Posts tagged running across america
DMSE SPORTS UNVEILS NEW CROSS-COUNTRY VIRTUAL EVENT AIMED AT FITNESS AND PHILANTHROPY

Boston - Registration is open for Medford2Medford, a virtual team running event powered by DMSE Sports, that strives to bring fellow runners together while they’re apart, and to help raise some much-needed funds for charities.

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BRONZE PLAQUE UNVEILED TO COMMEMORATE THE START OF DAVE MCGILLIVRAY’S HISTORIC CROSS-COUNTRY RUN

MEDFORD, Oregon – Nearly 42 years after he took the initial steps of what would be his historic 3,452-mile cross-country journey, Dave McGillivray returned to Medford, OR, for the unveiling of a commemorative bronze plaque outside Medford City Hall and a jog around memory lane.

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DAVE MCGILLIVRAY'S "RUNNING ACROSS AMERICA: A TRUE STORY OF DREAMS, DETERMINATION, AND HEADING FOR HOME" IS A NON-FICTION PICTURE BOOK BASED ON HIS 1978 3,452-MILE, 80-DAY RUN ACROSS THE COUNTRY

BOSTON Boston Marathon Race Director Dave McGillivray has run the marathon 47 consecutive times, directed the race for 32 years, and last year wrote his first children’s picture book about his early days with the event. But this year, his second children’s book chronicles the adventure that brought together his love of running and giving back.

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CELEBRATION OF 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF DAVE MCGILLIVRAY'S HISTORIC CROSS-COUNTRY RUN TO BENEFIT THE JIMMY FUND SET FOR AUG. 23

BOSTON — A day of celebration is planned to mark the 40th anniversary of Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray’s historic solo 3,452-mile run across the U.S. – from Medford, Oregon to Medford, Massachusetts – to benefit the Jimmy Fund.

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DAVE MCGILLIVRAY REUNITES WITH JIMMY FUND 'HERO' WHO HELPED INSPIRE HIS ENDURANCE RUNS IN THE 1980s

BOSTON The last time Dave McGillivray saw Tara Orlowski was the early 1980s when she was undergoing chemotherapy at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and he was completing feats of endurance to raise money for cancer research through the Jimmy Fund.

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