CAPE COD TIMES
Dave McGillivray once ran 80 consecutive days across the country, from Medford, Ore., to Medford, Mass. If you’re scoring at home, that would be a total of 3,452 miles.
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CAPE COD TIMES
FALMOUTH — The enduring legacy of Tommy Leonard and his impact on Falmouth has long been secure: founder of the Falmouth Road Race in 1973; co-founder of the Falmouth Walk in 1991; untold gifts of kindness and charity to the community.
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BOSTON HERALD
Since he established DMSE inc. back in 1981, race director nonpareil Dave McGillivray has easily overseen 1,000 road race and charity walk events across the United States. Those races run the gamut from the Boston Marathon, to Maine’s Beach to Beacon and the ever-popular Falmouth Road Race. Like most sports events these days, most have fallen victim to either postponement or cancellation due to the ongoing threat of COVID-19.
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THE BOSTON GLOBE
They were there when it all started. Quite literally.
With a little more than 90 other runners, they stood in a driving rainstorm on that Wednesday afternoon in the summer of 1973, and then ran from barroom to barroom along the Cape Cod seashore.
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CAPE COD TIMES
FALMOUTH — From the start line next to Captain Kidd in Woods Hole to posters at each mile marker and displays on the bib numbers of each runner, New Balance Falmouth Road Race participants from around the world will be reminded of the event’s founder this weekend.
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THE ENTERPRISE
Dave McGillivray has accomplished a great deal as a runner and race organizer. The director of both the New Balance Falmouth Road Race and the Boston Marathon, Mr. McGillivray continues to challenge himself in a variety of directions, including a recent foray into children’s picture book writing
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CAPE COD TIMES
Elite running is rooted in the DNA of the New Balance Falmouth Road Race.
It’s one of the many reasons why the late-summer seven-mile running event surged in popularity from less than 100 runners back in 1973.
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CAPE COD TIMES
After speaking during Friday morning’s Falmouth Road Race press conference, Stephen Sambu and several of the runners in attendance wanted to get some fresh air.
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CAPE COD TIMES
There will be something waiting for every runner who completes the New Balance Falmouth Road Race on Sunday.
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THE BOSTON GLOBE
Amid your rhythmic footfalls, Falmouth Road Race landmarks come and go. The Nobska lighthouse. The flat miles along the Vineyard Sound. The loop around the inner harbor. You check your watch at each mile marker. Right on pace. As the beachside finish nears, the crowds grow larger and louder. You sprint beneath a giant American flag, cross the line 150 yards later, and find a bank of photographers clicking away. Then, with the satisfaction of a race well run, you step off your treadmill.
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THE BOSTON GLOBE
FALMOUTH — Back when the Falmouth Road Race was a year-old toddler, Tommy Leonard vowed that he’d take a swan dive off the Bourne Bridge if the race didn’t attract 500 entrants. “With the way traffic is now, probably a lot of people would have liked to see me do it,” the event’s founder joked during the run-up to the 41st running of what long since has become a supersized summer fixture on the Cape.
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CAPE COD TIMES
There are, according to film and television lore, “Eight million stories in the Naked City.”
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THE BOSTON GLOBE
The Boston Marathon is a great motivator. As roughly 27,000 runners cross the finish line April 16, thousands on the sidelines will be inspired. Maybe a marathon goes on the bucket list, but a shorter race may seem a more realistic first step. New England boasts a calendar packed with spring, summer, and fall road races of all distances.
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