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MCGILLIVRAY HONORED

RUNNER’S WORLD

Manny Ramirez may be gone, but another Boston legend will make a triumphant return to Fenway Park tonight. 

Dave McGillivray, the long-time race director of the Boston Marathon, who last year was tapped by Runner's World's as a Hero of Running, will be honored this evening by The Jimmy Fund prior to the Red Sox game against the Texas Rangers.

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GIVING BACK: DOING SOMETHING BIG

RUNNER’S WORLD

Dave McGillivray is a charity runner. Please reach down and hold onto your knee that is jerking in reaction, dismissing him as an under-prepared glory-seeker using the sport to support an unrelated cause, who will likely never run again. Charity runners have earned a bad rep, some of it deserved, but there are many exceptions. They aren’t all looking for someone to pay their way to an exotic locale or for a back-door entry to the Boston Marathon.

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MED PROF TRAINS FOR SPRING CROSS-COUNTRY RUN FOR CHARITY

B.U. BRIDGE

As Boston marathoners prepare for next week's haul from Hopkinton to Copley Square, Hap Farber is girding himself for a slightly longer run. This May, Farber and nine other ultradistance runners will run a combined 3,372 miles from San Francisco to Boston in 24 days to raise money for five local children's charities.

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