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We asked on Twitter (@runitfast) where you were running this weekend and 49 of you responded!

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

Joshua Holmes – Rest and recover from #Umstead100. Might ease back in with some elliptical

Lisa Gonzales – Doing a little trail running in my home town. #thankful

Peggy – #Hollywoodhalf this Saturday!

Camille Breckenridge – I’m running my second 5K this weekend in Sardis, MS. I’m hoping to beat my last time.

Arturo Moreno – Abe Lincoln Presidential Half Marathon in Springfield,IL

RunningMixes.com – taking this weekend off to go to our first Chicago Cubs game then Easter on Sunday! Are you going to run on Sunday?

HECTOR RAMIREZ – Orizaba Veracruz, Mexico !

Mrs. Kaci – Downtown Fairfield, Sat AM, Run For Good 5K!

Deloras Shubert – I’m running a half in Plainview Texas

Matt Johnson – @MRR_Siouxland #SpringThaw 10 miler!

Crystal – Cedro Peak! #Tijeras #NM

Chris Haynes – Oak Barrel half marathon, Lynchburg, Tennessee, this Saturday!

c c – I’m running the @RunUSHalf in San Francisco! Beautiful weather and beautiful city=beautiful run

Justin Barden – a 5k in Jackson, first short race in a while, looking forward to it

Jeff Thies – Arcadia Invitational!! I’m in the mens 3200 rated 2 and the seeded DMR where I’m doing the mile!!! so excited!!

Clint Randall – running up in Maine!

Lena Moman – Oakland hills, 15 mile training run. #running

Timothy Gore – traveling to Knoxville, TN and will run there

NaomiPipes – @MemorialPark #4theParks in Houston.

South East Striders – 10k in south east Kent with the ladies of @SEStriders

Michelle Mitchell – ez 2 mi xc race -Sri Chinmoy xc series (Moscow) followed by last long run b4 100k Worlds in 2 weeks

John O’Regan – 10K in Ballybunion, Co.Kerry, Ireland. Speed session during Ultra Taper.

Mario Luevanos – I’m going to be at the @HollywoodHalf Marathon, I really want that star and hoping to finish injury free!

Kiki – Running in the Bunny Hop 5K in Westerville, OH on Saturday morning. Sunday morning is my long run for my 1/2 marathon training.

Jade Blackford – Wichita, KS @EasterSunRun 🙂

Laura Raeder – Lincoln Presidential 1/2 marathon in Springfield Illinois. With brother in law…must beat him!

melissa reeves – Atlanta- Color Run!!

Kevin Ronayne – Training runs in the Boston area this weekend

Ed Roshitsh – Marin Headlands, San Francisco!

White Rock Lake – White Rock Lake in Dallas. Ready for Big D Marathon around the lake next week!

RuddyHajiMohammadAli – Stadium Hassanal Bolkiah, Brunei Darussalam. Standard Chartered Run for a reason, seeing is believing.

Jay – round Scenic St Neots (UK).

Lauren S. – 48th annual Lincoln Presidential Half Marathon in Springfield, IL!!!

Michael Sullivan – Roanoke river run 5k

Frank Cepero – Running the Glass City Half oon the 22nd of April In Toledo

Stephen G – Muddy Trails Bash 10K

Ryan Malesevich – second half marathon in 7 days! South Shore Half Marathon in Milwaukee.

PedrosRevenge – the Aug!

Eric Steuck – Cobber track from MN running in lynchburg VA

Cameron Adamson – taper time boys! Boston 2012 sub 3 !

Larissa – along the Hudson!

Jess – SML 5k and 1 mile with my kids on Saturday a.m., Jacksonville. Shannon Miller’s organization is combating obesity in children.

Larry Keister – nothing fancy. just doing 13.1 around the neighborhood in prep for Kentucky Derby Festival mini-Marathon on 4/28

Angie Gerber – Another training run in beautiful Helvetia, OR. Ready for some hills!

The Mama Runs – just a training LSD run with my Sun am group at the Eau Claire #Running Room #runchat #runningaddict

Matt Ambos – running in the sting 5k! Going to go sub-22 for the 1st time!

Brendan Shearn – Arcadia invitational!!

Taylor Ray – Cumming ,GA! Gonna run my face off this weekend!!!

Deb – local trails….training

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Texas Independence Relay that took place on  March 31 – April 1, 2012 in Texas (Bastrop to San Jacinto).

The relay covered 203 miles through Texas (website):

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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]

Barkley Marathons, the toughest race you have never heard of had three finishers for the first time EVER. Until last year there were only 10 finishers in the 25 years of the race history. This year, the course record was shattered by Brett Maune who was the sole finisher at Barkley Marathons last year.

Brett Maune 52:03:08,

Jared Campbell 56:00:15,

John Fegyveresi 59:41:21

(Brett and Jared sharing a lighter moment at the Yellow Gate)

Photo Courtesy: Matt Hart :: Coaching Endurance LLC :: TrailRunner Mag’s Ask the Coach

Brett Maune from California crushes the Barkley Marathons course record in 52:03:08.  The previous course record was set by Brian Robinson in 2008 55h 42m 27s. Last year Brett M was the sole finisher with a finish time of 57:13:33. Also Brett Maune is also the only person to finish the Barkley twice. A legendary performance.

Jared Campbell and John Fegyveresi are still OUT THERE.

Photo Courtesy: Matt Hart :: Coaching Endurance LLC :: TrailRunner Mag’s Ask the Coach

We are very sad to report that Micah ‘Caballo Blanco’ True was found dead today. The Silver City Sun-News is reporting that Caballo was found at 6 pm on Saturday in the Gila National Forest after a 4 day search. He had gone out for a run on Tuesday and never returned. I know a lot of prayers went out for his safe return but it was not meant to be.

As most of us who’ve read Born to Run know, Caballo was a central character in the book and was the Race Director for the Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon. It was after reading about Chris McDougall’s adventures in Copper Canyon with Caballo that I began to think of running as something that could be fun and an adventure and not something that was supposed to be painful or a punishment. Caballo’s attitude about it opened my eyes to what running could/should be and I know that it affected many other runners the same way. He was and will continue to be an inspiration to runners everywhere.

Rest in peace, Caballo Blanco. You are a legend in the running world and you will be missed.

“You won’t catch me rhapsodizing about running,” I wrote in the first sentence of Going Down Slow. And it’s true. I’ve been the sole runner in my family. Going around preaching about running like a religous fanatic was something I didn’t do. If my feet didn’t express my opinion, no words possibly could. I held my piece. Still do.

Still…I want to admit that nothing connects me to other people like running does. That fact enriches my life.

Just six months ago, I ran a 5K with 95-year-old Isabel Garrett. For her trouble, she claimed a 5K state record. I set a state record for my age in that race, too. Two state records from two old people in one race. That’s pretty unusual.

Read the full story by Dallas Smith by clicking HERE

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

Scott and Mindy Williford at Fenway Park the day after The Boston Marathon, 2011

Introduction: The e-mail message arrived as a complete surprise from Scott Williford. I’d known him briefly ten years ago and by first name only, when he occasionally repaired my bicycle at the local shop where he worked part time while attending Tennessee Tech. The message was about him and his wife Mindy, whom I’d known for an equally brief interval, and separate from him before they were man and wife.

I’d met Mindy at the gym. I knew she was a student with athletic skills and that she was an expert whitewater paddler who’d been mentioned in a book on that subject. During our short acquaintance she went running with me one day.

Ten years passed, and Scott sent me the message. I’ve since learned they’ve been very successful. Scott owns a sales agency with four employees that represents cycling and running gear across several states. Mindy is the CFO of a hedge fund, and – ever the athlete – she rides her bike to work more than she drives the car. They live in Chattanooga with their cat Leo.

Scott’s message was poignant and expressive and it astonished me. It’s a story about: endurance sport, a small kindness, awakening and transformation, and success. Above all, I think, it’s a love story. It’s pasted below unchanged. My title was his subject line.

Read the complete story from Dallas Smith by clicking HERE