Runners gather at the Stained Glass Pub to celebrate.

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1. Surrounded by his wife Suzanne and Bill Osburn of Bethesda, MD, Chuck Raper Jr. of Rockville, MD takes on his traditional colors of red and white, blowing out the candles to celebrate 64 years.


2. New Member Tim Ramsey (47) of Alexandria, VA has averaged sixty races in the last three years.


3. Dave McSherry of Camp Hill, PA traveled nearly 100 miles to collect his10K BLANK Award for a record 66 10Ks raced in 2006. His 314 10Ks in the last decade goes along with seven yearly titles for most in a year.

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1. Jon Palks (57) of Bowie, MD is the man in the middle. With the fifth highest total of races (859) he does not race the runs shorter than 5K or longer than half marathon. Over the last few years, he has methodically set records in the 5M in 2003 with 58, the OTHER in 2004 with 50, the 5K in 2005 with 146, and the 10M in 2006 with 28.


2. James Moreland (54) of Gaithersburg, MD battles third year member Bill Stahr (46) of the Plains, VA for best camera position.


3. Dee Nelson (63) of Gaithersburg, MD is one of the 'magnificent seven' original members. Constantly a top Ranked Runner she is one of five runners to complete more than fifty races in all ten years.

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1. Ronnie Wong (60) of Catonsville, MD is another top Ranked Runner who is enjoying a great start to the new age group with an age group win at the Washington's Birthday Marathon, already his second marathon of the year. He has 74 in the first ten years.


2. Bill Stahr (46) of The Plains, VA and Lainey Bernstein (54) of Potomac, MD ham it up in front of the camera.


3. John Winkert (50) of South Riding, VA likes even numbers. His first four years in had exactly 100 races. In the last two years, a larger family and some running injuries net him exactly 50 races a year. In 2002, he became only the second runner to have a septuple double (double digit finishes in seven race categories).

10th Annual Awards Party for the 50 Plus Club
Photo Gallery 2007
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