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GLRR Hall of Fame Member Dave Camire

Dave was inducted into the GLRR Hall of Fame in 1998
Dave was a part of the first class of inductees to the hall.

As a major part of GLRR

• A club member since inception in 1980
• Served as Club President for one term. Under his tenure the club membership expanded to 1100 members.
• Served on the Board of Directors for fifteen years in various capacities
• Founder of the Mill Cities Relay. Remained Commissioner of the event for 24 years
• Served as the editor of Starting Lines newsletter for 14 years. Won the Gerry Little Memorial Award from the RRCA for top middle size club newsletter in the country
• Served as the first head of the GLRR Racing Team. During his tenure the club won 3 National Cross Country Championships, 3 overall (top club) New England Grand Prix titles, won nine out of ten Mill Cities Relays, 12 Boston Marathon team titles, 6 Mt Washington team titles and over 100 USATF Grand Prix Championship team titles.
• Recipient of the first GLRR Lifetime achievement award
• Co-founder and co-director of the first Bay State Marathon
• Director of the 2-Mile Series (one year)
• Coaching program coordinator for 5 years
• Serve as RRCA New England representative for 5 years
• Wrote a weekly running column in the Lowell Sun for three years
• However his proudest GLRR accomplish was being responsible for the slime green uniforms

Dave has been a major contributor to the Sport of Running in General:

• Co-founder of the popular running website Coolrunning.com. Currently is senior editor of the site
• President of Yankee Timing Company scoring over 150 events annually
• Founder of the Good Times Series
• Founder of the Wild Rover Series
• Director of the Frozen Shamrock 3-mile run and the Rose Maguire Great Mill Girl Chase
• Former head boys and girls track and cross-country coach at Dracut HS. Selected as Coach of the Year in 1994.
• Current head coach of the Gate City Striders
• Currently newsletter editor for the Winner’s Circle Running Club

As a runner Dave was a member of Wang Team that won the National Corporate Cup Nationals in the mid-eighties. He was a scoring member of four GLRR New England Marathon championship teams and completed 60 marathon and only 4 were over 3 hours. His marathon PR is 2:36:21.

It was easy being Green
Dave trying to hold off fellow GLRR Hall of Famer Will Mason in 1982	Dave trying to hold off fellow GLRR member Kevin Kearns in 1983.	Forever green - Dave running in the green slime uniform at the Bobby Bell Road Race.

Once I was thin in the middle and thick on the top; now it's all backwards
At the Eliot Lounge - (l to r) GLRR HOFer's Tom Carroll, Bob Hall, Phil Riley, Dave, Stoddard Melhado along with Ken Whitcomb (between Dave and Stoddard).	Winning the RRCA's award for best newsletter - (left to right) the legendary Phil Quinn (of MCR Phil Quinn Award fame), George LeCours, Jay McCarthy, Nancy McCarthy and Dave.

A toast to days gone bye . . .
At the Hynes Tavern - (l to r) Joe Craven, Tom McKay, GLRR HOFer Dennis Conners, Dave, and Dan Cahill.`.	Aussie hospitality on Colin's porch - (l to r front) Rich Keane, Tom Amiro, Will Mason, Stoddard Melhaldo, (l to r back) Dave, Bob Hall, Tom Carroll, Ernie Roy. Colin Gouldson is behind the camera.

I always found winning to be more enjoyable then losing
National Corporate Champions in NYC - (l to r) Dave, Kevin Kearns, Dave Fowler, Jim Stronach and Jim Concannon.	Winning at the Wang Heart Run - Dave getting his plaque from GLRR HOFer Gerard Ottaviano.

Fame - I'm gonna live forever - Irene Cara
Irish Power - Dave with world indoor mile record holder Eamon Coughlin.	Boston Power - Dave with Greg Myer last America to win the men's division at the Boston Marathon.	Lowell Power - Dave with Vin Fleming and the great Bob Hodge.	Girl Power - Dave with running star Patti Catalano at the 1981 Great Oktoberfest Marathon.

None of us is as fast as all of us - Japanese proverb
Yankee Homecoming - (l to r) GLRR HOFer's Will Mason, Dave, Colin Gouldson along with Ken Whitcome finishing the Yankee Homecoming 10 Miler as a team in 60-minutes..	Fred Brown's Relay at Lake Winnipesaukee - (l to r) Jim Stronach, Dave Tyler, Jeff Haas, Dave and Steve Gable. In the back of Steve is Walt Murphy. Let it be known that they didn't win but they had a ball at the Macho Condo.

Being in the GLRR HOF and Winning the Phil Quinn Award; Priceless

Phil Quinn Award Winners