THE BOSTON GLOBE
Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray talks about what security measures have been taken along the Boston Marathon route this year.
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THE BOSTON GLOBE
After hundreds of runners streamed over the Boston Marathon finish line Sunday evening, the song playing over loudspeakers in Copley Square captured the spirit perfectly: “Happy.”
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THE BOSTON GLOBE
It goes without saying that given what happened at the Boston Marathon last year, changes were inevitable. A lot of groups have been working almost around the clock to develop these plans to ensure the safety of all those involved in the event.
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HOPNEWS
Dave McGillivray of DMSE Sports, the renowned race director of the B.A.A. Boston Marathon, has a busy spring and summer planned.
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Studies show there are heart risks to devil-may-care diets — no matter how much you run.
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THE BOSTON GLOBE
Dave McGillivray has five kids of his own, ranging in age from 23-year-old Ryan to 4-year-old Chloe, enough to keep any father busy. But each spring, as longtime director of the Boston Marathon, McGillivray finds that his horde grows to thousands.
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THE BOSTON GLOBE
It was 7 degrees outside, not counting the wind chill. But as she laced her Sauconys, Jo Lysko, a member of the charity team running to honor Martin Richard, the Dorchester boy killed at last year’s Boston Marathon, refused to complain about the cold, even to herself.
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WBZ-TV
Dave McGillivray has been the race director for the Boston Marathon for the past 26 years, but he almost didn't make it to his 27th because of a serious health scare this past year.
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RUNNER’S WORLD
Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray and Boston-based exercise cardiologist Aaron Baggish, M.D., will discuss the difference between being fit and being healthy tonight on WBZ News Radio 1030’s “NightSide” show. The show begins at 9 p.m. Eastern, lasts for an hour, and streams live here.
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BOSTON MARATHON
Say what you want about Boston-area drivers, but we haven’t run over any marathoners yet.
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COMPETITOR.COM
Dave McGillivray is perhaps best known as the race director of the Boston Marathon, a post he has held in one form or another since 1988. Each year, Dave runs the marathon . . . and then runs the marathon. Having spent most of the day attending to every last detail, he heads back out to Hopkinton and runs the 26.2 miles to Copley Square.
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BOSTON HERALD
A couple of days ago, I asked a friend if he knows who Dave McGillivray is. “Of course,” said my friend. “He’s the guy who runs.”
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RUNNER'S WORLD
The inaugural Runner’s World Half-Marathon & Festival, held last October in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was a big success. More than 6,000 runners joined us from 44 states and 5 countries. They had perfect fall weather and got to run and mingle with the RW editors and Olympic medalist Shalane Flanagan. As great as last year’s event was, this year’s (October 18–20) will be even better, thanks to the following changes and improvements.
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RUNNER'S WORLD
Last Friday, registration for time-qualifiers for the 2014 Boston Marathon closed. The Boston Athletic Association expanded the field size to 36,000 to allot for the expected high interest in running the 2014 race.
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THE BOSTON GLOBE
Let the real numbers game begin.
On Thursday morning, when the Boston Athletic Association announced an increased field size for the 2014 Boston Marathon, runners around the world undoubtedly estimated their odds of securing a coveted race number. The 2014 event will welcome 36,000 entrants, 9,000 more than this year. But it’s uncertain whether the larger field will fully accommodate increased interest in the historic 26.2-mile race.
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THE BOSTON GLOBE
FALMOUTH — Back when the Falmouth Road Race was a year-old toddler, Tommy Leonard vowed that he’d take a swan dive off the Bourne Bridge if the race didn’t attract 500 entrants. “With the way traffic is now, probably a lot of people would have liked to see me do it,” the event’s founder joked during the run-up to the 41st running of what long since has become a supersized summer fixture on the Cape.
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THE BOSTON GLOBE
In the panicked moments after he heard the bombs explode, Cole Keenan saw the plumes of smoke, watched in fear as throngs of spectators began rushing toward him, and worried about his mother, who was running the Marathon and approaching the finish line.
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RUNNER'S WORLD
Dave McGillivray, race director for the Boston Marathon, announced this morning he will be the keynote speaker at the 2013 Runner’s World Half Marathon & Festival.
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MLIVE
In the wake of helping guide the Boston Marathon through a devastating terrorist attack in April, the famed race's director is planning a visit to see how things are done at Flint's biggest racing event.
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