OlympicTalk · Apr 13, 2018
Meb Keflezighi brought back to marathon running by special email
BOSTON — As a hurting Meb Keflezighi hit the halfway point of the 2017 Boston Marathon, and the leaders pulled away, the 41-year-old started thinking he made a mistake by not retiring after the Rio Olympics.
“A year ago, if you asked me if I would do the Boston Marathon [again], I wouldn’t have said that,” he said Friday.
Yet the 2014 Boston champ joined the elite runners at the pre-race press conference three days before he runs his 27th marathon. Keflezighi will not try to keep pace with them on Monday (8:30 ET, NBCSN and NBC Sports Gold).
Instead, the 122nd Boston Marathon will be Keflezighi’s first 26.2 miler in a non-competitive capacity.