Des Linden is a modern-day renaissance woman. She’s the 2018 Boston Marathon Champion, two-time U.S. Olympian, 50k World Record holder (2:59:54), Brooks’ chief running advisor, bestselling author, podcaster, and whiskey connoisseur. Pushing the boundaries of distance running for well over a decade, she continues to exemplify her own motto of “Keep Showing Up” and is one of the most consistent elite athletes in the history of the sport. On top of all the time spent running, she has also managed to find time to release her memoir, a New York Times bestseller, Choosing to Run last year along with starting up a well-loved podcast, Nobody Asked Us, alongside fellow Olympian Kara Goucher.

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