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CELEBRATION OF 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF DAVE MCGILLIVRAY'S HISTORIC CROSS-COUNTRY RUN TO BENEFIT THE JIMMY FUND SET FOR AUG 23

​​​​​​​RUNNING USA

A day of celebration is planned to mark the 40th anniversary of Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray’s historic solo 3,452-mile run across the U.S. – from Medford, Oregon to Medford, Mass. – to benefit the Jimmy Fund.

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WHEN IT COMES TO MARATHONS, DAVE MCGILLIVRAY IS ALL OVER THE MAP

THE BOSTON GLOBE

The first marathon, in Novo, Antartica, was tough. The second and the third were the same. But by the fourth and fifth, Dave McGillivray’s fatigue was fading and his legs felt firmer beneath him. And in Miami, running his seventh marathon on seven continents in seven days, he felt so good the only thing stopping the 63-year-old from going for eight was that he’d run out of continents.

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BUCKLEY: STEVEN WRIGHT CASE WAS HANDLED WELL BY RED SOX, MLB

BOSTON HERALD

And speaking of favorites, have you seen what Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray is up to? As if he doesn’t have enough on his plate, with this year’s marathon just 22 days away, McGillivray was feted at a launch party last week at Tresca in the North End as his new children’s book, “Dream Big: A Story of Courage and Determination,” was unveiled.

 

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LOCAL BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS RALLY WITH THE METROWEST YMCA TO HONOR DAVID MCGILLIVRAY AND CELEBRATE THE Y COMMUNITY AT THE 2018 MARATHON COMMUNITY BREAKFAST

METROWEST YMCA

On Friday, March 16th, over 200 people came together at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center to support the MetroWest YMCA as they kicked off their Annual Campaign, honored David McGillivray with their annual Inspiration Award, and celebrated the work of the community and Y with local business and community leaders.

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CHEERS AND JEERS FOR RECENT NEWSMAKERS

THE EAGLE-TRIBUNE

A hearty CHEERS to North Andover’s Dave McGillivray, who is scheduled to run the streets of Miami today in his seventh marathon on the seventh continent in as many days. That’s a total of 183 miles and some 700 yards — even more than the Athenian messenger Pheidippides is said to have run in his various treks during the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, the effort that inspired the modern, 26.2-mile race.

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