The Last Miles of a Marathon Runner

On November 3, 2019, Meb Keflezighi lined up for the New York City Marathon — his final competitive race. At forty-four years old, the Eritrean-born American had already won Boston, won New York, earned an Olympic silver medal. He had nothing left to prove. But he had a race left to finish. By mile twenty, his legs burned with the familiar fire of decades of training.…