Fair Lakes Circle in Fairfax, VA was swirling with smiling faces. This race always brings out a large crowd and today was no different. Not to worry, there was plenty of easy-to-get-to parking. Even though the weather was probably the finest example of an early fall day, the numbers were down a tad. Part of that can be explained by the Washington Redskins game, the Nationals still pushing for a wild card spot, and a somber event to remember the horror of four years ago. Amidst the haunting news about the recovery from Katrina, people were warned that driving in the Metro area might be a real challenge. Gas prices starting to dip, made it possible for some two hundred runners to come and sign up race day.

This race is one that many people run year after year. The course is rolling but none of the hills are steep. Times here are fast. Hometown runner Eric Post was second in 2002 in 25:50. Then he dipped under twenty-five minutes to win in 2003. Last year and today he finished second again. Ryan Mammen of Woodbridge, VA won last year in 25:21 a few strides ahead of Post. This year Post was 25:22 and Ryan bolted ahead to 25:16 for the win. Kareem Lanier from University Park, PA has run the race for at least the last five years, often accompanied by his twin brother Kyle. This year he matched his best finish, third place, by barely holding off top-flight masters runner Mark Stickley of Winchester, VA. Nearly every year mega racer Ted Poulos of McLean, VA has been there, winning the masters title the last three years. Running through a muscle injury, he still managed a eighth place finish and second in the 40-44 division.

Chuck Moeser is back! He won at the Leesburg 10K and the Annapolis 10 Mile in August. Last week he narrowly missed at the Rock 'n' Roll HM against top ranked Stephen Chantry of Williamsburg, VA. Chuck is very confidant that he will win the rematch. While Moeser did not make the Hampton Days 10K matchup on the 10th, he did set the fastest 8K time for grand masters with today's sixth place time of 27:39. Chantry had the previous best time at the Shamrock 8k in March with 27:57.

After winning in 2003, Alisa Harvey of Manassas, VA settled for second place in 2004. The 2004 victor, Casey Smith, had been second in 2003. This year, as Harvey prepares to turn forty, she finished second again, this time to rising star Samia Akbar of Herndon, VA. Two weeks ago Harvey had finished second at the Annapolis 10 Mile. Sandie Adams of Winchester, VA is now fifty- five. She finished ninth overall in 34:03. Alice Franks, oft times a sure bet winner, settled for second in that division.

Terrence McCarthy of Leesburg, VA has been winning his age group almost continually since turning seventy. McCarthy is very involved with Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). Today Jack McMahon of Rockville, MD held him off 40:30 to 40:52. McMahon turns seventy-five later in the fall. Tami Graf is 69 and still winning her division. This race is part of a 12-race Grand Prix Series. Graf, a frequent winner, says now it is too hard to compete. In the past, the race had ten-year age groups until 60-99. This year, the race wisely chose to have five-year age groups.

On the younger side, Karen Dickerson (19) of Springfield, VA defended her title and continues to win the teen division in nearly every race she enters. William Domedion of Herndon, VA was the first male teen in 30:46. Not quite enough to catch Patrick Griffith (60) of Alexandria, VA, who was 29th overall in 30:42. Last week Griffith ran 10:58.75 at the 3K at the Potomac Valley Games. That swift time is the fastest 3K for the division this year in the country. John Haubert (62) of Alexandria, VA was third in the division. Haubert has been racing most every week since retirement and he seems to be getting faster with each race.

The new course starts downhill and ends on a downhill. That is surely a crowd pleaser. In between what goes down most go up. The course has no tough hills but the fourth mile does make one long for that long downhill in the third mile. The course twists and turns but there were so many cones and course marshals, it would have been impossible to get lost. The water crews were very enthusiastic. Even with the much cooler weather, it is still summer.

After cruising across the ChampionChip mats, runners headed for the ice cream carts. These well-supplied delights lasted well after the last runner had crossed the finish line. There were so many prizes that they had a huge poster to list them all. The top three runners earned cash and Glory Days gift certificates. Age group winners were sent to Glory Days for the top three men and women. The Grand Prize for the random drawings was a $1,000.00 gift certificate to The Inn at Little Washington.

After the 8K start, kids and adults alike lined up for a 2K fun run, earning blue ribbons for their efforts.

Awards List for the Fair Lakes 8K

OVERALL MALE  (CLOCK TIME)
Place Num   Name                Age City                  Time    
===== ===== =================== === ===================== ======= 
    1     1 Ryan Mammen          29 Woodbridge VA           25:16 
    2     7 Eric Post            26 Centreville VA          25:22 
    3  1024 Kareem Lanier        32 Lincoln Univ PA         25:42 


OVERALL FEMALE  (CLOCK TIME)
Place Num   Name                Age City                  Time    
===== ===== =================== === ===================== ======= 
    1   847 Samia Akbar          23 Herndon VA              28:14 
    2  1102 Alisa Harvey         39 Manassas VA             29:37 
    3    22 Colleen Post         26 Centreville VA          31:10 


MALE AGE GROUP:  1 - 12   (NET TIME)
    1  1105 Tranor Jones        12 Vienna VA               44:12 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  1 - 12   (NET TIME)
    1   668 Arielle Valdes-Reci 11 Clifton VA              45:55 


MALE AGE GROUP:  13 - 19   (NET TIME)
    1   469 William Domedion    19 Herndon VA              30:45 
    2   803 Nick Burant         17 Washington DC           31:22 
    3  1110 Tucker Velez        16 Bristow VA              36:11 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  13 - 19   (NET TIME)
    1   415 Karen Dickerson     19 Springfield VA          36:13 
    2   894 Jessica Stillwel    14 Chantilly VA            39:32 
    3  1003 Ellen Hartge        18 Fairfax VA              43:04 


MALE AGE GROUP:  20 - 24   (NET TIME)
    1   682 Scott Munro         23 Vienna VA               27:17 
    2   340 Matthew Salerno     24 Arlington VA            29:24 
    3   618 Tyler Bronder       23 Fairfax VA              35:40 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  20 - 24   (NET TIME)
    1   683 Megan Sowa          22 Vienna VA               33:44 
    2   507 Katie Hein          23 Fairfax VA              41:19 
    3   525 Kathryn Raponi      23 Fairfax VA              41:52 


MALE AGE GROUP:  25 - 29   (NET TIME)
    1   684 Mashel Jackson      25 Woodbridge VA           28:56 
    2  1126 Chris Davis         29 Alexandria VA           30:03 
    3   724 Jason Urchasko      29 Sterling VA             32:54 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  25 - 29   (NET TIME)
    1    34 Amy Feuerbach       28 Falls Church VA         33:04 
    2  1750 Laurel Simcox       26 Chantilly VA            33:15 
    3   920 Rebecca Coffman     26 Burke VA                35:18 


MALE AGE GROUP:  30 - 34   (NET TIME)
    1   938 Anthony Belber      32 Washington DC           28:47 
    2  1015 David Kent          33 Arlington VA            28:51 
    3  1135 Ian Blair           34 Alexandria VA           29:11 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  30 - 34   (NET TIME)
    1   827 Alicia White        32 Springfield VA          34:48 
    2   399 Jacqueline Meriweth 34 Arlington VA            36:16 
    3   242 Lynette Bailey      31 Sterling VA             37:59 


MALE AGE GROUP:  35 - 39   (NET TIME)
    1    88 Malcolm Lester      38 Washington DC           28:03 
    2   796 Michael Anton       36 Clifton VA              29:51 
    3  1770 Mark Hand           38 Arlington VA            30:17 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  35 - 39   (NET TIME)
    1   669 Barbara Wigle       38 Centreville VA          32:40 
    2  1023 Jeanette Dumbrell   36 Baileys Xrds VA         33:13 
    3   776 Beth Casey          36 Oak Hill VA             35:41 


MALE AGE GROUP:  40 - 44   (NET TIME)
    1  1136 Mark Stickley       43 Winchester VA           25:45 
    2    17 Ted Poulos          43 Mclean VA               28:11 
    3    98 Jean-Christopher Ar 44 Rockville MD            28:21 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  40 - 44   (NET TIME)
    1   452 Linda Foley         43 Oak Hill VA             32:56 
    2   941 Joann Burns         42 Herndon VA              34:34 
    3   830 Lori Mennitt        41 Mclean VA               38:11 


MALE AGE GROUP:  45 - 49   (NET TIME)
    1   934 Stephen Lewia       45 Chantilly VA            30:53 
    2   481 Chris Barber        45 Bristow VA              31:08 
    3    94 Larry Goldfarb      46 Great Falls VA          31:27 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  45 - 49   (NET TIME)
    1   690 Linda Sheimo        48 Fairfax VA              37:00 
    2    65 Nina Month          45 Vienna VA               37:04 
    3  1108 Julia Peck          48 Catalpa VA              38:16 


MALE AGE GROUP:  50 - 54   (NET TIME)
    1  1768 Chuck Moeser        53 Sterling VA             27:39 
    2   299 Richard Adams Jr    54 Herndon VA              29:54 
    3   673 Gary Grimsley       51 Springfield VA          30:07 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  50 - 54   (NET TIME)
    1   458 Cindy Jennings      54 Chantilly VA            40:16 
    2  1016 Suanne Shocket      52 Manassas VA             40:21 
    3   510 Mary Curtiss        50 Clifton VA              40:26 


MALE AGE GROUP:  55 - 59   (NET TIME)
    1   284 Michael Wesbecher   57 Oakton VA               32:45 
    2  1751 Jay Wind            55 Arlington VA            34:37 
    3   565 Samuel Ackley       57 Rockville MD            36:13 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  55 - 59   (NET TIME)
    1   602 Sandra Adams        55 Winchester VA           33:59 
    2    78 Alice Franks        57 Rockville MD            36:28 
    3    45 Jane Poole          58 Falls Church VA         41:20 


MALE AGE GROUP:  60 - 64   (NET TIME)
    1  1745 Patrick Griffith    60 Alexandria VA           30:41 
    2  1749 Bill Joyce          61 Herndon VA              33:46 
    3   547 John Haubert        62 Alexandria VA           34:48 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  60 - 64   (NET TIME)
    1  1104 Nancy Linck         63 Alexandria VA           44:16 
    2   670 Hilary West         60 Chantilly VA            44:36 
    3   831 Barbara Privitera   62 Alexandria VA           49:34 


MALE AGE GROUP:  65 - 69   (NET TIME)
    1  1101 Maynard Weyers      69 Alexandria VA           38:23 
    2   822 Ken Quincy          68 Vienna VA               38:34 
    3    33 Richard Williams    69 Alexandria VA           38:37 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  65 - 69   (NET TIME)
    1   677 Tami Graf           69 Lusby MD                45:57 
    2   571 Betty Lou Wolfe     69 The Plains VA         1:03:38 


MALE AGE GROUP:  70 - 99   (NET TIME)
    1   514 Jack Mcmahon        74 Rockville MD            40:26 
    2  1753 Terry Mccarthy      70 Leesburg VA             40:48 
    3   431 Larry Dickerson     74 Burke VA                43:32 


FEMALE AGE GROUP:  70 - 99   (NET TIME)
    1   601 Ann Bruen           70 Springfield VA        1:03:04 

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