In his memoir, The Last Pick, Dave McGillivray laments his childhood failures in sports. He had big dreams—he wanted to play second base for the Boston Red Sox—but was judged too small, too slow, too weak to even make the youth teams. He faced rejection at every turn.
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Dave McGillivray is known as one of the most inspirational and respected names in the sport of running. As part of his annual tradition, on April 18, 2022, Dave will run his 50th consecutive Boston Marathon. Dave has worked with the Boston Marathon since 1988, first as technical director, and then as race director beginning in 2001, which he currently still directs.
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My guest for this episode is Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray, who is an absolute legend.
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Bob McGillivray stuck out his thumb. A little red Volkswagen picked him up.
The lift was all he needed to start a career that has spanned six decades.
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As Carol Wright, 79, wound her way through “seven little towns” — from Hopkinton to Boylston Street — during the 2021 Boston Marathon last week, she was “pretty wiped out,” by the time she reached Heartbreak Hill.
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Wow.
Dave McGillivray did it again. This time back on the course, at night, in October.
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“As a young boy, I wanted to be one thing only—a professional athlete. What I was learning at that young age is the concept of rejection, that no one wanted me. It’s the worse feeling in the world so I started to run, because no one can cut you from running,” says Dave McGillivray, in a conversation with Eric Gilsenan on the Beyond Podcast.
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In this podcast episode, we speak with Dave McGillivray the longtime race director at the Boston Marathon. Always picked last for sports due to being short, Dave found running at an early age. He first attempted the Boston Marathon at 17.
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“We all have something in common. You know what it is? We woke up this morning. Not everyone else did. There’s the best reason to go for a run.”
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The 20th anniversary of 9/11 is coming up, and former flight attendant Paul “Paulie” Veneto is embarking on the mission of a lifetime to honor the flight crew who were killed on that day, many of whom were Veneto’s close friends and co-workers.
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On the left side of Paulie Veneto’s shorts is an American flag. He pins it there every morning after getting dressed, prepping to push an airline beverage cart from Boston to Ground Zero, a 220-mile journey.
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A retired Boston United Airlines flight attendant is planning to walk all the way from Logan Airport to New York City while pushing a beverage cart in honor of flight crews who were killed on 9/11, including those he knew personally.
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Rain or shine, Paul Veneto is on his way to New York City, pushing an airline beverage cart in honor of the flight crews who died on 9/11, many of whom he knew personally.
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People have said “Never forget” about the Sept. 11 attacks for many years — but Paulie Veneto wants to spotlight a group who he felt didn’t get remembered well enough in the first place.
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Paul Veneto, a former flight attendant who lost several colleagues when the United Flight 175 crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001, will honor his friends and colleagues on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks by pushing an airline beverage cart from Boston to Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan this month.
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A former flight attendant who lost several colleagues when United Flight 175 was flown into the World Trade Center's south tower in New York on Sept. 11, 2001, is honoring his friends on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks by pushing an airline beverage cart from Boston to ground zero.
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We are back after a two week break to bring you an interview with Boston Race Director, Dave McGillivray, who shares plenty of details regarding the planning and logistics for Boston 2021 and what he projects for Boston 2022. As always, Dave offers a lot of insight and information for all runners.
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