – Just running local roads/trails this weekend. Prepping for my 12HR! #ultra #gettingloopy

Brian Rice – SALUTE A SOLDIER 5K IN GILBERT AZ

Jason Orlinsky – 11th Annual Lou Gehrig’s Disease 10K Run in Coconut Grove (miami,fl) .. C’MON!!

Mary Grieder – Should be a 22 miler for marathon training but sidelined by injury instead 🙁 #disappointed #idratherberunning #run

Linda Tendler – Santa Barbara Wine Country 1/2 Marathon!!

Sheri Sandahl Mahnke – Walking for March for Dimes

Angie Gerber – Beautiful Portland, OR! Hoping for an easy 6 miles. Still recovering from The Ave.

Caloy Bautista – I’m doing my #Anywhere5K on the streets of Kidapawan

Aron Lanie – Brunswick Forest Duathlon in NC!

Michael Ceglinski – Paducah iron mom, half marathon in Paducah, KY

Christy Bowers – Ran Katy Trail 5K last night; just training runs this weekend

Jonathan Bobbitt – ’roundhere

RunTramp – Hammer Trail Marathon, Bornholm, Denmark. Will send a pic’ of the medal if I finish!

Murray Meads – Edmonton River Valley trails with my Canada Day 10 mile clinic

sutah ann robins – DE Marathon in @Running_Skirts

Kevin Erb – “Run with the Knights” – 5K fundraiser for alma mater high school in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Jeff Cook – Warrior Dash Arkansas in Amity AR.

Obaid Rahman – Will be running the folloing route on Sat morning with@fehrtrade http://bit.ly/Jxsszu

Jim Elliott – my daughter is running her 1rst 5K with “Girls on the Run” in San Francisco this weekend, the day before her 9th birthday!

Pablo Solano – 21k at San José tomorrow and 10k on Sunday at Cartago, Costa Rica

Samantha Firman – Title9K+ at the Boulder Reservoir in beautiful Boulder, Colorado on Mother’s Day!

Mark Sikkila – Fifth Third River Bank Run 25K Going for a sub 2:00:00#nervous #RIF108

Lauren S. – my last long run in STL before moving…10 miles in Forest Park

E. Smith – Early morning long run 10+ miles on Saturday, Jacksonville, FL.

Ted Lascari – 5/3 River Bank Run 25K in Grand Rapids, MI

Natalia Tanyadji – tomorrow morming long run before Singapore Sundown Marathon on the 26th will be road with the sea breeze 🙂

Robin – 3 Days at the Fair, NJ. There are 72, 48, 24, 12 and 6 hour races. Great races from the NJ Trail Series!

Lisa Edwards – Fifth/Third River Bank Run (25k) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Both MI RIF members will be there 🙂 I’m totally out of shape. Fun.

Sean Higgins – susan g komen Philadelphia 5k

elizabeth v rehmer – trail run in Bozeman tonight, long run on Sunday. 🙂

Joshua Holmes – Strawberry Festival 10K

rian c p – UOB heartbeat race

Scott Gorski – my first 10 mile run in prep for the Summerfest Rock & Sole half marathon next month. #Summerfest #bestfestonagreatlake

Michelle Mitchell – raced a 1000m TT then 5000m tempo run last night at Moscow State U trying to get my legspeed back post 100k. It’s getting there:)

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When we launched Run It Fast – The Club ten weeks ago, we promised a brand-spanking-new Garmin 310xt would be given away to one of the first 150 members to join.

Yesterday, we drew 10 names from the Random Number Generator to give us 10 finalists. This morning we selected one #/name from the generator to decide our winner.

And the winner is…

1. RIF #64 – Leah Harrison
2. RIF #90 – Marcia Larsen
3. RIF #23 – Jennifer Lazar
4. RIF #32 – Scott Lochridge
5. RIF #141 – Brian Wooldridge
6. RIF #61 – Amanda Cottingham
7. RIF #18 – Rick Jarvis
8. RIF #15 – Amber Goetz-Bouchard
9. RIF #85 – Brett Beckham
10. RIF #36 – Bryan Snyder – WINNER

Big congrats to Bryan and a special thanks to everyone who has joined to date. We’ve quickly built an impressive running community here in the United States that is starting to spread around the globe.

For information on joining Run It Fast – The Club click HERE.

Members be sure to check out (and submit your info) our Extreme Racer Standings Program (details).

Complete Run It Fast – The Club Member Directory

When we launched Run It Fast – The Club ten weeks ago, we promised a brand-spanking-new Garmin 310xt would be given away to one of the first 150 members to join.

We got to 150 members pretty quickly, and it’s time now to select which RIF-Club member will win the Garmin.

The drawing is going to consist of two drawings. In the first drawing, I’m going to use Random Number Generator to select 10 different Run It Fast – Club numbers. These ten members, along with their RIF #’s, will be listed below.

Tomorrow I’ll use the Random Number Generator again using the #’s 1-10 (as labeled below) to decide who the winner will be.

And the 10 Finalists Are…

1. RIF #64 – Leah Harrison
2. RIF #90 – Marcia Larsen
3. RIF #23 – Jennifer Lazar
4. RIF #32 – Scott Lochridge
5. RIF #141 – Brian Wooldridge
6. RIF #61 – Amanda Cottingham
7. RIF #18 – Rick Jarvis
8. RIF #15 – Amber Goetz-Bouchard
9. RIF #85 – Brett Beckham
10. RIF #36 – Bryan Snyder

So these are the lucky ten that will have their name in the hat tomorrow for the Garmin 310xt.

For information on joining Run It Fast – The Club click HERE.

Members be sure to check out (and submit your info) our Extreme Racer Standings Program (details).

Complete Run It Fast – The Club Member Directory

The autopsy that was performed on ultramarathon runner Micah ‘Caballo Blanco’ True after his death has revealed that he died from heart disease.

While medical examiners couldn’t point to the cause of the heart disease, they said True’s left ventricle, which pumps oxygenated blood to the rest of the body, had become thick and was dilated.

Chemical tests showed that True was mildly dehydrated and had caffeine in his system. He also had some abrasions on his elbows, forearms, knees and shins.

True, a legendary type of character made famous in the book Born To Run, disappeared in the Gila Wilderness in New Mexico back in March. He was missing for several days before his body was found on March 31st.

May Caballo Rest In Peace!