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 ...

In perhaps the worst rain and headwinds in Boston Marathon history, Chula Vista’s Des Linden won the memorable 2018 race in 2 hours, 39 minutes and 55 seconds. Sunday, at the Chicago Marathon in ideal ...

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 ...

After racing in the Chicago Marathon last October and then the Olympic trials in February, Des Linden says she’s feeling pretty fit though she admits she’s a “little bit fatigued.” But she’s also ...

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 ...

In her fifth Olympic Trials, 40-year-old Des Linden finished 11th in 2:28:04. It was her 27th race at the marathon distance or longer. She ran a typically consistent effort: She was 28th at the 5-mile ...

WITH DES. LET’S LISTEN FOR ONE SECOND. WITH DES LINDNER. 12TH AND FINAL RACE. DES, YOU ANNOUNCED YOUR RETIREMENT TODAY. SO KNOWING THAT AT THE START LINE AND THEN AT THE FINISH LINE, WHAT WAS THE DAY ...

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 ...

Des Linden last ran the Faxon Law New Haven Road Race 20K in 2007. She was 24 years old. She finished fifth. Back then, she was Desiree Davila, with her whole career in front of her – her ...

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 ...