Keflezighi Wins NYC Marathon

[Wilbur]

Meb Keflezighi -- the first American man to win the New York City Marathon since 1982.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/sports/02men.html?_r=1&ref=sports

[Sierra Lady]

ALRIGHT...way to go, Meb! We here in Mammoth Lakes are so incredibly proud of you!!!!

(For those of you who aren't aware, Meb is a full-time resident of M.L.)

[snowboard247]

He has an autographed poster in the post office I believe.

[Photoho]

I think STD has one of those also.



Congratulations Meb. !!!

[Grumpy]

He has an autographed poster in the post office I believe.

I know he has one in Physical Therapy and one in Dr. Perry's office.

[Sierra Lady]

Well, neener, neener...I have his autograph on a photo of the two of us when he returned from winning in the Athens Olympics!

Anyone remember when we threw he and Deena Kastor a welcome home party after those Olympics up at The Village?


I shot this of him on 7/4/07 running in the Freedom Mile race prior to the 4th of July Parade. He was pushing his newborn daughter in the carriage!

[longlivechair19]

were the Kenyans on strike or did they forget to change the clocks back one hour?

[Sierra Lady]

Sierra Wave's story on Meb

[snowboard247]

Only 6 minutes shy of the fastest marathon time too...so close

This quote did not make sense to me in the article

Keflezighi had won the Olympic silver medal in 2004 in Athens. He was then the first American to win any Olympic medal in nearly 30 years.

So they are saying that no american won any olympic medal in nearly 30 years prior to him winning that one? I find that very hard to believe.

[Sierra Lady]

I think Benett may have meant "in that particular sport"?!

[quacque]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/sport ... er.html?hp

[Sierra Lady]

Keflezighi said on Monday that remarks about his heritage were not new. “I’ve had to deal with it,” he said. “But, hey, I’ve been here 22 years. And the U.S.A. is a land of immigrants. A lot of people have come from different places.”

The last American to win the New York race, Alberto Salazar, was also born in another country. He came to the United States from Cuba when he was 2. When he won, though, he did not hear grumbling about whether he should be considered an American. He pointed out two differences between his case and Keflezighi’s: Salazar is Hispanic, not black; and when he won in 1982, the Internet, in its current form, did not exist.

The argument that Keflezighi is not really an American makes little sense, Salazar said in a telephone interview.

“What if Meb’s parents had moved to this country a year before he was born?” he said. At what point is someone truly American? “Only if your family traces itself back to 1800, will it count?”

Racism...alive and well in the running world, too.

[quacque]

But wait . . . there's more:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/0 ... 43772.html

[Skien]

It would be an interesting statistic to see what % of those goofs that don't consider it an American victory also claim Obama wasn't born in the US

[Snowave]

It is a little misleading... he's been here 22 years, but only been a citizen since 1998.

Regardless, a great feat and I'm proud of him. and also, the 6 Americans to finish in the top 10. That seems really impressive it itself.