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MEDFORD — For most Americans, running across the entire United States, over 3,400 miles coast-to-coast and raising close to $150,000 for the Jimmy Fund would be considered a signature achievement in their lives.
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RUNNING USA
AUSTIN — At the Running USA Awards Dinner Sunday evening at the 2018 Running USA Industry Conference powered by ACTIVE Network, the best and the brightest in the industry were honored and $35,000 of grants were awarded to youth running programs and elite development programs.
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THE EAGLE-TRIBUNE
If anyone had wondered why Dave McGillivray had been a bit of sourpuss the last few months, there was a reason. He was, admittedly, scared.
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WROR 105.7
Today's late night roundup featuring Colbert, Kimmel, and Seth Meyers. History was made yesterday when Gerber announced the 2018 Gerber baby is the first Gerber baby with Down Syndrome. What is proposal weight? Our good friend Dave McGillivray calls in after finishing the world marathon challenge.
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EVENTGROW SHOW WITH ANDY REILLY
In this episode, I catch up with Matt West from DMSE sports to talk about improving the event experience and much more. Matt is the senior vice president of operations at DMSE Sports and handles everything from staffing and operations to vendor and government relations. Matt has a decorated career in the events world, serving in positions such as the finish line manager for the Boston Marathon and the Antarctic marathon.
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THE EAGLE-TRIBUNE
McGillivray, with 51 others, ran seven marathons in seven continents in seven days, finishing up yesterday in Miami.
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WBZ-TV
B.A.A. Boston Marathon Race Director Dave McGillivray and Belmont mom Becca Pizzi just completed seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. Pizzi is the first two-time winner of the World Marathon Challenge.
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RUNNING USA
Renowned Boston Marathon Race Director Dave McGillivray conquered the World Marathon Challenge last night in Miami, completing seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. He arrives back in Boston on American Airlines flight 1553 at 5:37 p.m. ET today.
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SUN SENTINEL
Night has come. The ocean breeze rises. The survivors stand on blistered feet and swollen knees, gazing down the beachside concourse, waiting for the next shape to stagger into focus.
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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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WHDH CHANNEL 7
The Boston Marathon Race Director, Dave McGillivray, has announced that while the Patriots are preparing for the Super Bowl match-up against the Eagles, he will be running a marathon on each day of the week, on all seven continents.
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RUNNING USA
Dave McGillivray, race director of the B.A.A. Boston Marathon and owner of DMSE Sports, is headed to Dubai, having just completed the third leg of the World Marathon Challenge in Perth, Australia – still on target to complete seven marathons on seven continents in seven days.
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METROWEST DAILY NEWS
During the Boston Marathon, Dave McGillivray is a mainstay at the start line.
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RUNNER'S WORLD
The World Marathon Challenge kicks off today, January 30, 2018, with its first 26.2-mile race in Novo, Antarctica. Once runners cross that first arctic finish line, they’ll jet-set to their next marathon location in Cape Town, South Africa, to repeat the same race-and-relocate routine.
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THE EAGLE TRIBUNE
Dave McGillivray relishes big events.
The longtime Boston Marathon race director is among the best at what he does in the world, having been called upon at the 11th hour to help stage the 2004 Olympic Marathon in Athens, Greece.
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WOMEN'S RUNNING
Imagine completing seven consecutive marathons, one per day, for an entire week. Now imagine that each of those marathons is on a different continent. Between races, you must sleep and recover onboard airplanes and fuel and hydrate in airports.
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105.7 WROR
Dave McGillivray called into the WROR studio to chat with Loren & Wally about the World Marathon Challenge. (Audio below. Dave's on at 45:00)
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WICKED LOCAL BELMONT
Becca Pizzi made history in 2016 as the first female American to compete and win the World Marathon Challenge, seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. She instantly became a celebrity in her Belmont hometown, an inspiration to many young girls like her own 10-year-old daughter, Taylor, that you can do anything you put your mind to.
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SUN SENTINEL
David Samson’s first call with the idea was to his best friend since seventh grade, who does something athletic each year to defy his Parkinson’s disease. The friend, Bret Parker, had the proper reaction.
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