Dave McGillivray

Dave McGillivray translates his extraordinary life journeys and athletic achievements into life lessons that leave each audience wanting more. Everyone has a story to tell. For Dave McGillivray, it was his strong desire to be an athlete that led him to run across the country in 1978 at age 23. That 80-day trek across the United States led to a life of pushing himself both mentally and physically. McGillivray has been race director of the B.A.A. Boston Marathon and has directed many of the country's most prestigious races, such as the 2004 and 2008 U.S. Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials, the 1990 ITU Triathlon World Championship, the TD Beach to Beacon 10K, the ASICS Falmouth Road Race, and numerous other races. He addresses audiences with a motivational account that is not about running...it’s about what’s possible if you believe in yourself and your own ability to do the seemingly insurmountable.