By Peter Vigneron for Runner's WorldOn Tuesday, Meb Keflezighi told reporters that he would not run April’s Boston Marathon. “In terms of the spring marathon, we were hoping to do Boston, but things have not worked out that way,” Keflezighi said. Then, on Thursday—the same day Boston race sponsor John Hancock announced the event’s elite field for 2011—Keflezighi posted a statement on his website titled “NYC Exhilaration and Boston Disappointment.”
“Starting in July 2010, my team communicated consistent and serious interest to John Hancock’s elite athlete coordinator about my competing in the 2011 Boston Marathon,” the statement read. “Unfortunately, though John Hancock’s representative indicated there was a lot of interest in having me as part of the field and keeping the conversation alive until late January, no offer was made.”
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