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Here is a list of places to watch and track the 2024 Los Angeles Marathon taking place in Los Angeles, California. The race starts at Dodger Stadium and finishes in Century City on Avenue of the Stars.

Where to Watch the L.A. Marathon:

• Locally televised on KTLA (Ch. 5 in Los Angeles) from 6:ooam-11:00am PT
• Streaming on: Facebook.com/LAMarathon
• KTLA.com – KTLA+ Apple TV, Roku, Firestick
• YouTube.com/KTLA

Tracking for the race is on the Active Experience app.

Results will be posted at this link HERE on L.A. Marathon site.

Map of the 2024 Los Angeles Marathon Course

Good luck to everyone running this year.

#RunItFast #LosAngelesMarathon #LAMarathon

The Ultimate Stage Race – Marathon is a virtual stage race where runners and walkers compete for five consecutive days, running 5.25 miles each day, to finish the event with a total distance of 26.25 miles.

Every day there will be daily standings and rankings. To finish the race however you have to run/walk 5.25 miles for five consecutive days from June 6-10, 2020. You will then be in the official standings for the race and will receive a finisher’s medal in the mail.

It’s a virtual race which means you will be competing from wherever you are in the world. This will allow you to compete against friends, family, yourself, and even rivals from all over the globe.

• June 6 – 5.25 miles
• June 7 – 5.25 miles
• June 8 – 5.25 miles
• June 9 – 5.25 miles
• June 10 – 5.25 miles
• Total Distance – 26.25 miles (marathon)

Overall results will be determined by adding up your ‘elapsed time’ from all five stages.

This race is beautifully set up to be a fun challenge to runners and walkers of all levels.

On one end we will have many that have to work hard to run or walk 5.25 miles at once. It must be at one time and not pieced together throughout the day. And on the other end we will have some very fast, competitive women and men running every daily stage as fast as they can to see where they will rank among their peers.

Entrants have until 10pm each day to submit their GPS/Garmin/Strava results to us. That’s right we require proof that the miles were completed and do our best to check and verify those results. And it’s ‘elapsed time’ not ‘moving time.’

It’s a great challenge for many new runners and walkers to the sport that might not be ready for a traditional marathon. A challenge where you can push your limits for five consecutive days to complete 5.25 miles and have to get up and do that for five consecutive days.

REGISTER: ULTRASIGNUP

If you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask us.

HUMAN BEING Eliud Kipchonge Breaks 2 Hour Marathon barrier with transcendent super human time of 1:59:40.2. The first person ever to do so.

The greatest marathon runner of all-time with a modern day Roger Bannister moment doing what many thought for a long time was humanly impossible breaking 2 hours. A mind boggling, inspiring accomplishment for the ages.

The Kenyan native averaged 4 minutes 34 seconds per mile for 26.2 miles.

Congrats, Eliud and to the fastest pace team ever that worked in perfect unison to help secure the sub-2.

#RunItFast #ineos159 #eliudkipchonge #nohumanislimited #sub2 #fastestever

Desiree ‘Des’ Linden made history on Monday morning, in cold, windy, very wet conditions winning the 2018 Boston Marathon becoming the first USA woman to do so since 1985 when Lisa Larsen Weidenbach won the race.

From Runner’s World:

Linden, 34, tucked into a slow-moving pack navigating driving rains, a challenging headwind, and temperatures around 37 degrees, for the first half of the race, even aiding fellow American Shalane Flanagan to rejoin the group after Flanagan needed to take a bathroom stop right before the 20K water station.

At that point, Mamitu Daska of Ethiopia made a break for it and gapped the lead pack of women by 25 seconds. Linden and Gladys Chesir of Kenya slowly chased Daska down through the Newton hills, where Linden surged ahead after mile 20.

From there, Linden quickly created a 20-second lead over the final 5K. It was one of the slowest finishes in the last 40 or so years of Boston history, but it was also contested in some of the worst weather conditions.

Linden finished the Boston Marathon with a time of 2:39:54.

Teammate Sarah Sellers (USA) finished less than 5 minutes back in second place. Third place went to Canada’s Krista Duchene.

Top 5 Women Finishers – #BostonMarathon 2018
1. Desiree Linden – 2:39:54 (USA)
2. Sarah Sellers – 2:44:05 (USA)
3. Krista Duchene – 2:44:20 (CAN)
4. Rachel Hyland – 2:44:29 (USA)
5. Nicole Dimercurio – 2:45:52 (USA)
6. Shalane Flanagan – 2:46:31 (USA)
7. Kimi Reed – 2:46:47 (USA)
8. Edna Kiplagat – 2:47:14 (KEN)
9. Hiroko Yoshitomi – 2:48:29 (JAP)
10. Joanna Thompson – 2:48:31 (USA)

USA women dominated the top of the field taking seven of the top ten spots.

USA Women to win the Boston Marathon

• Bobbi Gibb (1966-1968) *unsanctioned
• Sara Mae Berman (1969-1971) *unsanctioned
• Nina Kuscsik (1972)
• Jacqueline Hansen (1973)
• Miki Gorman (1974, 1977)
• Kim Merritt (1976)
• Gayle Barron (1978)
• Joan Benoit (1979, 1983)
• Lisa Larsen Weidenbach (1985)
• Desiree Linden (2018)

Congrats to these women and all the tough and talented runners braving the conditions in Boston today.

Join: Run It Fast – The Club

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Kenya’s Edna Kiplagat dominated the 2017 Boston Marathon winning the 121st running of the prestigious race in a time of 2:21:51

She led nearly from wire to wire and over the second half of the race she had no one close to her.

Congrats to Edna on an amazing and dominant performance.

Boston Marathon Top 10 Women:

1. Edna Kiplagat – 2:21:51 (KEN)
2. Rose Chelimo – 2:22:51 (BRN)
3. Jordan Hasay – 2:23:00 (USA)
4. Des Linden – 2:25:06 (USA)
5. Gladys Cherono – 2:27:20 (KEN)
6. Valentine Kipketer – 2:29:35 (KEN)
7. Buzunesh Deba – 2:30:58 (ETH)
8. Brigid Kosgei – 2:32:48 (KEN)
9. Diane Nukuri – 2:32:24 (BDI)
10. Ruti Aga – 2:33:26 (ETH)

Amazing performances by all the lead women.

Adidas released photos for the 2016 Boston Marathon runner’s jacket today and most on social media weren’t taking too kindly to the Faberge egg like colors (albeit with some humor).

Adidas and Boston are taking the Unicorn thing a little too seriously. The 2016 jacket looks like My Little Pony exploded. #Bostonmarathon

— Laura Anderson (@losingrace) December 3, 2015

Don't know about you guys, but 1986 Amanda is rull excited about this Boston jacket. https://t.co/zorKmLHuEp pic.twitter.com/r6gGasdprq

— Amanda Hi (@amandahi) December 3, 2015

https://twitter.com/SharpEndurance/status/672451182263046144

@SharpEndurance @adidasrunning @adidas Please tell me that's not real. I worked too hard for this.

— Jason Saltmarsh (@SaltyRuns) December 3, 2015

The 2016 #BostonMarathon Teal n' Purple jacket is HOT or NOT? #RunItFast #running

— Run It Fast® (@runitfast) December 4, 2015

They remind me of the 1993 Charlotte Hornets warmup jackets that Larry ‘Grandmama’ Johnson and Alonzo Mourning used to wear.

See?? I think the Hornets might have a beef with Adidas and Boston copying their early 90’s teal jackets.

Well on the bright side at least the Boston Marathon jacket will match Adidas’ new shoe they just released:

The all-new #UltraBOOST is here. Are you ready for your greatest run ever? https://t.co/EhAdRLHOsu pic.twitter.com/d2C49rkx1F

— adidas Running (@adidasrunning) December 1, 2015

Remember it’s just a jacket and that there are many runners who BQ’d but were locked out with the cutoff this year for getting into the race. They would love this ‘ugly’ jacket.

My 100th Race!

My name is Lisa Gonzales and I am RIF #5 (Run It Fast Club). This past weekend, I ran my 100th race! If anyone had told me 10 years ago that I would be running 100 races, including marathons and ultras, I would have said they were crazy. But racing is so fun! And addicting!

I have been keeping track of my races in my running & cycling log (an Excel spreadsheet) because I’m a numbers geek and it makes me happy to see all that I’ve done. The bonus to keeping them in Excel means I can keep a few stats on them. Here’s a summary:

Race Distances:
Ultras – 8
Marathons – 15
Halfs – 36
10Ks – 14
5Ks – 17
Other races – 10

Races in California: 77 (not surprising since I live in Southern California!)
Races in other states: 23 (AZ-5, KY-1, NM-1, NV-4, NY-1, OR-1, SD-3, TN-4, TX-1, UT-1, WA-1)

Races By Year
2009 – 2
2010 – 4
2011 – 12
2012 – 29
2013 – 19
2014 – 14
2015 – 20

I took 9 months off in 2013/2014 because I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer on 9/30/14 and I had to have surgery and 6 rounds of chemo. If not for cancer, I would have hit 100 sooner. One of things that made me so angry at cancer was how many races I had to miss. Racing, to me, is a party and I was mad that I missed so many parties! Sure, it hurts when you run hard and sometimes you want to puke your guts out at the end of a race… but I love seeing friends and running with people who are just like me and knowing that you left everything you had on the course is very satisfying!

So without further ado, here are the races I’ve run since April 2009.

1. 4/5/09 – Renegade 3 Mile Trail Run – San Dimas, CA – The start of my addiction. This race was hilly, hot, and hard but I was proud of myself for finishing it. 
2. 11/28/09 – San Dimas Turkey Trot 10K – San Dimas, CA
3. 2/14/10 – Lost Dutchman Half Marathon – Apache Junction, AZ
4. 5/2/10 – Eugene Marathon – Eugene, OR – This race finishes in Hayward Field. Very cool to run on the track where so many fast, fast, runners have raced.
5. 10/10/10 – Mohawk Hudsom River Marathon – Albany, NY
6. 11/27/10 – San Dimas Turkey Trot 10K – San Dimas, CA
7. 1/22/11 – Buffalo Run Half Marathon – Catalina Island, CA
8. 2/20/11 – Lost Dutchman Marathon – Apache Junction, AZ – This is a very cool race. Fun start and fun course. This was the first marathon I did where I actually ran the whole thing. 
9. 4/9/11 – Labor Of Love Half Marathon – Lovell Canyon, NV – I won my Age Group!
10. 4/10/11 – Labor of Love Half Marathon – Lovell Canyon, NV – I won the Women’s Half Marathon on the 2nd day! I wasn’t sure that running back to back half marathons was a good idea but it went really well, even with the big hill! It was my first time going sub 2 hours too. Woo!
    

    Labor of Love Half Marathon

11. 6/25/11 – Seattle Rock & Roll Half Marathon – Seattle, WA – This is where I set my half marathon PR.
12. 7/4/11 – Freedom 5000 – Claremont, CA
13. 8/28/11 – Santa Rosa Marathon – Santa Rosa, CA – This is where I set my marathon PR.
14. 10/16/11 – A Hurricane Jem 16.5 Trail Run – Hurricane, UT
15. 11/26/11 – San Dimas Turkey Trot 10K – San Dimas, CA
16. 12/4/11 – Las Vegas Rock & Roll Half Marathon – Las Vegas, NV
17. 12/31/11 – New Years One Day 12 Hour (45.6 miles) – San Francisco, CA- My first ultra! And I picked a 12 Hour! LOL. This was a really fun race with great views of San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge, and Alcatraz. It ended at midnight on New Year’s Eve and we watched the fireworks go off over the city. Very cool!
18. 1/7/12 – Southern California Half Marathon – Irvine, CA
19. 1/28/12 – Wild Horse Trail Half Marathon – Chula Vista, CA
20. 2/4/12 – Jackson Jackass 50K – Jackson, TN – This was my first 50K and it was a mudfest!
21. 2/26/12 – La Jolla Canyon 50K – Malibu, CA
22. 3/11/12 – Mesquite Canyon 30K – Waddell, AZ
23. 4/22/12 – Foxy Trail Half Marathon – Rancho Bernardo, CA
24. 5/6/12 – Safari Park Half Marathon – San Diego, CA
25. 5/26/12 – Nanny Goat 12 Hour (45 miles) – Riverside, CA
26. 6/10/12 – Cougar Trail Half Marathon – San Diego, CA
27. 6/23/12 – Billy Goat Half Marathon Hill Climb – Corona, CA – This is a challenging but fun race. “It ain’t got but one hill” but it’s 6.5 miles long.
28. 6/30/12 – Mojave Narrows Half Marathon – Victorville, CA
29. 7/5/12 – Freedom 5000 – Claremont, CA
30. 7/14/12 – Stonewall Peak Half Marathon – Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, CA – This was one of the prettiest races I’ve done. This was the first race I got lost at but only added about a mile onto my race. Oh, and I got stung by a bee on my ear! What an adventure!
    

    Stonewall Peak Half Marathon

31. 8/5/12 – ET Full Moon Midnight 51K – Rachel, NV- This race is a SciFi running geek’s dream. You run during a full moon at midnight out near Area 51! I’m pretty sure I saw some strange lights out there. 
32. 8/19/12 – Leading Ladies Marathon – Spearfish, SD
33. 9/2/12 – Disneyland Half Marathon – Anaheim, CA – The start of my runDisney addiction! Seriously love these races. 
34. 9/8/12 – Endure the Bear 15K – Big Bear Lake, CA
35. 9/15/12 – Summer Spectacular 50K – Santa Monica, CA – This is where I set my 50K PR! And then spent the rest of the day in ER from heatstroke. I do not recommend doing that! But I got a PR!
36. 9/29/12 – Big Sur Trail Marathon – Big Sur, CA
37. 10/14/12 – Raptor Ridge Trail Half Marathon – Escondido, CA
38. 10/27/12 – Javelina Jundred (100K) – Fountain Hills, AZ – This was my first 100 mile attempt. Well, my only attempt so far. I dropped to the 100K though.
39. 11/11/12 – Malibu International Marathon – Malibu, CA
40. 11/18/12 – Flying Monkey Marathon – Nashville, TN – This is a very popular race put on by Run It Fast Club member Trent Rosenbloom. I was unlucky enough to get into the lottery for it in 2012! It’s a gorgeous place to run but watch out for the Flying Monkeys! And the hills! 
    

    Flying Monkey Marathon

41. 11/22/12 – ARR Thanksgiving Day Classic 10 Mile – Peoria, AZ
42. 11/24/12 – San Dimas Turkey Trot 10K – San Dimas, CA
43. 12/8/12 – Santa Monica/Venice Christmas Run 10K – Santa Monica, CA
44. 12/8/12 – Santa Monica/Venice Christmas Run 5K – Santa Monica, CA – I loved doing the Double. You ran the 10K first and then the 5K. Sadly, they aren’t doing the double this year.
45. 12/9/12 – Holiday Half Marathon – Pomona, CA
46. 12/15/12 – Paramount Ranch Trail Half Marathon – Calabasas, CA
47. 12/16/12 – Holly Jolly Half Marathon – Camarillo, CA
48. 1/5/13 – New Years Race Half Marathon – Los Angeles, CA
49. 1/27/13 – Calico Trail Runs 30K – Calico Ghost Town, CA – The scenery in this race is amazing and you finish in a ghost town. What’s not to love?
50. 2/3/13 – Surf City Half Marathon – Huntington Beach, CA
51. 2/17/13 – Bandit 30K – Simi Valley, CA
52. 2/23/13 – Rohring Round The Clock 6HR – Bonita, CA
53. 3/10/13 – Snoopy Coaster Run 10K – Buena Park, CA
54. 3/17/13 – Bataan Memorial Death March – White Sands, NM – This race is amazing! Definitely one of my favorites. It’s run at the White Sands Missile Range and it’s a very emotional and moving race that honors the survivors and those who lost their lives in the Bataan Death March. 
    

    Bataan Memorial Death March

55. 3/30/13 – Chino Hills Trail Run Series 15 Miler – Chino Hills, CA
56. 4/6/13 – Hollywood Half Marathon – Hollywood, CA
57. 4/13/13 – Griffith Park Trail Marathon – Los Angeles, CA
58. 5/5/13 – OC Half Marathon – Newport Beach, CA
59. 5/19/13 – Horseshoe Lake Trail Marathon – Palo Alto, CA – I celebrated my birthday with a marathon. 
60. 6/1/13 – Fontana Days 5K – Fontana, CA
61. 6/2/13 – San Diego Rock n’ Roll Half Marathon, San Diego, CA
62. 6/8/13 – Run Under The Stars (50K) – Paducah, KY – Running for 10 hours under the stars in circles on a horse track doesn’t sound like a lot of fun but it is a blast!
63. 6/24/13 – Asphalt Jackal Marathon – Pinson, TN
64. 7/4/13 – Freedom 5000 – Claremont, CA
65. 7/7/13 – Costume Party Half Marathon – San Diego, CA – This was the last race I really ran before everything went down with cancer. It had the largest medal I’ve received!
    

    Costume Party Half Marathon

66. 8/10/13 – Dove Canyon Half Marathon – Rancho Santa Margarita, CA – My last race before my doctor said I had to stop running. It wasn’t a spectacular run for me but it was fun and I was happy to finish.
67. 5/17/14 – Renegade 3 Mile Trail Run – San Dimas, CA – My first race post cancer. I went back to my first race from back in 2009. I thought it was a fun way to get back into racing. I was still battling fatigue from the chemo so my time was about the same as back in 2009. 
68. 6/7/14 – Fontana Days 5K – Fontana, CA
69. 7/4/14 – Freedom 5000 – Claremont, CA
70. 8/17/14 – Leading Ladies Half Marathon – Spearfish, SD
71. 9/21/14 – Girls On The Go 10K – San Dimas, CA
72. 9/27/14 – San Dimas 5K – San Dimas, CA
73. 10/11/14 – Brian’s Home Run 5K – Fontana, CA – 3rd in my Age Group! Starting to finally feel like my old self again.
74. 10/26/14 – Rock ‘n’ Roll Los Angeles Half – Los Angeles, CA
75. 11/16/14 – Avengers Half Marathon – Anaheim, CA
76. 11/22/14 – San Dimas Turkey Trot 10K – San Dimas, CA
77. 11/27/14 – Claremont Turkey Trot 5K – Claremont, CA
78. 12/6/14 – Santa Monica/Venice Christmas Run 10K – Santa Monica, CA
79. 12/6/14 – Santa Monica/Venice Christmas Run 5K – Santa Monica, CA
80. 12/14/14 – Dallas Half Marathon – Dallas, TX – First time visiting Texas! Great race and a lot of fun. Got to see lots of friends and fellow RIFers here.
81. 1/3/15 – Resolution Run 10K – Los Angeles, CA
82. 1/18/15 – Star Wars Half Marathon – Anaheim, CA
83. 2/1/15 – Surf City Half Marathon – Huntington Beach, CA
84. 2/21/15 – Cummins Falls Half Marathon, Cummins Falls State Park, TN – This was my first race in snow & ice and I didn’t die! Hey, I’m from So Cal, it was 80 degrees when I flew it out. It was worth it though it was a fun race and I won my Age Group! 
    

    Cummins Falls Half Marathon

85. 3/8/15 – Snoopy Coaster Run 10K – Buena Park, CA – 10K PR! I love this race! Mostly because I love Snoopy but also because you run through Knott’s Berry Farm and there is pie at the finish! Also, did I mention the pie?
86. 3/15/15 – Los Angeles Marathon – Los Angeles, CA – This was my first marathon post cancer. I swore I was never going to do big city races again but this one was a great race. It was really well organized, you see some great sights, and the crowd support is awesome. I signed for 2016!
87. 4/4/15 – Peter Cottontail 5K – Rancho Cucamonga, CA
88. 4/18/15 – Cosmo 7K – Pomona, CA – 1st in my Age Group! This is a women’s only run.
89. 5/4/15 – OC Half Marathon – Newport Beach, CA
90. 5/9/15 – Tinkerbell 10K – Anaheim, CA
91. 5/10/15 – TinkerBell Half Marathon – Anaheim, CA – This was another race that I missed because of cancer. I was supposed to run it in January 2014 but had chemo just a few days before it so did not get to do it. So happy to finally run it!
92. 5/16/15 – Renegade 3 Mile Trail Run – San Dimas, CA
93. 6/6/15 – Fontana Days 5K – Fontana, CA – 5K PR and 2nd in my Age Group! This is a very fast course. The half marathon fills up fast because it is a great PR course.
94. 7/4/15 – Freedom 5000 – Claremont, CA
95. 8/16/15 – Leading Ladies Marathon – Spearfish, SD
96. 9/5/15 – Disneyland 10K – Anaheim, CA
97. 9/6/15 – Disneyland Half Marathon – Anaheim, CA – My favorite part of runDisney races is dressing up. This was my 3rd time running as Minnie Mouse. I was Chewbacca Minnie at the Star Wars Half! LOL!
98. 9/20/15 – Girls On The Go 10K – San Dimas, CA – 1st in my Age Group!
99. 10/11/15 – Long Beach Marathon – Long Beach, CA – This was a hot day! Like 98 but I finished! It was the completion of the Beach Cities Challenge (Surf City, OC, and Long Beach) so I was really happy. I had started the Challenge in 2013 but didn’t get to complete it because I had surgery just 2 weeks before Long Beach. Every time I ran a race that I missed because of cancer, I considered it a Revenge Race. Getting to run/race again is the best revenge of that stupid, ugly disease. I win!
100. 10/25/15 – Terrifying 10 Miler – Dana Point, CA – 2nd in my Age Group running as a Pirate! Hard course but great race.

You may have noticed I have a few races that I repeat every year: Renegade 3 Mile Trail Run, Fontana Days Run 5K, Freedom 5000, San Dimas Turkey Trot 10K, Snoopy Coaster Run 10K, runDisney races. These are local races that are a lot of fun! But mostly I use racing to travel and see places I’ve never been. I don’t have a specific plan to race in all 50 States but I’m sure I will eventually. I keep saying I will race less. I don’t know if that’s going to happen though. We’ll see…

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Harriette Thompson is now the oldest woman to ever run at marathon after she completed the Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego Marathon this morning at the age of 92-years old. She finished with a time of 7 hours 24 minutes.

Thompson has run the San Diego Marathon 16x and ran a 7:07 last year to set the record for 90 years and older. She started running marathons when she turned 76-years old.

According to ATHLinks Thompson ran a 44:26 5K two weeks prior. She ran a 6:27:03 at the 2009 San Diego Marathon

Congrats to Harriette in showing the world that anything is possible if we will just get out there and try it.

source/photo: Competitor

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been found guilty by a federal jury of the Boston Marathon bombings that took place on April 15, 2013.  He orchestrated the bombings with his now dead brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev who died in the search and capture by authorities.

Over 250 people were injured and three died during the bombings. The defense tried to argue that Dzhokhar was under the influence of his brother.

In a bid to save Tsarnaev from a death sentence, defense attorney Judy Clarke has argued that Tsarnaev, then 19, fell under the influence of his radicalized brother. Tamerlan, 26, died when he was shot by police and run over by his brother during a chaotic getaway attempt days after the bombing.

“If not for Tamerlan, it would not have happened,” Clarke told the jury during closing arguments.

Prosecutors, however, portrayed the brothers — ethnic Chechens who moved to the U.S. from Russia more than a decade ago — as full partners in a plan to punish the U.S. for its wars in Muslim countries. Jihadist writings, lectures and videos were found on both their computers, though the defense argued that Tamerlan downloaded the material and sent it to his brother.

The next step will be the sentencing where the jury will decide if Tsarnaev should be executed or spend his life in prison.

We are down to two months left in 2014. It is crazy how fast time goes by. Especially when you’re having fun! And what’s more fun than racing, right?

I love watching the race points accrue each month and seeing how the lineup changes. We have had a bit of a shake-up in the top male leaderboard. Holding on to first place, of course, is RIF #121 Ed Ettinghausen. Ed “The Jester”, after updating his points and tacking on an extra almost 1000 points, comes in at 3463.8 points for the year through October. Holding on to second place is RIF #1 Joshua Holmes with 1305.3 points. However, RIF #190 John Kent Leighton has taken over third place with 1182.9 points. Way to go, John!

The ladies are all holding on to their spots, for the time being. In first place with 1212.56 points is RIF #159 Diane Bolton. Coming in at  a close second is RIF #323 Jennifer Hatcher with 1026.9 points. Also close behind in third place is RIF #287 Carol Earles with 867.3 points. I will be interested to see where each of these ladies stand at the end of November.

Here are the standings through October:

Extreme Racer Top 10 Leaderboard

1. Ed Ettinghausen – 3463.8 (RIF #121)
2. Joshua Holmes – 1305.3 (RIF #1)
3. Diane Bolton – 1212.56 (RIF #159)
4. John Kent Leighton – 1182.9 (RIF #190)
5. George Southgate – 1063.63 (RIF #279)
6. Jennifer Hatcher – 1026.9 (RIF #323)
7. Carol Earles – 867.3 (RIF #287)
8. Shane Tucker – 802.66 (RIF #337)
9. Hideki Kinoshita – 751.8 (RIF #88)
10. Heather Zeigler – 745.2 (RIF #246)

Extreme Racer Male Leaderboard

1. Ed Ettinghausen – 3463.8 (RIF #121)
2. Joshua Holmes – 1305.3 (RIF #1)
3. John Kent Leighton – 1182.9 (RIF #190)
4. George Southgate – 1063.63 (RIF #279)
5. Shane Tucker – 802.66 (RIF #337)
6. Hideki Kinoshita – 751.8 (RIF #88)
7. Denis McCarthy – 638.12 (RIF #263)
8. Bill Wells – 607.4 (RIF #327)
9. Jeff Le – 547.6 (RIF #248)
10. Danny Staggs – 468.7 (RIF #186)
11. Jeff Liu – 454.4 (RIF #275)
12. Rob Distante – 255.81 (RIF #259)
13. Arland Blanton – 243.7 (RIF #290)
14. Ben Pennington – 207.6 (RIF #315)
15. Bill Baker – 160.6 (RIF 196)
16. Eric Waterman – 133.33 (RIF #289)
17. Jeff Van Demark – 130.8 (RIF #322)
18. Eric Spencer – 121.23 (RIF #320)
19. Nathan Bass – 106.8 (RIF #174)
20. Stephen Griffin – 88.9 (RIF #48)
21. Robin Robbins – 85.6 (RIF #33)
22. Alex Barrientos – 41.7 (RIF #258)
23. Dennis Arriaga – 39.3 (RIF #140)
24. Brennan Thompson – 37.4 (RIF #274)
25. Jason Scott – 26.2 (RIF #265)
26. Steven Reagan – 16.2 (RIF #157)

Extreme Racer Female Leaderboard

1. Diane Bolton – 1212.56 (RIF #159)
2. Jennifer Hatcher – 1026.9 (RIF #323)
3. Carol Earles – 867.3 (RIF #287)
4. Heather Zeigler – 745.2 (RIF #246)
5. Robin Mancinelli – 613 (RIF #134)
6. Suzanne Michelson – 610.4 (RIF #280)
7. Belinda Young – 589.7 (RIF #358)
8. Christy Scott – 422.2 (RIF #231)
9. Kim Crowe – 371.8 (RIF #245)
10. Donna England – 370.63 (RIF #277)
11. Amanda Staggs – 367.4 (RIF #210)
12. Alicia Eno – 319.1 (RIF #126)
13. Christy Bowers – 253.97 (RIF #60)
14. Marj Mitchell – 248 (RIF #4)
15. Julia Beavers – 233.1 (RIF #339)
16. Tiffani Glass – 189.1 (RIF #328)
17. Amber Goetz-Bouchard – 172.8 (RIF #15)
18. Shannon Miller – 153.3 (RIF #338)
19. Sue Stephens-Wright – 133.99 (RIF #321)
20. Michelle Lenahan – 114.8 (RIF #283)
21. Lisa Gonzales – 48 (RIF #5)
22. Kristen Love – 26.2 (RIF #238)
23. Natalie Torres – 13.1 (RIF #72)
24. Deb Palmer-Distante – 13.1 (RIF #351)

Even though there are only two months left in the year, there are still a lot of great races where you can rack up on points. I know several RIF members dominated at Tunnel Hill 100/50 miler this weekend, and other races coming up like Run It Fast’s own Black Diamond, Double Black Diamond, and Sequoyah at the end of this month. Anything can happen.

Whatever you do, keep running, keep racing and keep inspiring others.

[Extreme Racer points are rewarded per each racing mile completed. Example: marathon = 26.2 points, half marathon 13.1 points, etc.]