HBO'S 'REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT BUMBEL' FEATURES BOSTON, BARKLEY MARATHONS

CANADIAN RUNNING

The latest episode of Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, HBO’s hit investigative sports series, featured a pair of running stories, diving into the vastly different worlds of the Boston and Barkley marathons. Real Sports correspondents interviewed Dave McGillivray and Laz Lake, the longtime race directors of the two events, to find out more about their roles and how they operate. This episode offers an inside look at the lives of the two men behind these famous races, and it is available to stream now on HBO Max.

TWO MEDFORDS. TWO COASTS. ONE ONLINE CROSS-COUNTRY ROAD RACE

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.

NATIONAL, LOCAL CELEBRITIES PARTICIPATE IN VIRTUAL RUN ACROSS AMERICA

WICKED LOCAL MEDFORD

DMSE Sports recently announced the formation of two celebrity teams who are participating in the Medford2Medford Run Across America.

AUDIO: TAKE A VIRTUAL RUNNING ADVENTURE WITH DAVE MCGILLIVRAY

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.

IN 2020, VIRTUAL RACING BECOMES A REALITY

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.

ONE MAN'S 1978 RUN FROM 'MEDFORD2MEDFORD' INSPIRES VIRTUAL CROSS-COUNTRY EVENT

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.