Meb Keflezighi

- Born: May 5, 1975
- Birth place: Eritrea, Africa http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/sports...
- Attended UCLA; won numerous NCAA track and field titles http://www.runmeb.com/ssp/bio
- Became a professional runner after graduating from UCLA http://www.runmeb.com/ssp/bio
- First American man to win the NYC Marathon since Alberto Salazar in 1982 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/sports...

Meb Keflezighi won the New York City Marathon on November 1, 2009. Keflezighi is the first American man to win the prestigious race in 27 years. The 34-year-old Keflezighi finished the marathon with a time of 2 hours 9 minutes and 15 seconds.http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jlHyTTzmeNn85YCrdnNMEbW8jN-Q
Keflezighi was a silver medalist in the men's marathon at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He was born in East Africa, and became a U.S. citizen in 1998.http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jlHyTTzmeNn85YCrdnNMEbW8jN-Q

Meb Keflezighi Training for NYC Marathon

Meb Keflezighi discusses his training regimen to prepare to run in the New York City Marathon. Keflezighi spends months getting ready to run a marathon and that includes a stringent conditioning program.

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lauriem added a comment November 01, 2009 07:59 PM
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Wow, extremely disciplined - all that hard work and training paid off this year!

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