R-FH Run Celebrates its 21st Year

It's an annual community tradition.

The Rumson-Fair Haven Run, known as the R-FH Run, will celebrate its 21^st year on Friday, June 7, with its annual Kiddie Dash, 1 Mile Run/Walk and the namesake A.J. Bruder 5K Race. 

The festivities will kick off at 6:15 p.m. at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School with the Kiddie Dash, which is sponsored by area realtor Gloria Nilson.

The one-mile fun run/walk will follow at 6:45 p.m.. And the competitive 5K race — named in honor of R-FH graduate A.J. Bruder, an avid runner and treasurer of the Class of '78 who died prematurely of lung cancer — will close the event.

After the racing is done, there will be a party in Piping Rock Park, Rumson. The celebration will feature food, live music by local band The Haven, race awards and beer. 

The party, to be held under a tent rain or shine, is free for all race participants and $20 per adult and $5 per child for non-runners.

The R-FH Run organizers will also thank Gloria Nilson for her decade-long commitment to the run. 

“The Rumson-Fair Haven Run would like to thank Gloria Nilson for her longstanding commitment to this event which has raised over $300,000 over the years in scholarship money for students at both Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School and Brookdale Community College,” said Jack Howley, race spokesman.

* Patch will feature a remembrance story on A.J. Bruder in the days before the race. Send us your memories of AJ, at elaine.develde@patch.com, and they will be included in the story.