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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Boston Marathon For Des Linden, running her final professional marathon in Boston ‘is indeed going out on top’ She is not from Boston. It just seems like she is, in so many ways. Des Linden embraces ...

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 ...

After completing her final Boston Marathon in the professional field, 2018 champion Desiree Linden spoke about her decision to retire and her special connection to the annual Patriots' Day race. "I ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The fastest men’s Boston Marathon time in history was set in 2011 by Kenya’s Geoffrey Mutai. He ran 2:03:02. The fastest women’s time is 2:19:59, set by Ethiopia’s Buzunesh Deba in 2014. The 2025 ...

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 ...

Former Boston Marathon champion Des Linden said Monday that she is retiring from professional marathoning after competing in the 129th running of the iconic race. "Ready for one last #BostonMarathon ...