Road Runners Clubs may also include members who may have diverse abilities, from using asthma inhalers to brain tumors, heart disease, and even Paralympian wheelchair racers.
The RRCA member clubs conduct thousands of races each year and provide training programs for runners in every state.
The RRCA has awarded 58 $5,000 annual Road Scholar stipends to promising post-collegiate athletes.
These awards are selected by an independent committees of evaluators based upon a nationwide solicitation of nominations.
The first set of inductees was elected in April 1971 at RRCA's 14th annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.