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(00:00) Dave McGillivray, who is the race director of the Boston Marathon, joins Hardy and Dan. Dave is also the founder and president of DMSE Sports as well as the founder of the Dave McGillivray Finish Strong Foundation. (18:37) Rochie never fails to bring a game, and he has another today! Hardy and Ryan Johnston play along! (29:43) Matt Brown, the founder of The Matt Brown Foundation, joins Toucher & Hardy live at the Boston Marathon. The Matt Brown Foundation is a nonprofit organization created to support and give back to individuals and families navigating the challenges of paralysis. CONNECT WITH TOUCHER & HARDY: linktr.ee/ToucherandHardy For the latest updates, visit the show page on 985thesportshub.com. Follow 98.5 The Sports Hub on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Watch the show every morning on YouTube, and subscribe to stay up-to-date with all the best moments from Boston’s home for sports!

STACY T. SIMS, MSC, PHD, is a forward-thinking international exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist who aims to revolutionize exercise nutrition and performance for women.She has directed research programs at Stanford, AUT University, and the University of Waikato, focusing on female athlete health and performance and pushing the dogma to improve research on all women.With the unique opportunities Silicon Valley has to offer, during her tenure at Stanford, she had the opportunity to translate earlier research into consumer products and a science-based layperson's book (ROAR) written to explain sex differences in training and nutrition across the lifespan. Both the consumer products and the book challenged the existing dogma for women in exercise, nutrition, and health. This paradigm shift is the focus of her famous "Women Are Not Small Men” TEDx talk.Her contributions to the international research environment and the sports nutrition industry have established a new niche in sports nutrition and established her reputation as the expert in sex differences in training, nutrition, and health.As a direct result, she has been named:One of the top 50 visionaries of the running industry (2015) by DMSE Sports.One of the top 40 women changing the paradigm of her field (2017) by Outside Magazine.One of the top four visionaries in the outdoor sports industry (2017) by Outside Magazine - Genius Issue (no electronic version, but here is the proof).One of the top four individuals changing the landscape in triathlon nutrition (2017) by Triathlete Magazine.Dr. Sims has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and several books and is a regularly featured speaker at professional and academic conferences, including those by USOC and USA Cycling.Stacy currently holds a Senior Research Associate position with SPRINZ- AUT University, supervises PhD students, writes academic papers, and is on the advisory board of some cutting-edge companies, including Tonal Strength Institute, WILD.AI, and EXOS. She also has her own business (www.drstacysims.com), creating and delivering online learning material focused on women training with their physiology across the lifespan.She currently resides at the beach in Mt. Maunganui, New Zealand, with her husband and young daughter.https://www.drstacysims.com/https://www.instagram.com/drstacysimshttps://www.youtube.com/@DrStacySims__________________________________________________________________________________Feel Amazing Vaginal Moisturizer https://www.feel-amazing.com/?ref=vaginacoachThank you so much for listening! I use fitness and movement to help women prevent and overcome pelvic floor challenges like incontinence and organ prolapse. There is help for women in all life stages! Every Woman Needs A Vagina Coach! Please make sure to LEAVE A REVIEW and SUBSCRIBE to the show for the best fitness and wellness advice south of your belly button. *******************I recommend checking out my comprehensive pelvic health education and fitness programs on my Buff Muff AppYou can also join my next 28 Day Buff Muff Challenge https://www.vaginacoach.com/buffmuffIf you are feeling social you can connect with me… On Facebook https://www.facebook.com/VagCoachOn Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vaginacoach/On Twitter https://twitter.com/VaginaCoachOn The Web www.vaginacoach.comGet your Feel Amazing Vaginal Moisturizer Here

As the holidays approach, we're taking a short break from recording, but we're bringing back our top 3 episodes of 2023, that we think deserve another listen. One of our most downloaded  this year was with Dr. Stacy Sims. We tackled a ton of super important topics that we hear a lot about - like fasting, keto diets, perimenopause /menopause, women's health issues, training and more - according to what the research says. There's so much to unpack here and we found it totally fascinating!Dr. Stacy Sims is a forward-thinking international exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist who is striving to revolutionize exercise nutrition and performance for women. Along with her own business, she is currently the Senior Research Associate with SPRINZ- AUT University, supervising PhD students and writing academic papers. She is on the advisory board of several cutting edge companies, including Tonal Strength Institute, WILD.AI, and EXOS. Previously, she has directed research programs at Stanford and the University of Waikato, focusing on female athlete health and performance.During her tenure at Stanford, she had the opportunity to translate earlier research into consumer products to explain sex differences in training and nutrition across the lifespan. She has been featured on a now-famous TEDx Talk, and her contributions to the international research environment and the sports nutrition industry has established a new niche in sports nutrition. She's been named as a top visionary in several publications, including DMSE Sports, Outside Magazine and Triathlete Magazine and has written more than 70 peer reviewed papers, several books and is a regularly featured speaker at professional and academic conferences, including those by the USOC and USA Cycling.Please note that this podcast is created strictly for educational purposes and should never be used for medical diagnosis and treatment.***Mentioned:Menopause Support Plan 4 Week Real Food, Real Quick PlanFollow Dr. Stacy Sims: @DrStacySims / www.drstacysims.com Read Stacy's books:ROAR: https://amzn.to/3QnaslAEat Race Win: https://amzn.to/403JsKYNext Level:  Your Guide to Kicking Ass, Feeling Great, and Crushing Goals Through Menopause and Beyond: https://amzn.to/3PTNT6sMORE NR New customers save 10% off all products on our website with the code NEWPOD10 If you would like to work with our practitioners, click here: https://nutritional-revolution.com/work-with-us/ Save 20% on all supplements at our trusted online source: https://us.fullscript.com/welcome/kchannell Join Nutritional Revolution's The Feed Club to get $20 off right away with an additional $20 Feed credit drop every 90 days.: https://thefeed.com/teams/nutritional-revolution Interested in blood testing? Use code NUTRITIONALREVOLUTION at InsideTracker for 20% off any test: store.insidetracker.com/nutritionalrevolution If you're interested in sponsoring Nutritional Revolution Podcast, shoot us an email at nutritionalrev@gmail.com.

As a race director, few things in the race planning lifecycle can be as exciting and enjoyable as designing a brand new race course. From picking a start area to mapping out race distances and figuring out where to place amenities, such as aid stations, race course design constitutes an important first step in shaping your race's identity - one that will likely affect all aspects of your race experience, safety planning and logistics for years to come.So, how do you nail this critical first step in making your race a reality? How do you design a course that is as enjoyable for participants on the main stage, as it is safe, practical and easily accessible for you, your team and emergency services behind the scenes?That's what we'll be discussing today with my guest, DMSE Sports' Director of Events, Meryl Leventon. As industry people go, Meryl's a Swiss army knife when it comes to race planning and race day ops, and with tons of experience and a plethora of events under her belt, Meryl will help lay out for us the most important principles of effective race course design, from designing for speed and a great race experience to delivering a course that respects host communities and works well in emergencies, should things happen to go wrong around the race.In this episode:Deciding on a type of course: know your town, know your marketWorking with local authorities on approving your coursePicking and planning out your start/finish areasDesigning your course for a specific distanceWhen you should (and needn't) certify your courseHow to combine different race distances on the same course (and how to think about start times)Fixing course bottlenecks with a good wave start planResponsible course planning: communicating with and minimizing disruption for local communitiesPublishing race day road closures through Google Maps, TomTom and other popular mapping sourcesIncorporating spectator zones in your course planDesigning for safety: emergency planning, access lanes and coordinating with emergency servicesLaying out alternate course contingencies in case of weather disruptionDesigning your course on Google MapsMeryl's lululemon 10K Scottsdale Google Map:Public version: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1Ousob6UVaQdHUBuUDL6tByBZfwdPx_A&usp=sharing City, police and internal team version: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1M9T2BNTHaEo-6JIMmRZkgjuXlXfwx6g&usp=sharingThanks to RunSignup for supporting quality content for race directors by sponsoring this episode. More than 28,000 in-person, virtual, and hybrid events use RunSignup's free and integrated solution to save time, grow their events, and raise more. If you'd like to learn more about RunSignup's all-in-one technology solution for endurance and fundraising events visit runsignup.com.You can find more resources on anything and everything related to race directing on our website RaceDirectorsHQ.com.You can also share your questions about some of the things discussed in today's episode or anything else in our Facebook group, Race Directors Hub.

In this week's episode, we talk to exercise physiologist & nutrition scientist Dr. Stacy Sims about:Women vs Men in sport - what the research saysKeto, fasting and other diet fads - what's the real deal?Perimenopause & menopauseFueling for women in sportMenstrual Cycle in Female AthletesDr. Stacy Sims is a forward-thinking international exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist who is striving to revolutionize exercise nutrition and performance for women. Along with her own business, she is currently the Senior Research Associate with SPRINZ- AUT University, supervising PhD students and writing academic papers. She is on the advisory board of several cutting edge companies, including Tonal Strength Institute, WILD.AI, and EXOS. Previously, she has directed research programs at Stanford and the University of Waikato, focusing on female athlete health and performance.During her tenure at Stanford, she had the opportunity to translate earlier research into consumer products to explain sex differences in training and nutrition across the lifespan. She has been featured on a now-famous TEDx Talk, and her contributions to the international research environment and the sports nutrition industry has established a new niche in sports nutrition. She's been named as a top visionary in several publications, including DMSE Sports, Outside Magazine and Triathlete Magazine and has written more than 70 peer reviewed papers, several books and is a regularly featured speaker at professional and academic conferences, including those by the USOC and USA Cycling.Please note that this podcast is created strictly for educational purposes and should never be used for medical diagnosis and treatment.***Menopause Support Plan 4 Week Real Food, Real Quick PlanMentioned:Follow Dr. Stacy SimsInstagram: @DrStacySimswww.drstacysims.com Reach Stacy's books:ROAR: How to Match your Food and Fitness to your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong, Lean Body for Life: https://amzn.to/3QnaslAEat Race Win: https://amzn.to/403JsKYNext Level:  Your Guide to Kicking Ass, Feeling Great, and Crushing Goals Through Menopause and Beyond: https://amzn.to/3PTNT6sMORE NR New customers save 10% off all products on our website with the code NEWNR10 If you would like to work with our practitioners, click here: https://nutritional-revolution.com/work-with-us/ Save 20% on all supplements at our trusted online source: https://us.fullscript.com/welcome/kchannell Join Nutritional Revolution's The Feed Club to get $20 off right away with an additional $20 Feed credit drop every 90 days.: https://thefeed.com/teams/nutritional-revolution Interested in blood testing? Use code NUTRITIONALREVOLUTION at InsideTracker for 20% off any test: store.insidetracker.com/nutritionalrevolution If you're interested in sponsoring Nutritional Revolution Podcast, shoot us an email at nutritionalrev@gmail.com.

Stacy is back!!!! Yes that deserves four exclamation points. If you missed our first sold-out show you might not know that Stacy Sims is an expert exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist specifically for women. Stacy shares the secrets to maintaining muscle and warding off sarcopenia beyond 40.As hormonal fluctuations occur during perimenopause, the importance of a robust stimulus (heavy weight training) for preserving muscle cannot be overstated. Through ground breaking and exhaustive research, Stacy Sims has illuminated the significance of strength training in countering age-related muscle decline and enhancing cognitive function through improved neural pathways.In this exclusive session, we discover how heavy lifting is the ultimate tool to stoke your fat-burning metabolism, bolster bone health, build muscle tissue and maintain cardiovascular well-being—essential components for women navigating the transformative stage of menopause.We talk about training, nutrition, how to build in soul days, mindset, creatine and the importance of sleep.  This episode has all the tools for managing your aging female body with power and choice.ABOUT Dr. Stacy SimsStacy Sims, MSC, PHD, is an international exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist, clinician, author, coach, athlete, whoop advisor, entrepreneur in human performance and mum. Her research contributions have established her reputation as the expert in sex differences in training, nutrition, and health. She currently resides at the beach in Mt. Maunganui, New Zealand, with her husband and young daughter.She has been named: One of the top 50 visionaries of the running industry (2015) by DMSE Sports. One of the top 40 women changing the paradigm of her field (2017) by Outside Magazine.One of the top four visionaries in the outdoor sports industry (2017) by Outside Magazine - Genius Issue (no electronic version but here is the proof). One of the top four individuals changing the landscape in triathlon nutrition (2017) by Triathlete MagazineTo join the Hysterical community and be the first to know about upcoming live talk shows, please head to https://thisishysterical.com/

Join Scotty and the RD of the mother of all races - the Boston Marathon!!  We discuss his life in running, becoming the RD, a small portion of the amazing runs he's done, fundraising, impact, and much more!! This episoide brought to you by our friends at Path Projects.  Buy some of the best running clothes for men and the Ten Junk Miles hat here: https://pathprojects.com/ Dave's website - www.davemcgillivray.com Dave's Facebook - www.facebook.com/dmsedave Dave's Instagram - www.instagram.com/dmsedave Dave's Twitter - www.twitter.com/dmse To connect with the Dave McGillivray Finish Strong Foundation, listeners can visit: The foundation's website - www.davemcgillivrayfoundation.org The foundation's Facebook - www.facebook.com/finish.strong.foundation The foundation's Instagram - www.instagram.com/davemcgillivrayfoundation The foundation's Twitter - www.twitter.com/dmfsfoundation To connect with the DMSE Sports, listeners can visit: DMSE's website - www.dmsesports.com DMSE's Facebook - www.facebook.com/dmsesports DMSE's Instagram - www.instagram.com/dmsesports DMSE's Twitter - www.twitter.com/dmsesports   Website: http://www.tenjunkmiles.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tenjunkmiles Twitter: https://twitter.com/tenjunkmiles Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tenjunkmiles/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TenJunkMiles/  

On April 15, 2013, two homemade bombs planted by brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tarnaev exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. In the devastation that ensued, three innocent people lost their lives, while 281 others were injured, in what was, and still remains, the biggest ever terrorist incident suffered by a mass-participation sporting event.In the midst of all this, Boston Marathon race director, Dave McGillivray, and his team, working alongside emergency services, had to deal with a situation never before encountered by a race management team, while working under huge stress and personal risk to help runners with very little concrete information to go on on what had happened and what might be around the corner.Today with Dave's help, we're going to be revisiting those remarkable events that took place 10 years ago that brought the horrors of terrorism into endurance events and forever changed the security protocols major mass-participation races around the globe have had to contend with ever since. We're going to be going over the dramatic minutes and hours following the bomb explosions at the 2013 Boston Marathon, the response of the race management team, lessons learned from dealing with uncertainty when every second counts, as well as look at the aftermath of those events on security measures for the 2014 race and other races around the world, the impact these measures have had on race experience, and the legacy of the 2013 bombings on Boston Marathon and beyond.In this episode:The amazing story of the Boston Marathon, the world's oldest annual marathonContingency planning and emergency protocols prior to 2013The calm before the storm: going into the 2013 event in an upbeat mood following a near-canceled 2012 raceScrambling for answers and loved ones after the bombs went offSetting priorities in the immediate aftermath of the bombingStopping the race and redirecting runnersWorking alongside and coordinating with emergency services The importance of team training, planning and efficient communication in handling unforeseen emergencies Improvising in the face of uncertaintyThe impact of the bombing on runners, race staff and the city of BostonIncreasing security measures at the aftermath of the 2013 raceThe effect of additional security measures on the race experience, race banditingThe legacy of the 2013 bombing on event operations and the "new normal"Links:Boston Athletic Association - https://www.baa.org/ DMSE Sports - https://www.dmsesports.com/Dave McGillivray Finish Strong Foundation - https://www.davemcgillivrayfoundation.org/Thanks to RunSignup for supporting quality content for race directors by sponsoring this episode. More than 28,000 in-person, virtual, and hybrid events use RunSignup's free and integrated solution to save time, grow their events, and raise more. If you'd like to learn more about RunSignup's all-in-one technology solution for endurance and fundraising events visit runsignup.com.You can find more resources on anything and everything related to race directing on our website RaceDirectorsHQ.com.You can also share your questions about this episode or anything else in our Facebook group, Race Directors Hub.

From racing in the legendary streets of Boston to the frozen and chilly Antarctic, Matt West of DMSE Sports has given runners all over the globe the opportunity to fulfill their running dreams. On this week's episode of the Trillium Running Podcast, we learn from his experiences, his passions and his desire to see the running industry thrive. Find out more about Matt West and DMSE Sports at: https://www.dmsesports.com/  

STACY T. SIMS, MSC, PHD, is a forward-thinking international exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist who aims to revolutionize exercise nutrition and performance for women. She has directed research programs at Stanford, AUT University, and the University of Waikato, focusing on female athlete health and performance and pushing the dogma to improve research on all women. With the unique opportunities, Silicon Valley has to offer, during her tenure at Stanford, she had the opportunity to translate earlier research into consumer products and a science-based layperson's book (ROAR) written to explain sex differences in training and nutrition across the lifespan. Both the consumer products and the book challenged the existing dogma for women in exercise, nutrition, and health. This paradigm shift is the focus of her famous "Women Are Not Small Men” TEDx talk. Her contributions to the international research environment and the sports nutrition industry has established a new niche in sports nutrition; and established her reputation as the expert in sex differences in training, nutrition, and health. As a direct result, she has been named: One of the top 50 visionaries of the running industry (2015) by DMSE Sports. One of the top 40 women changing the paradigm of her field (2017) by Outside Magazine. One of the top four visionaries in the outdoor sports industry (2017) by Outside Magazine - Genius Issue (no electronic version but here is the proof). One of the top four individuals changing the landscape in triathlon nutrition (2017) by Triathlete Magazine Dr. Sims has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers, several books and is a regularly featured speaker at professional and academic conferences, including those by USOC and USA Cycling. Stacy currently holds a Senior Research Associate position with SPRINZ- AUT University, supervises PhD students, writes academic papers, and is on the advisory board of some cutting edge companies including Tonal Strength Institute, WILD.AI, and EXOS. She also has her own business (www.drstacysims.com) where she creates and delivers online learning material focused on women training with their physiology across the lifespan. She currently resides at the beach in Mt. Maunganui, New Zealand with her husband and young daughter.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO MANAGE BELLY FAT, TRAIN OPTIMALLY, AND EAT TO NOURISH AND THRIVE THROUGH PERIMENOPAUSE?When it comes to exercise, nutrition and medicine, it has long been assumed that women are just smaller versions of men. Very little research has been done specifically on women in these areas and during menopause specifically. This seems crazy given that women make up about 50% of the population and 50% of the population will experience menopause.! This lack of science-based information often means women are doing the wrong training, eating the wrong food, not reaching their full potential, and/or suffering unnecessary discomfort and pain.Stacy's mission is to help women better understand their bodies and elevate them in research, science, sport, and, ultimately, in life.Stacy Sims, MSC, PHD, is an international exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist, clinician, author, coach, athlete, whoop advisor, entrepreneur in human performance and mum. Her research contributions have established her reputation as the expert in sex differences in training, nutrition, and health. She currently resides at the beach in Mt. Maunganui, New Zealand, with her husband and young daughter.She has been named: One of the top 50 visionaries of the running industry (2015) by DMSE Sports. One of the top 40 women changing the paradigm of her field (2017) by Outside Magazine.One of the top four visionaries in the outdoor sports industry (2017) by Outside Magazine - Genius Issue (no electronic version but here is the proof). One of the top four individuals changing the landscape in triathlon nutrition (2017) by Triathlete Magazine

STACY T. SIMS, MSC, PHD, is a forward-thinking international exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist who aims to revolutionize exercise nutrition and performance for women.She has directed research programs at Stanford, AUT University, and the University of Waikato, focusing on female athlete health and performance and pushing the dogma to improve research on all women.With the unique opportunities, Silicon Valley has to offer, during her tenure at Stanford, she had the opportunity to translate earlier research into consumer products and a science-based layperson's book (ROAR) written to explain sex differences in training and nutrition across the lifespan. Both the consumer products and the book challenged the existing dogma for women in exercise, nutrition, and health. This paradigm shift is the focus of her famous "Women Are Not Small Men” TEDx talk.Her contributions to the international research environment and the sports nutrition industry has established a new niche in sports nutrition; and established her reputation as the expert in sex differences in training, nutrition, and health. As a direct result, she has been named:One of the top 50 visionaries of the running industry (2015) by DMSE Sports.One of the top 40 women changing the paradigm of her field (2017) by Outside Magazine. One of the top four visionaries in the outdoor sports industry (2017) by Outside Magazine - Genius Issue (no electronic version but here is the proof).One of the top four individuals changing the landscape in triathlon nutrition (2017) by Triathlete MagazineDr. Sims has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers, several books and is a regularly featured speaker at professional and academic conferences, including those by USOC and USA Cycling. Stacy currently holds a Senior Research Associate position with SPRINZ- AUT University, supervises PhD students, writes academic papers, and is on the advisory board of some cutting edge companies including Tonal Strength Institute, WILD.AI, and EXOS.  She also has her own business (www.drstacysims.com) where she creates and delivers online learning material focused on women training with their physiology across the lifespan. She currently resides at the beach in Mt. Maunganui, New Zealand with her husband and young daughter. Her latest book is NEXT LEVEL.Travis and guest host Becca Jay of the You are a Big Deal Podcast talk with Dr. Sims about why women are not small men, including: ROAR, NEXT LEVEL, what to talk about with our kids and students and when to do it, menstrual cycles, lifting heavy shit, and more.  Buckle up, folks, because this is an inspiring and educational discussion with a true leader in her field.

In this episode I welcome on the esteemed exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist Stacy Sims, PhD. My patients have been hearing me talk about her for years when I first started recommending her book ROAR. And, now with so many women struggling with their metabolism during their 40's and 50's , I asked her to come on and speak about her new book Next Level: Your guide to Kicking Ass, Feeling Great, and Crushing Goals Through Menopause and Beyond. There are not many people who have left me speechless during my podcast and Dr. Sims did. Her explanation of the importance of estrogen, protein, nutrient timing, specific training stimuli, and overall resilience was precise , poignant, and actionable. I am sure you are going to enjoy this episode and feel more equipped to understand what the heck is happening to your body as you age. About our Guest STACY T. SIMS, MSC, PHD, is a forward-thinking international exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist who aims to revolutionize exercise nutrition and performance for women. She has directed research programs at Stanford, AUT University, and the University of Waikato, focusing on female athlete health and performance and pushing the dogma to improve research on all women. With the unique opportunities, Silicon Valley has to offer, during her tenure at Stanford, she had the opportunity to translate earlier research into consumer products and a science-based layperson's book (ROAR)written to explain sex differences in training and nutrition across the lifespan. Both the consumer products and the book challenged the existing dogma for women in exercise, nutrition, and health. This paradigm shift is the focus of her famous "Women Are Not Small Men TEDx talk .Her contributions to the international research environment and the sports nutrition industry has established a new niche in sports nutrition; and established her reputation as the expert in sex differences in training, nutrition, and health. As a direct result, she has been named:One of the top 50 visionaries of the running industry (2015) by DMSE Sports.One of the top 40 women changing the paradigm of her field (2017)by Outside Magazine. Stacy Sims, PhD website --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/adam-rinde/support

Join us as we talk to STACY T. SIMS, MSC, PHD, a forward-thinking international exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist who aims to revolutionize exercise nutrition and performance for women.She has directed research programs at Stanford, AUT University, and the University of Waikato, focusing on female athlete health and performance and pushing the dogma to improve research on all women.With the unique opportunities, Silicon Valley has to offer, during her tenure at Stanford, she had the opportunity to translate earlier research into consumer products and a science-based layperson's book (ROAR) written to explain sex differences in training and nutrition across the lifespan. Both the consumer products and the book challenged the existing dogma for women in exercise, nutrition, and health. This paradigm shift is the focus of her famous "Women Are Not Small Men” TEDx talk.Her contributions to the international research environment and the sports nutrition industry has established a new niche in sports nutrition; and established her reputation as the expert in sex differences in training, nutrition, and health. As a direct result, she has been named:One of the top 50 visionaries of the running industry (2015) by DMSE Sports.One of the top 40 women changing the paradigm of her field (2017) by Outside Magazine. One of the top four visionaries in the outdoor sports industry (2017) by Outside Magazine - Genius Issue (no electronic version but here is the proof).One of the top four individuals changing the landscape in triathlon nutrition (2017) by Triathlete Magazinehttps://www.drstacysims.comTMAC Fitness. 20 Minute Home Workouts Beginner and Advanced Workouts. No equipment. Each Workout Ends with a Meditation. Brand The Personal Finance PodcastSubscribe now and Master Your Money in Less than 30 Minutes Per Week! Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

"I'm like, 'Oh this isn't good! I'm locked inside of my own porta-john, 15 minutes before the start of the most prestigious marathon in the world, that I've been working on with everyone else for a year!' And I'm in a porta-john, and no one can hear me. And if I shake it too much, it's gonna fall over, and that's not good! Helicopters are circling above us, so you can't hear very well, so no one's hearing that I'm locked in the porta-john. So I had a choice…" Dave McGillivray is best known as the longtime race director for the Boston Marathon. (And every year, after fulfilling his race director duties, Dave returns to the start line in Hopkinton, MA, where he runs the marathon himself.) Dave is the president and founder of his own company, DMSE Sports, which is an event management business in Boston that has produced, directed, and consulted on more than 1,600 events around the world. Dave has run more than 165 marathons, he's an Ironman triathlete, and he's a World Marathon Challenge finisher. In this conversation, we go beyond Dave's personal and professional accolades — less about the logistics, and more on what drives him and what he gets out of doing all of this. We talk about what it really took to pull off directing two Boston Marathons in a six-month span. (If you remember, the 2021 Boston Marathon took place on October 11 because of the pandemic.) Dave shares some of his favorite Boston Marathon memories (including an unforgettable porta-potty story), and answers the question we're all asking: "Is racing back?" SPONSOR: New Balance — Click here to learn more about how New Balance is supporting conversations around mental wellness in running. (And check out my current favorite bra, pullover, and crop top.) What you'll get on this episode: What's making Dave happy right now (4:05) Dave's Boston Marathon porta-potty story (10:50) What were the greatest challenges in pulling off two Boston Marathons in a six-month span? (14:00) On being a local celebrity on race weekends, and how Dave takes care of himself during extraordinarily busy times (24:35) All about Dave's 50th running of the Boston Marathon (33:30) Dave's most memorable Boston Marathon moments (44:30) Is racing back? (1:02:00) What hasn't Dave done? (1:06:00) For more, check out: Dave McGillivray on Episode 424 of the Ali on the Run Show “The Future of Running” Live Show Follow Dave: Twitter @dmse Instagram @dmsedave Website Follow Ali: Instagram @aliontherun1 Join the Facebook group Twitter @aliontherun1 Support on Patreon Blog Strava SUPPORT the Ali on the Run Show! If you're enjoying the show, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. Spread the run love. And if you liked this episode, share it with your friends!

Stacy T. Sims, MSC, PHD, is a forward-thinking international exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist who aims to revolutionize exercise nutrition and performance for women.She has directed research programs at Stanford, AUT University, and the University of Waikato, focusing on female athlete health and performance and pushing the dogma to improve research on all women.With the unique opportunities, Silicon Valley has to offer, during her tenure at Stanford, she had the opportunity to translate earlier research into consumer products and a science-based layperson's book (ROAR) written to explain sex differences in training and nutrition across the lifespan. Both the consumer products and the book challenged the existing dogma for women in exercise, nutrition, and health. This paradigm shift is the focus of her famous "Women Are Not Small Men” TEDx talk.Her contributions to the international research environment and the sports nutrition industry has established a new niche in sports nutrition; and established her reputation as the expert in sex differences in training, nutrition, and health. As a direct result, she has been named:One of the top 50 visionaries of the running industry (2015) by DMSE Sports.One of the top 40 women changing the paradigm of her field (2017) by Outside Magazine. One of the top four visionaries in the outdoor sports industry (2017) by Outside Magazine - Genius Issue (no electronic version but here is the proof).One of the top four individuals changing the landscape in triathlon nutrition (2017) by Triathlete MagazineDr. Sims has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers, several books and is a regularly featured speaker at professional and academic conferences, including those by USOC and USA Cycling. Stacy currently holds a Senior Research Associate position with SPRINZ- AUT University, supervises PhD students, writes academic papers, and is on the advisory board of some cutting edge companies including Tonal Strength Institute, WILD.AI, and EXOS. She also has her own business (www.drstacysims.com) where she creates and delivers online learning material focused on women training with their physiology across the lifespan. She currently resides at the beach in Mt. Maunganui, New Zealand with her husband and young daughter.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Boston Marathon is arguably the most storied event in our sport. No matter how long – or far you've been running – you've at least thought about running this one. And for those who've earned that prestigious BQ and then crossed that historic finish… well, that's another story altogether, isn't it? The event's race … Continue reading Dave McGillivray – DMSE Sports →

Dave McGillivray is known as one of the most inspirational and respected names in the sport of running. As part of his annual tradition, on April 18, 2022, Dave will run his 50th consecutive Boston Marathon. Dave has worked with the Boston Marathon since 1988, first as technical director, and then as race director beginning in 2001, which he currently still directs. McGillivray created DMSE Sports, Inc. in 1981, a firm that manages mass participatory road race events such as marathons, half-marathons, 10Ks, 5-milers, 5Ks, and charity walks. In addition, Dave is an accomplished author, publishing several inspirational titles such as "The Last Pick," "Dream Big: A True Story of Courage and Determination," and most recently, in 2021, "Finish Strong: Seven Marathons, Seven Continents, Seven Days."    Listen to this episode to hear Dave share the stories that have shaped his incredible journey in both running and life. 

We welcomed Boston Race Director, Dave McGillivray, back to the podcast for a FOURTH time to update us on this year's Boston Marathon, which will be the first April Boston Marathon since 2019. In addition to celebrating the 50th anniversary of women officially running Boston, Dave will be partaking in another 50th anniversary this year--his own running of the Boston Marathon. Like every year, after the race concludes, Dave will run from Hopkinton to Boston surrounded by friends and family for the 50th time. Dave is an accomplished athlete, philanthropist, author, motivational speaker, the founder of DMSE Sports, and a father of five. As always, Dave provides a wealth of information, along with a very fascinating story involving a Massachusetts prison (listen until the end). We also announced our shake-out run MEET UP!! Please join us on Sunday, April 17th, at 9 am at the Brewer Fountain at the Boston Common for a 20 minute shake-out run and gathering! We absolutely love connecting with our runners and listeners and can't wait to see everyone! Special thanks to our editor, Erin Bryant. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/runfartherandfaster/message

“I'm no superstar like LeBron James or Tom Brady. There are occasions when people come up to me and say certain things and they're flattering. I walk away just saying, ‘You have a mission. You were put on this earth and you have an opportunity to make a difference in people's lives.' I know that.” My guest for this episode is Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray, who is an absolute legend. While that title may be what he's best known for, he's also quite the philanthropist through his work organizing and managing events through DMSE Sports and now through the Dave McGillivray Finish Strong Foundation. Next month, he will be running his 50th Boston Marathon. Many people may have heard of his story about how he runs the race at night as the last finisher. This time, he's going to try to make it special for the final mile. You will walk away inspired by his story. The crazy part is that Dave has run more or organized more than 1,000 mass participatory events so we haven't even scratched the surface of the stories and insights he's had in life. We recorded this episode in-person at the Running USA Conference in Orlando, Florida. Thank you to Christine Bowen and her team for inviting us. His fundraising page: https://www.givengain.com/cause/62379/campaigns/23790/ SUPPORT THE SPONSORS FINAL SURGE: No matter if you are an athlete or a coach, Final Surge helps plan and attain both short, and long-term training success. Their free online training log is compatible with Garmin, Strava, Polar, Stryd, COROS and a slew of other apps and devices. If you are a coach, Final Surge makes planning and analyzing workouts simple and helps streamline communication with your athletes. If you're an athlete out there hammering miles and tempo runs solo with no guidance or direction, Final Surge is also here to offer up some world-class training programs. Check out their offerings today: FINALSURGE.COM – USE CODE CITIUS FOR 10% OFF. HOW TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST Interested in sponsoring the show? Reach out to Chris at chris@citiusmag.com for advertising, sponsorship and partnership offerings.

“We all have something in common. You know what it is? We woke up this morning. Not everyone else did. There's the best reason to go for a run.” Dave McGillivray is many things — philanthropist, motivational speaker, 166-time marathoner with a 2:29 PR, Ironman triathlete with a 10:36 PR, father, World Marathon Challenge finisher — but he is best known for his role as race director of the Boston Marathon. On this episode, Dave talks about what runners can expect at this year's race. As the "boots on the ground guy," Dave oversees everything that happens on race day, from the start line to the finish and every mile in between. But Dave's day doesn't end when the final finisher crosses the line: Every year after the official race concludes, Dave returns to the start line in Hopkinton and runs his Boston Marathon. Another famous Dave tradition: Every year on his birthday, Dave runs his age in miles. He's been doing this since he was 12 and hasn't missed a year yet. (This year, Dave is 67.) Dave cares deeply about this sport and the running community, and nearly everything he does, both personally and as the owner and founder of DMSE Sports, is for a greater purpose. This year, Dave served as a logistician for Covid-19 mass vaccination sites including Gillette Stadium and Fenway Park, and helped vaccinate 1.3 million people. SPONSOR: AfterShokz — Visit ontherun.aftershokz.com for 15% off wireless headphones. What you'll get on this episode: Dave's advice for World Marathon Challenge hopefuls (11:30) Dave's morning routine (14:30) What's top of mind for Dave, one month out from Marathon Monday? (19:20) What goes into choosing a race event date? (37:20) What race day is like for Dave — and all about his post-race tradition (47:45) Dave's favorite part of race day, and his favorite Boston Marathon memories (55:15) What unites runners? (1:03:40) The role running plays in Dave's life right now (1:09:50) Check it out: "The Future of Running" Live Show Deirdre Keane on Episode 422 of the Ali on the Run Show Follow Dave: Twitter @dmse Instagram @dmsedave Website Follow Ali: Instagram @aliontherun1 Join the Facebook group Twitter @aliontherun1 Support on Patreon Blog Strava Listen & Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify SoundCloud Overcast Stitcher Google Play SUPPORT the Ali on the Run Show! If you're enjoying the show, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. Spread the run love. And if you liked this episode, share it with your friends!

DMSE Sports is an industry leader in event management operations and logistics. From road races to charity walks, we pride ourselves on producing safe and technically excellent events by creating trusted relationships, paying attention to every detail, and executing flawlessly. We strive to produce the highest-caliber experience, whether consulting on existing events or building and managing them from the ground up. www.dmsesports.comWe are a full-service event-management organization, providing a range of event and race production, management, and consulting services to support events of all sizes. We're responsible for the technical and logistical aspects of more than 30 races and walks per year, and oversee everything from organizing committees to working with local officials; from handling registration and credentialing, to arranging lead vehicles and designing the course. We've produced more than 1,000 events since opening our doors in 1981, and serve clients throughout the United States. Follow Dave McGillivray & DMSE Sports, Inc https://www.facebook.com/DMSESportshttps://www.instagram.com/dmsesportshttps://www.instagram.com/dmsedavehttps://twitter.com/dmsesportshttps://twitter.com/dmsehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-mcgillivray/https://www.linkedin.com/company/dmsesports/Learn about Dave McGillivray & DMSE Sports, Inchttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_McGillivrayhttps://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/02/01/dave-mcgillivray-boston-marathon-coronavirus-vaccine/https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/hbos-real-sports-with-bryant-gumbel-features-boston-barkley-marathons/*** Defining Moment https://fb.watch/68pwRBZexD/ *** TEDx Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWyvf8rboEo https://www.eagletribune.com/sports/local_sports/like-his-father-luke-mcgillivray-likes-the-longer-distance/article_ca870df4-b58e-5577-9d5f-463ee4aeebee.html https://theathletic.com/2378896/2021/02/10/boston-marathon-fenway-park-vaccincations/ https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/boston-marathon-race-director-recruited-to-help-with-covid-19-vaccine-rollout/https://www.runningusa.org/RUSA/News/2021/Dave-McGillivray-Launches-Third-Children-s-Picture-Book.aspxhttps://apnews.com/article/marathons-boston-philanthropy-massachusetts-dave-mcgillivray-202f31a51bd9f5783c3dc80ade3a5f72 https://www.wsj.com/articles/vaccine-drive-fenway-park-gillette-stadium-boston-marathon-dave-mcgillivray-11614863366https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a35165727/covid-19-vaccination-site-dave-mcgillivray-dmse-sports/https://www.milforddailynews.com/story/news/2021/05/27/boston-marathon-hopkinton-lease-agreement-26-2-foundation-international-marathon-center/7464333002/ http://dreambigwithdave.org/https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/boston-marathon-race-director-recruited-to-help-with-covid-19-vaccine-rollout/***Dave's Antarctica Finish https://fb.watch/68pErM3XnI/ ***Dave's Australia Finish https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1570255349722118***Dave's Asia Finish https://fb.watch/v/5B2r-i_PK/ ***Dave's Africa Finish https://fb.watch/68pSP5S8r6/Support the show (https://www.lcgbrands.com/advertisewithmybpodcast)

Dr. Stacy is an applied researcher, innovator, and entrepreneur in human performance, specifically sex differences in training, nutrition, and environmental conditions.   Prior to being launched into industry, she served as an exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist at Stanford University from 2007 to 2012, where she specialized in sex differences with environmental and nutritional considerations for recovery and performance, specializing in women's health and performance.   With the unique opportunities, Silicon Valley has to offer, during her tenure at Stanford, she had the opportunity to translate earlier research into a science-based layperson's book (ROAR) written to explain sex differences in training and nutrition across the lifespan.    Her contributions to the international research environment has led to her being named:       One of the top 50 visionaries of the running industry (2015) by DMSE Sports.     One of the top 40 women changing the paradigm of her field (2017) by Outside Magazine.      One of the top four individuals changing the landscape in triathlon nutrition (2017) by Triathlete Magazine   And all her research publication history can be found in Google Scholar. This was a fascinating conversation. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed recording it.    Here are some of the things we talked about in today's podcast.        The major training and nutrition sex differences between men and women     Intermittent fasting for females (how to minimise the downsides) and why it's completely different for men.      The biggest fitness industry misconceptions you need to watch out for     What a natural/normal menstrual cycle should look like      The contraceptive conundrum: is the pill blunting your training gains?     Sleep and its importance on mood and recovery     The benefits of cold-water immersion for females and how it differs for males.       And much more    Shownotes:  Dr Sims Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drstacysims/?hl=en Dr Sims Website: https://www.drstacysims.com/

Dave McGillivray is the race director of the Boston Marathon and 35 other international races. He is one of the most accomplished athletes in the world having completed 161 marathons and logged above 150,000  running miles. In this episode of Run With Fitpage, we get behind the scenes of the Boston Marathon and explore Dave's exceptionally inspirational running and life journey with our host Vikas Singh.Episode Summary:00:00 - Introduction - Vikas talks about Dave's top achievements03:47 - Welcoming Dave to the show!04:20 - How did the journey to becoming an athlete start - the defining moments, the concept of rejection14:00 - What motivated Dave to keep running - charity runs, and the story behind his philanthropic journey25:04 - What are some of the things Dave does differently every year to prepare for the Boston Marathon?30:41 -  The secret to Dave's energy - running his own race33:30 - Dealing with a heart condition and making a comeback after a setback39:00 - The importance of a four-letter word - 'HOPE'41:30 - Runners in India45:46 - Questions from our listeners49:10 - Stories behind the Heartbreak Hill and Scream Tunnel56:44 - Dave's advice to runners57:52 - About the Fitpage appGuest Profile :In addition to being the race director of the Boston Marathon, Dave has organized over 1,400 mass-participation events since he founded DMSE Sports, in 1981. He has had numerous runs across the globe, raising funds for worthy causes close to his heart.He is an athlete with some of the greatest and hardest accomplishments in the sports world. Some of Dave's greatest accomplishments are completing the World Marathon Challenge in 2018 at the age of 64 and running the Boston Marathon for 48 consecutive years! Dave is a philanthropist, motivational speaker, and the President of DMSE Foundation which has helped raise over $200 million for children fighting cancer. For more information on Dave, visit his website http://dmsesports.com.Host Profile :Vikas Singh, an MBA from Chicago Booth, worked at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, APGlobale and Reliance before coming up with an idea of democratizing fitness knowledge and help beginners get on a fitness journey. An avid long-distance runner himself, Vikas is building fitpage to help people learn, train, and move better.For more information on Vikas, you can reach out to him via the channels below:Instagram: @vikas_singhhLinkedIn: Vikas SinghAbout the Podcast: Run with FitpageThis podcast series is built with a focus on bringing science and research from the endurance sports industry. These may help you learn and implement these in your training, recovery, and nutrition journey. We invite coaches, exercise scientists, researchers, nutritionists, doctors, and inspiring athletes to come and share their knowledge and stories with us. So, whether you're just getting started with running or want to get better at it, this podcast is for you!Learn more about fitness and nutrition on our website www.fitpage.inThis podcast has been recorded via Zoom Conferencing.

Were Dave's parents runners and how did running become a passion for him? This is not an answer you will expect. He goes into how it all started that he runs his age in miles which began at age 12 that leads him to explain how to earn the right, makes goals and have success. The story why he got into running in high school and college, which leads to how he grew eternally. His love for endurance events, the drive that fuels him and how he raises the level of people's self-esteem.Hear the story behind running from Oregon to Fenway Park in Boston to benefit the Jimmy Fund & Dana Farber Cancer Institute. The inside scoop on number of shoes he used and an injury that he figured out to fix. This is a good listen for anyone dealing with any type of obstacle in their lives. Why he ran the Boston Marathon in 1981 blindfolded, a detailed insight into a running club that was held inside a maximum-security prison. Dave started DMSE Sports in 1981 and get the reason behind this was formed. He began working for the Boston Marathon in 1988 and explains the challenges of putting this race on that he runs every year too! He has written four books (See Links) and he details why he wrote them and what you can expect by reading them. Get your kids doing the “Dream Big Marathon”. DMSE turned its axels to help with the coronavirus vaccination effort in the Boston area and the balancing act between family, career, and being an athlete.  Links:DMSE Website: https://www.dmsesports.com/“The Last Pick” Book: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Pick-Marathon-Directors-Success/dp/1594864225“Dream Big” Children's Book: http://dreambigwithdave.org/“Running Across America” Book: https://www.amazon.com/Running-Across-America-Determination-Heading/dp/1619308754/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=nancy%2Bfeehrer&qid=1617393414&sr=8-3“Finish Strong” Book: https://www.amazon.com/Finish-Strong-Seven-Marathons-Continents/dp/1647410398Before the Lights Website: https://www.beforethelightspod.com/Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beforethelightspodcast/DONATE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=94FXFEN6E2MB2Become a BTL Crew Member: https://www.patreon.com/beforethelights Extra 5Completing the World Marathon Challenge at 63 years of ageCreating the Fenway Park MarathonSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/beforethelights)

Were Dave’s parents runners and how did running become a passion for him? This is not an answer you will expect. He goes into how it all started that he runs his age in miles which began at age 12 that leads him to explain how to earn the right, makes goals and have success. The story why he got into running in high school and college, which leads to how he grew eternally. His love for endurance events, the drive that fuels him and how he raises the level of people’s self-esteem.Hear the story behind running from Oregon to Fenway Park in Boston to benefit the Jimmy Fund & Dana Farber Cancer Institute. The inside scoop on number of shoes he used and an injury that he figured out to fix. This is a good listen for anyone dealing with any type of obstacle in their lives. Why he ran the Boston Marathon in 1981 blindfolded, a detailed insight into a running club that was held inside a maximum-security prison. Dave started DMSE Sports in 1981 and get the reason behind this was formed. He began working for the Boston Marathon in 1988 and explains the challenges of putting this race on that he runs every year too! He has written four books (See Links) and he details why he wrote them and what you can expect by reading them. Get your kids doing the “Dream Big Marathon”. DMSE turned its axels to help with the coronavirus vaccination effort in the Boston area and the balancing act between family, career, and being an athlete. Links:DMSE Website: https://www.dmsesports.com/“The Last Pick” Book: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Pick-Marathon-Directors-Success/dp/1594864225“Dream Big” Children’s Book: http://dreambigwithdave.org/“Running Across America” Book: https://www.amazon.com/Running-Across-America-Determination-Heading/dp/1619308754/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=nancy%2Bfeehrer&qid=1617393414&sr=8-3“Finish Strong” Book: https://www.amazon.com/Finish-Strong-Seven-Marathons-Continents/dp/1647410398Before the Lights Website: https://www.beforethelightspod.com/Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beforethelightspodcast/DONATE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=94FXFEN6E2MB2Become a BTL Crew Member: https://www.patreon.com/beforethelights

When he was a kid, Dave McGillivray dreamed of being a professional athlete, but soon he faced the painful reality that it wasn’t in the cards. He started running, and his passion led him to start DMSE Sports, a race and event management company that runs logistics for 30-plus annual events, including the Boston Marathon. On episode 85, Dave shares why he doesn’t believe in failure and how he’s bounced back from life’s inevitable setbacks. While in-person races are temporarily canceled, Dave has pivoted his business in an incredible way and continues to serve others. He also tells us what it was like on the day of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and returning to the starting line once again. Show Notes: - Read Dave’s memoir, The Last Pick: The Boston Marathon Race Director’s Road to Success: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Pick-Marathon-Directors-Success/dp/1594864225 - Learn more about DMSE Sports: https://www.dmsesports.com/

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-448 – Dave McGillivray Boston Marathon to Covid Vaccination  (Audio: link) audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4448.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Intro: Hello my friends and welcome to episode 4-448 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  How we doin?  Here we are flipping the page to February of 2021.  How about that?  Big news from my side of the world, that being New England, is the cold.  Cold, cold, cold.   It was zero degrees F this morning.  I just got back from 7ish miles in the woods with Ollie.  We waited until after lunch and the temp came up over 20.  Nice day, sunny, windless, cold.  It’s really good running in the trials right now.  With the freeze, the ground is nice and hard.  We got a couple of light snowstorms earlier in the week, maybe 3-5 inches of fluffy snow.  With so much traffic in the trails these days it’s all packed down and hard and fast.  It’s only icy where the spring come up.  I had a pretty good week of running coming off the end of the infected toe.  The antibiotics cleared the infection up.  I took a bout a week off, but was back on it this week.  I bought some silicone toe caps,  toe protect that toe while it heals.  They work really well for me.  For some people they fall off, but for my big toe they fit great and keep the toe safe.  I got back to training.  Had a pretty good weekend, despite the cold weather.  Friday I did a set of long hills in the cold, which were awful while I was doing them, but when I looked at the data were a decent effort.  Yesterday I did a long 16 miler in the trails.  Most of it was pretty sucky, but that’s how ultra training is supposed to go.  You run until it sucks and then you run more.  That’s the name of the game.  And Ollie and I knocked out another 7 just now so that’s close to 30 miles in 3 days.  That’s encouraging.  I didn’t take Ollie yesterday for the long run.  I thought it might be too cold for him.  I didn’t want to chance him hurting his feet.  For myself, I had to figure out how to carry water.  The challenge with this weather is that your bottles freeze in under an hour in any handheld. And the bite valves freeze even faster on your packs.  What I ended up doing was wearing my Aonjiie vest with the two 500ML bite valve bottles under my outer layer.  I had my phone in an inner layer as well.  That worked well.  The bite valves didn’t freeze and I could unzip my outer layer to get a drink.   I brought an old spring energy recovery gel from my ultra-bag; that bag where I keep all the ultra stuff, for fuel.  But when I opened it up at the halfway point it tasted like it had gone bad.  So – basically 3 hours in the cold with no fuel.  My balaclava froze to my head.   But I got it done and felt fine today.  After the antibiotics and taking a week off I was noticeable chubby so I’ve been watching my food this week and have already knocked 5 pounds off.  Today we chat with out old friend, director of the Boston Marathon, Dave McGillivray.  He is a case study in resilience and the power of a positive attitude.   This pandemic knocked his business of race directing right out from under him.  He had to pivot.  And he did.  He’s now running the vaccinations at Fenway and Gillette stadium. Of course we also sneak in some Boston Marathon talk.  In section one I’m going to talk about what to expect and how to counter the effects of aging as an athlete and in section two I’ll talk about work stress.  Because I’ve had a really stressful week of work.   And I got through it.  Next week might be worse or better – but I’ll get through it.  I try to show up with a positive attitude, have empathy and lead as best I can.  I also know I’m not going to get everything done and I make choices about what to not get done based on what’s important to me.  Getting my workouts in is important to me. Writing and communicating is important to me.  You, you’re important to me.  We’re in this together right?  That’s what they keep telling me anyhow… On with the show. About Zero ZERO — The End of Prostate Cancer is the leading national nonprofit with the mission to end prostate cancer. ZERO advances research, improves the lives of men and families, and inspires action. Link to my ZERO page: (for Donations) … I’ll remind you that the RunRunLive podcast is ad free and listener supported.  What does that mean? It means you don’t have to listen to me trying to sound sincere about Stamps.com or Audible.. (although, fyi, my MarathonBQ book is on audible) We do have a membership option where you can become a member and as a special thank you, you will get access to member’s only audio. There are book reviews, odd philosophical thoughts, zombie stories and I curate old episodes for you to listen to.  I recently added that guy who cut off is foot so he could keep training and my first call with Geoff Galloway.   “Curated” means I add some introductory comments and edit them up a bit.  So anyhow – become a member so I can keep paying my bills.   … The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported.  … Section one – The Aging Athlete - Voices of reason – the conversation DAVE MCGILLIVRAY– DMSE Sports     WHEN DAVE MCGILLIVRAY FOUNDED DMSE SPORTS IN A MEDFORD, MA, STOREFRONT IN 1981, RUNNING WAS KNOWN AS JOGGING, WICKING MATERIAL WAS A TERRY CLOTH HEADBAND, AND SPORTS DRINKS AND RUNNING SHOES WERE IN THEIR INFANCY.   OUR MISSION DMSE Sports is an industry leader in event management operations and logistics. From road races to charity walks, we pride ourselves on producing safe and technically excellent events by creating trusted relationships, paying attention to every detail, and executing flawlessly. DMSE strives to produce the highest-caliber experience, whether consulting on existing events or building and managing them from the ground up.   OUR COMMITMENT Black Lives Matter.   We at DMSE Sports have always supported that sentiment internally, but stayed silent externally. However, we  want to be part of the change for good, and to do that, we recognize it’s necessary to speak out and stand in solidarity with those who are fighting for equality and racial justice.   It’s time we become better allies. To externalize our internal anti-racist beliefs, to learn from those who have lived the experiences, to listen when they point to injustices and prejudice. Black and brown lives matter, and they deserve to have an equal opportunity for happiness, success, and long life.   As a start, we will be donating all funds raised by the DMSE Foundation during the Medford2Medford race to organizations that directly support communities of color.   This is just the beginning of DMSE's effort to effect real change. We know we have a long road ahead.   OUR EVENTS The company and its 75+ consultants manage more than 30 major road races and charitable events per year, including:   New Balance Falmouth Road Race   Eversource Walk for Boston Children’s Hospital   Camp Harborview Citython 5K   Run to Home Base   Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk   Delta Dental Mount Washington Road Race   BAA Half-Marathon   BAA Boston Marathon   lululemon San Diego 10K   TD Beach to Beacon   Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon   BAA 5K   Feaster Five Thanksgiving Day Run   Harvard Pilgrim Finish at the Fifty at Patriot Place   BAA 10K   “There are 3 rules I never break—No questions asked. 1) Call my mom back within an hour. 2) Tell someone every day that I love them. 3) Always say yes to Dave McGillivray.” — DAVID BROWN, CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED THE EARLY YEARS Since 1981, DMSE has organized or consulted on more than 1,000 events, raising millions for charity and earning a reputation as one of the most thorough, well organized race management firms in the U.S.   DMSE’s first event – the Bay State Triathlon at Wright’s Pond in Medford, Mass. – attracted 100 participants and was one of the first triathlons ever held in New England and the nation. McGillivray had competed in the 1980 Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii and brought the concept back to his native Northeast. A triathlete for years, McGillivray competed in eight Ironman triathlons and introduced the inspirational father-son team of Rick and Dick Hoyt to the sport. In January of 2011, he was inducted into the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame.   Triathlons were just the beginning for DMSE. As the group organized more athletic events, McGillivray and his staff quickly earned a reputation as detail minded, safety oriented and creative thinkers in the competitive arena of event management. In 1988, the B.A.A Boston Marathon noticed and appointed McGillivray technical director of the world-famous marathon, and in 2001 he was appointed race director – a title he still holds today.   PICKING UP SPEED As DMSE grew, McGillivray added to his team, hand picking the best in start and finish line management, lead vehicle programs, runner registration and results, while working with local volunteers, race committees and police and fire departments to create a smooth operation come race day. So when Olympic Gold Medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson had an idea for a road race in her hometown of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, she reached out to McGillivray and his team.  The TD Bank Beach to Beacon 10K was launched in 1998 and is now among the most popular on the U.S. road race circuit, attracting some of the world’s fastest elite athletes and drawing rave reviews from participants.   Others noticed as well. From the Bellin Run in Green Bay, Wisconsin and the Lady Speed Stick® Women's Half Marathon Series throughout the U.S. to Run to Home Base at Fenway Park and Run For The Dream in Williamsburg, Va., a DMSE race is known for being safe, organized, technically advanced and produced without flaws. No wonder that in 2000, McGillivray and his team received the prestigious Race Director of the Year award from Road Race Management.    MAINTAINING THE PACE In 2014, DMSE added another high-profile event to the portfolio as the team was brought on to manage the Across the Bay 10K in Annapolis, MD, which has had more than 20,000 runners in each of the first two years!   PHILANTHROPY DMSE Sports also is a pioneer in what is now one of the most important aspects of the athletic industry – combining athletics with philanthropy. Nearly every DMSE endeavor has that unbeatable combination of fitness and fundraising, giving back to the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston Children’s Hospital, Lazarus House and many others.   MILESTONES DMSE has been involved with more than 900 major events over the 30+years, but here are a few highlights:   1980 Dave McGillivray Running and Sports Center opens in Medford, Massachusetts   1981 Dave McGillivray Sports Enterprises (DMSE) is born, sets up offices in Medford   1982 DMSE directs first triathlon, the Bay State Triathlon at Spot Pond in Medford   1983 DMSE produces Cape Cod Endurance Triathlon, first Ironman-distance triathlon in the continental U.S.   1984 Dave McGillivray Sports Enterprises, Inc. is incorporated, April 19, 1984   1988 DMSE is hired as the Technical Coordinator of the BAA Boston Marathon.   1989 DMSE manages Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk   1990 DMSE directs the Triathlon World Championship at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida   1993 DMSE manages Feaster Five Thanksgiving Day Road Race in Andover, Massachusetts   1996 DMSE assists with 100th running of the B.A.A. Boston Marathon with a record 38,000+ official entrants   1996 DMSE consultants hired to assist with venue management of all road events for Atlanta Olympic Games   1998 DMSE directs Goodwill Games Triathlon in New York City   1998 DMSE asked by Olympic Gold Medalist Joan Samuelson to manage the first TD Bank Beach to Beacon 10K (then the People Beach to Beacon 10K)   2003 DMSE creates its own foundation: The DMSE Children’s Fitness Foundation   2004 DMSE manages USA Women’s Marathon Olympic Trials in St. Louis   2008 DMSE assists BAA in managing USA Women’s Marathon Olympic Trial in Boston, Massachusetts   2010 DMSE launches four new races – Spring Training 10K Classic in Jupiter, Florida; Run to Home Base at Fenway Park in Boston; Harvard Pilgrim 10K at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough; and the Run Gloucester 7-Mile Race in Gloucester   2010 DMSE Foundation launches “Running in Places” program for Boston-area school children   2010 DMSE hired as consultant to the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon   2010 DMSE hired to manage 2011 Run for the Dream half marathon in Williamsburg, Virginia, and 2011 Mt. Washington Road Race   2011 DMSE celebrates "30 Years Running" March 12 with more than 450 dignitaries, consultants, and athletes; DMSE hired to serve as the race director of the New Balance Falmouth Road Race in Cape Cod in time for its 40th running   2013 DMSE manages the 25th Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk   2014 DMSE assists with the Across the Bay 10K in Annapolis, Maryland   2015 DMSE hired to direct the USA Invitational Half Marathon in San Diego, California   2016 DMSE manages the Runner's World Half & Festival in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania   2017 DMSE celebrates 20 years of managing the TD Beach to Beacon in Cape Elizabeth, Maine   2017 DMSE hired to manage the inaugural Fenway Park Marathon   Section two – Managing Work Stress -   Outro Ok my friends we have lined up in the parking lot between the barriers to get our shots through the end of  Episode 4-448 of the RunRunLive Podcast.   So I watched “the Dig’ on Netflix.  I’ve been excited to see it.  Because I’m a big history buff.  And if you don’t know ‘the Dig’ is a period piece about the excavation of an Anglo Saxon ship burial in , on the coast of Suffolk in England.    I won’t disparage the program but I was hoping for some archaeology and it turns out it’s more like ‘the English Patient’.  Lots of feelings and relationships and very little actual Anglo Saxon.   They don’t even show the helmet or mention king .  So if you like British period dramas go for it.  If you like archeology, not so much. The other wonderful discovery I’ve made in the last couple weeks are some very entertaining science fiction podcasts. Since I have my own “After the Apocalypse” podcast now – which you should go like and comment remember – I did some searching and found some others to listen too.  There are three I’ve been listening to on my runs.  The first is podcast that reads stories form Asimov’s magazine.  The second is , another science fiction story podcast.  And finally my favorite is .  I think I like that one the most because the editor always sounds exhausted.  They are all nice, little 20-30 minute chunk-size stories.  Perfect company for running in the dark, snowy trails.  Some are better than others.  The good ones make the so-so ones worth it.  Other than that I’m working my way through a Jimmy Buffet novel called “” which is refreshingly easy to digest.  A bit of a palette cleanser – so to speak.  Cowboys, boats, lighthouses – typically breezy Jimmy Buffet style.  Cringe-worthy at time but unapologetic. And that’s what I have for you this week. A decent week.  The days are getting longer fast now.  4+ minutes a day.  The vaccinations are rolling out.  We might even be getting on airplanes and gettiggn back out into the world soon.  Stay warm.  Stay strong.  Be a leader, And I’ll see you out there. MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Rachel -> Coach Jeff ->  

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-448 – Dave McGillivray Boston Marathon to Covid Vaccination  (Audio: link) audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4448.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Intro: Hello my friends and welcome to episode 4-448 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  How we doin?  Here we are flipping the page to February of 2021.  How about that?  Big news from my side of the world, that being New England, is the cold.  Cold, cold, cold.   It was zero degrees F this morning.  I just got back from 7ish miles in the woods with Ollie.  We waited until after lunch and the temp came up over 20.  Nice day, sunny, windless, cold.  It's really good running in the trials right now.  With the freeze, the ground is nice and hard.  We got a couple of light snowstorms earlier in the week, maybe 3-5 inches of fluffy snow.  With so much traffic in the trails these days it's all packed down and hard and fast.  It's only icy where the spring come up.  I had a pretty good week of running coming off the end of the infected toe.  The antibiotics cleared the infection up.  I took a bout a week off, but was back on it this week.  I bought some silicone toe caps,  toe protect that toe while it heals.  They work really well for me.  For some people they fall off, but for my big toe they fit great and keep the toe safe.  I got back to training.  Had a pretty good weekend, despite the cold weather.  Friday I did a set of long hills in the cold, which were awful while I was doing them, but when I looked at the data were a decent effort.  Yesterday I did a long 16 miler in the trails.  Most of it was pretty sucky, but that's how ultra training is supposed to go.  You run until it sucks and then you run more.  That's the name of the game.  And Ollie and I knocked out another 7 just now so that's close to 30 miles in 3 days.  That's encouraging.  I didn't take Ollie yesterday for the long run.  I thought it might be too cold for him.  I didn't want to chance him hurting his feet.  For myself, I had to figure out how to carry water.  The challenge with this weather is that your bottles freeze in under an hour in any handheld. And the bite valves freeze even faster on your packs.  What I ended up doing was wearing my Aonjiie vest with the two 500ML bite valve bottles under my outer layer.  I had my phone in an inner layer as well.  That worked well.  The bite valves didn't freeze and I could unzip my outer layer to get a drink.   I brought an old spring energy recovery gel from my ultra-bag; that bag where I keep all the ultra stuff, for fuel.  But when I opened it up at the halfway point it tasted like it had gone bad.  So – basically 3 hours in the cold with no fuel.  My balaclava froze to my head.   But I got it done and felt fine today.  After the antibiotics and taking a week off I was noticeable chubby so I've been watching my food this week and have already knocked 5 pounds off.  Today we chat with out old friend, director of the Boston Marathon, Dave McGillivray.  He is a case study in resilience and the power of a positive attitude.   This pandemic knocked his business of race directing right out from under him.  He had to pivot.  And he did.  He's now running the vaccinations at Fenway and Gillette stadium. Of course we also sneak in some Boston Marathon talk.  In section one I'm going to talk about what to expect and how to counter the effects of aging as an athlete and in section two I'll talk about work stress.  Because I've had a really stressful week of work.   And I got through it.  Next week might be worse or better – but I'll get through it.  I try to show up with a positive attitude, have empathy and lead as best I can.  I also know I'm not going to get everything done and I make choices about what to not get done based on what's important to me.  Getting my workouts in is important to me. Writing and communicating is important to me.  You, you're important to me.  We're in this together right?  That's what they keep telling me anyhow… On with the show. About Zero ZERO — The End of Prostate Cancer is the leading national nonprofit with the mission to end prostate cancer. ZERO advances research, improves the lives of men and families, and inspires action. Link to my ZERO page: (for Donations) … I'll remind you that the RunRunLive podcast is ad free and listener supported.  What does that mean? It means you don't have to listen to me trying to sound sincere about Stamps.com or Audible.. (although, fyi, my MarathonBQ book is on audible) We do have a membership option where you can become a member and as a special thank you, you will get access to member's only audio. There are book reviews, odd philosophical thoughts, zombie stories and I curate old episodes for you to listen to.  I recently added that guy who cut off is foot so he could keep training and my first call with Geoff Galloway.   “Curated” means I add some introductory comments and edit them up a bit.  So anyhow – become a member so I can keep paying my bills.   … The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported.  … Section one – The Aging Athlete - Voices of reason – the conversation DAVE MCGILLIVRAY– DMSE Sports     WHEN DAVE MCGILLIVRAY FOUNDED DMSE SPORTS IN A MEDFORD, MA, STOREFRONT IN 1981, RUNNING WAS KNOWN AS JOGGING, WICKING MATERIAL WAS A TERRY CLOTH HEADBAND, AND SPORTS DRINKS AND RUNNING SHOES WERE IN THEIR INFANCY.   OUR MISSION DMSE Sports is an industry leader in event management operations and logistics. From road races to charity walks, we pride ourselves on producing safe and technically excellent events by creating trusted relationships, paying attention to every detail, and executing flawlessly. DMSE strives to produce the highest-caliber experience, whether consulting on existing events or building and managing them from the ground up.   OUR COMMITMENT Black Lives Matter.   We at DMSE Sports have always supported that sentiment internally, but stayed silent externally. However, we  want to be part of the change for good, and to do that, we recognize it's necessary to speak out and stand in solidarity with those who are fighting for equality and racial justice.   It's time we become better allies. To externalize our internal anti-racist beliefs, to learn from those who have lived the experiences, to listen when they point to injustices and prejudice. Black and brown lives matter, and they deserve to have an equal opportunity for happiness, success, and long life.   As a start, we will be donating all funds raised by the DMSE Foundation during the Medford2Medford race to organizations that directly support communities of color.   This is just the beginning of DMSE's effort to effect real change. We know we have a long road ahead.   OUR EVENTS The company and its 75+ consultants manage more than 30 major road races and charitable events per year, including:   New Balance Falmouth Road Race   Eversource Walk for Boston Children's Hospital   Camp Harborview Citython 5K   Run to Home Base   Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk   Delta Dental Mount Washington Road Race   BAA Half-Marathon   BAA Boston Marathon   lululemon San Diego 10K   TD Beach to Beacon   Dick's Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon   BAA 5K   Feaster Five Thanksgiving Day Run   Harvard Pilgrim Finish at the Fifty at Patriot Place   BAA 10K   “There are 3 rules I never break—No questions asked. 1) Call my mom back within an hour. 2) Tell someone every day that I love them. 3) Always say yes to Dave McGillivray.” — DAVID BROWN, CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED THE EARLY YEARS Since 1981, DMSE has organized or consulted on more than 1,000 events, raising millions for charity and earning a reputation as one of the most thorough, well organized race management firms in the U.S.   DMSE's first event – the Bay State Triathlon at Wright's Pond in Medford, Mass. – attracted 100 participants and was one of the first triathlons ever held in New England and the nation. McGillivray had competed in the 1980 Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii and brought the concept back to his native Northeast. A triathlete for years, McGillivray competed in eight Ironman triathlons and introduced the inspirational father-son team of Rick and Dick Hoyt to the sport. In January of 2011, he was inducted into the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame.   Triathlons were just the beginning for DMSE. As the group organized more athletic events, McGillivray and his staff quickly earned a reputation as detail minded, safety oriented and creative thinkers in the competitive arena of event management. In 1988, the B.A.A Boston Marathon noticed and appointed McGillivray technical director of the world-famous marathon, and in 2001 he was appointed race director – a title he still holds today.   PICKING UP SPEED As DMSE grew, McGillivray added to his team, hand picking the best in start and finish line management, lead vehicle programs, runner registration and results, while working with local volunteers, race committees and police and fire departments to create a smooth operation come race day. So when Olympic Gold Medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson had an idea for a road race in her hometown of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, she reached out to McGillivray and his team.  The TD Bank Beach to Beacon 10K was launched in 1998 and is now among the most popular on the U.S. road race circuit, attracting some of the world's fastest elite athletes and drawing rave reviews from participants.   Others noticed as well. From the Bellin Run in Green Bay, Wisconsin and the Lady Speed Stick® Women's Half Marathon Series throughout the U.S. to Run to Home Base at Fenway Park and Run For The Dream in Williamsburg, Va., a DMSE race is known for being safe, organized, technically advanced and produced without flaws. No wonder that in 2000, McGillivray and his team received the prestigious Race Director of the Year award from Road Race Management.    MAINTAINING THE PACE In 2014, DMSE added another high-profile event to the portfolio as the team was brought on to manage the Across the Bay 10K in Annapolis, MD, which has had more than 20,000 runners in each of the first two years!   PHILANTHROPY DMSE Sports also is a pioneer in what is now one of the most important aspects of the athletic industry – combining athletics with philanthropy. Nearly every DMSE endeavor has that unbeatable combination of fitness and fundraising, giving back to the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston Children's Hospital, Lazarus House and many others.   MILESTONES DMSE has been involved with more than 900 major events over the 30+years, but here are a few highlights:   1980 Dave McGillivray Running and Sports Center opens in Medford, Massachusetts   1981 Dave McGillivray Sports Enterprises (DMSE) is born, sets up offices in Medford   1982 DMSE directs first triathlon, the Bay State Triathlon at Spot Pond in Medford   1983 DMSE produces Cape Cod Endurance Triathlon, first Ironman-distance triathlon in the continental U.S.   1984 Dave McGillivray Sports Enterprises, Inc. is incorporated, April 19, 1984   1988 DMSE is hired as the Technical Coordinator of the BAA Boston Marathon.   1989 DMSE manages Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk   1990 DMSE directs the Triathlon World Championship at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida   1993 DMSE manages Feaster Five Thanksgiving Day Road Race in Andover, Massachusetts   1996 DMSE assists with 100th running of the B.A.A. Boston Marathon with a record 38,000+ official entrants   1996 DMSE consultants hired to assist with venue management of all road events for Atlanta Olympic Games   1998 DMSE directs Goodwill Games Triathlon in New York City   1998 DMSE asked by Olympic Gold Medalist Joan Samuelson to manage the first TD Bank Beach to Beacon 10K (then the People Beach to Beacon 10K)   2003 DMSE creates its own foundation: The DMSE Children's Fitness Foundation   2004 DMSE manages USA Women's Marathon Olympic Trials in St. Louis   2008 DMSE assists BAA in managing USA Women's Marathon Olympic Trial in Boston, Massachusetts   2010 DMSE launches four new races – Spring Training 10K Classic in Jupiter, Florida; Run to Home Base at Fenway Park in Boston; Harvard Pilgrim 10K at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough; and the Run Gloucester 7-Mile Race in Gloucester   2010 DMSE Foundation launches “Running in Places” program for Boston-area school children   2010 DMSE hired as consultant to the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon   2010 DMSE hired to manage 2011 Run for the Dream half marathon in Williamsburg, Virginia, and 2011 Mt. Washington Road Race   2011 DMSE celebrates "30 Years Running" March 12 with more than 450 dignitaries, consultants, and athletes; DMSE hired to serve as the race director of the New Balance Falmouth Road Race in Cape Cod in time for its 40th running   2013 DMSE manages the 25th Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk   2014 DMSE assists with the Across the Bay 10K in Annapolis, Maryland   2015 DMSE hired to direct the USA Invitational Half Marathon in San Diego, California   2016 DMSE manages the Runner's World Half & Festival in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania   2017 DMSE celebrates 20 years of managing the TD Beach to Beacon in Cape Elizabeth, Maine   2017 DMSE hired to manage the inaugural Fenway Park Marathon   Section two – Managing Work Stress -   Outro Ok my friends we have lined up in the parking lot between the barriers to get our shots through the end of  Episode 4-448 of the RunRunLive Podcast.   So I watched “the Dig' on Netflix.  I've been excited to see it.  Because I'm a big history buff.  And if you don't know ‘the Dig' is a period piece about the excavation of an Anglo Saxon ship burial in , on the coast of Suffolk in England.    I won't disparage the program but I was hoping for some archaeology and it turns out it's more like ‘the English Patient'.  Lots of feelings and relationships and very little actual Anglo Saxon.   They don't even show the helmet or mention king .  So if you like British period dramas go for it.  If you like archeology, not so much. The other wonderful discovery I've made in the last couple weeks are some very entertaining science fiction podcasts. Since I have my own “After the Apocalypse” podcast now – which you should go like and comment remember – I did some searching and found some others to listen too.  There are three I've been listening to on my runs.  The first is podcast that reads stories form Asimov's magazine.  The second is , another science fiction story podcast.  And finally my favorite is .  I think I like that one the most because the editor always sounds exhausted.  They are all nice, little 20-30 minute chunk-size stories.  Perfect company for running in the dark, snowy trails.  Some are better than others.  The good ones make the so-so ones worth it.  Other than that I'm working my way through a Jimmy Buffet novel called “” which is refreshingly easy to digest.  A bit of a palette cleanser – so to speak.  Cowboys, boats, lighthouses – typically breezy Jimmy Buffet style.  Cringe-worthy at time but unapologetic. And that's what I have for you this week. A decent week.  The days are getting longer fast now.  4+ minutes a day.  The vaccinations are rolling out.  We might even be getting on airplanes and gettiggn back out into the world soon.  Stay warm.  Stay strong.  Be a leader, And I'll see you out there. MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Rachel -> Coach Jeff ->  

"The comeback is always stronger than the setback" This week on The Aid Station, we interview Dave McGillivray, Race Director of Boston Marathon and President of DMSE Sports. He was diagnosed with coronary artery disease, a condition he had always assumed wouldn't be an issue for him. When he received the news, he did everything he could to reverse the condition. But it wasn't enough. He was faced with the choice to keep his condition a secret from the running community, or choose to share his experience with the world. He chose the latter, urging others—especially the fittest of athletes—"if you feel something, do something." His transformation from fit athlete to fit and healthy person has inspired others to seek counsel from their physicians, which may have saved countless lives. Listen to our interview as he shares his inspiring story and his purpose to raise the self-esteem and self-confidence of tens and thousands of people. #TheAidStation #MassParticipationWorld

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.

Were you one of the 30,000 people hoping to run the Boston Marathon this year? Are you hoping to run Boston next year? If yes, then you’ll want to listen to this episode with race director Dave McGillivray.  This year marked the first time since the first Boston Marathon in 1897 that the race was held virtually and not in person. Ordinarily, registration for Boston would have happened in September, but as of right now, October 2020, registration has been indefinitely postponed.  In this week’s interview, Coach Claire talks to Dave about how the virtual event went, how the Boston Athletic Association (BAA) has adapted due to the coronavirus, and what the future of the race might look like, including qualifications.  Dave also shares what he believes to be the silver lining of the pandemic, as well as his own personal health scare story which he started sharing once he learned his experience could help others. Dave has been the director of the Boston Marathon since 1988, but he also practically invented the concept of running for charity when he ran across the United States to raise money for the Jimmy Fund in 1978. He ran 3,452 miles from Medford, Oregon to Medford, Massachusetts over 80 days, averaging 45 miles per day. He ended his run in Fenway Park to a 32,000-person standing ovation. He has personally raised hundreds of thousands of dollars and has been a source of inspiration to countless others. Dave has many other incredible athletic accomplishments under his belt as well. 1980 was a big year as he became the 30th person to complete a Hawaii Ironman Triathlon by finishing in 14th place. In subsequent years, he completed the event an additional eight times. That year, Dave also ran 1,250 miles of the East Coast, starting in Winter Haven, Florida and ending in Boston. He was joined by wheelchair marathon pioneer Bob Hall to raise money for the Jimmy Fund, and they met with President Carter at the White House during the Washington, D.C. leg. And that wasn’t all for 1980. Dave also raised more than $10,000 for the handicapped in the Run For Our Dreams Marathon, running 120 miles in 24 hours through 31 communities in Southeastern Massachusetts, finishing in Foxboro Stadium (now Gillette Stadium) during a New England Patriots game halftime.  In 1981, Dave raised $55,000 for the Jimmy Fund competing in an ultra triathlon which involved 1,522 combined miles of running, cycling, and swimming in six New England states. The race included running up and down Mt. Washington and swimming over seven miles from Martha’s Vineyard to Falmouth, Massachusetts where he was greeted by thousands on the beach. As though running Boston wasn’t challenging enough, in 1982, Dave ran the marathon in 3:14 while blindfolded, accompanied by two guides, raising over $10,000 for the Carroll Center for the Blind in Newton, Massachusetts.  In 1983, he swam for 24 consecutive hours, covering the distance of the Boston Marathon, to raise money for the Jimmy Fund. He also raised money for his alma mater, Merrimack College, by cycling over 1,000 miles through six New England states in 14 days. He raised more money for charity by cycling for 24 consecutive hours in a five-mile loop in Medford, Massachusetts for a total of 385 miles, while simultaneously directing the annual Bay State Triathlon which was taking place on the same course at the same time. In 2004, Dave ran across the country a second time for TREK USA with nine other marathoners in relay style, raising over $300,000 for five children’s charities. In 2018, he accomplished the World Marathon Challenge, running seven marathons in seven days on seven continents. To date Dave has run 158 marathons, including 48 consecutive Boston Marathons (32 of which were run at night after the official marathon.) His marathon personal best is 2:29:58. His Ironman personal best is 10:36:42.  Fun note: Dave has run his birthday age each year since the age of 12. In recent years, he has both run and cycled the miles. In addition to being a super athlete and philanthropist, Dave is also an entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and author.  He has been recognized with numerous honors and awards over the years for his achievements, and through his DMSE Sports and DMSE Foundation, he has raised over $50 million for charity.   Questions Dave is asked:          5:48 The Boston Marathon was held virtually this year, in September.  How did it go?     7:49 I know the BAA discouraged people from running on the course this year, but many people unofficially did.  What is your reaction to that?   9:12 I would love to rewind a little bit and go back to February and March of this year. What were you and the team at the Boston Athletic Association talking about in the early days of COVID?     11:29 Obviously throughout the summer you had to go virtual. What was that decision like?   13:05 As we record this, it is just before the London marathon, which shifted to an elites-only race. Was having an elites-only race an option for the Boston Marathon?   14:46 I don’t know how they’re keeping the spectators away in London. I just interviewed Jared Ward and he said, “I don’t know. I’m just showing up.” I don’t know how they’re keeping them away. I don’t know if you’ve had talks with them or no?   15:47 Looking forward to 2021, obviously there’s a lot of things up in the air. Usually in September, everyone is signing up for the next year’s Boston, and registration is to be determined. Can you shed any light on that and give us any hints?   19:01 How does next year’s Boston being up in the air affect qualifying? Usually you have an 18-month window of qualifying races, but obviously this year was totally different. Qualifying for the Boston Marathon is the Olympics for some people and it’s everything, and what they train for, and what they dreamed of for years, so how does that look from a qualification point of view?   20:34 And the virtual race, that’s not going to count for a qualification, correct?   20:43 If things do change and things are looking good for 2021, what kind of things have you learned from this year and how will it be different?   23:18 When you talk about potentially having a smaller field size next year, the first thing that obviously comes up means the faster runners would be qualified. Is that how you would shrink the field size, by increasing the times?   24:12 Boston isn’t the only race that you direct. You do direct some smaller races, and a smaller race, you have more flexibility to stagger the starts and things like that. Do you see some of the smaller races, Falmouth for example, coming back sooner than the major marathons?   26:49 On a personal note, every year after the end of the Boston Marathon you have a tradition of running the race yourself. Did you run on Patriots Day?   28:04 One thing that people might not know about you is that two years ago, you had open heart surgery, which is very uncommon considering you’ve been such a prolific runner for all your life. Could you talk a little bit about that?   32:07 What did your doctor say about running? Is running bad for your heart?   33:56 What kind of advice would you give someone who is training for Boston right now or that hopes to train for Boston?   35:06 Any silver linings from all of this craziness in 2020 that you can think of? 36:55 Questions I ask everyone:   If you could go back and talk to yourself when you started running, what advice would you give?   What is the greatest gift running has given you?   Where can listeners connect with you?     Quotes by Dave:   “You had to reimagine. You had to start doing things that you don’t necessarily have a skill set in, whether it’s developing an app, or whether it’s developing a virtual expo. How do you do this?”   “We created a COVID committee of experienced scientists, epidemiologists, CDC folks, governmental folks, and put this group together to sort of help us come to some kind of intelligent conclusion as to truly what are we looking at here for next year’s Boston Marathon.”   “I learned a valuable lesson from my open heart surgery. Just because you’re fit doesn’t mean you’re healthy. And shame on me; I always thought it did.” Take a Listen on Your Next Run Want more awesome interviews and advice? Subscribe to our iTunes channel Mentioned in this podcast:  BAA - Boston Athletic Association Runners Connect Winner's Circle Facebook Community RunnersConnect Facebook page claire@runnersconnect.net DMSE Sports Foundation Follow Dave on:   Facebook Instagram Twitter   We really hope you’ve enjoyed this episode of Run to the Top. 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From his extraordinary 1978 run across the U.S. to benefit the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to serving as technical director then race director of the BAA Boston Marathon since the 1980s, Dave McGillivray has helped organize more than 900 mass participatory events since founding DMSE Sports in 1981, while raising millions for worthy causes close to his heart. In this episode, we talked about: The time in 1978 when he ran 3,452 miles in 80 days from Medford, OR to Medford, MA--his hometown.  How runners of all experience levels can participate in the virtual Medford2Medford run. How he got started raising funds for charities as a runner. The heart incident that took place 6 months before the 2019 Boston Marathon And more! Related Links: Registration for Medford2Medford is still open at medford2medford.com and will remain open through the ceremonial end of the event on August 29. For additional information about DMSE Sports, visit www.dmsesports.com or find DMSE on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.   About Coach Kim: I’m the author of the new book, Holistic Endurance Training. I'm a wife, mom, coach, triathlete, and eternal optimist who is into all things wellness and fitness.  Resources Endurance training is not one-size-fits-all. Sign up for my mailing list to receive emails, tips, and resources that will help you be a stronger, more resilient athlete.    Additional links: Kim's website: www.crushingmygoals.com Kim's Instagram Power of Run Facebook Contact Kim at CoachKim@ThePowerofRun.com  

Tom Clifford interviews Dave McGillivray, owner of DMSE Sports and Race Director of the Boston Marathon. Tom and Dave discuss the impacts of COVID-19 on the race event industry, tips for race directors, how runners themselves can assist in understanding what is happening and how they can help to make races successful when they return.  Dave is a runner himself and has a list of accomplishments personally and professionally.  This podcast is sponsored by Long Run Recovery Formula and Without Limits Events. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/support

We welcome Boston Race Director, Dave McGillivray, back to the podcast for a second time to discuss the Boston Marathon, how he’s coping during this pandemic, and what we can all do as runners during this time of uncertainty. Dave is an accomplished athlete, philanthropist, author, motivational speaker, the founder of DMSE Sports, and a father of five. We appreciated Dave’s candor and advice during these challenging times. For those interested in helping kids set some goals, check out Dave’s Dream Big Marathon. (http://dreambigwithdave.org/dream-big-marathon-2/). Special thanks to our editor, Erin Bryant. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/runfartherandfaster/message

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-406 – Dave McGilvary - How to Run Across the Country (Audio: link) audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4406.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello, my endurance compatriots, companions and comrades and welcome to the RunRunLive Podcast episode 4-405.  Had a bit of a scare or a potential set back in my training after the last episode.  You could hear it in my voice that I was had a little something going on and sure enough I woke up that Sunday sick as heck! I was really looking forward to my long run that day.  It was just a plane Jane 3-hour and 15 minute surge run that would get me 21-22 miles.  Nothing complicated.  And I woke up with a fever headache.  After a few seconds of indecision, (you know me), I said ‘you’ll hate yourself if you don’t go try’.  I met my buddy Tim who was only doing 2 hours and we got out.  I could tell I was hurting so I called it at 2 hours.  Got a solid 13miles in.  Went home.  Took a shower and laid in bed the rest of the day.  I was concerned because I had a busy week with a 2-day road trip.  I figured I’d be out on the road, sick in airplane - you get the visual.  It turned out better than I thought.  Coach had me scheduled for a recovery week anyhow.  There weren’t any monster workouts to add to being sick and traveling.  I was able to drug myself up and made the travel and meetings look easy.  And, most importantly it didn’t turn into something awful.  You always run into some blips in your training cycle.  My training cycle has been going so well that I was due.  A couple more big weeks would be good for my confidence, but for the most part ‘the hay is in the barn’.   Today I called up our old friend Dave McGilvary, head of DMSE sports and race director for the Boston Marathon.  I had a simple question to pick his brain about.  “What does it take to run across the country?”  We also chat a little about that other race… Section one – the hay is in the barn… What to do when you have late-cycle training issues. Section two – continuing homilies on being … Speaking of the Boston Marathon, they released the bib number assignments.  If you want to track me I’m 18,543.  Think about that.  As hard as I train, with my finishing time around a 3:30 I’m nowhere near the mid-pack of this race.  There’s 30,000 runners in the race but only around 25,000 are qualified.  That means close to ¾ of the pack is in front of me.  You’d have to run my old Boston PR of 3:06 just to make it into the first wave.  When they changed the standards by 10 minutes people wondered if the runners could keep up.  There’s your answer.  They certainly can.  The entire curve just shifted by 10 minutes and the race is still over-subscribed.  Amazing.  This will be my 21st running of the race and I pulled out all the stops for this one.  I think I’m going to have a good race.  Regardless of what happens it is and has been an honor to be part of this thing, this slice of local history.  On April 15th this year, Patriot’s Day in Boston, my buddies and I have done the work and earned the right to play – and play we will! On with the show. … I’ll remind you that the RunRunLive podcast is ad free and listener supported.  What does that mean? It means you don’t have to listen to me trying to sound sincere about Stamps.com or Audible.. (although, fyi, my MarathonBQ book is on audible) We do have a membership option where you can become a member and as a special thank you, you will get access to member’s only audio. There are book reviews, odd philosophical thoughts, zombie stories and I curate old episodes for you to listen to.  I recently added that guy who cut off is foot so he could keep training and my first call with Geoff Galloway.   “Curated” means I add some introductory comments and edit them up a bit.  So anyhow – become a member so I can keep paying my bills. M … The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported.  We do this by offering a membership option where members get Access to Exclusive Members Only audio and articles. Member only race reports, essays and other bits just for you! Links are in the show notes and at RunRunLive.com … Section one – The Hay is in the Barn! - Voices of reason – the conversation Dave McGillivray, Founder DMSE RACE DIRECTOR, PHILANTHROPIST,  MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER,  ACCOMPLISHED ATHLETE. DAVE MCGILLIVRAY IS A PROFESSIONAL WITH A PURPOSE. From his extraordinary 1978 run across the U.S. to benefit the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to serving as technical director then race director of the BAA Boston Marathon since the 1980s, McGillivray has helped organize more than 900 mass participatory events since founding DMSE Sports in 1981, while raising millions for worthy causes close to his heart. Here are a few of his many career highlights: In 1978 and over the course of 80 consecutive days, McGillivray ran across the U.S. from Medford, Oregon, to his hometown of Medford, Massachusetts, covering a total distance of 3,452 miles. He finished to a standing ovation of 32,000 fans in Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. His effort raised thousands of dollars for the Jimmy Fund, a charity that supports research toward eliminating cancer in children. The 1980 East Coast Run to benefit the Jimmy Fund consisted of 1,520 miles from Winter Haven, Florida, to Boston, Massachusetts. McGillivray was joined by Bob Hall, one of the pioneers of wheelchair marathoning, and raised thousands of dollars for the Jimmy Fund. He also met with then-President Jimmy Carter at the White House during the trek through Washington, D.C. In 1980, McGillivray competed in the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon, the premier individual endurance event in the world. He finished 14th overall and was only the 30th person to have ever competed in an Ironman. The Ironman consists of three back-to-back distance events: a 2.4 mile rough, open ocean water swim, followed by a 112-mile bike race, and finally finishing up with a 26.2-mile marathon run. He completed the event again in 1983-1989 and 2014, for a total of nine times. The Wrentham State School 24-Hour Run was designated as the "Run for Our Dreams Marathon." In 1980, this run traversed 120 miles in 24 hours throughout 31 cities within southeastern Massachusetts, ending in Foxboro Stadium during half-time of a New England Patriots football game. Held to benefit the Wrentham State School for the Mentally Retarded, this particular run raised more than $10,000 for the handicapped. 1981 brought an invitation to participate in the Empire State Building Run-Up. The course consists of 86 stories, 1,575 steps, 1050 feet in elevation, 40" stair height. Finished 10th place overall in a time of 13 minutes, 27 seconds. His 1981 New England Run was a triathlon (running, cycling, and swimming) of 1,522 miles throughout the six New England states. He raised $55,000 for the Jimmy Fund. Unusual segments included running up and down Mount Washington and swimming two miles across Lake Winneapesaukee, both in New Hampshire. In addition, highlights included swimming one mile from Woods Hole toward Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts and running three miles with inmates inside Walpole State Prison. Officially completed his New England Run by swimming more than seven miles from Martha’s Vineyard to Falmouth, Massachusetts, again raising more money for the Jimmy Fund. McGillivray was greeted by thousands on shore including some of the world’s greatest runners, including Alberto Salazar. In 1982, McGillivray ran the Boston Marathon in 3:14 while blindfolded and escorted by two guides to raise more than $10,000 for the Carroll Center for the Blind in Newton, Massachusetts.. He traded his running shoes for swimming shorts in 1983 for the Jimmy Fund 24-Hour Swim. He swam for 24 consecutive hours in the Olympic-size Medford High School pool, swimming a total of 1,884 lengths and covering 26.2 miles (distance of Boston Marathon), again raising funds for the Jimmy Fund. Over the course of 14 days in 1983, he bicycled more than 1,000 miles throughout six New England states to raise money for a scholarship fund for McGillivray's alma mater, Merrimack College. In 1986, he formed the first sanctioned running club inside a maximum security institution at Walpole State Prison. He also conducted and ran in numerous distance races inside the prison yard, including completing and winning a full 26.2 mile marathon against inmates. Also in 1986, he biked for 24 consecutive hours around a five-mile loop course in Medford while simultaneously directing the annual Bay State Triathlon, which was being held on the same course at the same time. He covered a total of 385 miles, again raising money for the Jimmy Fund. Since 1988, he has been the Technical and Race Director of the Boston Marathon. He manages and oversees all technical and operational aspects of the oldest and most prestigious marathon in the world. McGillivray’s many endurance events for charity are legendary, including running 120 miles in 24 hours thru 31 Massachusetts cities; an 86-story, 1,575-step run up Empire State Building in 13 minutes and 27 seconds; and running, cycling and swimming 1,522 miles thru six New England states while raising $55,000 for the Jimmy Fund. In 2000, he was chosen as Race Director of the Year by Road Race Management/Running Times Magazine. That same year, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award by Competitor Magazine for more than 30 years of service to the sport of road racing and triathlons. In 2003, McGillivray created the DMSE Children’s Fitness Foundation to support non-profit organizations that use running to promote physical fitness in children and help solve the epidemic of childhood obesity. In 2004, McGillivray and a team of veteran marathon runners journeyed across the country following the same path he took in 1978. Trek USA raised more than $300,000 for five charities benefiting children. The race director of the Boston Marathon as well as an accomplished runner, McGillivray has run the marathon each year since 1973. For 16 years he ran it with all the other runners and since he began working with the race in 1988 he has run the course afterwards. His 2006 book, The Last Pick, which he co-wrote with Linda Glass Fechter, chronicles his childhood and career as the last pick for team sports because of his small stature, motivating readers to never underestimate their own ability to set and achieve goals. Order here on Amazon. In 2009 he was awarded the prestigious “Jimmy Award” from the Jimmy Fund of Boston for his 30-year association and his work with helping to raise money to fund cancer research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. A skilled motivational speaker, McGillivray has displayed his signature ability to engage and inspire listeners to more than 1,600 audiences from corporate executives to high school students. McGillivray has received numerous awards –  valedictorian at both his high school and college, 2005 Running USA Hall of Champions, 2007 Runner’s World Heroes of Running Award, the 2010 Fleet Feet Lifetime Commitment to Running Award, 2010 Ron Burton Community Service Award, the 2011 Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center's 2011 100 list, inducted into the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame in 2011 and also received the prestigious "Jimmy Award" by the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for 30 years of contributing time and expertise to help raise millions for cancer research and treatment. In 2015, he received the MarathonFoto/Road Race Management Lifetime Achievement Award, and was named One of the 50 Most Influential People in Running by Runner's World - tied for 6th place. In 2017 he was inducted into the Road Runners Club of America Long Distance Running Hall of Fame, joined by Ryan Hall, Desiree Linden, and George Hirsch. In 2018, he completed the World Marathon Challenge: seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. McGillivray has logged more than 150,000 miles, most for charity, raising millions for worthy causes.  He’s completed 155 marathons, which include 46 consecutive Boston Marathons (with 31 run at night after his race director duties are fulfilled). In 2018 he published his first children's book, Dream Big: A True Story of Courage and Determination, co-authored with Nancy Feehrer. The illustrated book is based on his 2006 autobiography, The Last Pick. Dream Big may be ordered here on Amazon. His personal bests? Marathon: 2:29:58 and for the Ironman: 10:36:42. Each year he runs his birthday age in miles, starting when he was 12, and has not missed one yet. He was born on August 22, 1954 – you can do the math. McGillivray, DMSE Sports and his DMSE Children’s Foundation have raised more than $50 million for various charities, including: The Jimmy Fund, Carroll Center for the Blind, Cystic Fibrosis, Lazarus House, Massachusetts Dietetic Association, Massachusetts Special Olympics, Moth- ers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD), Muscular Dystrophy Association, Sports Museum of New England, Wrentham State School.   Section two – Future, Past and Now - Outro Well, my friends you probably have not run 3000+ miles across the country to the end of the RunRunLive Podcast episode 4-406, but maybe you will some day.   One thing I would encourage you to do is to look at Dave’s resume.  He has accomplished so much in his life.  But, that’s not what’s special about Dave. What’s special is that most of his accomplishments are focused on helping others, he lives his life in service to the greater good.  And even with all he’s done he’s extremely approachable and humble. A good role model for us.    I’ve had a great couple weeks since we last spoke.  I did get that quick fever/flu/cold whatever it was but I got through it in a week.  I had a bit of a anxiety spot when I bailed on that long run.  As you may remember I did most of my long runs on the treadmill in February and early March.  I was hitting my paces but in the back of my mind I was always cognizant of the fact that the treadmill is not the road.  Until I road tested some of those paces I was going to be tentative.  Last week was a rest week but coach gave me a nice long tempo run for Saturday.  And of course, the weather didn’t cooperate.  We had 20 MPH gusting, swirling winds and I was almost ready to drive into work and knock it out on the treadmill again, especially coming off that cold.  But, I stuck my head outside and it wasn’t too bad so I suited up and hit the workout.  The workout was to warm up for 20 minutes then run 50 minutes at faster than race pace. The out and back I run these on starts out as a rolling downhill.  This means that when you make the turn-around, the second half of the run is a rolling uphill.  Which, in theory is a great workout, but in practice sucks as you climb those hills at the end of the tempo session.  It turned out that the wind was a tail wind on the way out and a head wind on the way back.  I don’t really look at real-time splits as I’m doing these workouts.  I try to run them by feel.  When I hit that tempo I try to ease into what I think feels like, in this case a 7:50 mile.  I get feedback on my pace every mile.  I was a bit horrified when the first mile split was a 7:30.  Too fast.  I tried to ease off a bit and the second split came in at 7:30 again.  Going into the turn around I really tried to ease up and managed a 7:45. The challenge here is now I was turning back into the wind and up the hill.  In previous training cycles this is where my legs would have gone on me.  But I was able to hold the pace at a 7:39 a 7:49 and a 7:58 up the hill into a stiff headwind without my legs failing at all.  And when I made the turn to be running with the wind for the last half mile I averaged a 7:25. A number of positives.  I was able to go out too fast and recover without failing.  I was able to do the hard work up hill and into the wind and my legs felt great.  I was able to close it hard.  All good signs.  And I followed up this week on Tuesday with a similar step up run, on the same route without the wind, with 30 minutes at 7:50’s and closing with 30 minutes at 7:30’s.  Last night I knocked out a set of 200-meter hill repeats at sub-7 pace and it felt easy.  How is this possible?  Am I just lucky or gifted to be able to pull this kind of speed out of my butt at the ripe old age of 56 going on 57?  No, I mean, yeah of course there is some underlying DNA involved, but this is the result of 20 years of consistent effort over the long run and 6 months of focused effort on this cycle. What have I done differently this cycle to get such great results?  Near as I can figure it comes down to the following: Consistency – I do the work with consistent focus and effort over time. This isn’t different from previous cycles, but it’s the baseline.  Nutrition – I have dropped close to 20 pounds over the last 6 months. I usually shed 10 pounds in a marathon cycle. The last few cycles I haven’t really focused on going the extra 10 pounds.  The combination of less weight and cleaner eating early in the cycle allowed me to have higher quality training and faster paces. Stretching and core – Another difference in this cycle is an early focus on daily flexibility stretches. This allowed me to train harder and probably kept the injuries at bay.  Finally – good sleep – I haven’t been traveling as much and my commute isn’t bad. I’ve been getting that full 8-9 hours of sleep every night and I’m sure that contributes to my ability to execute. Turns out the secrets to success are no secrets.  You just have to do it! Which is the hardest thing, right? It’s easy to say these things, it’s another to actually do them. But, if you do, I guarantee you’ll see the results. Next time we talk will be the weekend before the Boston Marathon.  I’ve got one more long run and I’m into my taper.  Remember, my number is 18543, If you want to steal it you need to be able to run a sub-3:30 marathon.  Your etymology for the week is the word “compass”.  This is a combination of two Latin words.  ‘Com’ meaning with and ‘passus’, which means pace or steps.  So following your compass means bringing together your paces. And I’ll see you out there.   MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Rachel -> Coach Jeff ->  

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-406 – Dave McGilvary - How to Run Across the Country (Audio: link) audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4406.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello, my endurance compatriots, companions and comrades and welcome to the RunRunLive Podcast episode 4-405.  Had a bit of a scare or a potential set back in my training after the last episode.  You could hear it in my voice that I was had a little something going on and sure enough I woke up that Sunday sick as heck! I was really looking forward to my long run that day.  It was just a plane Jane 3-hour and 15 minute surge run that would get me 21-22 miles.  Nothing complicated.  And I woke up with a fever headache.  After a few seconds of indecision, (you know me), I said ‘you'll hate yourself if you don't go try'.  I met my buddy Tim who was only doing 2 hours and we got out.  I could tell I was hurting so I called it at 2 hours.  Got a solid 13miles in.  Went home.  Took a shower and laid in bed the rest of the day.  I was concerned because I had a busy week with a 2-day road trip.  I figured I'd be out on the road, sick in airplane - you get the visual.  It turned out better than I thought.  Coach had me scheduled for a recovery week anyhow.  There weren't any monster workouts to add to being sick and traveling.  I was able to drug myself up and made the travel and meetings look easy.  And, most importantly it didn't turn into something awful.  You always run into some blips in your training cycle.  My training cycle has been going so well that I was due.  A couple more big weeks would be good for my confidence, but for the most part ‘the hay is in the barn'.   Today I called up our old friend Dave McGilvary, head of DMSE sports and race director for the Boston Marathon.  I had a simple question to pick his brain about.  “What does it take to run across the country?”  We also chat a little about that other race… Section one – the hay is in the barn… What to do when you have late-cycle training issues. Section two – continuing homilies on being … Speaking of the Boston Marathon, they released the bib number assignments.  If you want to track me I'm 18,543.  Think about that.  As hard as I train, with my finishing time around a 3:30 I'm nowhere near the mid-pack of this race.  There's 30,000 runners in the race but only around 25,000 are qualified.  That means close to ¾ of the pack is in front of me.  You'd have to run my old Boston PR of 3:06 just to make it into the first wave.  When they changed the standards by 10 minutes people wondered if the runners could keep up.  There's your answer.  They certainly can.  The entire curve just shifted by 10 minutes and the race is still over-subscribed.  Amazing.  This will be my 21st running of the race and I pulled out all the stops for this one.  I think I'm going to have a good race.  Regardless of what happens it is and has been an honor to be part of this thing, this slice of local history.  On April 15th this year, Patriot's Day in Boston, my buddies and I have done the work and earned the right to play – and play we will! On with the show. … I'll remind you that the RunRunLive podcast is ad free and listener supported.  What does that mean? It means you don't have to listen to me trying to sound sincere about Stamps.com or Audible.. (although, fyi, my MarathonBQ book is on audible) We do have a membership option where you can become a member and as a special thank you, you will get access to member's only audio. There are book reviews, odd philosophical thoughts, zombie stories and I curate old episodes for you to listen to.  I recently added that guy who cut off is foot so he could keep training and my first call with Geoff Galloway.   “Curated” means I add some introductory comments and edit them up a bit.  So anyhow – become a member so I can keep paying my bills. M … The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported.  We do this by offering a membership option where members get Access to Exclusive Members Only audio and articles. Member only race reports, essays and other bits just for you! Links are in the show notes and at RunRunLive.com … Section one – The Hay is in the Barn! - Voices of reason – the conversation Dave McGillivray, Founder DMSE RACE DIRECTOR, PHILANTHROPIST,  MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER,  ACCOMPLISHED ATHLETE. DAVE MCGILLIVRAY IS A PROFESSIONAL WITH A PURPOSE. From his extraordinary 1978 run across the U.S. to benefit the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to serving as technical director then race director of the BAA Boston Marathon since the 1980s, McGillivray has helped organize more than 900 mass participatory events since founding DMSE Sports in 1981, while raising millions for worthy causes close to his heart. Here are a few of his many career highlights: In 1978 and over the course of 80 consecutive days, McGillivray ran across the U.S. from Medford, Oregon, to his hometown of Medford, Massachusetts, covering a total distance of 3,452 miles. He finished to a standing ovation of 32,000 fans in Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. His effort raised thousands of dollars for the Jimmy Fund, a charity that supports research toward eliminating cancer in children. The 1980 East Coast Run to benefit the Jimmy Fund consisted of 1,520 miles from Winter Haven, Florida, to Boston, Massachusetts. McGillivray was joined by Bob Hall, one of the pioneers of wheelchair marathoning, and raised thousands of dollars for the Jimmy Fund. He also met with then-President Jimmy Carter at the White House during the trek through Washington, D.C. In 1980, McGillivray competed in the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon, the premier individual endurance event in the world. He finished 14th overall and was only the 30th person to have ever competed in an Ironman. The Ironman consists of three back-to-back distance events: a 2.4 mile rough, open ocean water swim, followed by a 112-mile bike race, and finally finishing up with a 26.2-mile marathon run. He completed the event again in 1983-1989 and 2014, for a total of nine times. The Wrentham State School 24-Hour Run was designated as the "Run for Our Dreams Marathon." In 1980, this run traversed 120 miles in 24 hours throughout 31 cities within southeastern Massachusetts, ending in Foxboro Stadium during half-time of a New England Patriots football game. Held to benefit the Wrentham State School for the Mentally Retarded, this particular run raised more than $10,000 for the handicapped. 1981 brought an invitation to participate in the Empire State Building Run-Up. The course consists of 86 stories, 1,575 steps, 1050 feet in elevation, 40" stair height. Finished 10th place overall in a time of 13 minutes, 27 seconds. His 1981 New England Run was a triathlon (running, cycling, and swimming) of 1,522 miles throughout the six New England states. He raised $55,000 for the Jimmy Fund. Unusual segments included running up and down Mount Washington and swimming two miles across Lake Winneapesaukee, both in New Hampshire. In addition, highlights included swimming one mile from Woods Hole toward Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts and running three miles with inmates inside Walpole State Prison. Officially completed his New England Run by swimming more than seven miles from Martha's Vineyard to Falmouth, Massachusetts, again raising more money for the Jimmy Fund. McGillivray was greeted by thousands on shore including some of the world's greatest runners, including Alberto Salazar. In 1982, McGillivray ran the Boston Marathon in 3:14 while blindfolded and escorted by two guides to raise more than $10,000 for the Carroll Center for the Blind in Newton, Massachusetts.. He traded his running shoes for swimming shorts in 1983 for the Jimmy Fund 24-Hour Swim. He swam for 24 consecutive hours in the Olympic-size Medford High School pool, swimming a total of 1,884 lengths and covering 26.2 miles (distance of Boston Marathon), again raising funds for the Jimmy Fund. Over the course of 14 days in 1983, he bicycled more than 1,000 miles throughout six New England states to raise money for a scholarship fund for McGillivray's alma mater, Merrimack College. In 1986, he formed the first sanctioned running club inside a maximum security institution at Walpole State Prison. He also conducted and ran in numerous distance races inside the prison yard, including completing and winning a full 26.2 mile marathon against inmates. Also in 1986, he biked for 24 consecutive hours around a five-mile loop course in Medford while simultaneously directing the annual Bay State Triathlon, which was being held on the same course at the same time. He covered a total of 385 miles, again raising money for the Jimmy Fund. Since 1988, he has been the Technical and Race Director of the Boston Marathon. He manages and oversees all technical and operational aspects of the oldest and most prestigious marathon in the world. McGillivray's many endurance events for charity are legendary, including running 120 miles in 24 hours thru 31 Massachusetts cities; an 86-story, 1,575-step run up Empire State Building in 13 minutes and 27 seconds; and running, cycling and swimming 1,522 miles thru six New England states while raising $55,000 for the Jimmy Fund. In 2000, he was chosen as Race Director of the Year by Road Race Management/Running Times Magazine. That same year, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award by Competitor Magazine for more than 30 years of service to the sport of road racing and triathlons. In 2003, McGillivray created the DMSE Children's Fitness Foundation to support non-profit organizations that use running to promote physical fitness in children and help solve the epidemic of childhood obesity. In 2004, McGillivray and a team of veteran marathon runners journeyed across the country following the same path he took in 1978. Trek USA raised more than $300,000 for five charities benefiting children. The race director of the Boston Marathon as well as an accomplished runner, McGillivray has run the marathon each year since 1973. For 16 years he ran it with all the other runners and since he began working with the race in 1988 he has run the course afterwards. His 2006 book, The Last Pick, which he co-wrote with Linda Glass Fechter, chronicles his childhood and career as the last pick for team sports because of his small stature, motivating readers to never underestimate their own ability to set and achieve goals. Order here on Amazon. In 2009 he was awarded the prestigious “Jimmy Award” from the Jimmy Fund of Boston for his 30-year association and his work with helping to raise money to fund cancer research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. A skilled motivational speaker, McGillivray has displayed his signature ability to engage and inspire listeners to more than 1,600 audiences from corporate executives to high school students. McGillivray has received numerous awards –  valedictorian at both his high school and college, 2005 Running USA Hall of Champions, 2007 Runner's World Heroes of Running Award, the 2010 Fleet Feet Lifetime Commitment to Running Award, 2010 Ron Burton Community Service Award, the 2011 Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center's 2011 100 list, inducted into the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame in 2011 and also received the prestigious "Jimmy Award" by the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for 30 years of contributing time and expertise to help raise millions for cancer research and treatment. In 2015, he received the MarathonFoto/Road Race Management Lifetime Achievement Award, and was named One of the 50 Most Influential People in Running by Runner's World - tied for 6th place. In 2017 he was inducted into the Road Runners Club of America Long Distance Running Hall of Fame, joined by Ryan Hall, Desiree Linden, and George Hirsch. In 2018, he completed the World Marathon Challenge: seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. McGillivray has logged more than 150,000 miles, most for charity, raising millions for worthy causes.  He's completed 155 marathons, which include 46 consecutive Boston Marathons (with 31 run at night after his race director duties are fulfilled). In 2018 he published his first children's book, Dream Big: A True Story of Courage and Determination, co-authored with Nancy Feehrer. The illustrated book is based on his 2006 autobiography, The Last Pick. Dream Big may be ordered here on Amazon. His personal bests? Marathon: 2:29:58 and for the Ironman: 10:36:42. Each year he runs his birthday age in miles, starting when he was 12, and has not missed one yet. He was born on August 22, 1954 – you can do the math. McGillivray, DMSE Sports and his DMSE Children's Foundation have raised more than $50 million for various charities, including: The Jimmy Fund, Carroll Center for the Blind, Cystic Fibrosis, Lazarus House, Massachusetts Dietetic Association, Massachusetts Special Olympics, Moth- ers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD), Muscular Dystrophy Association, Sports Museum of New England, Wrentham State School.   Section two – Future, Past and Now - Outro Well, my friends you probably have not run 3000+ miles across the country to the end of the RunRunLive Podcast episode 4-406, but maybe you will some day.   One thing I would encourage you to do is to look at Dave's resume.  He has accomplished so much in his life.  But, that's not what's special about Dave. What's special is that most of his accomplishments are focused on helping others, he lives his life in service to the greater good.  And even with all he's done he's extremely approachable and humble. A good role model for us.    I've had a great couple weeks since we last spoke.  I did get that quick fever/flu/cold whatever it was but I got through it in a week.  I had a bit of a anxiety spot when I bailed on that long run.  As you may remember I did most of my long runs on the treadmill in February and early March.  I was hitting my paces but in the back of my mind I was always cognizant of the fact that the treadmill is not the road.  Until I road tested some of those paces I was going to be tentative.  Last week was a rest week but coach gave me a nice long tempo run for Saturday.  And of course, the weather didn't cooperate.  We had 20 MPH gusting, swirling winds and I was almost ready to drive into work and knock it out on the treadmill again, especially coming off that cold.  But, I stuck my head outside and it wasn't too bad so I suited up and hit the workout.  The workout was to warm up for 20 minutes then run 50 minutes at faster than race pace. The out and back I run these on starts out as a rolling downhill.  This means that when you make the turn-around, the second half of the run is a rolling uphill.  Which, in theory is a great workout, but in practice sucks as you climb those hills at the end of the tempo session.  It turned out that the wind was a tail wind on the way out and a head wind on the way back.  I don't really look at real-time splits as I'm doing these workouts.  I try to run them by feel.  When I hit that tempo I try to ease into what I think feels like, in this case a 7:50 mile.  I get feedback on my pace every mile.  I was a bit horrified when the first mile split was a 7:30.  Too fast.  I tried to ease off a bit and the second split came in at 7:30 again.  Going into the turn around I really tried to ease up and managed a 7:45. The challenge here is now I was turning back into the wind and up the hill.  In previous training cycles this is where my legs would have gone on me.  But I was able to hold the pace at a 7:39 a 7:49 and a 7:58 up the hill into a stiff headwind without my legs failing at all.  And when I made the turn to be running with the wind for the last half mile I averaged a 7:25. A number of positives.  I was able to go out too fast and recover without failing.  I was able to do the hard work up hill and into the wind and my legs felt great.  I was able to close it hard.  All good signs.  And I followed up this week on Tuesday with a similar step up run, on the same route without the wind, with 30 minutes at 7:50's and closing with 30 minutes at 7:30's.  Last night I knocked out a set of 200-meter hill repeats at sub-7 pace and it felt easy.  How is this possible?  Am I just lucky or gifted to be able to pull this kind of speed out of my butt at the ripe old age of 56 going on 57?  No, I mean, yeah of course there is some underlying DNA involved, but this is the result of 20 years of consistent effort over the long run and 6 months of focused effort on this cycle. What have I done differently this cycle to get such great results?  Near as I can figure it comes down to the following: Consistency – I do the work with consistent focus and effort over time. This isn't different from previous cycles, but it's the baseline.  Nutrition – I have dropped close to 20 pounds over the last 6 months. I usually shed 10 pounds in a marathon cycle. The last few cycles I haven't really focused on going the extra 10 pounds.  The combination of less weight and cleaner eating early in the cycle allowed me to have higher quality training and faster paces. Stretching and core – Another difference in this cycle is an early focus on daily flexibility stretches. This allowed me to train harder and probably kept the injuries at bay.  Finally – good sleep – I haven't been traveling as much and my commute isn't bad. I've been getting that full 8-9 hours of sleep every night and I'm sure that contributes to my ability to execute. Turns out the secrets to success are no secrets.  You just have to do it! Which is the hardest thing, right? It's easy to say these things, it's another to actually do them. But, if you do, I guarantee you'll see the results. Next time we talk will be the weekend before the Boston Marathon.  I've got one more long run and I'm into my taper.  Remember, my number is 18543, If you want to steal it you need to be able to run a sub-3:30 marathon.  Your etymology for the week is the word “compass”.  This is a combination of two Latin words.  ‘Com' meaning with and ‘passus', which means pace or steps.  So following your compass means bringing together your paces. And I'll see you out there.   MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Rachel -> Coach Jeff ->  

After Lisa and Julie review their Boston training and racing for the week, Boston Race Director, Dave McGillivray, joined the podcast to discuss all aspects of the Boston Marathon and beyond. Every listener will benefit from Dave’s insight and experience! Dave is an accomplished athlete, philanthropist, author, motivational speaker, and the founder of DMSE Sports. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/runfartherandfaster/message

Dave McGillivray is a U.S. based road race director, philanthropist, author, and accomplished athlete. In 1978, he ran across the U.S. to benefit the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Since 1988, he has been the race director of the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.), Boston Marathon and completed 45 consecutive Boston Marathons, nine Hawaii IRONMAN triathlon and in 2018, became one of only 48 athletes to complete the World Marathon Challenge, completing 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days. He and his team at DMSE Sports, Inc.,which he founded in 1981, have organized more than 1,000 mass-participatory endurance events and raised millions for worthy causes close to his heart. Dave was the race director of the Boston Marathon in April of 2013 when two homemade pressure cooker bombs detonated near the finish line of the race, killing three people and injuring several hundred others, including 16 who lost limbs. Most recently, in October, 2018, Dave underwent open heart triple bypass surgery and is now focused on his recovery and reaching his goal of running the Boston Marathon in April of 2019. For more information about Dave or DMSE Sports, visit www.dmsesports.com.

In this episode, I catch up with Matt West from DMSE sports. Matt is the senior vice president of operations at DMSE Sports and handles everything from staffing and operations to vendor and government relations.  Matt has a decorated career in the events world, serving in positions such as the finish line manager for the Boston Marathon and the Antarctic marathon. Listen to hear Matt's tips for new race organizers and where he see's the running industry going in this year. Full Interview here: http://bit.ly/2FWH0x6 Biggest Takeaways Make time to attend and see other events that are considered innovators and leaders. If you cannot attend, follow them on Instagram or Facebook and see what they’re doing from afar - as you can learn a lot from their approach. Events are becoming more and more experiential in nature so we as event directors and marketers need to think about how we are providing an exceptional experience at every step of the customer journey. Focus on relationship building within the event industry. Always introduce yourself and build your network as these connections turn into valuable relationships that fuel growth.   Resources & Tools Mentioned DMSE sports: a full-service rave and event-management organization Running USA New Balance Falmouth Road Race The DMSE Classic The Pittsburgh Marathon BibRave: Race review site Basecamp: Project management platform New York Roadrunners: NYC Community Running Organization Soul Focus, LLC: a sports management group specializing in event management 312 running crew: A running crew based in Chicago, IL   Subscribe to the Eventgrow show!            Want to nominate someone for the show? Send us a message at marketing@eventgrow.com

Speaker Topic - Defining Moments Dave McGillivray is the Race Director of the BAA Boston Marathon and has directed many of the country' most prestigious races such as the 2004 and 2008 US Women's Olympic Marathon Trials, the TD Bank Beach to Beacon 10K, the Mt. Washington Road Race, the Harvard Pilgrim 10K at Patriot Place, the Run for the Dream in Williamsburg, Va. and now the famous New Balance Falmouth Road Race on Cape Cod. Dave translates his extraordinary life journeys and athletic achievements into life lessons in a motivational presentation entitled “Defining Moments.”   That 80-day trek in 1978 across the United States led McGillivrary to a life of pushing himself both mentally and physically.  He addresses audiences with a motivational account about what's possible if you believe in yourself and your own ability to do the seemingly insurmountable. Dave McGillivray has inspired thousands of people, of all ages and backgrounds, to be their best and to pursue their dreams. For more information visit: http://www.dmsesports.com Click to Tweet @DMSESports