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Here is the finisher’s medal from this year’s Kentucky Derby Festival miniMarathon.  The men’s half marathon was won by Linus Chumba 1:02:40 and Alemtsehay Misganaw won the women’s race in 1:13:46.

I’m a huge fan of this medal, especially the fact that they minimized the “Presented by Walmart,” which used to feature much more prominently in previous years’ medals.  It’s not quite as badass as last year’s medal, but an excellent finisher’s prize nonetheless.

Posted by Dan Solera.

For a picture of the very colorful ribbon, click below:

Rock superstar Sheryl Crow ran the 2012 St. Jude Country Music Half Marathon on Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee.

The weather was hot and the hills relentless, but it didn’t stop Crow from running an impressive 1:59:10.

Crow ran with bib #15465 which was registered to a Lisa Martin, a 51-year old from Franklin, TN.

Sheryl ran the half marathon to help raise money for the New Hope Academy which is a Christ-centered private school in Franklin, TN.  Crow has two adopted sons.  She ran with her ‘Run Baby Run’ team.

[images: Sheryl Crow, The Tennessean, Competitor Group, Lester Cacho/AP]

We asked on Twitter (@runitfast) where you were running this weekend and 80 of you responded!

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

Joshua Holmes – Country Music Marathon in Nashville, Tennessee

Naresh Kumar – RIF#2 will be running the Country Music Marathon #CMM

Scott Wood – Nashville Country Music Half Marathon

Terri Selig – I’m running the KY Derby Festival Marathon!!! Woohoo!

Lia – Big Sur Marathon!

Miss Potter – I’m looking forward to the #TwitterRoadRace this Saturday! Still time to sign up… http://tinyurl.com/87jqvqv

Arturo Moreno – St. Jude Nashville Marathon

Lisa Gonzales – I’m doing back-to-back long runs on local roads & trails.

Don Newman Kazery – Starkville, Ms

Kosher Peter – barefoot on grass this weekend and a 10k in Shiprock the following weekend! 😀

Neil Zeller – Police Half Marathon in Calgary Alberta. @YYCPoliceHalf

Chris Haynes – Country Music Half Marathon, Nashville, TN!

Kat – Get in Gear Half Marathon – Minneapolis, MN

Shawna – First Full Mary!!!! @CountryMusic262 in Nashville!!!

Daniel – Eisenhower Park 4 miler!

Luis Ayala – Marvel Race!! Hulk costume!!

Alvin Lee – Local 10k Pikes Peak Rockville, MD

Jeff Burrell – nashville marathon

Jesse Schneider – Derby Festival Mini Marathon in Louisville, KY

Vanessa Goodman – the @TheGreenRun #Houston Sat. My first 10k! I’m ready to #runfast

Jesse Salazar – Big Sur marathon, CA.

Domenick P. Addesi – Tough Mudder PA baby!!! #thetimehascome

Jared Friesen – hitting the trails while in vacation on Maui!

Billy Zuccaro – Nashville TN fun race 1/2 marathon

SKORA Running – Eugene Marathon!

Erin Tucker – Running the Run For The Trees 5k in Winter Park, Fl Saturday!

Monkey Trent – Me too RT @bayou: @runitfast Country Music Marathon in Nashville, Tennessee

Kelly Berry – 23-mile training run around Minneapolis – my 2nd to last long training run before #Grandma‘sMarathon in June!

Matthew Mitchell – Cleveland 10 Miler #HermesCleveland

PerOla Axelsson – Lidingö Ultra 50km, Stockholm Sweden

Tim MacBean – Eugene marathon!

Ryan Malone – I’m running a 5k for Noble Hospital in Westfield MA on Saturday 🙂

Angie Gerber – Eight mile run. Countdown to Avenue of the Giants Marathon next Sunday! The taper is torture!

Edith Hurt – After long haul flight from Germany to Australia I’ll just get circulation going with 5-10km while @CanTooRunSwim buddies do 38km

Dennis Arriaga – Inaugural Pleasanton Half Marathon – Pleasanton, CA

Caloy Bautista – Does #TwitterRoadRace count? Doing it tomorrow

‘Ama – I would be running Pikes Peek 10K, if I wasn’t injured. 🙁

Robin Robbins – Country Music 1/2 Marathon Nashville,TN

Laura Gulso – @CrazylegsRun 8K is where I’m running tomorrow! Can’t wait to cross the finish line in Camp Randall Stadium!

Larry Keister – Kentucky Derby (half) Marathon in Louisville, KY

Brad Bennett – country music half tomorrow

Michelle Walker – Kentucky Derby Marathon

Hideki Kinoshita – I’m running @kdfrunner #KentuckyDerbyMarathon on Sat in Louisville. Marathon #95 / State #40, & I hope 23sub4. Thanks!#RunItFast

Colene Lord – Eugene Half Marathon Sunday!!! The finish line is on the University of Oregon track!

Laura Raeder – Big Sur…finally!

Erica Agran – Chicago Lakefront 10 and Ravenswood 5k!

rb – CCK Singapore

Marcia Larsen – Cara Lakefront 10 mile in Chicago

Tom Martin – I am running the Cherry Creek Sneak 5 mile run. Sunday

Crystal – I’ll be running the virtual #TwitterRoadRace on Cape Cod. I get to choose my own adventure.

MarathonJunkie™Engle – I will run on the beaches of Hawaii Sunday by 11 am.#mantan #vacay #notgonnarunEugene 🙁

Dallas Smith – Rock N Roll Nashville Country Music Marathon, whatever they’re calling it now.

Mike Clifford – running my first marathon in Gettysburg PA on Sunday!#excited

Nicholas L. Norfolk – I’ll be in #Nashvegas at @CountryMusic262. I’m doing the half, but it will be full of fun. #CountryMusicMarathon #RNRNash

Maria Stivers – Have several friends running Rock and Roll marathon in Nashville this weekend! Good luck @Mary3Smith, Terrie, Sandy and Jen!

Jordan Adams – Bob Jones Track Sectionals (Section 4, 4a)

telisa – Illinois marathon- Champaign Illinois

Bradley Reiter – Loaring Sun Run 5k this Sunday in Tecumseh ON.#pbseason

Cordell Lewis – Lime City Relays at HNHS

HalfMarathons.Net – The 21-miler at the Big Sur Marathon in Monterey!

Jeff Cook – Tour dePaul little rock ar

RunWell – Running @outrun24 in Ohio. Going to be cold for this Florida resident!

Gregory Wilson – My first Big Sur Marathon.

Kelley – I’m participating in the #TwitterRoadRace virtual 5k in my home town on a new route.

Elizabeth Kalifeh – big sur marathon!

Ed Ayres – Pacific Crest Trail, California. Hope the rattlesnakes are still asleep!

Kevin Ronayne – #TwitterRoadRace tomorrow

neilj1971 – James Joyce Ramble in Dedham MA

Beth – Louisville KY mini marathon in celebration of the Derby. My dad runs the race every year, this is my first year joining him.

elizabeth v rehmer  – #TwitterRoadRace !!! In Livingston mt

Laurie Cyr –  #ilmarathon relay. I am ready to run!

Timothy Agee – 4-hour pacer at the Country Music Marathon.

XC problems – everywhere!

Bill Hoover – Parkway Half Marathon, Sacramento CA

Running with Kids – 34th annual Minuteman 5K in Westport CT along beautiful Long Island Sound & through Longshore Country Club

Leah Thorvilson  – #FriscoRun in Willard (the Las Vegas of) Missouri.

Kristen Jones – Ben Layton Memorial 5k Run/Walk in Salisbury Maryland. I will be walking because I am almost 9 months pregnant!!

Chad Norton – Derby Festival Half Marathon

Stephen G – Conn’s Green 6.2 @TheGreenRun

Michelle Berg – Cheshire (CT) Half Marathon 4/29

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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 from the Flying Pirate Half Marathon that took place on April 22, 2012 in Outer Banks, North Carolina.

One of the cooler medals you will ever lay eyes on it. It has a build in magnetic charm on the back. See photos below for more visuals of this amazing booty.

This medal will end up being one of the top 10 best medals of 2012.

Flying Pirate Half Marathon Medal Photos

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[Submitted by Darius. Follow him on Twitter @dzoid11]

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

The medal came complete with a free quote on the back.

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[Submitted by RIF #5 Lisa Gonzales. Follow her on Twitter @runlikeacoyote]

We asked on Twitter (@runitfast) where you were running this weekend and 62 of you responded!

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

Joshua Holmes – Possibly a couple of local 5Ks.

Michelle Mitchell – 100K Worlds and Euros 🙂

JD Arney – Scioto Miles 10k downtown Columbus on Scioto river

darius – outer banks, nc – the Flying Pirate Half Marathon on sunday.

icalles – Here: Casa de Campo, Madrid. spain http://pic.twitter.com/sGHHODqw

魯敏 – I’m always running around Osaka-jo castle(Japan ) every Sunday!

Cazz Singson – Doing a half marathon this Sunday at the NatGeo Earth Day Run 2012! Can’t wait! 😀

Christy Bowers – Fort Worth Zoo Run 10K

Romana DL – Barcelona – Spain Firemen race 10K with 24000 runners – good and fast race to do PB if you may start within the first 3000 🙂

lindsay – no race, but a nice 9-miler through Gallup Park in Ann Arbor!

Marco A.Velazquez – Run through Redlands Half Marathon on Sunday

Brie Lynn – SPRINGFIELD!

BeardRunJax – Saturday – Run to the Sun 8k – Orange Park, FL.

Michael Garcia – London Marathon!

The Mama Runs – Charity #walk – #Transplant Trot 5k in #Calgary #yyc on Saturday. Sunday am group run at Eau Claire Market with#runningroom

Edith Hurt – This Aussie #running in Genoa, Italy RT @runitfast: Where are you running/racing this weekend? Responses will be in Run It Fast tomorrow!!”

Partnerunning – Bali Marathon

rian c p – Bali

Serg Aloma – 28th Annual Baker to Vegas 120 mile Relay.

Sabarri – Jersey Shore relay!! This Saturday. Free beer and festival.

joey – Bali Marathon… Cool! Can’t think of a better place to run!

Andrew & Sue O’Brien – Bali Marathon

Predrag Radovic – Belgrade marathon.

jade huffman – The Warrior Dash!!! Jackson Mississippi

John O’Regan – 100K World & European Championships in Seregno, Italy. http://bit.ly/IWpjGY

Andy Scott – Carmel Marathon

Blog Share – its the London marathon this weekend.

Bob – doing my first barefoot 5k in New Hope, PA on Sunday…

Mary Jane Schriver – Run to the Beach 1/2 marathon, Akron Ohio!

MM~J – Flying Pirate Half Marathon!!! Outer Banks, NC~Gonna run my booty off!

Mario Alberto Arce – doing a triathlon this Sunday at Puntarenas, Costa Rica 😀

Sassy Mamma – not this weekend @runitfast This weekend I’m walking for autism at#RaymondJames stadium

Alvin Lee – GW Classic 10 miler Alexandria, VA

steve c – Lynchburg Va!

Skip Keltner – Carmel Half Marathon.

Lisa Gonzales – Foxy Run Half Marathon in San Diego on Sunday.#animalracing #trails

Roz – the Derwent Dambuster 10 mile challenge in Derbyshire :-

The Hot Steppah – salt lake city marathon! #slcmarathon

MarathonJunkie™Engle – I will be running between the doc’s office and P.T. Next weekend is HAWAII. For no other reason than to sit on a beach.

YiZhong Aw – RUN350! SINGAPORE FOR EARTH DAY! 😀

Lynn Murphy – on the fabulous golf cart paths in Peachtree City Ga!

Kyle Butler – first race in 6 months due to broken foot! A 5k I won two years ago!

Angie Gerber – Portland waterfront, 16 miles. Dreamy forecast of sunshine and 60 degrees! Run!

Allison – it’s #PatsRun weekend here in Arizona. 4.2 miles to#RunWalkHonor for the @pattillmanfnd #runitfast #excited

Jonathan Bobbitt – no idea

Thomas Hosty – carmel marathon in indiana

Christie Jester – Running 12 miles tomorrow on a trail 🙂

RuggedRadnage – #VLM & a huge good luck & shout out to every last runner racing ANYWHERE this weekend 🙂

Jason Howard – running the salt lake city marathon tomorrow

Bob Hodges – #Tarheel10miler !

Elizabeth Kalifeh – auburn finish on the 50 10k!

Nancy Sandretto – Saturday~the Race to #RobieCreek and Sunday~#Robie‘sgotFaith~a fundraiser for a 5 year old fighting leukemia!

Jonathan Stewart – Local 5k tomorrow. Speed work!

Lisa Luxford – The Virgin London Marathon – but I won’t be running it fast!

Jon Hobbs – London

mishlnaz – Doing the @FeetandFriends Fighting Colon Cancer 5K/8K in Ann Arbor, MI with @DetroitACSRun

Molly – my first half marathon, at the Glass City Marathon in Toledo Ohio on Sunday! 🙂

Scott Gorski – running 5 miles around Wind Lake to complete week 2 training for my first ever half marathon in June. #rocknsole#summerfest.

Michelle Walker – Garmin Marathon in Olathe, KS.

Lauren Sell – I am running the Oshkosh Half Marathon on Sunday! Hoping for decent weather and a PR!

Robin Robbins – Illinois River to River Relay

Marj Mitchell – Good morning! I shall be doing the “run in the park 4 miler” at shiloh military park on Saturday.

Nicole Knutson – Blue Ridge Marathon. (Roanoke, VA) claim to fame? Hardest road marathon. I think I am now certifiably crazy. (this will be #28)

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Here is the finisher medal from the Big D Marathon & Half Marathon that took place on April 15, 2012 in Dallas, Texas.

Nice bling! The full marathon medal is larger than the half marathon medal.

Congrats to finishers of both races!

The 2013 race will take place on April 14, 2013 at the Cotton Bowl.

More Photos of Big D Bling

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[Submitted by Samantha Hunter (@SamCanRun), Renee Dudley (@ReneeDudley), and Teal & Beth (@Lifeisarun)]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Clemson Easter Bunny Run Half Marathon that was held on Easter Weekend, April 7, 2012.

Unique, colorful, funny with a thick printed ribbon. Great job guys!

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[Submitted by The Adventure Geeks. Follow them on Twitter @AdventureGeeks]

Here is the unique out-of-this-world finisher’s medal from the Martian Invasion Half Marathon that took place on April 14, 2012 in Dearborn, Michigan.

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[Submitted by RIF #108 Mark Sikkila. Follow him on Twitter @MarkSikkila]