Des Linden made her 29th marathon — and 12th in Boston — the last 26.2-mile race of her professional career. Linden, a 41-year-old who won the 2018 Boston Marathon, finished 17th in 2:26:19, her ...

FIVE. IMPORTANT, INDEED. JOHN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC MARATHON, AND SHE HAS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC MARATHON MOMENTS IN RECENT HISTORY. AND TODAY, A BOSTON ...

BEN AND ERIKA A NICE WEEK. THANK YOU MIKE. SO IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL DAY FOR MANY ON THE MARATHON COURSE YESTERDAY. FOR SOME MORE SO THAN OTHERS. YEAH, THAT’S 2018 MARATHON CHAMPION DES LINDEN CROSSING ...

Send this article to your social connections. Boston Marathon fan favorite and 2018 champion Des Linden announced her retirement from professional marathoning, saying Monday’s race from Hopkinton to ...

Des Linden isn’t sure if this is her 12th Boston Marathon or her 13th. She had to resort to counting on her fingers last week, while the BAA’s Mary-Kate Shea was on the phone trying to confirm the ...

A few months ago, my friend Des Linden asked me if I could keep a secret. “Of course,” I said, curious to hear what she would say next. “Boston is going to be my last race as a pro,” she shared.

After 12 trips on the route from Hopkinton to Boylston, including a legendary 2018 win in monsoon conditions, Des Linden is calling it a day. As she departed for the start line Monday morning, Linden ...

CHARLEVOIX — Des Linden, a two-time Olympian and holder of the women’s world record for the 50K race, has announced her retirement from professional running after winning the Boston Marathon in 2018.

Martin Fritz Huber is a frequent contributor to Outside who previously wrote the In Stride column about running culture. He also works as a tree care professional in New York City. Regardless of what ...

If anyone is more than qualified to give an opinion on running, it’s certainly Des Linden. The 2018 Boston Marathon champion, two-time Olympian, and 50K world record holder justifiably holds a spot ...

Des Linden is making her 28th marathon — and 12th in Boston — the last 26.2-mile race of her professional career. Linden, 41, made her marathon debut in Boston in 2007, ran her first of five Olympic ...