RUNNING USA
BOSTON – After all other participants had long finished their Boston Marathon journeys, Dave McGillivray crossed the finish line at 7:28 p.m. yesterday evening.
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THE BOSTON GLOBE
Every year, runners from around the world arrive in Boston ready to perform extraordinary acts of endurance and athleticism, many of them writing their names into the history books.
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RUNNING USA
It took 1,310 miles to get here, but because of the support and encouragement of family, friends, and colleagues, I was able to finish my 50th Boston Marathon this past Monday evening.
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BOSTON GLOBE
When race director Dave McGillivray, 67, ran his first Boston Marathon in 1972, his grandfather was waiting at Mile 24 in Brookline. And waiting and waiting.
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BOSTON GLOBE
When race director Dave McGillivray, 67, ran his first Boston Marathon in 1972, his grandfather was waiting at Mile 24 in Brookline. And waiting and waiting.
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WICKED LOCAL METROWEST
HOPKINTON TO BOSTON — Everyone knows the guy up front.
He’s likely run through your town — or continent.
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THE EAGLE-TRIBUNE
Dave McGillivray will hit a major milestone Monday if everything goes as planned, which is almost always the case with the famed Boston Marathon race director.
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In his memoir, The Last Pick, Dave McGillivray laments his childhood failures in sports. He had big dreams—he wanted to play second base for the Boston Red Sox—but was judged too small, too slow, too weak to even make the youth teams. He faced rejection at every turn.
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CAPE COD TIMES
As Carol Wright, 79, wound her way through “seven little towns” — from Hopkinton to Boylston Street — during the 2021 Boston Marathon last week, she was “pretty wiped out,” by the time she reached Heartbreak Hill.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Christina Minicucci sort of gave up marathoning in 2014. For understandable reasons.
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THE EAGLE-TRIBUNE
Wow.
Dave McGillivray did it again. This time back on the course, at night, in October.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS | GREENFIELD RECORDER | ABC NEWS 4 | THE MINING JOURNAL | KTXS ABC1
First was the marathon.
Now comes the sprint.
A day after the only fall race in the Boston Marathon’s 125-year history, organizers turned their attention to the 2022 event and whether to keep any of this year’s pandemic-inspired changes.
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WBUR
Dave McGillivray, the race director of the Boston Marathon, joined Morning Edition Monday to talk about the 125th marathon.
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BOSTON HERALD
The 125th running of the BAA Marathon features a remarkably strong field despite the unusual circumstance of running a springtime race in October.
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TORONTO STAR
7:30 a.m.: Fast-moving, light rain and weather in the 50s greeted the runners gearing up for the Boston Marathon, which is happening Monday for the first time since the pandemic began.
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NBC10 BOSTON
Dave McGillivray, the B.A.A.’s race director is running his 49th consecutive race after undergoing open-heart triple bypass surgery earlier this year.
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WBZ NEWSRADIO 1030
After the pandemic canceled the race in 2020 and pushed back the 2021 running of the Boston Marathon, this year's event is making COVID its top priority.
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VOICE OF AMERICA
The Boston Marathon on Monday, October 11. During Thursday's show, "The Energetic" Andy Edwards will chat with Boston Marathon Race Director Dave McGillivray about the historic course.
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WICKED LOCAL
In June of 1894, the French aristocrat Pierre de Coubertin established the International Olympic Committee, which organized the first Olympic Games in modern history that was held in Athens in April of 1896.
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