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Continued from page 29<br />
· Coordinated Equipment Storage and<br />
Transportation (with Kevin Reynolds)<br />
Steve has made extraordinary contributions to the<br />
sport of running and road racing and has been<br />
nominated as RRCA National Volunteer of the<br />
Year three times. He has worked diligently for GCS<br />
and GDTC, and has been instrumental in helping<br />
New England 65+ organize their races and<br />
communications. Steve has either served on or<br />
been an advisor to the <strong>Gate</strong> <strong>City</strong> Executive Board<br />
for 15 consecutive years, holding several offices<br />
including President, and his contributions have<br />
been enormously valuable to its success.<br />
There is no job too big or too small for Steve<br />
Moland. He has helped with Freeze Your Buns in<br />
the middle of winter and the CIGNA 5K in the<br />
heat of August, Amica Marathon in the driving<br />
rain, Philadelphia Marathon in the frigid cold. He<br />
has helped to store, maintain, and transport<br />
equipment and distribute water and other supplies<br />
to many races in the region. He has been willing to<br />
take on any task from Director down to trash clean<br />
up. Most of all, he his enthusiasm motivates others<br />
to do their part.<br />
Steve has won many age group awards in races<br />
throughout New England and all over the<br />
country. He recently won his age group in the<br />
Timberman Sprint Triathlon. Steve has been an<br />
integral part of the team at Cool Running.com for<br />
several years, contributing business and technical<br />
expertise for the betterment of the sport<br />
overall. Steve has most recently started a new<br />
business as a race announcer, adding tremendously<br />
to the racing community.<br />
ALLAN RUBE<br />
Allan joined the <strong>Gate</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Striders</strong> in the<br />
early 1980’s, not long after the club was<br />
established. He has represented the club as<br />
a master runner and as a senior at a very high<br />
level. He served as <strong>Striding</strong> <strong>Along</strong> Newsletter<br />
Editor for more than a dozen years during a period<br />
of enormous growth. He developed and monitored<br />
the innovative “Club Forum” bulletin board in the<br />
early days before e-mail, greatly enhancing club<br />
communications and planning and he founded the<br />
original GCS website. His communications and<br />
technical skills helped the club communicate better<br />
in all areas—social, competition, administration,<br />
and marketing.<br />
A few of Allan’s contributions to the <strong>Gate</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
<strong>Striders</strong> include:<br />
· Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, 2007<br />
· Newsletter Editor, <strong>Striding</strong> <strong>Along</strong><br />
· Coordination of printing and mailing<br />
· Founder, GCS Electronic Forum<br />
· Founder, GCS Website<br />
· Masters and Seniors Team Member—<br />
frequent scoring member<br />
· Developer, Henri Renaud Website (Nashua<br />
Mill Worker who won Boston in 1909)<br />
· Represented GCS in running the Boston<br />
Marathon for 18 consecutive years<br />
· Newsletter contributor, as well as Editor<br />
Continued on page 31<br />
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