FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MarathonFoto/Road Race Management Lifetime Achievement Award Honors
BAA Boston Marathon Director Dave McGillivray
Hollywood Florida, November 6, 2015 -- Dave McGillivray was awarded the
2015 MarathonFoto/Road Race Management Lifetime Achievement Award for 2015
at the Road Race Management Race Directors' Meeting in Hollywood, FL. One
of the highlights of the annual meeting, the award is made for
contributions to the sport of long distance road running over the course of
a lifetime. Scores of nominations were received that read like a Who's Who
of running. The 10-member committee had the difficult task of reviewing the
nominees and reducing the field to three finalists. In addition to
McGillivray, the finalists were: Gar Williams, former RRCA and DC Road
Runners President who founded the Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile in
Washington, DC and reinvigorated the RRCA, and Browning Ross, two-time
Olympian and founder of the RRCA.
"Today we honor a significant 'game changer,' a person who really made a
difference," said Phil Stewart, editor and publisher of Road Race
Management. "Dave McGillivray is one of a kind. He is a leader, a
visionary, charismatic, detail-oriented, an accomplished runner and
triathlete and a person who does not acknowledge the word defeat," said
Jeff Darman in making the presentation.
McGillivray is the Owner and President of Dave McGillivray Sports
Enterprises (DMSE). Over the last 25 years, the internationally respected
Director of the BAA Boston Marathon has produced or consulted on almost
1,000 mass-participatory athletic events nationally and internationally,
raising millions of dollars through personal efforts and events managed by
DMSE, Inc.
McGillivray created the DMSE Children's Fitness Foundation, a non-profit
aimed at paving a road to a healthier future by funding nonprofit
organizations that use running as a vehicle to promote physical fitness in
children. In 1978 he ran across the U.S., covering 3,542 miles for the
Jimmy Fund, an average of 45 miles a day.
A Road Race Management Race Director of the Year, McGillivray was recently
named by Runner's World as one of the 50 most influential people in our
sport. He is a motivational speaker and recipient of scores of honors, but
he has still found time to complete 139 marathons, including the Boston
Marathon for the past 43 consecutive years, with the last 28 being run at
night following the completion of his duties as Race Director.
"We honor a tireless worker, a leader who did not wilt under the enormous
stress of the 2013 Boston Marathon but rather showed grace and skill under
the most trying and emotional of circumstances," added Darman.
The award was presented at the annual Road Race Management Race Directors'
Meeting November 6, in Hollywood, FL.
Road Race Management (www.rrm.com) is a member-based organization that
publishes a newsletter and many other publications designed for race and
industry professionals, and conducts a prestigious annual national race
directors' meeting and trade show in Florida. MarathonFoto
(www.marathonfoto.com) is the world's largest race photography company.
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