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Here is the finisher’s medal from the American River Parkway Half Marathon that took place on April 28, 2012 in Sacramento, California.

Colorful, pretty and serene. I like this medal.

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[Submitted by Bill Hoover. Follow him on Twitter @daHoovster]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Gladiator Rock ‘N Run 6K obstacle race that took place on April 28, 2012 at Great Park in Irvine, California.

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[Submitted by Scot Britton. Follow him on Twitter @ScotBritton]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Big Sur International Marathon that took place on April 29, 2012 in Big Sur, California.

This is one mega cool medal that has a very natural Native American feel to it.

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[Submitted by RIF #18 Rick Jarvis who ran the Country Music Half Marathon the day before running Big Sur.]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Pleasanton Half Marathon that took place on April 29, 2012 in Pleasanton, California

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[Submitted by RIF #140 Dennis Arriaga. Follow him on Twitter @dennarr]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the San Luis Obispo Half Marathon that took place on April 22, 2012 in San Luis Obispo, California.

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[Submitted by Bonnie L. Follow her on Twitter @TuffCustomer]

Here is the finisher’s medal and swag from the Inaugural Hollywood Half Marathon that took place on April 7, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.

Well done medal and swag. Very Hollywood!

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[Submitted by IPICO Sports. Follow them on Twitter @IPICOSports]

Macdonald Ondaro won the Hollywood Half Marathon on April 7, 2012, in Los Angeles, California, with a time of 1:04:47.

Ondaro was able to hold off Benson Cheruiyot who was just 13 seconds behind in 1:05:01.  Third place male went to Ryan Bak in 1:06:09.

Top overall female went to Malika Camacho with a time of 1:16:34.

Second place female was Jen Kippi, who was just 23 seconds behind Camacho, in 1:16:57.  Third place went to Ariana Hilborn, who was on Kippi’s heels, in 1:17:03.

2012 Hollywood Half Marathon Top 10 Results

1. Macdonald Ondaro – 1:04:47
2. Benson Cheruiyot – 1:05:01
3. Ryan Bak – 1:06:09
4. Shadrick Bivott – 1:06:18
5. Teklu Deneke – 1:06:22
6. Stephan Shay – 1:08:08
7. Samuel Kosgei – 1:08:39
8. Brandon Laan – 1:10:12
9. Ivan Medina – 1:10:22
10. Okwaro Raura – 1:11:16

New Kids On The Block member Joey McIntyre ran the race in 1:55:27.

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Here is the colorful finisher’s medal from the L.A. (Los Angeles) Marathon that took place on March 18, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.

Simple medal but pretty solid. The colors help prevent this medal from being a bust.

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[medal photo submitted by A.J. Reese. Follow him on Twitter @AJisrunning]

I really like this medal. It’s fresh and resembles a gingerbread cookie with icing. It looks almost edible. That would be a fun challenge to put upon someone finishing a marathon…give them a medal that is a cookie and see how many would still have a medal by the time they got home from the race.

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[medal photo submitted by Nadia Ruiz Gonzales. Follow her on Facebook on her Fan Page]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the San Diego Half Marathon that took place on March 11, 2012 in San Diego, California.

The race started at PETCO park where the San Diego Padres play their home games.

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[medal photo submitted by Penny Maus. Follow her on Twitter @redvelvetrunner]