THE BOSTON GLOBE
Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray talks about what security measures have been taken along the Boston Marathon route this year.
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THE BOSTON GLOBE
Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray talks about what runners can expect along the Boston Marathon route this year.
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THE BOSTON GLOBE
Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray talks about what runners can expect when they arrive at the Boston Marathon start in Hopkinton this year.
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Dave McGillivray talks with John, Gerry and Kirk about the preparations for the 2014 Boston Marathon.
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THE BOSTON GLOBE
It goes without saying that given what happened at the Boston Marathon last year, changes were inevitable. A lot of groups have been working almost around the clock to develop these plans to ensure the safety of all those involved in the event.
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THE BOSTON GLOBE
Dave McGillivray has five kids of his own, ranging in age from 23-year-old Ryan to 4-year-old Chloe, enough to keep any father busy. But each spring, as longtime director of the Boston Marathon, McGillivray finds that his horde grows to thousands.
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BOSTON MARATHON
Say what you want about Boston-area drivers, but we haven’t run over any marathoners yet.
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RUNNER'S WORLD
The inaugural Runner’s World Half-Marathon & Festival, held last October in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was a big success. More than 6,000 runners joined us from 44 states and 5 countries. They had perfect fall weather and got to run and mingle with the RW editors and Olympic medalist Shalane Flanagan. As great as last year’s event was, this year’s (October 18–20) will be even better, thanks to the following changes and improvements.
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RUNNER'S WORLD
Last Friday, registration for time-qualifiers for the 2014 Boston Marathon closed. The Boston Athletic Association expanded the field size to 36,000 to allot for the expected high interest in running the 2014 race.
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THE BOSTON GLOBE
Let the real numbers game begin.
On Thursday morning, when the Boston Athletic Association announced an increased field size for the 2014 Boston Marathon, runners around the world undoubtedly estimated their odds of securing a coveted race number. The 2014 event will welcome 36,000 entrants, 9,000 more than this year. But it’s uncertain whether the larger field will fully accommodate increased interest in the historic 26.2-mile race.
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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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BOSTON.COM
Less than a month after the Boston Marathon bombings, runners are anxious to know how the Boston Athletic Association will deal with the 5,752 participants who didn’t finish this year’s race.
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THE BOSTON MARATHON
B.A.A. Executive Director Tom Grilk and Boston Marathon Race Director Dave McGillivray appear on video (16 minutes in length) to express gratitude for the support shown to the organization and race over the last two weeks, and they also address issues relating to the 2013 and 2014 Boston Marathon.
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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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RUNNER’S WORLD
As the first string of runners cross the finish line Sunday at the NYC Half, race volunteers, known as athlete escorts, will approach an undisclosed number of elites and inform them they have 60 minutes to report for drug testing. As the athlete cools down, refuels, and responds to media, the escort won’t lose sight of the runner, as required by the United States Anti-Doping Agency, ensuring that the athlete is behind secure doors before the hour strikes.
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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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LAVA MAGAZINE
This May, multisport will return to Temecula’s Vail Lake Resort—a privately-owned ranch about 50 miles east of San Diego—which used to host an XTERRA race a few years back. Ethos, one of the newest events companies on the scene, has two weekend-long endurance festivals planned for late May and late September, each accompanied by live music and a unique blend of endurance challenges.
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THE BOSTON GLOBE
The organizers had been through this five years ago, when a nasty nor’easter brought wind and rain that might have sent Captain Ahab below decks.
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THE BOSTON GLOBE
The day is here for the 116th running of the Boston Marathon. With temperatures soaring into the 80s, officials strongly urged runners to take extreme caution today. The Boston Globe will provide updates from the race on this page throughout the day.
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