Milestone season
highlighted by 25th year with the Boston Marathon, the 15th
TD Beach to Beacon and the first year at the helm of the historic Falmouth Road
Race
BOSTON
(March
21, 2012) ÛÒ DMSE Sports is off and running in 2012 with a schedule of 30
road races and charity walks that began last weekend with the Spring Training
Classic in Jupiter, Fla., and doesnÛªt end until the popular Feaster Five in
Andover, Mass., on Thanksgiving Day.
In
between, the New England-based national sports
event management firm will direct some of the countryÛªs most iconic road
races, including the B.A.A. Boston Marathon for the 25th time (13 as
Technical Director, last 12 as Race Director), the 15th TD Beach to
Beacon in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, the famed Bellin Run in Green Bay, Wis., and,
for the first time ever, the historic New Balance Falmouth Road Race on Cape
Cod in August.
DMSE
also recently launched a new website at www.dmsesports.com with a comprehensive
calendar of events, a newsroom, and other background and information about the
company founded by Dave McGillivray in a Medford, Mass., storefront in 1981.
ÛÏWeÛªre
truly excited about 2012 as our roster of races is growing in size and
prestige, and the decision to overhaul our website is a reflection of that
growth,Û said McGillivray, DMSE president. The new website was created by Forte
Interactive (www.forteinteractive.com), a web design
company that DMSE has enlisted for other race websites, he added.
Now in its 31st year, DMSE, Inc. –
Dave McGillivray Sports Enterprises, also known as DMSE Sports – is a leader in sports event
management, specializing in creating, marketing and producing mass
participatory athletic events throughout the U.S. and abroad. Regarded for
technical expertise and attention to every detail, DMSE races are known for
being safe, organized and technically advanced. In 2000, McGillivray and his
team received the prestigious Race Director of the Year award from Road Race
Management.
Other highlights on DMSEÛªs 2012 schedule
include the Run for the Dream in Williamsburg, Va.; the Lady Speed Stick®
WomenÛªs Half Marathon series throughout the U.S., the grueling Mount Washington
Road Race in Gorham, N.H., and the Run ÛÒ Walk to Home Base 9K at Fenway Park in
Boston. DMSE also has been tapped to direct the USA Masters 8K Championships.
DMSE also has in recent years has started and
manages several of its own races. In addition to the Spring Training Classic in
Jupiter, Fla., which ends at home plate inside the stadium where the Marlins
and Cardinals train, DMSE also launched the beautiful Run Gloucester! 7 Mile in
Gloucester, Mass. and the Harvard Pilgrim Finish at the 50 5K & 10K, where
runners cross the finish line in Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.
DMSE is a pioneer in what is now one of the
most important aspects of the athletic industry ÛÒ combining athletics with
philanthropy. Nearly every DMSE-led or DMSE-owned event combines fitness
and fundraising, giving back to the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute, ChildrenÛªs Hospital, Lazarus House and many others charities and
non-profit organizations in New England and across the country.
Here
is a detailed schedule of DMSEÛªs 2012 races:
Sunday, March 18 – SPRING TRAINING
CLASSIC 5K and 10K ÛÒ JUPITER, FL ÛÒwww.springtrainingclassic.com
Sunday, April 15 – B.A.A. 5K and B.A.A.
1-MILE RACES ÛÒ BOSTON – www.baa.org
Monday, April 16 – 116TH
B.A.A. BOSTON MARATHON ÛÒ BOSTON – www.baa.org
Friday, April 27 – DAVID SAMSON 50-MILE
CHARITY RUN – FLORIDA
Sunday, April 29 – PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
FOUNDATION 5K ÛÒ BOSTON ESPLANADE
Saturday, May 19
– FIT TO
RUN, FIT TO DREAM 8K (USA Track & Field Master’s 8K Championship) ÛÒ
WILLIAMSBURG, VA – www.runforachievabledream.com
Saturday, May 19 – ETHOS FESTIVAL
1 ÛÒ TEMECULA, CA
Sunday, May 20 – RUN TO HOME
BASE 9K ÛÒ FENWAY PARK, BOSTON – www.runtohomebase.org
Sunday, May 20 – RUN FOR THE
DREAM HALF MARATHON ÛÒ WILLIAMSBURG, VA – www.runforachievabledream.com
Sunday, June 3 – RHODY 5K ROAD RACE ÛÒ
LINCOLN, RI www.rhody5k.com
Saturday, June 9 – BELLIN RUN ÛÒ GREEN
BAY, WI www.bellinrun.com
Sunday, June 10 – NSTARÛªS WALK FOR
CHILDRENÛªS HOSPITAL BOSTON ÛÒ BOSTON www.childrenshospital.org/walk
Saturday, June 16 – MOUNT WASHINGTON
ROAD RACE ÛÒ GORHAM, NH – www.mountwashingtonroadrace.com
Sunday, June 24 – BAA 10K ÛÒ BOSTON, MA
– www.baa.org
Tuesday, July 3 – HARVARD PILGRIM
FINISH AT THE FIFTY 5K & 10K ÛÒ FOXBORO, MA ÛÒ www.harvardpilgrimfinishatthe50.com
Thursday, July 26 – CAMP HARBOR VIEW
CHALLENGE ÛÒ 5K ÛÒ QUINCY, MA – www.campharborview5k.com
Saturday, Aug. 4 – TD BEACH TO BEACON
10K ROAD RACE ÛÒ CAPE ELIZABETH, ME – www.beach2beacon.org
Sunday, Aug. 12 – NEW BALANCE FALMOUTH
ROAD RACE ÛÒ FALMOUTH, MA www.falmouthroadrace.com
Sunday, Aug. 19 – RUN
GLOUCESTER! 7 Mile ÛÒ GLOUCESTER, MA – www.rungloucester.com
Sunday, Aug. 26 ÛÒ LADY SPEED
STICK® WOMENÛªS HALF MARATHON ÛÒ BLOOMINGTON, MN – www.womenshalfmarathon.com
Sunday, Sept. 9 – BOSTON
MARATHON JIMMY FUND WALK – BOSTON, MA ÛÒ www.jimmyfundwalk.org
Saturday,
Sept. 22 –
LADY SPEED STICK® WOMENÛªS HALF MARATHON ÛÒ NASHVILLE, TN – www.womenshalfmarathon.com
Saturday,
Sept. 22
– ETHOS TRIATHLON ÛÒ TEMECULA, CA
Sunday,
Sept. 30
– SMUTTY NOSE MARATHON ÛÒ HAMPTON, NH
Sunday,
Sept. 30
– PANCREATIC CANCER RESEARCH WALK ÛÒ BOSTON – www.lustgarten.org
Sunday, Oct. 7 – B.A.A. HALF MARATHON
ÛÒ BOSTON – www.baa.org
Sunday, Oct. 14 – HIKE FOR HOPE WALK ÛÒ
MERRIMACK COLLEGE, N. ANDOVER, MA – www.hikeforhope.com
Sunday, Nov. 4 – LADY SPEED STICK®
WOMENÛªS HALF MARATHON ÛÒ SCOTTSDALE, AZ – www.womenshalfmarathon.com
Sunday, Nov. 18 – LADY SPEED STICK®
WOMENÛªS RUNNING HALF MARATHON ÛÒ ST. PETERSBURG, FL – www.womenshalfmarathon.com
Thursday, Nov. 22 – FEASTER FIVE ROAD
RACE – ANDOVER, MA – www.feasterfive.com
For more information, visit DMSE online
at www.dmsesports.com
and on Facebook and Twitter.