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Here is the finisher’s medal from the 2012 Scenic City Half Marathon that was held on February 25, 2012 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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[Medal photo submitted by Dina Kwit. Follow Dina on Twitter @dinakwit]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the 2012 Hyannis Marathon that was held on February 26, 2012.

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[medal photo by Anthony Tieuli. Follow him on Twitter @aTIEULI]

Here is the finisher’s medal (coaster) from the 2012 LaJolla Canyon Trail 50K that took place on February 26, 2012 in Malibu, California.

This coaster/medal is weak. A coaster is not something you display but something you put drinks and other crap on top of. Step it up LaJolla and give these finisher’s something worthwhile of conquering such a tough 50K.

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[medal photos submitted by Lisa Gonzales. Follow her on Twitter @runlikeacoyote]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the The Cowtown Half Marathon that was held on February 26, 2012 in Fort Worth, Texas.

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[medal photos submitted by Alex Castillo. Follow him on Twitter @acast2377]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the 2012 Post Oak Lodge 50K that was held on February 25, 2012 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Come on Post Oak!! This is one of the worst medals we’ve seen this year. It looks like someone put the paint-pen to a left over Christmas tree ornament (from 1987).

No intent to be mean but come on now!  This is a medal that only Fred G. Sanford would be proud of!

As Mother Marathon Mary would say, “It’s not the medal that is important, but the effort and desire to start and finish the race that is being honored.”

MMM Recommendation: Play off the Oak name and create a natural wood medal similar to Recover From the Holidays (photo HERE) or Flying Monkey (photo HERE).

[Yeah, I just made up MMM! But I like her…and she is right!]

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

Here is the unique and pretty finisher’s medal from Disney’s Princess 1/2 Marathon that was held on February 26, 2012 at EPCOT.

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[medal photos submitted by Beth Lynch. Follow her on Twitter @bethlynch]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the 4th Annual IMS Arizona Marathon that was held on February 19, 2012.

The race started in Buckeye, Arizona and finished in Glendale, Arizona as the beautiful back of this medal proudly displays.

I’m really a fan of this medal. It’s strong, bold, relatively simple, and classy.

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[medal photos submitted by Robert Boluyt. Follow him on Twitter @Bateluer]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the inaugural Rock ‘n’ Roll Pasadena Half Marathon that was held on February 19, 2012 in Pasadena, California.

Rock ‘n’ Roll can be either hit or miss on their medals. This is one of their more beautiful pieces of bling.  The color scheme plays well for Pasadena.  The only thing that would have been better is if they could have fit a rose on there somewhere.

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[medal photo submitted by Tiffany Henness. Follow her on Twitter @Running_Hutch]

Often we finish a race to not be handed a finisher’s medal but a 13.1 sticker, BMF wallet (photo), or in the case of the 2012 Pilot Mountain Payback Marathon a finisher’s mug.

The race was held near Mt. Airy, North Carolina.

Jason Sutton was diplomatic about it calling it a “functional medal.”  Congrats to Jason on his mug. Well deserved after a tough 26.2 on the trails.

I guess if the finishers liked this bling will truly depend if their mug was half full or half empty!

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[Bling photo submitted by Jason Sutton. Follow him on Twitter @Jasut]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the 2012 LIVESTRONG Austin Marathon that took place in Austin, Texas on February 19, 2012.

Cool medal. Lot of detail and references to Austin. Stays true to the LIVESTRONG brand.

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[medal photo submitted by Aaron Johnstone. Follow him on Twitter @TexasRunnr]