We just updated the homepage and have the article up about how the NYRR announced today Meb, Hall and Abdi will all run the NYC Half on March 20th.More here: http://letsrun.com/2011/keflezighi-0208.phpWhat most people are failing to realize is the big story really is that Meb as of now won't be running the 2011 Boston marathon. It's clear from the way the story is written that the $$ weren't right. As David Monti wrote in the above article, Meb said, "In terms of a spring marathon, we were hoping to do Boston, but things didn't work out that way."Since reading that, I took a look at the full transcript of Meb's teleconference today and Meb also had the following quote about the negotiations with Boston.
In the middle of the teleconference, a reporter asked Meb if training setbacks or injuries had caused him to not to run a spring marathon and Meb answered in the negative.
So the question now becomes, will Boston up the ante or Meb lower his asking price? Or will Meb find another spring marathon?