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AUDIO: ONLY A PANDEMIC COULD TAKE DOWN THE BOSTON MARATHON

BLOOMBERG BUSINESS

There are few things less viable in a global pandemic than road races, whose business relies on thousands, sometimes tens of thousands, of people gathering in close proximity. It's a massive challenge for Dave McGillivray, the director of the Boston Marathon and founder of DMSE Sports. A legend in the business, he joins Jason, Michael and his long-time buddy Lynchie to talk about the economic devastation wrought by a calendar filled with cancellations, the evolution of racing, and its intersection with giving.

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RUNNERS’ CORNER COLUMN: LONLINESS OF THE 2020 MARATHON RUNNER

NORTHWEST FLORIDA DAILY NEWS

Plan A, Plan B, Plan C, Plan D.

That’s the mantra of Boston Marathon Race Director Dave McGillivray. Having already faced nearly every possible crisis in the event management business, Dave knows you need to have a back-up plan to your back-up plan in order to have something lined up for nearly every contingency. Yes, nearly every contingency.

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