219: Des Linden - Why the *#&% Did I Sign up for This?!
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🗓️ 1 April 2021
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Carrie welcomes Olympian Des Linden back to the show! They talk about Des’s new career in race commentary, the 50K world record that she will attempt in mid-April, the importance (and joy) of taking breaks from the sport, what an “irritable” Des looks like, and so much more!
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| 0:47.1 | Hi, I'm Olympian, Carrie Tellowson, and welcome to the C-Tolly Run podcast. |
| 1:14.3 | Today I bring you one of my favorite runners of all time. She's been on the show a number of times. She's one of my friends, Des Lyndon. Des is a two-time Olympian. She's the 2018 Boston Marathon winner, and she's All Things Awesome. Today we talk about her getting into the commentary world of running, how she loves it and how she thinks that we can make for a better show. |
| 1:19.1 | We also talk about her new attempt at the 50K world record. |
| 1:26.1 | It's happening in mid-April, so any day now, top secret, all of it is, but you got to keep your eyes open for it. |
| 1:30.8 | We also talk about how being disciplined enough to take a long break from the sport can really help someone. |
| 1:31.8 | I mean, like six weeks away from the sport. |
| 1:35.2 | She tells us about how she loves banging out these miles and how much she loves to get |
| 1:40.1 | after it. |
| 1:41.2 | So let's get after it. |
| 1:46.1 | All right, Des, you're back. You've been on the show a number of times, but lots of exciting |
| 1:50.6 | things. And you know what? I haven't talked to you in a long time, so I just wanted to catch up. |
| 1:54.6 | So thanks for coming on the show. Yeah, happy to be here. And I feel like we have exchanged texts |
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