MARATHON TRAINING ACADEMY
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.
Read MoreALI ON THE RUN SHOW
“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.”
Read MoreRUN FARTHER & FASTER
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.
Read MoreSOCIAL SPORT PODCAST
Today, we will be discussing endurance running, with a focus on marathons, and, more specifically, the Boston Marathon. We will talk about marathon running and the significance of marathon running to both athletes and the broader community.
Read MoreBEFORE THE LIGHTS
Were Dave’s parents runners and how did running become a passion for him? This is not an answer you will expect.
Read MoreCANADIAN RUNNING
The latest episode of Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, HBO’s hit investigative sports series, featured a pair of running stories, diving into the vastly different worlds of the Boston and Barkley marathons. Real Sports correspondents interviewed Dave McGillivray and Laz Lake, the longtime race directors of the two events, to find out more about their roles and how they operate. This episode offers an inside look at the lives of the two men behind these famous races, and it is available to stream now on HBO Max.
Read MoreTHE GARDNER NEWS
There will be no race Monday, but the day will be a full one for the man who annually runs Boston after the event ends.
Read MoreTHE MILFORD DAILY NEWS
Dave McGillivray actually ran 27.2 miles on Monday. The Marathon's race director rose at 4 a.m. to run 26.2 miles near his North Andover neighborhood, the 49th time he has run a marathon on Patriots Day - the first 47 coming at the Boston Marathon, which hasn't been held in person since 2019 because of the pandemic.
Read MoreWBZ NEWSRADIO
This Monday, Dave McGillivray did what he usually does on Patriots' Day: he ran a marathon.
Read MoreBOSTON 25 NEWS
Russ Hoyt is mourning the loss of his father Dick Hoyt, who died Wednesday morning.
Read MoreMETROWEST DAILY NEWS
Icon. Legend. Superhuman.
No adjective is too strong.
Persistent is another.
Dick Hoyt never accepted “no” for an answer.
Read MoreBIZBASH
Like many event pros, in March 2020 Dave McGillivray was facing a career crisis. Because of the abrupt shutdown of events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the owner of Boston-based, 40-year-old event management company DMSE Sports—which has managed more than 1,400 events including the Boston Marathon, the Goodwill Games, the U.S. Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials, and many more race-related events—was forced to pivot.
Read MoreWALL STREET JOURNAL
In an ordinary year, Dave McGillivray would be able to see the finish line. Patriots’ Day, the traditional April launch of the Boston Marathon, would be about six weeks out, and McGillivray’s team would be near done with the complex feat of logistics and preparation that helps 30,000 or so runners make the 26.2-mile jaunt from Hopkinton to Boylston Street one the most iconic sporting events on Earth.
Read MoreVOICE OF AMERICA
The energetic Andy Edwards has been talking this week with Dave McGillivray, the race director of the Boston Marathon. The world’s oldest annual marathon, first run in 1897, is usually held in April, but this year it’s scheduled for October 11 because of the global coronavirus pandemic. But that date is contingent on big road races with tens of thousands of runners being allowed as part of the reopening plan in the northeast U.S. state of Massachusetts.
Read MoreBLOOMBERG BUSINESS
There are few things less viable in a global pandemic than road races, whose business relies on thousands, sometimes tens of thousands, of people gathering in close proximity. It's a massive challenge for Dave McGillivray, the director of the Boston Marathon and founder of DMSE Sports. A legend in the business, he joins Jason, Michael and his long-time buddy Lynchie to talk about the economic devastation wrought by a calendar filled with cancellations, the evolution of racing, and its intersection with giving.
Read MoreOXYGEN ADDICT TRIATHLON PODCAST
Dave McGillivray has done and seen more in the world of endurance sport than most of us can imagine. In 1978, he ran 3500 miles across the USA in 80 days, raising money and awareness for the Jimmy Fund, and in doing so, became the first person credited with combining sporting events with raising money. He’s continued that tradition, and over the last 40 years, his events have raised $300 million for charity.
Read MoreRUN TO THE TOP PODCAST
Were you one of the 30,000 people hoping to run the Boston Marathon this year? Are you hoping to run Boston next year? If yes, then you’ll want to listen to this episode with race director Dave McGillivray.
Read MoreTHE EAGLE-TRIBUNE
We asked locals who ran the virtual Boston Marathon over the last few weeks to tell us about their experiences. Here are some of the inspiring stories that are worth telling.
Read MoreASSOCIATIONS NOW
From September 6 to September 14, runners around the world were undertaking their own personal Boston Marathons, as the annual event went virtual for the first time.
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