Welcome to CRC's monthly Running Tattoo of the Month contest. It all started when that tat above walked into the store back in 2005. People have been contributing ever since.  Winners receive a $15 gift card to the CRC. Here are your champions:

*Due to the popularity of the contest, and the recent national attention in the Feb. 2010 issue of Runner's World, we've made some changes in 2010! While we are going to select one winner each month, we'll try and get at least each tattoo picture posted to create a full site of excellent tattoos!

2010
January - Bert Starke - The Flash, Calgary, Canada
More sweet January submissions are here!

2009
December - Blake Wysocki - Shawnee State Harrier, Portsmouth, OH
December - Wally Squier - Determined Newlywed, Manchester, CT
December - leRoy Sedillos - Marathoner, Highlands Ranch, CO
November - Dan Lee - All or nothing, Gladstone, OR
November - Natalie Strachan - Girl on the Run, Houston, TX
November - Molly Biglin - All Weather Runner, Toledo, OH
October - Michelle Roy - Conquering Athlete, MA
October - Josh Verdin - 26.2 Kewl, WI
September - Matt Kuhn - Roman Runner
September - David Schnell - HS Runner, MO
August - Heather Whiteside - Endurance Pain Seeker
August - Amit Mane - Never Intimidated
July - Tara Schmucker - New life, new tattoo
July - Kristin Loiko - Running Lover, CT
June - Joel Grenfell - Marathoner Revived
May - Marco Caponi - Armed Runner
April - Sera Buyny - Smoker turned runner, New Kensington, PA
March - Daniel Hodson - Ladies man of Swarthmore
February - Daniel Baxter - Runs to the flag
January - Greg Oliver - Experienced Marathoner, Birmingham, AL

2008
December - Heiko Suthoff - European connection, Germany
November - Duane Nickerson - Persuaded Dad, Montgomery, AL
October - Douglas Allen - Changed Man, OH
September - Dennis Mayo - UMD, MD
August - Amina Peterson - Kailua, HI
July - No submissions. Sad sad sad.
June - Blake Dahl - Birthday Tattoo, Lewiston, MN
May - John Still - Mended leg in Radford, VA
April - Thom Whitman - Winged ankles in Louisville, KY
March - Joshua Estep - Wisconsin student, WI
February - Joshua Estep - Die Hard, WI
January - Jessica Schmidt, back for more...

2007
December - It's too cold for a tattoo this month.
November - Carrie Smith, Plains Runner, The Plains, OH
October - Airick La Pratt, Marathoner true to roots
September - Jessica Schmidt, Hilliard and Iowa XC athlete, IA
August - Jessica Schmidt, Hilliard and Iowa XC athlete, IA (yes, she wins twice)
July - Joshua Neyhart, Shippensburg U. Athlete, Kutztown, PA
June - Wesley Kuhn, 22, Pained foot, Fort Wayne, IN
May - Genevieve Lidoff, lifetime runner in Berkeley, CA
April - Lost track of time. CRC is busy.
March - Nope, nothing.
February - No submissions, ay ay aye!
January -  Dana McBride, 37, Tahoe Triple Marathoner from Telford, PA

2006
December -  Micah Ling, 25, Healed Poet in Bloomington, IN
November - Ryan Mulcahy, 20,  Roadrunner at SUNY G.
October - Patrick Gaynor, 26 - Fresh art from Chicago, IL
September - No submissions, oh the misery!
August - Scott Muench, 40 - Master Runner from Owensboro, KY
July - No submissions, sob, sob!
June - Andrea Lammers, 21 - Wisconsin - La Crosse student from Milwaukee, WI
May - Brandon Bauer, 19 - Ashland University trackster from Reynoldsburg, OH
April - No submissions, how sad!
March - Pat Rizzo, 23 - Hanson's North Central College Alum from Naperville, IL
February - Stephen Pifer, 21 - CU Buffs Miler from Boulder, CO
January - Leslie Dillon, 21 - DPU Harrier from Greencastle, IN

2005
December - Eric Hamner, 23 - Barn Burner from Pataskala, OH
November - Mike Styczynski, 23 - Phish Fan in Folsom, CA
October - James Marks, 21 - Denison University Canadian
September - Brian Webb, 26 - BWebb Cool, MN
August - Joe Eby, 24 - Midwest Miler, IN
July - Denis Fox, 55 - The Tat of the Month Original, OH

Do you want to be the running tat of the month? Send us a picture at info@columbusrunning.com or stop by the store. Please let us know why, how, and when you got the tattoo. It may take a couple months to get it up on the site!