Our Team

Kevin Molloy
President and co-founder

After working for various computer companies since 1971, Molloy relocated from Australia to New England in 1988. He has been a social runner all his life but in 1991 he founded a local running club and began directing the Groton Road Race, which he continued to do for ten successful and growing years. The event is regarded as one of the top New England 10K races and is a showpiece in the Massachusetts calendar.

In 1995 Molloy also started a youth-based summer track-and-field program in Groton. He was also the Digital Running Club President in the same year. In June of 1995 he co-founded Cool Running and since then has helped to set the direction for the site.

Dave Camire
CFO and co-founder

Dave Camire has been an avid runner for over 34 years and remains active as both competitor and event organizer.

Camire is founder and director of many popular road races, including the Mill Cities Relay, Wang Heartrun, Salem Screen Five, Shirt Factory Five, Jim Witt 5-Star Road Race, Jack Keefe Memorial and along with Don Allison, the Bay State Marathon.

As a competitor, Camire has run over 60 marathons, with a personal best of 2:36:21. He was instrumental in starting the Greater Lowell Road Runners, one of New England's largest running clubs, and he spearheaded the GLRR Racing Team for five years, garnering numerous New England titles. Camire is now the head running coach for the Nashua, NH-based Gate City Striders and the Dracut (MA) High School track and cross-country teams.

Camire also brings a wealth of publishing experience to Cool Running. He worked as a technical writing manager for several computer software firms; he wrote a weekly running column for the Lowell Sun for over three years; and he was the editor of Starting Lines, named best US running newsletter by the Road Runners Club of America.

Don Allison
Editor-in-chief

There are many ways to participate in the sport of long distance running, and Don Allison has done almost all of them.

As a runner, Allison has completed hundreds of races, including 49 marathons, 30 ultra distance marathons, and even an Ironman distance triathlon. In 1990, Allison founded the Back Bay Road Runners, a 100-member Boston based club.

As a race director, Allison directs the Eastern States 20 Mile, a point-to-point race from Maine to Massachusetts with more than 500 runners. He also directs the Nifty 50 Mile and 50 Km in Coventry, Rhode Island, which has served as the New England ultra championships since 1992.

In addition to the writing and news-gathering he does for Cool Running, Allison is publisher of UltraRunning magazine, a monthly magazine that covers ultramarathons in the United States and Canada. In addition, he recently published a book titled A Step Beyond: A Definitive Guide to Ultrarunning. More information on the magazine and the book can be found at www.ultrarunning.com.

Sue Podolske
Sales director

Sue Podolske joined Cool Running in 2000 with responsibility for helping events of all sizes take advantage of the promotional tools Cool Running has to offer. An experienced member of race organizing committees since the mid-1980s and a former marathon runner and triathlete, Podolske continues to devote time to a large local race, the Groton Road Race.