WICKED LOCAL - MEDFORD
Medford2Medford Virtual Run Across America concluded on Aug. 29 at the steps of the Medford, Massachusetts, City Hall.
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WICKED LOCAL MEDFORD
Forty-two years after his first finish, Dave McGillivray broke through the tape in front of Medford City Hall just after 9 a.m. on Saturday morning after running the last mile of this year’s virtual Medford2Medford run.
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BOSTON MAGAZINE
Virtual events, in this day and age, are a little bittersweet. On the one hand, it’s a constant reminder of all our favorite events that have been canceled—some, for the first time in their history, like the Boston Marathon. And on the other hand, the widespread accessibility to the internet has allowed everyone across the world to come together and participate in events they couldn’t have attended in person, like the Head of the Charles Regatta and a vast list of virtual workouts.
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WICKED LOCAL MEDFORD
The American Lung Association was recently named a charity partner for the Medford2Medford virtual running event, powered by DMSE Sports.
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WICKED LOCAL MEDFORD
DMSE Sports recently announced the formation of two celebrity teams who are participating in the Medford2Medford Run Across America.
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POWER UP YOUR PERFORMANCE WITH KIM PEEK
From his extraordinary 1978 run across the U.S. to benefit the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to serving as technical director then race director of the BAA Boston Marathon since the 1980s, Dave McGillivray has helped organize more than 900 mass participatory events since founding DMSE Sports in 1981, while raising millions for worthy causes close to his heart.
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PODIUM RUNNER
Looking back, it now seems a miracle that the Atlanta Track Club pulled off a successful U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials on February 29. Six weeks later, the Boston Marathon didn’t have a chance. By then, COVID-19 had brought the country to a near standstill, and with it all road racing.
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ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE | RUNNING USA
Boston — DMSE Sports today announced ASICS will be the official shoe and apparel sponsor for Medford2Medford, DMSE Sports’ virtual run across America event. Registration for Medford2Medford is open now at medford2medford.com and will remain open through the ceremonial end of the event, August 29.
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KDRV
MEDFORD, Ore. — In 1978, a man named Dave McGillivray covered more than 3,450 miles in a cross-country run from Medford, Oregon to Medford, Massachusetts for the fight against cancer. Now his story has inspired a virtual running event open to all comers.
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ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE | RUNNING USA
Boston – Registration is open for Medford2Medford, a virtual team running event powered by DMSE Sports, that strives to bring fellow runners together while they’re apart and to help raise some much-needed funds for charities. The M2M is modeled after Dave McGillivray’s 1978 run from Medford, OR, to Medford, MA. Over the course of 80 days, McGillivray ran 3,452 miles and raised more than $100,000 for the Jimmy Fund, a Boston-based charity that supports the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
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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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KDRV NEWSWATCH 12
MEDFORD, OR — If you saw Dave McGillivray running down Barnett Road on Thursday morning, you were the witness to global greatness.
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KOBI-TV NBC5
MEDFORD, OR — A historic run across the country in just 80 days. A Medford, Massachusetts man has returned to the Rogue Valley almost 42 years after he set off on his famous run from Medford, Oregon to his hometown.
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THE EAGLE-TRIBUNE
Long-time North Andover resident and Medford native Dave McGillivray made a pit stop in Medford yesterday ... Medford, Ore., that is.
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RUNNING USA
A day of celebration marking the 40th anniversary of Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray’s historic solo 3,452-mile run across the U.S. included the unveiling of a commemorative stone plaque outside Medford City Hall and the re-creation of his Fenway Park finish, again to a standing ovation from Red Sox fans.
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WBZ CBS BOSTON
Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray ran across the country in 1978. He told WBZ's Lisa Hughes about the one personal strategy he's used for 40 years to reach his goals.
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WBZ CBS BOSTON
Dave McGillivray got to relive one of the greatest moments of his life at Fenway Park Thursday. He took a victory lap around the field before the Red Sox-Indians game, marking the 40th anniversary of his 1978 “Run Across America,” what Runner’s World magazine called “the first cancer-fund-raising run.”
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CBS SPORTS | WDEF
You likely remember the part of "Forest Gump" where the titular character ran across the United States just because he felt like it. It seems rather insane, like most of the things Tom Hanks' character was able to accomplish throughout that film.
But in reality, many people have actually accomplished the cross-country jog. One of the first to complete the feat was Boston's Dave McGillivray, who needed 80 days to run 3,452 miles from Oregon to Boston -- an average of 45 miles per day. On the final leg of his run in 1978, McGillivray ran through one of the garage doors in the outfield of Fenway Park and took a few laps around the stadium as the crowd roared.
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