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

Joshua Holmes – Denmark Dash 5K and some training runs on the trail!

Travis Hutchinson – Running in Bozeman at 5,000 ft. Nice getaway trip for the weekend. Plan on doing 35 miles in 2 runs!

rebecca kell – Running Warm Your Heart 5K with several friends.

John Shepard – I will be at @BigRiverRunning‘s Castlewood Cup on Saturday. Completely pumped.

Lisa Gonzales – I’m running the La Jolla Canyon 50K on Sunday. My 2nd! Woo!

Kiki – I’m running in the Making Tracks for Celiacs 5K in Hoover, AL.

Ev•••••• – Saturday, 5 miler – Ortega River Run 2012, Jacksonville, FL.

Carissa – ….conference meet!!! #emutf

Lauren Karn – Disney princess half marathon 🙂 @DisneySports

Indika McCampbell – time to get nice long 17mile training run on the trails this weekend!!

Paul – Xterra GA Thrill in the hills marathon

jjfrankelman – Trek Up the Tower in Omaha! Race up 40 flights of stairs.

elizabeth v rehmer – Disney baby!!! Princess half and my first time to Disney!

Susie K – 8 mile training run in Montauk, Long Island, NY 🙂

Tisha White – Mardi Gras Mambo 10K in Baton Rouge this Saturday

Jonathan Stewart – 16 easy breezy miles in J town. AJM just around the corner.

Heather Bily – #ragnardelsol. Bring it!!!

Lisa B. – Ft Worth. Cowtown Challenge 🙂

Kevin Ronayne – looong training runs this weekend in Central Mass

Jonathan Harrison – Leah & @ScottStader are running the Oxford Run 4 Hope Half Marathon in Oxford, MS.

Chad Lapp – running the febapple frozen 50k – south mountain preserve – NJ on Saturday!

Mike Kottmer – Mud In Your Eye 8K

jen bussey – in snowy calgary, helping my friend train for her first 1/2 marathon in prague mar 31 🙂

Danielle Elyse – I am RUNNING into the ocean for the Seaside Polar Bear Plunge on Saturday!! lol

Kevin Kozuszek – The Castlewood Cup 15k trail race by @bigriverrunning. It’s the best reason to train during the winter.

James Meredith – Sticking close to home, 8 miles; last long run before Little Rock, hoping to avoid injury, fatigue. Tapering can be a challenge.

We Run This – running in the fresh snow of WI…if it sticks around that long’

Camille Breckenridge –  #Oxford Run for Hope 5K

Casey – Princess 1/2 Marathon at Disney World on Sunday!

Gina Sassone – Super Spartan 8 mile obstacle course in Miami@Spartan_Race

Fernando Avila Alvar – at the parque tangamanga!

Lindsay Edwards – The Disney Princess Half Marathon in Orlando on Sunday!!! #disneymagic #readytorun

Sarah Malaney – 6 mile run Saturday with the Bridge the Gap Half Marathon training group!

Angie Gerber – 18 mile training run in beautiful Trout Lake, WA. Snow and wind will not stop us!

Nathan Bugg – <–Cowtown 10k in Ft.Worth Texas

Kimberly Tucker – Runniny my last long run before my half in NOLA next Sunday!

Chris Mateer – 5k/3k double at the SUNYAC championships….should be a fun weekend, both races are looking stacked!

Herk the Giant – 15km along the Birmingham Canal Main Line Upper and Lower levels via Smethwick

Connor Sorrells – george rogers clark 10 miler in vincennes indiana

William McArthur – half marathon race from Colorines to Valle de Bravo – Mexico!

Dina Kwit – Scenic City Half Marathon, Tenn.

AMI Round the Bays – wellington’s biggest ever fun run will gave 12,000 people running #AMIRoundTheBays

Kelly Belch – Doing my first 7k tomorrow for @Wgtnroundthebay ‘s. Very nervous and excited at the same time #cheeky7k

Jimmer0 – Running the Snow Joke half tomorrow in Seeley Lake, Montana.

Justin Gillette – Helping organize the Goshen Indoor Marathon…2 marathons held Saturday (8am and 230pm start times) and 1 on Sunday (7am start). One brave man is going to run all 3….204 laps on indoor track per race.

Marj Mitchell I forgot to write I will be doing a 19 miles on the hilly trails for week 13, marathon#2 training, it’s also my birthday and I can’t think of a better thing to do on my special day than to run long:)

We asked on Twitter (@runitfast) where you were running this weekend and 48 of you responded!

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

Joshua Holmes – 4 consecutive days of 12-13 trail miles each. Prep for#MS50

Can’t Stop Endurance – Sylamore Trail 50K

Ryan Bak – I’m running HaggLake50k#haggmud near Forest Grove, OR. 1st race back since the Olympic Trials Marathon!

Nathan Kreeger – Pilot Mountain Payback trail marathon. Pilot Mountain, NC.

aimee bellwood – Brighton half marathon, England!

Lori Guerrini – With 50 degree weather in #Chicago on Friday, I am running along Lake Michigan for 8-10 miles.

Emily Stacey – racing in Coles Bay #Tasmania for the #colesbay100! Doing the run leg (18km).

Jonathan Bobbitt – 4 days, 50 miles…leading to the dreaded taper for MS50

JCGrez Tri IM70.3 – Olimpic distance Tri this Sunday, just for #Training…#Triathlon #RunItFast

alexv13 – Mission Peak

Jen Nagle – running the rhythm and blues 1/2 marathon this weekend!

Jenna Schofer – 14 miles in Portland….yeah for marathon training & a 4-day week-end.

Rob Estell – Ft Laud 1/2 marathon

Gavin Grobbelaar – Tuks 21km Pretoria and Pirates 21km Joburg.

Jared Friesen – racing in the Little Su 50k up in Alaska, my first ultra and 30th birthday present!

Sandra Laflamme – Racing at Pats Peak in NH for race #3 of the http://winterwild.com race series @TeamAMPllc  @Earth_Tec#motherrunner  #womenrunning

Leah Thorvilson – Lost Dutchman Marathon!! Think I’ll fin him??

Brian Rice – IMS Arizona Marathon @arizonamarathon

Camilla Brookes – 10km fun run in Huskisson NSW. Recovery run + medal + camping trip – bad weather = great weekend to be had!

Victor I. Fleitas – The Black Warrior 25k.

Tracy Pellizzari – Birch Bay, WA marathon! 🙂

Nikki Thurmond – Austin LIVESTRONG! 13.1

secret santa – just doing my long run – this weekend 17 km on a scenic seafront path

Alvin Lee – Myrtle Beach Marathon, goal to break 4 hrs! # runitfast

Jason Sutton – if I shake this heavy duty head cold it is Pilot Mountain Payback Marathon for me tomorrow.

Aaron Johnstone –  @austinmarathon on Sunday!!! #RunAustin #runchat

Kevin Ronayne – Training runs this weekend will be in Central MA

Tom Hoogendoorn – will be doing the fort Langely Historic Half

James Meredith – 23 miles, final train run for LIttle Rock. Laps around the neighborhood. Boring … but helps me mimic water stops better.

Jonathan Stewart – 17 mile tempo in Jackson town.

Melanie Gomez – #Austin half marathon #LIVESTRONG

Gerard Pescatore – 14 mile training run in Philly (Training for the Run for the Red on 5/20). #runitfast

Susan Eastman – Valentine’s Twosome 3-miler on Sunday in Sandwich MA to benefit Relay for Life Team; also running 7 miles Sat. w/group

alex castillo – running in the Demery Cox 5000 this Sunday #gonerunning

Sarah Malaney – 5 mile group run with the BTG #HalfMarathon training group. we are in week 3 of 14!

Nathan Bugg – <– “heart n sole 5k” at whiterock lake, Dallas Texas

Christina Kaighen – The Destin 50 Ultra in Destin, FL. 50K of the world’s most beautiful beaches!

Lauren Stone – 8 mile training run in Forest Park here in STL training for a half on 4/7

Jeremy Couch – Brookville, IN to Oxford, OH…

Miriam Wood – Minneapolis. A 1/2 marathon

Mindy M – Great Aloha Run on Monday here in Honolulu. 8.15 miles.

Emily Conley – Sylamore 50K. My favorite race and what started my obsession with trails

Samantha – Brazen Bay Breeze Half Marathon in San Leandro, CA.#runitfast

Laura Raeder – austin! #runaustin

E.B. – Brunswick, GA – 10th Annual Bridge Run 5k

Mark Beer – tribesports london ultra should be a good one 1st ultra of the year for me

kim kreuzman – In Indy – with @MilesThatMatter! Haven’t see him in forever! #Soexcited!

Tracy Rinella – Bay Breeze Half Mary 🙂

Julia Forystek –  #VirginiaIsForLovers. 😉

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A good number of you will be down at the Rocky Raccoon 100/50 miler, the Krispy Kreme 10k Challenge in North Carolina, and the Jackass 50K.

Best of luck to you all and Run It Fast!!!

Joshua Holmes – What should be a very wet and sloppy Jackass 50K!

Tianna Marshall – Hansen Dam Friendship 30k run

Sandra Laflamme –  @RaggedMountain NH-Winter Wild Series @TeamAMPllc#running

Katie Grant – Where are you running/racing this weekend? Fish Creek Park in Calgary AB Canada

Kelly Bruce – Cherokee Park in the Snowman Shuffle 4miler…wish me luck 😀

Vanessa Probert – I am still in recovery from shin splints & stress fracture, so I have 2 run on soft track. Will be running @ the local highschool

California Footwear – Davis Stampede 1/2 marathon. Woot!

Leah Mary Clark – The hilly roads of Indianola, IA. #SimpsonCollege#GoStorm!

Stacey Crawley – Superbowl 5k in Columbus, GA!

Suann – rocky raccoon!

RacingItOff – Rocky Raccoon 50 miler!

737 Guy – hills of central texas

Heather Blackmon – Jed Smith 50k in Sacramento – my first ultra!

Michael J. – krispykreme challenge in Raleigh, NC! Just for fun 🙂

aimee bellwood – 13.5k Richmond park, London with @stevensongemma tomorrow – hold off snow!

Kayleigh Nias – Thames Trot 50miler… Terrified! X

Angie Gerber – 16 mile training run in beautiful Helvetia, Oregon.

Craig Brett – Longleat 10k on Sunday, plus 22 miles training run on Saturday

Matty Brennan – long mynd valleys fell race, UK. 11 miles, 4500 feet of climb, and some snow. Should be fun.

Casey – Surf City Marathon for me!

Amber Goetz – Winter Flight 8K in Salisbury, NC

Kiki – I’m running the Snowman Shuffle 4 Miler in Louisville, KY on Saturday.

Lisa Gonzales – I’ll be running in the mud on Saturday at the Jackson Jackass 50k!! And hopefully Shelby Farms on Sunday or Monday.

Rachel Matuszek – probably 3 mi on trail tomorrow with my dog and definitely a 10 miler on Sunday with my husband on the bike path in Bristol RI.

Aaron Johnstone – 12-miler. Tapering for @austinmarathon on 2/19!

Jonathan Bobbitt – Jackson Jackass 50k!!! My first ultra long training run!!

Jeff – River Trail 15k in North Little Rock, AR

Jason Howard – running the surf city marathon in Huntington Beach Ca this weekend.

Lee Anne Hooley – Super5k in Lowell on Sunday, around town for a tune-up tonight and tomorrow.

Joshua Guiles – Superbowl 5k in Ann Arbor, MI.

Gerard Pescatore – 11 Mile training run in Philly.

Kevin Ronayne – looking forward to the Super Sunday 5 in Cambridge, MA

kelli – snowman shuffle 4 miler, louisville, ky

jose hernan jimenez – 10K XXXI Ed. La Candelaria – Greetings from Costa Rica 😉

Lauren Stone – 7 mile recovery training run in STL

Anji Nussbaumer – 50k in Charlotte, NC. First Ultra race for the Queen City!

Sarah Malaney – 3 mile group run. the first of many for Bridge the Gap Half Marathon training

Jade Blackford – around the block 🙂

Nicole Johnson – Krispy Kreme Challenge, NC

Williamson Owners – 50k in Charlotte, NC. First Ultra race for the Queen City!

RUN IT FAST!!!

We asked on Twitter (@runitfast) where you were running this weekend and 20 of you responded!

Best of luck to you all and be sure to Run It Fast!!!

Joshua Holmes – Will be running the Maui Oceanfront Marathon here in Hawai’i.

Scott Stader – yo! Hope y’all r havin a great time! Running Eagles 5k in Henderson and Race on the Trace 5 Miler at Natchez Trace tomorrow.

Nolan Holloway – running at Stone Mountain Park tomorrow.

Lisa Gonzales – I plan on running 24.5 miles tomorrow and 12 or so on Sunday. No trails but hopefully some hills.

Jonathan Bobbitt – Frostbite 1/2 Starkville, MS and some trails back home in Jackson on Sunday!! #runitfast

Can’t Stop Endurance – Back-to-back weekend… long trail runs at Wolf River Trails and then Shelby Forest!

Dixie Chicken – Nowhere – spare a thought for those nursing an injury.

MKDR – 5k at the Riverfront in Wilmington DE

BeardRunJax – I have a long training run this weekend in #dtjax, 10-12mi. Getting ready for the @RunRocknRoll St. Petersburg Half in February!

Nadia Sarudiansky – in Gran Canaria Maraton Spain

coreen steinbach – Hartshorne Masters Mile. Cornell University. tomorrow high noon

Robert Boluyt – Coldwater Rumble 31K, Goodyear AZ

Kevin Ronayne – running the #TwitterRoadRace tomorrow

Aaron Johnstone – #TwitterRoadRace tomorrow!

Craig Brett – quiet one this weekend, parkrun tomorrow, then a 19 mile training run on Sunday.

paolo ro$$etto – montebelluna – Treviso – Italy

Bruce Williamson – will be running the trails at Lake McMurtry, OK when the Enid running club comes to town!

Anywhere5K – The #twitter5k tomorrow!

Bill Peters – Central Park – Manhattan Half…in snowshoes?

Martyn Fisher – #Folksworth , Cambridgeshire. Nice little 15 mile race.

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1. New York City, NY
2. Jackson, TN
3. Chicago, IL
4. Los Angeles, CA
5. Nashville, TN
6. Washington, D.C.
7. San Francisco, CA
8. Dallas, TX
9. Atlanta, GA
10. London, England
11. Houston, TX
12. Murfreesboro, TN
13. Seattle, WA
14. Boston, MA
15. Denver, CO
16. Austin, TX
17. Toronto, Canada
18. San Diego, CA
19. Charlotte, NC
20. Las Vegas, NV
21. Huntsville, AL
22. Phoenix, AZ
23. Philadelphia, PA
24. Memphis, TN
25. Portland, ME

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Run It Fast family to you and yours this weekend and holiday season.

(Pictured above is Kiki at the Santa Hustle 5K in Indianapolis last weekend. You can follow Kiki on Twitter @CapnKeeks)

Fabrizio Colella running the Christmas Trail at River po Park ,trail di Natale nel parco del po di trino( italy ). Follow him on Twitter @CollellaFabrizio

We asked on Twitter (@runitfast) where you were running this weekend and 9 of you responded!

Slow weekend of races due to Christmas, but many of you are still going to get out there and get some training miles in.  Best of luck and Merry Christmas to you all!

Joshua Holmes – Hopefully more and more and more trail miles this weekend.

Lisa Gonzales – Hey @runitfast! Heading 4 some sweet single track today & chasing Santa on Sun. IF you were wondering where I’ll be running this wkend. 🙂

Jared Friesen – Multi-use trails by my house, 24 miles in fresh snow!

Christina Kaighen – The gorgeous Gulf beaches of Okaloosa Island. Training for #Destin50BeachUltra!

Gerard Pescatore – Wilkes-Barre / Scranton area. Down time.

Nolan Holloway – Do my running at Stone Mountain Park in GA.

Cousin Eddie – I’m working on a new route: south out of Birmingham (England) along the Grand Union Canal and back.

Jonathan Bobbitt – a little road and a bunch’a single track/sloppy trails

Christine W. – Running at least 8 miles tmrw on the “dreadmill”. 🙂

We asked on Twitter (@runitfast) where you were running this weekend and 17 of you responded!

Joshua Holmes – Several mixed training runs of trail, road, and cross country track.

Robert Boluyt – ARR Desert Classic 30K, Phoenix AZ

Run SMART Project – We’ve got some clients running the @nyrr Ted Corbitt 15k in Central Park on Saturday

mygolfclubs – otter creek trail run in Brandenburg ky

G – Yarmouth MA Police’s Blue Christmas 4.2 mile.

Monkey Trent – Lookout Mountain 50 miler, Chattanooooga, TN.

Kiki – I’m participating in the Santa Hustle in Indianapolis, IN tomorrow!

Newport Run&Chug – Beat Santa 5k in Portsmouth, RI Sunday 10am!

Teal & Beth – In my neighborhood!! =)

Kidney Racer – 13 miles along Lake Michigan in MKE, WI. Training for@RunMiami. Actually had a chunk of ice form on my fleece & hat last wkd.

Mary Beth – at home. 20+ miler. Getting ready for the goofy. Yoi!

Lisa Gonzales – I’m doing my last double before I taper for the 12HR! 22 miles on Sat & 10 miles on Sun both here in town. 15 days & counting…

Helena – Deerfield Beach, FL. Aiming for 16 miles!

Kelly Baker – Planning a 20 miler on the W&OD Trail in NoVA this weekend. It’s my fav spot for long runs!

Suzieb2 – Running in Albany, NY “Last Run 5K” – which goes thru the Holiday Lights display in Washington Park

David Juraidini – at México City in a park called “el sope”

Susan Eastman – 6-7 mile run tomorrow in Centerville, Mass; Grand Prix race #3 Sunday at Yarmouth Police Dept. – 4.2 miles

We asked on Twitter (@runitfast) where you were running this weekend and 17 of you responded!

Good luck to everyone running this weekend, especially all of you that are running your first 1/2, full, or any distance race.  Run It Fast!!!!

Joshua Holmes– @bayou – Charlie Reagan Memorial 5K in Milan “Go Bulldogs!!!”

Naomi Pipes – @NaomiPipes – Running the #YMCAJingleBellRun in Houston on Sunday 🙂

Laura Raeder – @LauraRaeder – Tuscon Marathon

David D – @bigcat48 – I’ll be in Grafton, IL at The Pere Marquette Endurance Trail 7.5 miler. Not a marathon, but may feel like one after I’m done! 🙂

Gerard Pescatore – @GPescatore – Nice, leisurely 5 miler on the beautiful Wissahickon trail in Philly

Fabrizio Colella – @Colellafabrizio – n italy special trail the hills of the piedmont barbera wine

Stephen G – @stepheng73 – Jingle Bell Run in downtown Houston.

Shawna – @ssulax33 – RnR Miami Half on Sunday! #LMMB

Lizzi Liz – @lizziliz38 – Weston FL Run for Tomorrow Half Marathon

Lisa Gonzales – @runlikeacoyote – 20 miler tomorrow and 10 miler on Monday, both on the hills close to home! Fun!

Kidney Racer – @kidneyracer – I’ve got 16 miles on the docket for Saturday morn. Likely going to happen alongside a chilly Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wis.

Kevin Erb – @kevinerb – Gingerbread Pursuit (4-miler) in #FortWayne tomorrow morning. Supposed to be quite nipply! http://ht.ly/7UlFf

Jeanie Olinger – @DovesFireMin – running my second post injury 5K – “faster than the pastor” for missions

David Flax – @reddsman – Jingle Bell 5K in Baltimore.

Claudia Keller – @socialmedialex– Sunday, Silvesterlauf, a 8.6km run in the heart of #Zürich (& raising money 4 #jrz www.jrz.ch, donations welcome!)

Kiki – @CapnKeeks – I’m running in the Reindeer Romp 4K in Louisville, KY.

Tianna Marshall – @TrunsLA – Holiday Half in Pomona!

Tim Bledsoe – @TimBledsoe – Running the Holiday Half marathon near Adidas HQ in Portland, OR

Petra Amrein – @peachA22 – anywhere my chicken legs will take me! #reallytri-ing