Meb Keflezighi at the Macy's Day Parade, Photo gallery courtesy of Photo Run, story by PhotoRun

Meb with the Statue of Liberty, photo by PhotoRun.net.
Meb Keflezighi, 3 time USA Olympian, Olympic Marathon Silver Medalist and the current ING NYC Marathon champion waved for 2.65 Miles with the current Miss America, Katie Stam during this morning’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Macy’s Parade is one of the highlights of the NYC Calendar and draws over 3.5 Million along the parade route. It was one of the warmest in Parade History at 53F/ 11.5C.
Keflezighi, was the first ING NYC Marathon Champion to hold stage of a float during the parade. SPIRIT OF LIBERTY
Illuminated by a ring of stars, Lady Liberty Float returns to the Parade in all her patriotic glory. America’s symbol of freedom, the Statue of Liberty, is immortalized on this 21-foot high, 19-foot long and 15-foot wide unit that features a replica of the head, shoulders and tablet of the beloved “Lady in the Harbor.”
When asked about if his daughters were able to sleep the nite prior to the parade, “they couldn’t sleep, I couldn’t sleep, I was so excited, I thought I was running a major event this morning” Keflezighi was joined by NYRR CEO and ING NYC Marathon Race Director, Mary Wittenberg for an early 0530 run.

Meb signing the drum of one of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade
bands….

Meb with his signed Drum and a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade school band…..

Meb with Kermit the Frog, a major character in modern American children’s literature……

Meb with Spiderman, a major comic character and favorite in the parade…..

Meb Keflizighi with Katie Stam, Miss America, and Lisa Congilio, PhotoRun.net…..

Meb and two of New York’s Finests……..

Meb Keflezighi, with Katie Stam, Miss America, and Mary Wittenberg and her family. Mary is CEO of NYRR….
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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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