BIBRAVE PODCAST
Dave McGillivray, Race Director of the Boston Marathon, joins the show, offering some really interesting perspective on what it means to be a runner and why we should all be thankful. He also takes us through his life-changing experience on the day of the Boston Marathon attacks in April 2013. Dave is an amazing guy and it was a pleasure having him on the show.
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He has run 144 marathons, logged 150,000 miles in running shoes, and has competed in nine Ironman triathlons. At 62, Dave McGillivray also has been race director of the Boston Marathon for 29 years and is owner of DMSE Sports Inc., a firm that manages sports events and charity races across the country, from the Falmouth Road Race to the Walk for Hunger.
Read MoreINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORT COMMUNICATION, 9(1), 36-41
Dave McGillivray directs the world’s oldest marathon, which attracts over 500,000 spectators each year. The Boston Marathon is New England’s most widely viewed sporting event and is ranked as one of the world’s best known road-racing events.
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As each of the 157 members of the Nashoba Valley Technical High School Class of 2016 accepted his or her diploma, each completed a type of marathon. Instead of 26.2 miles, it was four years of studying for tests in academics while striving to get a leg up on their counterparts by mastering a technical program and opening a career pathway.
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At the 2016 Running USA Industry Conference in Los Angeles, Events.com caught up with Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray of DMSE.
Read MoreTHE BOSTON GLOBE
Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray has been busy organizing the Celebrity Mile, a star-studded road race that will take place in North Andover on July 16.
Read MoreTHE RUNNER'S WORLD SHOW
Episode 3: Dave McGillivray’s amazing running life; how mere mortals can break world records; a recap of the Boston Marathon.
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Since the bombing at the 2013 Boston Marathon, the event has come to represent the city's resilience. What's changed in the wake of more recent terror attacks in Paris, Brussels and San Bernardino?
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Breakfast with Bob Boston Edition presented by Hyland's with NormaTec filmed on location at the Boston Marathon Expo. Boston Marathon Race Director Dave McGillivray is the heart and soul of the marathon. We were joined by Mike Ehredt who told us about the epic runs he has completed to honor fallen soldiers.
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Boston Marathon Race Director Dave McGillivray says "All is good, all systems go" for the 120th running of the marathon.
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With Patriots Day and the 120th Boston Marathon fast approaching, we caught up with Grilk to get his unique perspective on the B.A.A.’s flagship event. His thoughtful answers offer a compelling glimpse into the behind-the-scenes choreography of the world’s most prestigious marathon.
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As the city of Boston gears up for the 120th running of the world's most prestigious marathon, the man behind the race is not only preparing for his role as the race director, but also the last finisher—a title he's earned for the last 28 years in a row.
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For most of the people I interview, I really try to enlist the help of their family and friends. It makes my job a lot more fun because they always have the best stories and questions. It's also pretty damn funny to see the person I'm interviewing get sliiiiightly nervous when they introduce me. As if they're preparing to totally get thrown under the bus.
RUNNER'S WORLD
Join the editors of “Runner’s World” for three races during the weekend of July 15-17.
Read MoreTHE BOSTON GLOBE
Former Patriots lineman Matt Light was on hand to help introduce three runners who’ll be raising money for The Light Foundation at next month’s Boston Marathon. Gregg Huffman, Lauren McCarthy, and Kevin Connell, dubbed team Speed of Light, were introduced the other night at a fund-raiser at Harpoon Brewery. Dave McGillivray, the BAA’s marathon race director, was there, as was pigskin pundit Peter King, who talked all things NFL with guests.
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Endurance Sportswire recently had the opportunity to co-produce some video-taped interviews with Bob Babbitt (www.Babbittville.com) at the Triathlon Business International Conference.
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Dave McGillivray is a runner, race director, entrepreneur, philanthropist, author, and athlete. In 1978, he ran across the United States, over 3400 miles, ending at Fenway Park in order to raise money for the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and he repeated this run in 2004 raising $300,000 for charities benefiting children.
Read MoreESPN | COMPETITOR.COM
Back in 1973, while still in college, Dave McGillivray organized a 2.5-mile running race between two parks in Medford, Mass., and something inside of him clicked. It was a tiny event, but it was the dawn of the running boom, and he sensed recreational running was going to grow for years to come.
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ACTIVE Network, the largest global marketplace for activities and events and the industry’s leading provider of data solutions, today announced that it is teaming up with Dave McGillivray, race director for iconic events and an industry pioneer who has recently received the Marathon Photo / Road Race Management Lifetime Achievement Award for dedication to the endurance industry.
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