HINGHAM SCHOOLS
Join Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray for a talk about staying positive, giving of yourself, and, of course, running!
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WMUR-TV
The race director for the Boston Marathon said Friday it was not a surprise to hear that this year's event was canceled and will now be going virtual, but he's looking ahead to a new challenge this summer.
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TUESDAY VIRTUAL CAFE
Hear from the person behind the scenes about what it takes to produce the Boston Marathon - one of the most well-known and respected sporting events in the world.
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KENZRUNS
When I first met Dave, I was at a charity event for the Joseph Middlemiss Big Heart Foundation. I was walking down a hallway and my friend pointed towards a man in front of us and asked me, "do you know who that is?"
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THE ATHLETIC
A few weeks ago, my counterpart in Atlanta, Jeff Schultz, had this crazy idea it might be fun to rummage through his list of contacts and send a single text to the various sports people in his life.
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RUNTALKS
This week hosts Raf Lopez and Kirsten Fleming sat down with the Race Director of the Boston Marathon, Dave McGillivray to talk about what the future looks like for marathons amidst the Covid-19 crisis.
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NORTHWEST FLORIDA DAILY NEWS
Plan A, Plan B, Plan C, Plan D.
That’s the mantra of Boston Marathon Race Director Dave McGillivray. Having already faced nearly every possible crisis in the event management business, Dave knows you need to have a back-up plan to your back-up plan in order to have something lined up for nearly every contingency. Yes, nearly every contingency.
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GBH
For the first time in a long time, the roads from Hopkinton to Boston were silent on Patriots' Day as the 124th Boston Marathon was postponed to September due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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METROWEST DAILY NEWS
Dave McGillivray, race director for the Boston Marathon the past 33 years who has run the race 47 times, will be churning out the miles on Monday.
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HOP NEWS
Yesterday, my son Luke and daughter Elle and I went to Staples to pick up some at home school supplies. As we were waiting in line, an older gentleman was at the counter finalizing a purchase. I didn’t notice but Luke did that he was on crutches. He purchased what seemed like a big, heavy box of paper.
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HOP NEWS
Are your kids going a little stir crazy, looking for new things to do? I have the perfect activity – The Dream Big Marathon which consists of running 26 miles, reading 26 books, and doing 26 acts of kindness. This addresses three important pillars – health and fitness, education, and giving back. This can be done over any period of time – a week, a month, whatever works.
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BOSTON HERALD
Since he established DMSE inc. back in 1981, race director nonpareil Dave McGillivray has easily overseen 1,000 road race and charity walk events across the United States. Those races run the gamut from the Boston Marathon, to Maine’s Beach to Beacon and the ever-popular Falmouth Road Race. Like most sports events these days, most have fallen victim to either postponement or cancellation due to the ongoing threat of COVID-19.
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FOX WILMINGTON
An accomplished athlete and businessman, Dave McGillivray has done nearly everything in the racing world — and he has some incredible stories and lessons to share.
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YAKIMA HERALD
YAKIMA, WA — Over the past 19 years, the Yakima River Canyon Marathon has drawn runners from throughout the United States and even beyond.
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MASHABLE
For cycling world champion Annemiek van Vleuten, March usually means racing over bumpy roads in Italy, or summiting grassy hills in France. This year, instead, van Vleuten raced across the iconic white gravel of the Strade Bianche from home in Holland.
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CLARENCE BEE
The Kaleida Health Foundation is partnering with the Buffalo Marathon for the second year to raise funds to fight heart disease in Western New York and benefit the best-in-class cardiac programs at Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute.
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NORTHENDWATERFRONT.COM
On Sunday, April 19 the Old North Church & Historic Site will commemorate the 245th anniversary of when two lanterns were hung in the Old North’s steeple signaling the advance of the British “by sea.”
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WICKED LOCAL HINGHAM
HINGHAM — Elementary school students got a lesson in determination as part of a special program aimed at getting kids to set goals and to get active.
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ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE
Boston — Sun Multisport Events has announced the final list of speakers for the 2020 RACE-MANIA Summit & Expo taking place on Sunday, March 15, 2020 at the Boston University Fit Rec Center in Boston, MA. Designed to educate, equip and inspire triathletes, runners, cyclists and swimmers on the eve of a new season, RACE-MANIA features informative and inspirational seminars, clinics and workshops; various competitions; the Trails in Motion film festival; and an expo with 75+ sponsors and exhibitors.
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RUNNING USA | ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE
MEDFORD, Oregon – Nearly 42 years after he took the initial steps of what would be his historic 3,452-mile cross-country journey, Dave McGillivray returned to Medford, OR, for the unveiling of a commemorative bronze plaque outside Medford City Hall and a jog around memory lane.
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