PURPOSE2PLAY
As the Boston Marathon race director since the 1980s, Dave McGillivray has put a powerful microscope on motivation.
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COMPETITOR.COM
The last time Dave McGillivray saw Tara Orlowski was the early 1980s when she was undergoing chemotherapy at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and he was completing feats of endurance to raise money for cancer research through the Jimmy Fund.
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RUNNER'S WORLD
The athletes, execs, inventors, and others who inspire us and enable our modern running lives
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RUNNER'S WORLD
When Boston Marathon Race Director Dave McGillivray turned 60 last summer, the legendary father and son racing duo of Dick and Rick Hoyt presented their longtime friend with a unique gift certificate.
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HCAM BUSINESS MATTERS
Boston Marathon Race Director Dave McGillivray tells how his life experiences led to becoming a road race organizer.
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COMPETITOR.COM
Dave McGillivray has been the Boston Marathon race director since 1988, but he’s also run the course 43 years in a row—including 27 of the last 28 at night long after the rest of the finishers have reached the finish line on Boylston Street.
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JOHN HANCOCK
BAA Race Director Dave McGillivray not only directs the Boston Marathon, he's also run it every year since he was 18 years old!
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RUN TO THE TOP PODCAST
We are very excited to have a special guest to restart the podcast for 2015!
It is hard to know where to start; Dave McGillivray has been the Boston Marathon race director since 1981, but he is also the race director of Beach to Beacon and Falmouth. Some of you may have raced those ones in the past.
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ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE
The Louisiana Marathon announces Dave McGillivray, Boston Marathon Race Director, Motivational Speaker, World-Class Athlete and Accomplished Entrepreneur as the keynote speaker of the popular Pastalaya Dinner on Saturday, January 17, 2015. Also in attendance and opening the presentation for Mr. McGillivray will be Major Kim “Rooster” Rossiter, USMC and founder of Ainsley’s Angel’s of America.
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THE BOSTON GLOBE
A serious shout-out to Dave McGillivray, race director of the B.A.A. Boston Marathon and longtime endurance athlete for completing the Ironman World Championship triathlon in Hawaii over the weekend.
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COMPETITOR.COM
Dave McGillivray, race director of the B.A.A. Boston Marathon, made a triumphant return to the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii on Saturday after a 25-year absence from the event. Now 60 and battling coronary heart disease, McGillivray finished the 2.4-mile ocean swim, 112-mile bike leg and 26.2-mile run in 13 hours, 34 minutes and 3 seconds while persisting through some of the most difficult wind, sun and heat conditions in the 36-year history of one of the world’s toughest endurance events.
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DISNEY PARKS BLOG
Dave McGillivray is the race director of one of the most prestigious running events in the world, the Boston Marathon. Every April he and his team put on an elite event, attracting the top marathoners in the world. It is the one race every runner hopes to qualify for and complete in. McGillivray is also an accomplished runner who has competed in races around the globe. At one point in his early years, he literally ran across the country, Medford, OR, to Medford, MA, for charity. He lives, works, eats, and breathes running.
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RUNNER'S WORLD
As many people do for their 60th birthday, Dave McGillivray, race director of the Boston Marathon, celebrated with a party. Friends and family gathered at his home, shared food and drinks, and a few even gave a few speeches to honor, or embarrass, the guest of honor. What was not typical of the average 60th birthday celebration was the 60-mile run McGillivray completed as his guests arrived.
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TABORTALK BLOG
The first class to graduate under the shade of a huge tent overlooking our lovely waterfront, as well as the beneficiaries of a last lecture from retiring faculty member Bruce Cobbold for Baccalaureate, and a rousing Commencement Address by Dave McGillivray, Race Director of the Boston Marathon, the Class of 2014 went out in fine fashion.
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BU NEWS SERVICE
Arguably no one knows the Boston Marathon route better than the man who has directed the race for over 25 years and also ran the marathon 42 times--in a row. Ashley Davis sits down one-on-one with Boston Marathon Race Director Dave McGillivray to talk about the uniqueness of the 2014 marathon, the road to recovery from 2013 and Dave's special connection to one of the families affected by the marathon bombings.
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GARYCOHENRUNNING.COM
Dave McGillivray is Race Director of the B.A.A. Boston Marathon and has been since 1988.
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SIPPICAN VILLAGE SOUP
MARION — Dave McGillivray told Tabor Academy’s Class of 2014 that when he first ran the Boston Marathon, at age 17, he quit after seven miles. He returned the following year only to stop again after several miles.
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