Run It Fast®

Run It Fast’s ‘Race Across the USA’ kicks off at midnight on April 13, 2020. It will pit four teams comprised of 60 Run It Fast members racing each other across the United States. The race starts on the Santa Monica Pier in California, just outside of Los Angeles, and will go all the way to New York City.

The teams will cover the 2,907 miles by team members submitting their day running/walking/hiking miles to their team captain daily. This will be done via screenshots of their Strava/Garmin/GPS from an outside run or via a photo of their treadmill displaying the appropriate data.

The four teams are named after Run It Fast members that passed on from us way too soon. It’s a simple way we can help remember them and keep their legacy close to us.

Race Across the USA Team Names

• Charlie Taylor Team
• Hope Shull Team
• Suzy Michelson Team
• Jeffrey Price Team

Team Rosters for the Run It Fast’s ‘Race Across the USA’

Participant Rules:

• Can start Monday 4/13/2020 at 12:00 A.M. of the time zone you are currently residing in.
• No less than 1.0 mile for any outing. You can submit as many runs/walks/hikes you want a day that you do. Each one just must be at least 1.0 miles.
• You MUST have GPS (prefer Strava/Garmin) and send a snapshot of each run/walk/hike to your team captain within 24 hrs. If you happen to forget to turn in your miles you have 48 hrs to get them in before those particular miles expire. Treadmill miles count too and just need a snapshot sent as well. 
• Map will be updated 1x per day with all team progress.

Any other rules that need to be created or issues that arise will be decided and agreed upon by the four captains.

A big thanks to all these runners taking part, and a special big thanks to the captains:  Shane Tucker, Marylou Corino, Melissa Price, Joshua Holmes, and Jill Williams, who is our Mission Control helping keep us straight with all the numbers and logistics.

RIF #287 Carol Earles

It’s spring and in the spring a runner’s thoughts turn to racing! Here are the Extreme Racer Standings through April 2014. RIF #121 Ed Ettinghausen is still in the lead with 743.8 points! Ed, the Jester, is followed by RIF #279 George Southgate in second with 523.77 points and RIF #190 John Kent Leighton is now in third with 472 points. They are also the top 3 on the Men’s Leaderboard.

There was a little bit of a switch on the Women’s Leaderboard. RIF #287 Carol Earles is now in first with 387.1 points. She is followed by RIF #323 Jennifer Hatcher in second with 360.9 points and RIF #280 Suzy Michelson in third with 230.8 points.

46 Run It Fast Club Members are participating so far this year (only 43 have submitted race miles). They have raced 8,090.05 miles in 354 races (73 5Ks, 16 10Ks, 52 Half Marathons, 127 Marathons, 16 50Ks, 9 50 Milers, 5 100Ks, 12 100 Milers, and 44 Other race distances).

Here are the full standings through March 2014:

Top Ten Leaderboard
1. Ed Ettinghausen – 743.8 (RIF #121)
2. George Southgate – 523.77 (RIF #279)
3. John Kent Leighton – 472 (RIF #190)
4. Hideki Kinoshita – 459.8 (RIF #88)
5. Bill Wells – 424 (RIF #327)
6. Joshua Holmes – 415.1 (RIF #1)
7. Carol Earles – 387.1 (RIF #287)
8. Jennifer Hatcher – 360.9 (RIF #323)
9. Danny Staggs – 295.1 (RIF #186)
10. Shane Tucker – 284.25 (RIF #337)

Men’s Leaderboard
1. Ed Ettinghausen – 743.8 (RIF #121)
2. George Southgate – 523.77 (RIF #279)
3. John Kent Leighton – 472 (RIF #190)
4. Hideki Kinoshita – 459.8 (RIF #88)
5. Bill Wells – 424 (RIF #327)
6. Joshua Holmes – 415.1 (RIF #1)
7. Danny Staggs – 295.1 (RIF #186)
8. Shane Tucker – 284.25 (RIF #337)
9. Denis McCarthy – 271.32057 (RIF #263)
10. Rob Distante – 255.805 (RIF #259)
11. Ben Pennington – 207.6 (RIF #315)
12. Jeff Liu – 141 (RIF #275)
13. Jeff Le – 138.2 (RIF #248)
14. Eric Spencer – 121.23 (RIF #320)
15. Nathan Bass – 106.8 (RIF #174)
16. Bill Baker – 79.3 (RIF #196)
17. Jeff Van Demark – 71 (RIF #322)
18. Robin Robbins – 56.7 (RIF #33)
19. Arland Blanton – 55.5 (RIF #290)
20. Alex Barrientos – 41.7 (RIF #258)
21. Dennis Arriaga – 39.3 (RIF #140)
22. Stephen Griffin – 26.2 (RIF #48)
23. Jason Scott – 26.2 (RIF #265)
24. Steven Reagan – 16.2 (RIF #157)

Women’s Leaderboard
1. Carol Earles – 387.1 (RIF #287)
2. Jennifer Hatcher – 360.9 (RIF #323)
3. Suzanne Michelson – 230.8 (RIF #280)
4. Christy Scott – 230.7 (RIF #231)
5. Heather Zeigler – 202.7 (RIF #246)
6. Kim Crowe – 174.3 (RIF #245)
7. Amber Goetz-Bouchard – 172.8 (RIF #15)
8. Donna England – 168.9 (RIF #277)
9. Robin Mancinelli – 138.6 (RIF #134)
10. Alicia Eno – 129.1 (RIF #126)
11. Christy Bowers – 127.67 (RIF #60)
12. Julia Beavers – 125.6 (RIF #339)
13. Amanda Staggs – 122.7 (RIF #210)
14. Michelle Lenahan – 65.5 (RIF #283)
15. Tiffani Glass – 64.8 (RIF #328)
16. Marj Mitchell – 54.3 (RIF #4)
17. Kristen Love – 26.2 (RIF #238)
18. Sue Stephens-Wright – 22.4 (RIF #321)
19. Natalie Torres – 13.1 (RIF #72)

Here is what all of the individual Races Leaderboards look like:

Will there be any shakeups for the May Standings? How much racing did they do? Check back next month to find out! And until then…good luck and Run It Fast!

This month’s  winners of the random drawing was RIF #283 Michelle Lenahan! Congratulations Michelle!

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 Lisa Gonzales]

RIF #121 Ed "The Jester" Ettinghausen

March saw a big increase in points for many of our top 10 runners and a few new additions to the top 3.

RIF #121 Ed Ettinghausen is still in the lead with 743.8 points! Ed, the Jester, is followed by RIF #279 George Southgate in second with 434.3 points and RIF #1 Joshua Holmes is now in third with 385.8 points. They are also the top 3 on the Men’s Leaderboard.

RIF #323 Jennifer Hatcher leads the women with 298.9 points. Jennifer is now followed by RIF #287 Carol Earles in second with 295.4 points and RIF #280 Suzy Michelson in third with 175.3 points.

Here are the full standings through March 2014:

Top Ten Leaderboard
1. Ed Ettinghausen – 743.8 (RIF #121)
2. George Southgate – 434.3 (RIF #279)
3. Joshua Holmes – 385.8 (RIF #1)
4. John Kent Leighton – 345.8 (RIF #190)
5. Jennifer Hatcher – 298.9 (RIF #323)
6. Carol Earles – 295.4 (RIF #287)
7. Bill Wells – 293 (RIF #327)
8. Denis McCarthy – 271.32057 (RIF #263)
9. Rob Distante – 255.805 (RIF #259)
10. Hideki Kinoshita – 245.4 (RIF #88)

Men’s Leaderboard
1. Ed Ettinghausen – 743.8 (RIF #121)
2. George Southgate – 434.3 (RIF #279)
3. Joshua Holmes – 385.8 (RIF #1)
4. John Kent Leighton – 345.8 (RIF #190)
5. Bill Wells – 293 (RIF #327)
6. Denis McCarthy – 271.32057 (RIF #263)
7. Rob Distante – 255.805 (RIF #259)
8. Hideki Kinoshita – 245.4 (RIF #88)
9. Danny Staggs – 242.7 (RIF #186)
10. Ben Pennington – 140.6 (RIF #315)
11. Jeff Le – 138.2 (RIF #248)
12. Eric Spencer – 121.23 (RIF #320)
13. Nathan Bass – 106.8 (RIF #174)
14. Jeff Liu – 82.4 (RIF #275)
15. Bill Baker – 79.3 (RIF #196)
13. Shane Tucker – 58.05 (RIF #337)
17. Jeff Van Demark – 57.9 (RIF #322)
18. Arland Blanton – 55.5 (RIF #290)
19. Alex Barrientos – 41.7 (RIF #258)
20. Dennis Arriaga – 39.3 (RIF #140)
21. Stephen Griffin – 26.2 (RIF #48)
22. Jason Scott – 26.2 (RIF #265)
23. Robin Robbins – 19.3 (RIF #33)
24. Steven Reagan – 16.2 (RIF #157)

Women’s Leaderboard
1. Jennifer Hatcher – 298.9 (RIF #323)
2. Carol Earles – 295.4 (RIF #287)
3. Suzanne Michelson – 175.3 (RIF #280)
4. Donna England – 155.8 (RIF #277)
5. Amber Goetz-Bouchard – 146.6 (RIF #15)
6. Robin Mancinelli – 138.6 (RIF #134)
7. Amanda Staggs – 122.7 (RIF #210)
8. Christy Scott – 119.2 (RIF #231)
9. Kim Crowe – 112.3 (RIF #245)
10. Christy Bowers – 95.27 (RIF #60)
11. Alicia Eno – 86.7 (RIF #126)
12. Marj Mitchell – 47.2 (RIF #4)
13. Kristen Love – 26.2 (RIF #238)
14. Tiffani Glass – 26.2 (RIF #328)
15. Natalie Torres – 13.1 (RIF #72)

Here is what all of the individual Races Leaderboards look like:

Looks like spring racing is in full swing! Good luck everyone and Run It Fast!

This month’s  winners of the random drawing was RIF #263 Denis McCarthy! Congratulations!

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 Lisa Gonzales]

This is the finisher’s medal for the Andrew Jackson Marathon that took place on March 22, 2014 in Jackson, Tennessee.

This is another view of the medal:

[Medals submitted by  RIF #4 Marj Mitchell -follow her on Twitter @marathonmarj and by RIF #280 Suzy Michelson – follow her on Twitter @bookaroo32]

This is the finisher’s medal for the Greenway Marathon that was held on March 23, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Here’s another view of the medal:

MORE PHOTOS OF MARATHON/ULTRA MEDALS AND BUCKLES

[Medals submitted by RIF #181 Donna Pittman – follow her on Twitter @RunslikePhoebe and by RIF #280 Suzy Michelson – follow her on Twitter @bookaroo32]