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Weekend Schedule/Results 10/26/14Oct 25th 2014, 3:40pm
 

 

Linden Tackles the Big Apple

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RunnerSpace.com/RoadRacing   Oct 25th 2014, 4:35pm
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Desiree Linden is Ready for New York City Marathon Debut

Published by Runner's World on October 24, 2014

Each autumn since she became a professional marathoner, Desiree Linden has raced on the flat surfaces of Chicago or Berlin, or started her way back after theWorld Championships in late summer, or, after the 2012 Olympics, coped with the one serious injury of her life.

The one thing she hasn’t done is the New York City Marathon.

“I didn’t necessarily feel I was ready for it,” she told Runner’s World Newswirethis week.

Linden, formerly Davila, is best known for her second-place 2:22:38, two seconds behind the winner, at the 2011 Boston Marathon, and for another second at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. After her 2:23:54 in Boston this past April – good for just tenth place in the deepest women’s finish in the race’s history – she’s a solid favorite to be the first American woman finisher in New York on November 2.

Linden, 31, has eagerly anticipated taking on New York’s challenging course, and the hills of its second half, for a long time.

“But I feel when I was starting out it was more about learning the event, learning about how to cover the last 10K, learning how to compete on the way in,” she said. Linden and her coaches thought those matters could be better learned on easier courses.

What’s more, in New York City, “it’s an all-women’s start,” Linden said. “If you’re not ready to run with that front group, it’s going to be a lonely day. I wanted to be ready for that before I headed over there.”



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