Des Linden’s new book, “Choosing to Run,” provides a thorough examination of her historic victory in the 2018 Boston Marathon, as well as a look at the people and places that got her there.

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 ...

Des Linden, who delivered one of the most iconic Boston Marathon finishes in recent history, returned to the iconic course on Wednesday. "It's always great to be back here," Linden said as she ...

Former Boston Marathon winner Des Linden stands on the finish line in 2021. (Herald file photo) Des Linden celebrates after winning the 122nd Boston Marathon in 2018.

it had been more than three decades since an american woman had earned the title of champion at the boston marathon. then in 2018, des linden willed her way through win driven rain and freezing ...

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 ...

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 ...

Des Linden came in second place at the Boston Marathon in 2011, and then won the race under some of the worst weather conditions seven years later. In her new book, "Choosing to Run: A Memoir ...

Linden won the Boston Marathon in 2018, snapping a 33-year winless streak for American women. "I didn't want to let my mind wander too much about the bigger picture because I would have started ...

Linden was planning to run two marathons 51 days apart. Nuts? Her blood work suggested it wasn’t. Then a pandemic intervened. By Matthew Futterman The day the Boston Marathon was postponed, Des ...

Des Linden crosses the finish line to win the women's division of the 122nd Boston Marathon on April 16, 2018. Linden is the first American woman to win the race since 1985. (Elise Amendola/AP) ...

Boston Marathon champion Des Linden surprised five frontline workers and community members at the marathon finish line on Patriots Day, offering them entries to this fall’s in-person race and ...