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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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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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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METROWEST DAILY NEWS
During the Boston Marathon, Dave McGillivray is a mainstay at the start line.
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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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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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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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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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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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IRUN RADIO
We are crossing the finish line on 2017 have just the inspiration you’re looking for to set goals and kick it in 2018!
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NEWBURYPORT NEWS
Boston Marathon and Feaster Five race director Dave McGillivray seems to take on new challenges, each bigger than the last one
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THE EAGLE-TRIBUNE
Dave McGillivray has directed several hundred road races, including the granddaddy of them all, the Boston Marathon.
But when it comes to running and health, McGillivray has a soft spot ... for kids he'll never meet.
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NEWBURYPORT NEWS
Persistence was the theme and message at the Amesbury Chamber of Commerce annual meeting Thursday night.
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THE LEE CLARION
One of the world's greatest runners, Meb Keflezighi, is coming to Lee University to run and speak at the 65 Roses 5K Great Strides event in
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AMBYBURFOOT.COM
Friday afternoon in New York City I learned for the first time that the NYC Marathon has an annual gathering for streakers and long-timers—those who have run at least 15 NYC Marathons. I’m a big fan of road-race streakers, so I hurried over to the Tavern on the Green to meet a few.
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WICKED LOCAL — NORTH ANDOVER
North Andover resident Dave McGillivray, race director of the Boston Marathon and numerous other races throughout the U.S., has been inducted into the Merrimack College Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2017.
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