Welcome back or welcome to the single track podcast. I'm your host, Finn Melanson, and in this episode,

we are talking with Des Lyndon, professional runner for Brooks Running. She joins the single track

podcast that talk about a range of topics, including her interests in sports psychology, her

nascent career as a commentator for NBC in the running broadcasts and perhaps most notably to this

audience her intentions to transition from road marathons to trail and ultra running as early as next year.

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All right, Des Linden, welcome to the single track podcast.

Thank you.

Thanks for having me.

There's a lot I want to talk about in this conversation, but first, and this honestly

may be the first time you've ever been asked this on a podcast, but you probably, I should

say this, you probably have 100% name recognition even in the trail in ultra running worlds,

but for anyone in the audience that doesn't follow the road running world too closely, could you provide

some background in your career, perhaps where you're based, what you specialize in, and like notable

accolades over the past five to 10 years? Sure. I'm happy to do that. And it is kind of funny

because trails a totally different world. So I respect the question. I'm Des Linden, you know,

road specialist graduated from Arizona State, was a two-time All-American and once in cross-country,

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