{"id":201740,"date":"2026-03-31T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=201740"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:13:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T20:13:43","slug":"from-road-racing-to-ultras-with-marathon-legend-des-linden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/from-road-racing-to-ultras-with-marathon-legend-des-linden","title":{"rendered":"From Road Racing to Ultras with Marathon Legend Des Linden"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/537249cf-30be-4a04-a58b-45c30a042fa4?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/from-road-racing-to-ultras-with-marathon-legend-des-linden\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marathon legend Des Linden made history on April 16, 2018, becoming the first American woman to win the Boston Marathon in 33 years. Over more than a decade at the top of the sport, she raced the biggest marathons in the world, represented the United States at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, and set a 50K world record. Last year, on the morning of her 13th Boston Marathon, she announced her retirement from professional road racing. Now she is applying the same discipline and curiosity to new challenges, reshaping what a running life can look like beyond the marathon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with Des:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/des_linden\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Purchase Des&#8217; book,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/695916\/choosing-to-run-by-des-linden-with-bonnie-d-ford\/?utm_source=ig&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=link_in_bio&amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnBKuW4eBwkLsNGteiAbRdbUYjpEOyshk0NKpyMGNTmGpms9Pxu4LZ1r6Zo84_aem_Ol0hsu_fgNJMYseVYHyGww\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Choosing To Run<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/outsidedays.outsideonline.com\/cardholderbenefits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Outside Days Early Bird Pricing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Explore the REI and Intrepid Travel collections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to our sponsors:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Capital One and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/membership\/mastercard?trackingId=podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the REI Co-op\u00ae Mastercard\u00ae<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/b\/teva\/c\/all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Teva<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript Marathon legend Des Linden made history on April 16, 2018, becoming the first American woman to win the Boston Marathon in 33 years. Over more than a decade at the top of the sport, she raced the biggest marathons in the world, represented the United States at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, and set 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