Desi Linden was 18th in the 2007 Boston Marathon. Four years later, she ran a masterful race in Boston, missing the win by two seconds. Her 2:22:38 that day is still her PB. Six years later, Desi Linden is in fine shape, and very confident. The important notion to understand about Desi Linden is that savors a good fight. Linden is prepared to battle to the very last steps and looks forward to that. Her long term training, with the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project, has created this immense muscle memory.
Desi Linden, photo by PhotoRun.net
Tomorrow, Monday, April 17, 2017, that muscle memory and focus will be put to the test. We wish Desi Linden the very best and believe that she is quit capable of winning the 2017 Boston Marathon.
This interview was done on Saturday, April 15, at the Sam Adams Brewery, with special thanks to Brooks Running’s Derek Lactoen.
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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