Runnerville

The morning after the 114th Boston Marathon Meb was sitting in the Venetian Room of the Copley Plaza Hotel after the post-event press conference.  1990 Boston marathon champion Gelindo Bordin of Italy walked by, saying hi to an old friend on his way out.

“Who was that?” asked Meb.

“That?  That was Gelindo Bordin, the Olympic Marathon champion.”

“Oh, I’ve never met him.”

“Hey, Gelindo!  Come here I want to introduce you to somebody.”

It’s like Hollywood, everybody thinks anyone knows everyone else.  So that’s how the 1988 Olympic gold medalist met the 2004 Olympic silver medalist.  

Meb and Gelindo shared a few words in Italian.  Meb had spent a few years in Milan after emigrating with his family from Eritrea on their eventual way to San Diego.  Gelindo invited Meb back to play soccer in the old country sometime, colleagues. 

It was a nice moment. Any sport  needs to be lucky in its champions.  In Gelindo and Meb running has come out on top.

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