A year ago, the bombings at the Boston Marathon shook the core of our city. We were there when the bombs exploded, and fortunately spared from injury. We saw the terrible aftermath with our eyes, but we also witnessed something else that day.
Two PAN Employees Remember The Marathon Bombing and How It Made Boston Strong
Posted by John Pinkham on Apr 18, 2014 5:41:30 AM
Topics: Boston Marathon, Boston Strong, Marathon Bombing
The first time Dave McGillivray ran the Boston Marathon, he couldn’t finish it. He poured his heart into it, but it wasn’t in the cards that year. So he trained harder, when many would have given up on a difficult task – not Dave. Eventually, he completed the race he had worked so hard at, but he wasn’t finished yet. At age 24, in 1978, Dave made his 3,452-mile trek in 80 days, benefiting the Jimmy Fund, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Still, he wanted another challenge. So he ran the Boston Marathon, again. Doesn’t sound like a challenge after running across country, right? Well it was for Dave, because he completed the race blindfolded to see what it was like to be visually impaired.
Topics: PR, running, Merrimack College, Boston Marathon, Dave McGillivray, personal branding