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The inaugural Rock ‘n’ Roll St. Louis Marathon & 1/2 Marathon took place over the weekend on October 23, 2011 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Both the full and half finisher’s medals were similar except for the color of the ring circling around the medal. The full was red (Cardinals red) and the half was navy.

Overall, I think it’s a very pretty medal that focuses on St. Louis’ most historic landmark, the Gateway Arch, with a riverboat at the base of it.

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[Stl full medal photo submitted by David D. Follow him on Twitter @bigcat48.  Stl half medal photos submitted by Lauren Stone (@laurens3386) and Kevin Kozuszek (@kkozuszek).

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Mount Lemmon Marathon & 1/2 Marathon that took place in Tucson, Arizona on October 23, 2011.

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Mount Lemmon Marathon Website

[Medal photo submitted by Robert Boluyt. Follow him on Twitter @Bateluer]

Here is the Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon finisher’s medal from the race that took place on October 23, 2012.

This medal was designed by Darius Daniel, who won a contest on Facebook to design the medal.  You can follow him on Twitter @dzoid11.

Memo to Race Directors: You might want to hire this guy to design your bling!!

Also, below you will see the beautiful Myrtle Beach 5K medal as well.

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[Medal photos submitted by Darius Daniel (see above) and Jen. Follow Jen on Twitter @PhilanthropyInk]

Above is the finisher’s medal from the 2011 Niagara Falls International Marathon that took place on October 23, 2011 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

The flag near the top of the medal spins and rotates between the USA and Canadian flags.

A very spiffy medal….we like it!!!

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Niagara Falls International Marathon Website

[NFIM medal pics submitted by Patrick Conlen. Follow him on Twitter @pconlen]

Many of you were busy over the weekend, and we have the bling to validate your claims.

Here is the 2011 finisher’s medal from the Delaware & Lehigh Heritage Marathon & Half Marathon.

This race took place on October 23, 2011 in Pennsylvania.

Delaware & Lehigh Heritage Marathon Website

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[Medal photo submitted by Kevin Hunsicker. Follow him on Twitter @KevOCCRN]

Here is the freshly minted Ragnar Relay Las Vegas medal from the 2011 race that took place over the weekend on October 21-22, 2011.

Also included is the ‘Saints & Sinners’ Ragnar Relay medal for completing both the Las Vegas Ragnar and Wasatch Back Ragnar Relays.

Ragnar Relay Website

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[special thanks to Jordan Lee for submitting the bling photo. You can follow him on Twitter @JoJo_runnr]

You likely haven’t seen a pumpkin belt buckle before….but now you have!

Here is the finisher’s belt buckle from the inaugural 2011 Pumpkin Holler Hunnerd (100 Mile Ultra) that took place in Tahlequah, Oklahoma on October 15/16, 2011.

The race was well organized and put on.  I will try to get up a race report on it at some point.

Pumpkin Holler Races Website

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Here is the BEAUTIFUL finisher’s medal from the 2011 Portland Marathon that took place on October 9, 2011 in Portland, Oregon.

The 2011 edition was the 40th anniversary of the famed marathon, and race organizers made sure to embolden the historic date on the back of this gold medal (see photo below).

The front of the medal has the word ‘Portlandia’ at the top, with stars circling the upper edge of the medal. The center of the medal is an engraved image of Portlandia.  To the right of her is the word ‘Finisher’ along with the roman numerals MMXI (2011).

Per Wikipedia:

Portlandia is a sculpture by Raymond Kaskey located above the entrance of Michael Graves’ Portland Building in downtown Portland, Oregon, at 1120 SW 5th Avenue. It is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States, after the Statue of Liberty.

WOW! What a hot piece of medal! It feels very olympic-ish!  One of the best medals of 2011 for sure.

40th Anniversary Portland Marathon Medal Photos

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[submitted by Tracy Pellizzari who completed the Portland Marathon. You can follow her on Twitter @themarathonproj]

Here is the newly minted 2011 Rock ‘n’ Roll Denver Marathon medal from the race that took place today in the ‘Mile High City.’

Congrats to all of the finishers of the Rock ‘n’ roll Denver Marathon & 1/2 Marathon.

2011 Rock ‘n’ Roll Denver Marathon Results

[medal photo submitted by Scott Stader. You can follow him on twitter @scottstader]

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Also See: 2011 Chicago Marathon Medal

Here is the extremely impressive finisher’s medal from the 2011 Southern Tennessee Plunge Marathon (website) that took place in Winchester, Tennessee on October 1, 2011.

This piece of hardware is massive, thick, and so gangsta that I’ve had four West Coast rappers contact me about purchasing it.  One went as far as to offer his ’68 Caddy and catalog of 13 unpublished 2Pac recordings.

2011 Southern Tennessee Plunge Marathon & 1/2 Marathon Results

Photos Below Show the Impressive Size of this STP Bling

[STP Bling images by Joshua Holmes. You can follow him on Twitter @bayou]