Posts tagged race management
VIRTUAL RACES GIVE MARATHONERS A CHANCE TO COMPETE ON THEIR OWN

BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK

Each August, in normal times, about 13,000 people run 7 miles up the Massachusetts coastline as part of the Falmouth Road Race. To kick off this year’s event, my wife held a watch in the air and yelled, “Go!” I took off running down a narrow trail where we live—in Munich. I’d always been skeptical of virtual races, which allow runners to participate from afar. Why pay someone a registration fee to run around your own neighborhood?

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THE BOSS OF BOSTON: 5 QUESTIONS WITH DAVE MCGILLIVRAY

COMPETITOR.COM

Dave McGillivray has one of the hardest jobs in the racing industry: getting over 20,000 runners safely from Hopkinton to Boston on the third Monday of every April. The 58-year-old McGillivray, who founded DMSE (Dave McGillivray Sports Enterprises) in 1981, has served as the Boston Marathon’s race director since 1988.

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DAVE MCGILLIVRAY SELECTED AS RACE DIRECTOR FOR NEW ETHOS MULTI-SPORT EVENTS

ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE

Ethos, a mass participation event organization created to bring athletes together through challenging and unique sporting events, has selected Dave McGillivray Sports Enterprises, also known as DMSE Sports, a leader in sports event management, to produce two new multi-sport races.

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VIDEO: LIVE FROM HOPKINTON - DAVE MCGILLIVRAY READY FOR HEAT

THE BOSTON GLOBE

Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray says race officials are ready for the high heat expected for today's race. Lara Salahi reports live from the race start in Hopkinton.

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HUSSEIN, KIMBROUGH WIN INAUGURAL MASTERS 8K RACES

DAILY PRESS

Mbarak Hussein hopes to complete well into his 50s and 60s, inspiring younger runners the way older runners motivate him. Chris Kimbrough simply hopes to compete more frequently. Hussein and Kimbrough were the overall winners of the inaugural Fit to Run Fit to Dream 8-kilometer race, USA Track and Field's national championship for Master's Class runners age 40 and above.

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