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Keflezighi Jumps on Stage and Joins Rock 'n' Roll's Competitor Group

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RunnerSpace.com/RoadRacing   Jul 21st 2014, 1:18pm
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Meb Keflezighi Becomes VP of Running for Competitor Group, Inc.

Published by USA Today on July 20, 2014

Meb Keflezighi's family left the African nation of Eritrea to escape poverty and a violent war with Ethiopia and settled in San Diego when he was 12, and Meb knew no English.

His father would wake the children up at 4:30 a.m., before school, and they learned English by studying the dictionary. Growing up in the USA was a unique opportunity his parents and cousins didn't have, his father, Russom, said. "So don't waste it. Work hard and make us proud."

Russom had several jobs, one as a janitor cleaning banks. He would sweep and mop the bathroom floors and wipe the windows and the desks. "You have a choice," he told his son. "You can get your education and have an office and work from 8to 5, like most people do in these offices, or you can do what I'm doing."

Keflezighi did get his education — he graduated from UCLA — and has become one of the top U.S. distance runners in history. He is an Olympic medalist and winner of the New York and Boston marathons, so there was never a need for an office. Until now.

On Monday, Keflezighi will add a new title to his résumé: vice president of running for San Diego-based company Competitor Group Inc., which owns and operates the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series.



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