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Here is the finisher’s medal from the Rock/Creek Stump Jump 50K that took place on October 6, 2012 in Chattanooga, Tennessee

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[Medal photo submitted by RIF #185 David Pharr.  Follow him on Twitter @DavidPharr]

Here is the medal for the Kanawha Trace 50K that took place on July 28, 2012 in Ona, West Virginia.

A very solid medal for a difficult trail race!

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[medal photo submitted by RIF #22 Wade Anderson. Follow him on Twitter @WadeAnderson50]

Ready to vote for your favorite March 2012 race medal? We had some great ones submitted in March. Of course, we couldn’t include them all but here are 16 to choose from. A lot, I know, but I’m sure you’ll have no problem picking a favorite! The medal chosen as the Best Race Medal for March 2012 will be included in the contest for the Best Race Medal of 2012 at the end of the year. 

Oh, by the way…the February 2012 Best Race Medal vote will be open for one more week. The Surf City medal is in the lead!

Vote for the best March 2012 race medal:

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This is the medal for El Scorcho 25K/50K that took place at midnight on July 15, 2012 in Ft. Worth, Texas.

Luckily for the runners, it wasn’t scorching hot this year! Still, I think this medal is worth running in the heat so I would do it anyway. It’s an awesome medal – nice and big, great shape, and fun way to incorporate the moon & stars in the name!

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[Medal submitted by Michelle K. Follow her on Twitter @Rnrgrltx]

This is the medal for the PsychoPsummer 50K that was held in Kansas City, KS on July 14, 2012.

A fun medal that includes a bottle opener!

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[Medal submitted by Dustin Washam. Follow him on Twitter @washamrunning]

We receive a lot of medals each month and it’s so fun to see all of them. We are going to have Run It Fast readers vote on their favorite medal for each month. At the end of the year, we’ll have a vote for the best medal of the year! We’ve already had the vote for January Medals so thank you to all of you who voted! The medal that received the most votes in the January 2012 Medals was the Inaugural Louisiana Marathon Medal.

We couldn’t include them all but here are the best of the medals submitted to Run It Fast in February 2012.

Vote for your favorite:

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Here is the finisher’s medal from the Frisco Railroad Run – 50 Mile, 50K, Marathon, 1/2 Marathon, 8K and 50K Relay – that took place on April 28, 2012 in Willard, Missouri.

Extremely beautiful medal with a lot of detail and pop to it. You won’t find many medals much better than this one.

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[Submitted by RIF #58 Eric Van Zee]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Fall Creek Falls Trail 50K that took place on March 17, 2012 in Fall Creek Falls State Park in Tennessee.

I believe the medal/wood was also given to finishers of the FCF Half Marathon that took place at the same time.

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[medal photo submitted by RIF #2 Naresh Kumar. Follow him on Twitter @iamarunr]

When I first got my invite to do Josh’s Jackson Jackass 50K I was very honored that he choose me along with some of the more well known runners this side of TN. Knowing what kind of runner Josh is, I knew this was not going to be an easy run and I was in for a sweet surprise.

Now I love running wooded trails that have rolling hills that make you feel like you are on a roller coaster on foot but I’ve never got to run one with the extra challenges that lay ahead. Since it had rained all morning it made the course super muddy and slippery, so when you came to a downhill you would end up sliding down, and the steep up hills kept making you slide down as muddy footholds gave way. I slipped and fell so many times that after 5 falls I stopped counting. Only one of those falls was painful enough that I felt my right hip go out of place… but the next fall set it right back! Lucky me!

There were many sharp turns that would make your feet skate sideways because the mud was so slushy. One of the many challenging areas had a rope “hand rail” that if you didn’t keep a firm grip you would plummet down into a ravine. I heard one runner actually did end up falling into it, but I think he avoided any great injury.

Funny thing… it was about the 3rd go around that I realized if I just run and stop trying to be so careful, it became much easier. So when going down some of the steeper areas I did so much better and I never fell again after that. I was plagued with stomach issues, and lost some time with that. My legs stayed strong but my bowels made me make far too many stops in the bushes! Without all those extra stops I’m sure I would have finished at least an hour sooner. Several things could have been the cause, so I’ll just have to do some experimenting with long runs.

Every time I completed a loop I was met by Naresh who jotted down times and gave you assistance with anything you needed. He also made sure to give me words of encouragement and motivation before I left to the next round. He is a very encouraging individual!

My last round was mentally the hardest but also the most satisfying knowing that I would finish. Later I would find out that our dear friend Dallas lost his sight during the last loop. This same thing happened to him a few years back during another ultra. He was still able to complete the run which is amazing to no ends. He is author of Falling Forward and his new book, Going Down Slow. I was fortunate enough to receive a copy of his new book! I thoroughly enjoyed reading the first book Falling Forward and I heard that his second book promises to be just as interesting and I can’t to wait to start reading it.

Afterwards several of the runners met at this local restaurant named Coyote Blue and we had some of fanciest looking Mexican food I’ve ever seen. Of course we all looked a little different by then, all cleaned up.

Huntsville’s DeWayne Satterfield was all business wear, while being his jovial self, in winning the 2011 Recover the the Holidays 50K yesterday in Huntsville, Alabama.

Satterfield beat out Tim Vinson with a time of 3:50:59. Vinson was less than 6 minutes behind Satterfield in 3:56:35.  Finland’s Kari Salomaa took third place with a time of 4:10:01.

The female winner was Tammy Tribett who finished the course in 4:25:30.

The course consisted of a 1-mile out and back, followed by 10 loops on the Huntsville Cross Country 5k course.

Top 40 Recover from the Holidays 50K Results

1. DeWayne Satterfield (Huntsville, AL) – 3:50:59
2. Tim Vinson (Madison, AL) – 3:56:35
3. Kari Salomaa (Helsinki, Finland) – 4:10:01
4. Brett Wilks (Huntsville, AL) – 4:12:25
5. Eric Patterson (Athens, AL) – 4:14:45
6. Chad Davis (Huntsville, AL) – 4:17:30
7. Nelson Armstrong (Castalian Springs, TN) – 4:20:30
8. Erik Debolt (Madison, AL) – 4:21:30
9. Tammy Tribett (Manassas, VA) – 4:25:30 (F)
10. Brett Addington (Owens Cross Roads, AL) – 4:27:12
11. Josh Erhard (Gallatin, TN) – 4:27:22
12. Daniel Hazelton (Clarksville, TN) – 4:29:11
13. Andy Davidson (Tuscaloosa, AL) – 4:36:59
14. Larry Dickerson (Somerville, AL) – 4:37:53
15. Wayne Heckler (Decatur, AL) – 4:40:04
16. Mark Freeman (Huntsville, AL) – 4:41:22
17. Michael Scott (Chattanooga, AL) – 4:43:29
18. Jon Elmore (Decatur, AL) – 4:52:30
19. Joshua Holmes (Jackson, TN) – 4:53:22
20. Wade Dunn (Birmingham, AL) – 4:57:10
21. Stephen Brown (Decatur, AL) – 4:57:55
22. Barry Ege (Hanceville, AL) – 4:58:40
23. Scott Schlapman (Huntsville, AL) – 5:05:38
24. Sal Coll (Rossville, GA) – 5:10:52
25. Michael Dehaye (Huntsville, AL) – 5:14:10
26. Bryan Campbell (Hazel Green, AL) – 5:14:41
27. Samuel Hong (Alpharetta, GA) – 5:16:57
28. Martin Schneekloth (Huntsville, AL) – 5:17:43
29. Eric Broyles (Madison, AL) – 5:18:13
30. Patti Holmes (Huntsville, AL) – 5:19:47 (F)
31. Keith Buell (Huntsville, AL) – 5:27:30
32. Chris Clemens (Belvidere, TN) – 5:30:23
33. Sarah Tierney (Harvest, AL) – 5:35:30 (F)
34. George Sanders (Laceys Spring, AL) – 5:36:12
35. Michael Gravel (Madison, AL) – 5:36:38
36. Sup Fravel (Madison, AL) – 5:40:18 (F)
37. Mark Hales (Birmingham, AL) – 5:42:24
38. Marit Janse (Fenton, MI) – 5:44:28 (F)
39. Richard Trice (Huntsville, AL) – 5:46:55
40. Mike Youngblood (Shelbyville, TN) – 5:48:15

Congrats to all who ran yesterday in Huntsville and across the world!  May your 2012 be full of many more miles and successful races.

[photo: Winner DeWayne Satterfield (Angus Young look) with Joshua Holmes]