RUNNERS CONNECT EXTRA KICK PODCAST
This week, Coach Claire shares some insights from her interview with Boston Marathon race director Dave Mcgillivray and his heart condition.
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CAPE COD HEALTH NEWS
Dave McGillivray is a man of many hats and accomplishments; a businessman, an athlete, an author, a motivational speaker and a philanthropist. His event management company, Dave McGillivray Sports Enterprises, annually organizes more than 30 road races and charitable walks around the country, and he is the longtime director of the Boston Marathon and the New Balance Falmouth Road Race. Cape Cod Healthcare is the official medical care provider for the road race.
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THE BUFFALO NEWS
Dave McGillivray understands about life-changing health events.
The race director of the Boston Marathon, who has completed 156 marathons, including 47 consecutive Boston Marathons, has been through his own heart-related health issues.
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SLIVER OF HOPE PODCAST
This week on “A Sliver of Hope,” Dr. Joyce Mikal-Flynn will speak with Dave McGillivray, a U.S. based road race director, philanthropist, author, and accomplished athlete who underwent triple bypass surgery in October 2018. He is now focused on recovery and reaching his goal of running the Boston Marathon in April 2019.
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LOWELL SUN
DRACUT — When one heart warrior crosses the finish line of the Boston Marathon, he’ll be looking for another heart warrior cheering him on.
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VOICE OF AMERICA
In July 1984, the famous author and runner Jim Fixx died of a heart attack while running. One lesson from his death: just because you run does not mean you are safe from heart problems.
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GBH
On Monday, one of the running world’s greatest ambassadors will be running the Boston Marathon just six months after having triple bypass surgery. Crazy, you say? Perhaps. But Boston Marathon Race Director, Dave McGillivray, is known for his passion for running. And he wasn’t going to let open heart surgery prevent him from running his 47th consecutive Boston.
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BOSTON — It was the death heard ‘round the running world.
In July 1984, acclaimed author and running guru Jim Fixx died of a heart attack while trotting along a country road in Vermont. Overnight, a nascent global movement of asphalt athletes got a gut check: Just because you run marathons doesn’t mean you’re safe from heart problems.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Boston Marathon director Dave McGillivray had open-heart triple bypass surgery just six months ago, but that's not stopping him from running his 47th consecutive marathon in Boston next week.
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SENTINEL SOURCE
BOSTON — Renowned endurance athlete Dave McGillivray will attempt to run the 123rd B.A.A. Boston Marathon just six months after undergoing open-heart, triple-bypass surgery Oct. 12.
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BOSTON – Renowned race director and endurance athlete Dave McGillivray will attempt to run the 123rd B.A.A. Boston Marathon just six months after undergoing open-heart, triple-bypass surgery on October 12, 2018. This will be McGillivray’s 47th consecutive running of the world-famous marathon, of which he is race director. McGillivray will make his attempt after completing his official race day duties.
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ROAD RUNNERS CLUB OF AMERICA
Dave McGillivray is one of America’s most honored and respected runners. No flash-in-the-pan success story, he dropped out of his first Boston Marathon as a teenager. But he has since finished 46 in a row, emulating an early hero--”Old John” A. Kelley, who completed 58 Bostons in his illustrious running career.
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WROR
Dave McGillivray, the Race Director of the Boston Marathon, is internationally known for his ability to organize and facilitate one of the most famous marathon's in the world.
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CANADIAN RUNNING MAGAZINE
Yesterday afternoon Dave McGillivray went for his first, tentative run in his suburban Boston neighbourhood after having triple bypass surgery seven weeks ago.
An accomplished marathoner, ultramarathoner and triathlete, McGillivray, 64, was diagnosed with severe heart disease five years ago, and was finally forced to undergo open heart surgery in mid-October.
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CANADIAN RUNNING
Runners around the world were shocked to see Dave McGillivray, race director of the Boston Marathon, sporting a hospital gown and walker in a tweet yesterday. McGillivray underwent triple bypass surgery last Friday at Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital.
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WBZ CBS BOSTON
Dave McGillivray, arguably one of the most fit people on the planet, has coronary artery disease and is preparing to undergo triple bypass surgery as Mass General Hospital. WBZ-TV's Lisa Hughes reports.
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RUNNER'S WORLD
While we tend to obsess over preventing injuries and maintaining strong bones and muscles, most runners don’t pay much mind to their heart health. After all, a solid amount of physical activity is a known preventive tool for keeping your ticker in top shape.
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BOSTON HERALD
Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray was at home resting last night after undergoing his third angiogram in the past five years earlier in the day at Mass. General Hospital.
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RUNNER'S WORLD
You hit the fast food drive-through a couple times a week, and your grocery cart is regularly filled with cookies, packaged doughnuts, ice cream, chips (and dip). But you’re thin. You run—a lot—and you’re not gaining any weight, so all’s good, right? Well, not exactly. Put down the chocolate cupcake and hear us out.
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