This is the medal for the Rock ‘n’ Roll Dallas Half Marathon that took place in Dallas, Texas on March 25, 2012.

I like this medal a lot. I think the big boots and the sparkle on DALLAS are exactly what you’d expect to see for that city. Everything is bigger in Texas, right?

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[medals submitted by Brian L (follow on twitter –  @bmleub) and MassielSm (follow on twitter – @massielSm)]

We asked on Twitter (@runitfast) where you were running this weekend and 40 of you responded!

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

Joshua Holmes – Some easy training as taper down for Umstead 100 next weekend.

Naresh Kumar – Run a bit of trails at FHSP.

stephanie – 8 mile trail run Saturday. Can’t say I’m too excited though.

Victoria – Dallas ! 🙂

Christine Altland – freehold NJ!!

Anthony bednarz – Ocean Drive Marathon (10 mile race for me) in South Jersey

The Naked Runners – Melbourne @parkrun @parkrun_au (free, weekly, timed 5K). Can’t wait!

Siddharth Thakkar – I may get a 10mile run on Saturday. Hope the temperatures stay low. #runitfast

Don Newman Kazery – Starkville, Ms Historic Starkvegas run 5k/10k.#wishmeluck

Edith Hurt – 32km (19.88m) around Sydney Harbour with @CanTooRunSwim – very scenic

Amy Auner – Running on Daytona Beach baby!

Brian Burns – the @roadracersaz south mountain 20k #weekendworkout

Aaron Johnstone – Bearathon (half marathon) in Waco TX. Put on by Baylor University

Pauline Albiges – I’m not , next weekend Bournemouth! Yeah!

Angie Gerber – Thirteen miles in beautiful Helvetia, Oregon. #runitfast

Rai Mills – RnR Dallas!! Can’t wait!

Megan N – Leawood, KS!

Jess – getting muddy at the MS Muckruckus…this ought to be fun!

Domenick P. Addesi – Rachel and Troy 5K Run (benefits Laurel House and Mission Kids) – Sunday, March 25, 2012 Colonial Elementary Plymouth Meeting, PA

Alvin Lee – Ocean Drive Marathon Cape May, NJ…I’ll try my best to#runitfast

Brian L – Rock and Roll Dallas Half Marathon. Half Marathon #10 in under a year for me.

Erin – 1/2 Marathon at the Charlotte Motor Speedway! #runitfast

Michelle Mitchell – Solnechnogorsk (Moscow burb) trail marathon on snowpack/ Will be run as training run for the 100k.

Marcia Larsen – Training runs for my 4/1 Chicago 10K and then 5/6 Pittsburgh 1/2 marathon.

Fat Ass to Bad Ass! – Cap10K!

Ryland Clark – Broward County Finals tomorrow!

Kiki – I’m running in the Durbin Classic 5K in Nobelsville, IN this weekend.

HAWK – No races this weekend but just some good solid training runs in sunny Florida.

Maria – Doing 2 different halfs (or is it halves?) on Saturday. Woot!!

Nolan Holloway – embrace our green 5k, deatur GA

Melanie Gomez – #Austin @cap10k

MassielSm – I’ll be Running the @RunRocknRoll 1/2 marathon Dallas

NaomiPipes –  #RunfortheRose Houston, TX

Nancy Torres – Track meet this Saturday! Mile and 2 mile!

elizabeth v rehmer – willow creek in Livingston MT. 9 miler.

Faith Dority – Inaugural NC 1/2 Marathon @Lowes Motor Speedway!

Sarah Malaney – 10 miles with an early morning training group! #BTG#HalfMarathon

MDA Brain and Spine – Houston, Run for the Rose #Runfortherosehttp://www.runfortherose.com Sunday, March 25. Benefits brain cancer research @DrMarnieRoseFdn

Kathy Shirley – This weekend’s run is 23 miles around Lake Hodges in Escondido — last long run before Boston!

eric vanzee –  #6hoursnakerun this weekend. #tulsaOK

Running USA released their Half Marathon Report for 2011 yesterday. I was looking at it and comparing it to the Marathon Report for 2011 they released last month. I am a numbers geek and I like to look at all the data in the reports (median ages, median times, fastest times, slowest times, biggest, etc. ) Ok, I confess…I do compare my times to the median times to see how I compare to the rest of the runners out there. Is that bad? But on a less selfish note, our sport is really growing and that is really awesome to see.

I thought it might be fun to compare the two reports:

Kind of interesting to see the percentages for men & women flip for the marathon vs. the half marathon, don’t you think? And also that the median ages increase slightly as the distance goes up?

Anyway, if you are a numbers geek like me or if you’re just curious to see where the marathon and half marathon are at, you can check out the full report here:

2012 Marathon, Half-Marathon and State of the Sport Reports

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Liverpool Half Marathon that took place on March 18, 2012 in Liverpool.

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[medal photo submitted by Bryan Llorente. Follow him on Twitter @bryllo84]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the NYC (New York City) Half Marathon that took place on March 18, 2012 in New York City, NY.

The race had 15,336 finishers and was won by Peter Cheruiyot Kirui with a winning time of 59:39. The female winner was Firehiwot Dado in 1:08:35.

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[medal photo submitted by Larry Medina. Follow him on Twitter @Rdrunner5k]

Here is the beautiful and festive finisher’s medal from the Georgia Half Marathon that took place on March 18, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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[medal photo submitted by Oliver Vagner. Follow him on Twitter @Oliver_Vagner]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Shamrock Half Marathon that took place on March 18, 2012 in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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[medal photo submitted by Darius. Follow him on Twitter @dzoid11]

Here is the finisher’s medal fromt he Hillstrider’s March Madness Half Marathon that took place on March 18, 2012 in Cary, Illinois.

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[medal photo submitted by Left Hash. Follow on Twitter @LeftHash]

Beautiful finisher’s medal from the Germantown Half Marathon that was held on March 18, 2012 in Germantown, Tennessee.

Run It Fast – The Club member Leah Thorvilson was the female winner with a time of 1:16:37. Congrats to Leah!

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[medal photo submitted by Nicholas L. Norfolk. Follow him on Twitter @absolut_zer0]