DAVE MCGILLIVRAY READIES THE CELEBRITY MILE ROAD RACE

THE BOSTON GLOBE

Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray has been busy organizing the Celebrity Mile, a star-studded road race that will take place in North Andover on July 16. Among those pounding the pavement will be Boston Police Commissioner Bill Evans, former Patriots lineman Max Lane , globe-trotting marathoner Becca Pizzi of Belmont; Boston Marathon bombing survivors Jeff Bauman, Adrianne Haslet-Davis, and Heather Abbott; 1968 Boston Marathon winner Amby Burfoot; WHDH-TV Channel 7 news reporter Steve Cooper; WBZ-TV meteorologist Eric Fisher; Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s chief of staff Dan Koh; two-time Boston Marathon winner Geoff Smith; and triathlon champ Karen Smyers.

The Celebrity Mile is part of the Runner’s World Classic, a series of races that will take place at Merrimack College over the weekend of July 15-17.

The last time McGillivray staged a Celebrity Mile was back in 1984, to promote the opening of his running store in Medford. Participants that day included former Patriots Ron Burton and Jim Nance; Derek Sanderson and Ken Hodge of the Boston Bruins; Olympic figure skater Tina Noyes; former Celtics Henry Finkel and Steve Kuberski; news anchor Paula Zahn; sportscaster Bob Lobel; radio host Robin Young; and sportscaster Bob Gamere.