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Here is the finisher’s medal from the Marine Corps Marathon that took place on October 26, 2014 in Washington, D.C.

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[medal photo submitted by RIF #275 Jeff Liu – @LiuRunAlotJeff]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Grand Rapids Marathon that took place on October 18, 2014 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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[medal photo submitted by RIF #108 Mark Sikkila – @MarkSikkila]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Atlantic City Marathon that took place on October 19, 2014 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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[medal photo submitted by RIF #126 Alicia Eno – @karhu262girl]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Escalante Canyon’s Marathon that took place on October 11, 2014 in Boulder, Utah.

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[medal photo submitted by Dallas Smith – @smithbend]

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Fort 2 Base Medal

Cloudspitter 50K Medal

Basingstoke Half Marathon Medal

Adams County Marathon Medal

Bournemouth Half Marathon Medal

Wineglass Marathon & Half Marathon Medals

Southern Tennessee Power Classic Marathon Medal

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Eliude Kipchoge Wins 2014 Chicago Marathon

Kenya’s Eliude Kipchoge won the 2014 Chicago Marathon on Saturday in a time of 2:04:11.

The 29-year old ran a 1:02:11 first half and finished it with a slight negative split of 1:02:00 over the last 13.1 miles. It was a tight top-3 with less than 21 seconds separating the three.

His fellow countrymen helped sweep the podium with second place going to Sammy Kitwara in 2:04:28 and third place going to Dickson Chumba in 2:04:32.

The highest finishing American was Bobby Curtis finishing in 9th place in 2:11:20.

Rita Jeptoo Top Woman at 2014 Chicago Marathon

On the women’s side, the great Rita Jeptoo (Kenya) won the Chicago Marathon in a time of 2:24:35.

Second place went to Ethiopia’s Mare Dibaba in 2:25:37 and third place to Kenyan Florence Kiplagat in 2:25:57.

Highest finished American woman was Amy Hastings in 5th place with a time of 2:27:03.

Full Results from the 2014 Chicago Marathon (HERE)

Both winners won $100,000 each for their wins. Jeptoo won an additional $55,000 for the series win.

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Adams County Marathon that took place on September 27, 2014 in Union, Ohio.

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[medal photo submitted by Larry Keister (@royalkeister)

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Southern Tennessee Power Classic Marathon that took place on October 4, 2014 in Winchester, Tennessee.

This was the 5th running of this race. For the first four years it was called the Southern Tennessee Plunge Marathon.

• Southern Tennessee Plunge Marathon Medal (2012)
• Southern Tennessee Plunge Marathon Medal (2011)
• Southern Tennessee Plunge Marathon Medal (2010)

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[medal photo submitted by RIF #4 Marj Mitchell (@marathonmarj)]

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Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation 5K Medal

Bristol Half Marathon Medal

Gorgeous Relay Medal

Reigate Half Marathon Medal

Ironman Maryland Medal

The Barkley Fall Classic Medal

Air Force Marathon & Half Marathon Medals

The marathon World Record was crushed by Kenya’s Dennis Kimetto on Sunday at the Berlin Marathon where Dennis ran a 2:02:57 becoming the first human to ever break 2 hours and 3 minutes for 26.2 miles.

Kimetto took 26 seconds off the World Record that was set at last year’s Berlin Marathon by fellow countryman Wilson Kipsang.

Kimetto’s the best marathoner in the world having won three of the world’s six major marathons in the past year.

He kicked it up a notch to leave Emmanuel Mutai in his wake with less than 5 kilometers to go. Mutai’s second place finish broke the previous World Record as well. Mutai finished in 2:03:13. Ethiopia’s Abera Kuma took third in 2:05:56.

Kimetto ran a negative split, running the second half of the race 33 seconds than the first half. His WR pace for 26.2 miles was an astonishing 4 minutes and 41 seconds per mile.

Dennis Kimetto’s Marathon-ology

1. Berlin Marathon – 2:02:57 (September 28, 2014) WR/Won
2. Chicago Marathon – 2:03:45 (October 13, 2013) CR/Won
3. Berlin Marathon – 2:04:16 (September 30, 2012) 2nd Place/1 second behind winner
4. Tokyo Marathon – 2:06:50 (February 24, 2013) CR/Won

Kimetto plans to run next in the New York City Marathon in just a few weeks.