Olympic Finals: Sunday, August 12

by | Sports

Today is the last day of the Olympics and there is only one event in Track & Field which actually takes place out in the streets. Here are our 3 Olympians in the Men’s Marathon: Men’s Marathon at 6:00 AM EDT Meb Keflezighi Ryan Hall Abdi Abdirahman I...

2012 Olympic Trials and Houston Marathon

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This past weekend the Olympic Marathon Trials took place in Houston, Texas. A day later, there followed the Houston Marathon. This also happened to be my birthday weekend, so what better way to celebrate a birthday than to watch some amazing athletes and then run a...

Run to Overcome Book Review

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Olympic silver medalist, Mebrahtom Keflezighi, is one of the best, if not the best distance runner that the US has produced in the last few years. This weekend, he’s going to be trying to defend his New York City Marathon title, as he joins up with some of the...

A Brief Chat with Meb Keflezighi

by | Sports

Yesterday afternoon I had a few minutes to chat with Meb Keflezighi, one of the best marathoners in the United States right now. He ran for UCLA in the mid/late 1990s, and among his many accomplishments, Meb is a 3 time national cross country champion, he won the...

Meb Keflezighi is an American!

by | News

I don’t understand the position that some people are taking that Meb Keflezighi is not American enough to be considered the first American to win the marathon since 1982 when Alberto Salazar won. Which is silly, because even if he had become an American citizen...