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Desi Linden is Ready to Roll in Boston

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RunnerSpace.com/RoadRacing   Mar 3rd 2014, 4:28pm
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Desi Davila Linden Preparing For First Boston Marathon Since 2011 Second-Place Finish

Published by CBS Boston on February 27, 2014

Three years ago, American Desiree Davila Linden came within two seconds of winning the Boston Marathon.

“When I run on the course here, I replay it and I practice winning,” Linden told WBZ-TV’s Lisa Hughes following a recent trip to Boston. “I think about it a lot.”

Since then, Linden has run in the London Olympics, recovered from a stress fracture and married fellow marathoner Ryan Linden. Once again part of John Hancock’s Elite team for this year’s race, Linden was in Boston this week to get in some work on the Boston course, fresh off an eye-opening six-week training adventure in Kenya.

Desi and her running partner run around a herd of cows in Kenya. (Photo Courtesy Scott Draper/Competitor.com)

“It’s great training for here,” she said of training in the Kenyan altitude — something she had not done before. “You drop a lot and then you just climb back to where you were situation. Ultimately it’s the same; you’re out there putting in miles and hard work.”

She said the Kenya experience has got her excited again about running, and hungry for Boston.

“Mentally it puts me in a different place to see that I can run with these women,” she said. “There are so many Boston champs and really fast runners out there.”



Read the full article at: boston.cbslocal.com

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