Run It Fast®

Run It Fast – Club on Strava Club Leaderboard from the week ending December 8, 2013.

Here is a look at how Run It Fast – Club members stacked up against each other on our Strava club page:

Total Distance:
1. Nick Nudell – 58.3
2. Alex Barrientos – 39.2
3. Dennis Arriaga – 34.6

Total Running Time:
1. Nick Nudell – 15hr 28min
2. Alex Barrientos – 6hr 21min

Fastest Pace
1. Dennis Arriaga – 7:57
2. Natalie Torres – 8:08
3. Matt George – 8:37

Longest Run
1. Nick Nudell – 50.4 mi
2. Alex Barrientos – 20.6 mi
3. Nathan Judd – 14.5 mi

Most Elevation Gain:
1. Nick Nudell – 10,413 ft
2. Dennis Arriaga – 757 ft
3. Matt George – 738 ft

If you are a Run It Fast – Club member then join our club on Strava (free) and see where you compare week to week: http://www.strava.com/clubs/run-it-fast-the-club

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Run It Fast – Club on Strava Club Leaderboard from the week ending December 1, 2013.

Here is a look at how Run It Fast – Club members stacked up against each other on our Strava club page:

Total Distance:
1. Joshua Holmes – 107.5
2. John Leighton – 79.0
3. Nathan Judd – 43.3

Total Running Time:
1. Joshua Holmes – 16hr 42min
2. John Leighton – 14hr 13min
3. Nathan Judd – 9hr 39min

Fastest Pace
1. Natalie Torres – 8:12
2. Dennis Arriaga – 8:19
3. Alex Barrientos – 8:45

Longest Run
1. Joshua Holmes – 49.5 mi
2. John Leighton – 49.5 mi
3. Jenny Wood – 26.2 mi

Most Elevation Gain:
1. Nathan Judd – 5,726 ft
2. Joshua Holmes – 2,364 ft
3. John Leighton – 1,637 ft

If you are a Run It Fast – Club member then join our club on Strava (free) and see where you compare week to week: http://www.strava.com/clubs/run-it-fast-the-club

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Run It Fast – Club on Strava Club Leaderboard from the week ending November 17, 2013

Here is a look at how Run It Fast – Club members stacked up against each other on our Strava club page:

Total Distance:
1. Joshua Holmes – 100.2
2. John Leighton – 59.1
3. Dennis Arriaga – 43.7

Total Running Time:
1. Joshua Holmes – 25hr 24min
2. John Leighton – 12hr 34min
3. Marj Mitchell – 6hr 41min

Fastest Pace
1. Stewart Crouch – 7:29
2. Al Edwards – 8:03
3. Natalie Torres – 8:05

Longest Run
1. Joshua Holmes – 100.2 mi
2. John Leighton – 49.1 mi
3. Marj Mitchell – 26.3 mi

Most Elevation Gain:
1. Joshua Holmes – 19,678 ft
2. Nick Nudell – 4,783 ft
3. Dennis Arriaga – 3,351 ft

If you are a Run It Fast – Club member then join our club on Strava (free) and see where you compare week to week: http://www.strava.com/clubs/run-it-fast-the-club

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Run It Fast – Club on Strava Club Leaderboard from the week ending November 10, 2013

Here is a look at how Run It Fast – Club members stacked up against each other on our Strava club page:

Total Distance:
1. John Leighton – 66.0
2. Dennis Arriaga – 42.2
3. Mark Ogletree – 39.7

Total Running Time:
1. John Leighton – 25hr 24min
2. Mark Ogletree – 6hr 33min
3. Dennis Arriaga – 5hr 57min

Fastest Pace
1. Al Edwards – 7:47
2. Natalie Torres – 8:19
3. Alex Barrientos – 8:22

Longest Run
1. John Leighton – 56.0 mi
2. Joshua Holmes – 26.7 mi
3. Dennis Arriaga – 20.0 mi

Most Elevation Gain:
1. Joshua Holmes – 4,575 ft
2. Nick Nudell – 1,391 ft
3. Dennis Arriaga – 1,083 ft

If you are a Run It Fast – Club member then join our club on Strava (free) and see where you compare week to week: http://www.strava.com/clubs/run-it-fast-the-club

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Run It Fast – Club on Strava Club Leaderboard from the week ending November 3, 2013

Here is a look at how Run It Fast – Club members stacked up against each other on our Strava club page:

Total Distance:
1. John Leighton – 78.7
2. Dennis Arriaga – 42.9
3. Stewart Crouch – 40.0

Total Running Time:
1. John Leighton – 11hr 57min
2. Marj Mitchell – 6hr 44min

Fastest Pace
1. Al Edwards – 7:47
2. Alex Barrientos – 8:14
3. Natalie Torres – 8:19

Longest Run
1. Nick Nudell – 26.5 mi
2. John Leighton – 26.5 mi
3. Stewart Crouch – 16.0 mi

Most Elevation Gain:
1. Wade Anderson – 2,793 ft
2. Joshua Holmes – 2,394 ft
3. Al Edwards – 1,738 ft

If you are a Run It Fast – Club member then join our club on Strava (free) and see where you compare week to week: http://www.strava.com/clubs/run-it-fast-the-club

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Run It Fast – Club on Strava Club Leaderboard from the week ending October 6, 2013

Here is a look at how Run It Fast – Club members stacked up against each other on our Strava club page:

Total Distance:
1. David Pharr – 42.5
2. Jenny Wood – 37.8
3. Trisha Aldrich Leonard – 33.0

Total Running Time:
1. David Pharr – 6h43min
2. Jenny Wood – 6hr15min
3. Trisha Leonard – 5hr31min

Fastest Pace
1. Natalie Torres – 8:23
2. Al Edwards – 8:25
3. Alex Barrientos – 8:36

Longest Run
1. Jenny Wood – 26.5 mi
2. David Pharr – 26.1 mi
3. Natalie Torres – 20.3 mi

Most Elevation Gain:
1. Joshua Holmes – 3,809 ft
2. Al Edwards – 1,609 ft
3. Wade Anderson – 1,291 ft

If you are a Run It Fast – Club member then join our club on Strava (free) and see where you compare week to week: http://www.strava.com/clubs/run-it-fast-the-club

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RIF #190 John Kent Leighton

New Leader RIF #190 John Kent Leighton!

Here are the June Extreme Racer Standings and there is a new leader this month. RIF #190 John has taken over the lead from RIF #159 Diane! Congratulations John! The race between 1st and 2nd is still close but RIF #190 John Kent Leighton is in the lead with 1009.2 points, followed by RIF #159 Diane Bolton in 2nd with 980.7 points and RIF #279 George Southgate in 3rd with 849.37 points.

On the Women’s Leaderboard, Diane is in 1st, followed by RIF #287 Carol Earles in 2nd with 626.9 points and RIF #217 Elaine Bickel Green in 3rd with 528.5 points. On the Men’s Leaderboard, John is in 1st followed by George in 2nd and RIF #1 Joshua Holmes in 3rd with 745.4 points.

In the last 6 months, our RIF Club Members have raced 17,589.65 miles! That total is made up of 816 races, including 315 marathons, 14 100 Milers, 17 50 Milers, 45 50Ks, 102 Half Marathons, 134 5Ks, 38 10Ks, and 151 races of non-traditional distances. And that’s just from 72 of the 289 club members reporting in! In total, 74 RIF Club members have submitted points and/or monthly miles so far for 2013 (only points count in the standings so only 72 Club members are listed below).

Here are the full standings through June:

Top Ten Overall
1. John Kent Leighton – 1009.2 (RIF #190)
2. Diane Bolton – 980.7 (RIF #159)
3. George Southgate – 849.37 (RIF #279)
4. Joshua Holmes – 745.4 (RIF #1)
5. Carol Earles – 626.9 (RIF #287)
6. Hideki Kinoshita – 608.2 (RIF #88)
7. Elaine Bickel Green – 528.5 (RIF #217)
8. Rob Distante – 524.63 (RIF #259)
9. Carol Goslin – 503.6 (RIF #218)
10. Kerri Haskins – 502 (RIF #261)

Men’s Leaderboard
1. John Kent Leighton – 1009.2 (RIF #190)
2. George Southgate – 849.37 (RIF #279)
3. Joshua Holmes – 745.4 (RIF #1)
4. Hideki Kinoshita – 608.2 (RIF #88)
5. Rob Distante – 524.63 (RIF #259)
6. Denis McCarthy – 496.3 (RIF #263)
7. Danny Staggs – 399.4 (RIF #186)
8. David Wingard – 333.9 (RIF #101)
9. Billy Cannon – 306.8 (RIF #169)
10. Jeff Le – 293.96 (RIF #248)
11. Anthony Ohrey – 293.6 (RIF #27)
12. Houston Wolf – 282.6 (RIF #254)
13. Nicholas Norfolk – 238.9 (RIF #116)
14. Kevin Brandon – 203.7 (RIF #214)
15. Eric Waterman – 198.1 (RIF #289)
16. Mark Watson – 194 (RIF #173)
17. Nathan Bass – 179.9 (RIF #174)
18. Jeff Liu – 178.6 (RIF #275)
19. Rodrigo Jiménez – 158.32 (RIF #203)
20. Steven Reagan – 147 (RIF #157)
21. Mark Ogletree – 137.5 (RIF #247)
22. James Krenis – 126.8 (RIF #67)
23. Dennis Arriaga – 122.7 (RIF #140)
24. Josh Liggett – 122.6 (RIF #147)
25. Bill Baker – 106 (RIF #196)
26. Nikiah Nudell – 94.8 (RIF #234)
27. Charles Carmen – 89.63 (RIF #255)
28. Kevin Ronayne – 89.1 (RIF #11)
29. Robin Robbins – 81.4 (RIF #33)
30. Rick Thiounn – 79.5 (RIF #111)
31. Stephen Griffin – 60.3 (RIF #48)
32. Neil Dryland – 57.2 (RIF #252)
33. Jason Scott – 55.5 (RIF #265)
34. Naresh Kumar – 50 (RIF #2)
35. Stewart Crouch – 29.3 (RIF #89)
36. Brian Wooldridge – 26.2 (RIF #141)
37. Chris Haynes – 26.2 (RIF #223)
38. Daniel Escue – 22.4 (RIF #187)
39. Austin Coates – 22.4 (RIF #241)

Women’s Leaderboard
1. Diane Bolton – 980.7 (RIF #159)
2. Carol Earles – 626.9 (RIF #287)
3. Elaine Bickel Green – 528.5 (RIF #217)
4. Carol Goslin – 503.6 (RIF #218)
5. Kerri Haskins – 502 (RIF #261)
6. Katrina Mumaw – 399.5 (RIF #268)
7. Heather Zeigler – 397.8 (RIF #246)
8. Suzanne Spiceland – 378.6 (RIF #280)
9. Christy Scott – 356.6 (RIF #231)
10. Michelle Walker – 317.5 (RIF #124)
11. Laura Raeder – 311.3 (RIF #20)
12. Lisa Gonzales – 289.96 (RIF #5)
13. Sandy Staggs – 274 (RIF #220)
14. Robin Mancinelli – 264.6 (RIF #134)
15. Heather Shoemaker – 261.8 (RIF #44)
16. Shannon Burke – 236.8 (RIF #171)
17. Michelle Lenahan – 192.08 (RIF #283)
18. Alicia Eno – 185.1 (RIF #126)
19. Donna England – 169.8 (RIF #277)
20. Marj Mitchell – 159.3 (RIF #4)
21. Amanda Staggs – 144.5 (RIF #210)
22. Melanie Kayal – 144 (RIF #202)
23. Donna Pittman – 127.5 (RIF #181)
24. Michelle Mitchell – 127.4 (RIF #133)
25. Christy Bowers – 125.5 (RIF #60)
26. Beth Hosick – 116.2 (RIF #219)
27. Jennifer Wood – 91.7 (RIF #243)
28. Jennifer Whitley – 82 (RIF #160)
29. Leigh Marsh – 61.7 (RIF #192)
30. Jill Hassen – 57.2 (RIF #242)
31. Natalie Torres – 55.5 (RIF #72)
32. Marlene Deem – 52.4 (RIF #189)
33. Martine Kincade – 26.2 (RIF #260)

July was another big month for at least 2 of our RIFers that I know of…who ran a little 500K race across TN…so the standings could change next month! I hope John and George did some racing in July or they are going to be caught!

This month’s random drawing winner is RIF #72 Natalie Torres! We will be sending her a Gone For A Run sign. Don’t forget to submit your points/monthly miles next month for a chance to win! Anyone who submits races or miles or even to say they didn’t race/run because life got in the way is eligible for the drawing. We just want to hear what everyone is up to! We are nosy that way. 😉

Details on joining Run It Fast – The Club

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

[photo from Joshua Holmes]

This week’s Run It Fast – The Club profile is #72 Natalie Torres. Natalie and I have the same problem. We love to run but we have out of control hair that makes running interesting so I was happy to read about her solution to this “issue”. I always have fun seeing what gear other runners use, don’t you?

So let’s get to know Natalie:

INFO

Name: Natalie Torres
RIF #: 72
Twitter: @NattieRuns
Facebook: www.facebook.com/nattie1218
Blog: http://www.thismamacanrun.com/

STATS

Years running: 2

Favorite race distance: half-marathon

Favorite PR: Marine Corps Historic half 2:03:40

Favorite race: Historic Half

Favorite bling: RnR St. Pete’s [See photo at the top or check it out in the bling case for a close up look.]

Next race: The Naked Foot 5k

What makes you FEEL fast?: My Saucony Kinvara 2s make me feel fast. Since wearing them I have been able to improve my speed and overall pace.

FUN RUNNING QUESTIONS

What’s the most beautiful place that you’ve run? The Rock-n-Roll St. Petersburg Half Marathon is the most beautiful place that I have run. It was along the beach and so very peaceful.

Why do you race? I race because it makes me a better runner. When I race, I am only competing with myself. I like to be able to train and then see the results of all of my hard work.

What is the one piece of running gear you can’t leave the house without? I cannot leave the house without my Sparkly Soul headband. I have very thick curly hair and I need something that is going to keep it out of my face when I run.

What running moment are you most proud of? I am very proud of my first half-marathon. I ran the entire time even though I felt like I was going to die. I pushed through and finished strong.

If you can’t run, you’re ________? If I can’t run, I am either strength training or going to yoga.

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We all have favorite gear that we use, whether it’s shoes to makes us feel “fast” or headbands to make the run more comfortable. What is the one thing you can’t leave the house without when you go for a run?

Thanks for sharing Natalie! I hope you run it fast at your next race!

If you’d like to join Run It Fast – The Club or would like more information about it, please click this link:

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[All photos submitted by Natalie Torres]

Here is the finisher’s medal from the Marine Corps Historic Half Marathon that took place on May 20, 2012 in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

MORE PHOTOS OF MARATHON/ULTRA MEDALS AND BUCKLES

[Medal submitted by Natalie Torres. Follow her on Twitter @NattieRuns]