Downtown Westminster business owner Steve Moore receives McDaniel's Lifelong Learner Award

Steve Moore, owner of Westminster’s specialty running store Run Moore located on Main Street in Westminster, Maryland, is the recipient of the 2026 Delta of Maryland Lifelong Learner Award from the Phi Beta Kappa national honor society at McDaniel College. The award was presented during McDaniel College’s daylong Academic Symposium on Monday, May 4. 

The Delta of Maryland Lifelong Learner Award is given to an individual or group from the greater Westminster, Maryland, community who has pursued intellectual inquiry beyond their professional field or fields, thus demonstrating the liberal arts value of lifelong learning.

Moore opened Run Moore in 2014 as the only specialty running store in the Westminster area and set out to provide not only running shoes, but also knowledge, group runs, books, nutritional accessories, and more. Since then, he has immersed himself into the community, organizing dozens of running events each year from charity-based 5Ks to half-marathons and local monthly “Pub Runs.” He has developed partnerships with Girls on the Run of Central Maryland and local running clubs, such as Flying Feet, The Westminster Road Runners Club, and the Westminster Wolf Pack Track Club. He also launched a summer camp, Camp Run Moore, which is a sleepaway cross-country camp for high school runners.

During the summer of 2025, he completed the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses (10KSB) 12-week “mini-MBA” program through Johns Hopkins University, which helps to support entrepreneurs strengthen their businesses. 

The Delta of Maryland Lifelong Learner Award was established in 2017 by the Phi Beta Kappa national honor society at McDaniel College to celebrate the liberal arts.