[Baldwin:] I love this next story, the highlight of my day, other than this race today. My next guest is an American hero, Meb Keflezighi, became the first American man to win the Boston marathon in more than 30 years. This is event was past April when he crossed the finish line. It was an incredibly proud moment for the city of Boston looking to shake off the shadows from last year's marathon bombing there in Boyles Street. So today, my news, this was me as I am running, you know, a little selfie while you are running at 10k with my pal Allison. And here we were at the starting line, rocking the red, white and blue tutus. Technically, I finished the peach tree road race, 6.2 miles, ahead of the man sitting next to me. Because he hadn't even started running the race. Let's be real. He's a little bit faster than I am. And he started way behind me. He tough started in last place behind some 60,000 other runners. Meb Keflezighi joins me now. His book is "run to overcome." It is such an honor to sit here with you, just after being in Boston and knowing about you. So, Mr. Boston marathon and New York marathon and Olympian, what was it like running and seeing the backs of runners' heads for the first time?
[Meb Keflezighi, 2014 Boston Marathon:] It was a great honor to be on the peach tree road race and I started last, ten minutes after everybody left and I was doing it for charity. So it was just a great cause. I was able to it was kind of quiet and got louder and louder and more crowded and crowded. So chasing people, dodging people.
[Baldwin:] How did people react to you? It's a crowded race. Were you zigzagging?
[Keflezighi:] Well, a lot of zigzagging and a lot of piles and a lot of agility movement, and a lot of touching because coming through, coming through. So I have four guys or six guys helping me out, and Meb is coming. He is coming.
[Baldwin:] So you had some people clearing the way.
[Keflezighi:] I did, yes. It helped a lot. And we met our goals. My goal was to pass 22,500.
[Baldwin:] You did?
[Keflezighi:] I did pass 22,780.
[Baldwin:] Tell me why you did it. Tell me about kilometer kids.
[Keflezighi:] Well, kilometer kids, it's by the Atlanta track club, and it was just basically for youth fitness to give back to them, make them more responsible, committed, and how to work persistence and time management. So to be able to just have them be fit and have it. So it was great. And you can learn more about it, chase for charity chase for kids.org.
[Baldwin:] Charitychaseforkids.com.
[Keflezighi:] And you can donate at Atlantatrackclub.org also.
[Baldwin:] Can we just talk about your story for a moment. I mean, I remember talking to a Boston globe columnist about the day you won Boston this April. And I mean, he was saying to me, Kevin Colon, was like this is truly the American story. Your parents come over to escape the war from
[Keflezighi:] Used to speak Italian, yes.
[Baldwin:] So you're speaking Italian. And you end up going to UCLA, and look at everything you've accomplished now. And your parents did I read they put ten kids through college?
[Keflezighi:] Correct. You know, I mentioned earlier, I run more details about how we came here, 1987, without knowing the language, the clothe on our back, grew up on welfare and we made something. And all my brothers and sisters have accomplished higher education. I just get notoriety because of my running.
[Baldwin:] Well, you're kind of fast.
[Keflezighi:] Kind of fast but we have an engineer, doctor, MBA, Stanford graduate and Berkeley graduate and list goes on and on. And just fell, my parents gave us this opportunity to sacrifice their lives and they want us to use that opportunity. And we used to wake up at 4:30 a.m. to learn the language word, by word and hard work paid off. And we are so proud of that.
[Baldwin:] You pulled it off. Incredibly, may I say. Truly, like I said, an honor. And the last 30 seconds I have with you, what advice do you have for people, just from your own life story, from your running? For kids? What do you want people to know?
[Keflezighi:] I would say run to win doesn't mean getting the first place but getting the best out of yourself whether who that talented is. And if you do that, you are going to see a doing the best you can and push your passion and have fun in the process.
[Baldwin:] I love it. Meb, so nice to meet you.
[Keflezighi:] Thanks for having me.
[Baldwin:] I mean, I beat you today, after all.
[Keflezighi:] You did beat me today.
[Baldwin:] Thank you, appreciate it. Happy 4th of July.
[Keflezighi:] Happy 4th.
[Baldwin:] Now this.