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Meb Keflezighi won the 2009 NYC Marathon. Meb Keflezighi winning the 2009 NYC Marathon is the first American to pull off that achievement in over 25 years. In fact, with Meb Keflezighi winning the 2009 New York Marathon, he is the first American to win the race since back in 1982. The race has long become a competition where the American racers have taken a back seat to winners from Kenya, including Robert Cheruiyot who had won the Boston Marathon four times in his career. Now Meb Keflezighi is making name for himself when it comes to NYC Marathon history, as he goes down in the books with an impressive time.
The last American winner in the New York City Marathon was Alberto Salazar, who actually won the NYC Marathon for three straight years that included 1980, 1981, and 1982. Now Meb Keflezighi is taking the title of NYC Maratahon champion with a great time of just 2 hours, 9 minutes, and 15 seconds. During the race Meb Keflezighi wore USA on the front of his jersey, showing his pride for the country, and probably enamoring him with quite a few fans of the race that were watching and cheering as the American runner made his way towards the finish line. It was indeed a great day for Meb Keflezighi and the New York City Marathon, which served to show that Meb Keflezighi could be a force foa few more years to come.
I don't really give a damn about marathon running, but it's nice to see an American win the race.
Keflezighi managed to finish the race in 2 hours and 9 minutes.
I would be interested to hear from some of the running experts around here (Bill Bradley?) about whether this is going to be the first step in an American resurgence, or whether this is just an isolated case.
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