Run to overcome : the inspiring story of an American champion's long-distance quest to achieve a big dream / Meb Keflezighi ; with Dick Patrick ; [foreword by Joan Benoit Samuelson].

When Meb Keflezighi won the New York City Marathon in 2009 some critics questioned whether the Eritrean-born runner was really an American despite his citizenship status and representing the USA on two Olympic and several World Championship teams. Yet Meb is the living embodiment of the American dre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Keflezighi, Meb
Other Authors: Patrick, Dick
Language:English
Published: Carol Stream, Ill. : Tyndale House Publishers, [2010], ©2010.
Subjects:
Keflezighi, Meb.
Runners (Sports) > United States > Biography.
Marathon running > United States > Biography.
Eritrean Americans > Biography.
Autobiographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:xii, 242 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Inspiring story of an American champion's long-distance quest to achieve a big dream.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • An American dream
  • Out of Eritrea
  • Coming to America
  • UCLA days : student first, athlete second
  • Turning pro and living small
  • Athens...another joyous moment
  • Love story
  • Life on the run : the elite game
  • Trials and tribulations : a test of faith
  • King of New York
  • The bell lap.