SLOWTWITCH
Billed as 'Boston's one and only triathlon' this event is the gold standard model of driving new participation to the sport. Let's take a look to see why participation continues to surge in 'America's Best Sports Town'.
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BOSTON NEWS 25
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RUNNING USA
A day of celebration is planned to mark the 40th anniversary of Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray’s historic solo 3,452-mile run across the U.S. – from Medford, Oregon to Medford, Mass. – to benefit the Jimmy Fund.
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RUNNING USA
Already well known for producing great races in iconic places, DMSE Sports is setting up to hit a home run – or maybe score a touchdown – with its latest expansion effort in the endurance space.
What started as a quirky idea by the company’s namesake and founder, Dave McGillivray, is now an effort to create a nationwide series of marathons inside the country’s Major League Baseball ballparks and potentially National Football League stadiums as well.
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RUNNING USA
BOSTON – The groundbreaking Fenway Park Marathon will return for a second year on Aug. 24with an expanded field, this year offering 75 runners the rare opportunity to complete an entire marathon inside the storied ballpark.
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ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE
Dave McGillivray is the founder of DMSE Sports, managing more than 30 major road races and charitable events per year, including working with the Boston Athletic Association Operations Team to manage all the logistics of the B.A.A. Boston Marathon. His name is a household word throughout the endurance industry–the term ‘legend’ would not be overstating–and his expert advice is worth its weight in gold.
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PURPOSE2PLAY
If you look at George Etzweiler’s most recent accomplishment, you might assume there isn’t a mountain he can’t scurry up. Yes, even at 98 years old.
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THE EAGLE-TRIBUNE
Nearly 300 runners gathered Sunday beneath a clear, blue sky to raise money and awareness during the fifth annual Ironstone Derby 5K.
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THE EAGLE-TRIBUNE
The Merrimack Valley Striders Annual Dinner was a night to celebrate achievers.
Not only were some of the area's top track/academic high schools each awarded $2,000 scholarships, but one of the largest running clubs in New England heard from two legends about their recent experience of running seven marathons in seven continents in seven days.
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WICKED LOCAL-MEDFORD
On May 31, Medford High School alum and Race Director of the Boston Marathon Dave McGillivray spoke at the McGlynn Elementary and Middle School about his new book, “Dream Big: A Story of Courage and Determination.” McGillivray not only organizes the Boston Marathon and many other road races, but he is also a motivational speaker, having delivered over 1,900 speeches to all age groups worldwide.
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MPS ADVANTAGE
Today, MHS Alum, and the Race Director of the Boston Marathon, Dave McGillivray, spoke at the McGlynn Elementary and Middle School about his new book, “Dream Big: A Story of Courage and Determination”. Dave spoke to the 5th and 6th grade classes first and then followed with the 7th and 8th grade classes.
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RUNNER'S WORLD
It’s a strategy he’s used hundreds of times over the past 12 years: When Boston Marathon Race Director Dave McGillivray wants to encourage new runners to race, he gives them a medal. A loaner medal.
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WICKED LOCAL - NORTH OF BOSTON
Dave McGillivray is looking forward to running under the TD Garden rafters.
The Medford native is teaming up with the Martin Richard Foundation, in partnership with the TD Garden and the Boston Bruins Foundation, to hold the inaugural MR8K, Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 3.
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THE EAGLE-TRIBUNE
Dave McGillivray has run a lot of marathons, given a lot of inspiring speeches and been the race director for numerous world-class events.
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THE HERALD NEWS
Lenny Silvia took his running seriously. But not too seriously.
He was one of the few humans on the Earth who could honestly say he had finished 26 consecutive Boston Marathons. But getting him to brag about it, or even elaborate on the feat, was a chore.
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WICKED LOCAL WESTFORD
Westford’s Nancy Feehrer knew a great thing when she saw it. After watching Boston Marathon Director Dave McGillivray speak to Abbot students about perseverance and determination, Freehrer hatched the idea for a children’s book collaboration. The twist – the book would be written with the help of the very students who sat before McGillivray that November day, hanging on his every word.
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RUNNER'S WORLD
You hit the fast food drive-through a couple times a week, and your grocery cart is regularly filled with cookies, packaged doughnuts, ice cream, chips (and dip). But you’re thin. You run—a lot—and you’re not gaining any weight, so all’s good, right? Well, not exactly. Put down the chocolate cupcake and hear us out.
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LETS RUN
BOSTON – Boston Marathon Race Director Dave McGillivray ran his 46th Boston Marathon last night, shortly after completing his duties directing the world’s most famous road race.
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BOSTON.COM
The athletes venturing from Hopkinton to Boylston Street on Monday faced conditions worse than those on the ice sheet in Novo, Antartica. That’s according to Dave McGillivray, the Boston Marathon race director, who braved both climates for 26.2 miles in the past four months and said that in the Antarctic Circle, at least it wasn’t raining.
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