Episode 40 | Des Linden

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Coaching, Marathons, Sports, Olympics, Running, Ultrarunning

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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"I talk about why I had success in Boston—it’s a 26.2-mile race that this year felt like 30, right? You add in the wind, and the conditions, and it suddenly feels longer, which is part of why I have this advantage in my mind. And so why not test that theory out in the actual distance? I think I can finish a marathon feeling like I can probably go another 10 miles, I just couldn’t go a lick faster, so let’s see how far we can extend that. I think those are all intriguing to me."I'm super excited to welcome my first returning guest back to the show: 2018 Boston Marathon champion Des Linden. Linden and I last spoke on Episode 3 in late January, a couple months before she won the race that changed her life. A lot has transpired since she broke the tape on Boylston Street in mid-April, including the launch of Linden & True Coffee, a coaching change, more media appearances than she can remember, and a sixth-place finish at the New York City Marathon a little over a month ago.Linden and I caught up recently at The Running Event in Austin, Texas and talked about all of those things in great detail and then some, including where her scrappiness and competitiveness come from, why her win in Boston was so validating, the importance of having confidence, trust, and faith in yourself on race day, the advantages of training in a group versus training alone, how her training has changed since leaving the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project, what the rest of her competitive marathon career looks like and why ultra-distance races appeal to her, what's exciting her in running right now, why it's important to tell your story, and a lot more.Music and editing for this episode of the morning shakeout podcast by John Summerford at BaresRecords.comThis episode is brought to you by Maurten, the sports fuel used by many of the world’s top marathoners, including Eliud Kipchoge, Mo Farah, Mary Keitany, and this week’s guest, Des Linden, to name a few. Maurten has set up a special contest for listeners of the morning shakeout where you can win heaps of free product. Here’s what you have to do: Go to maurten.com/AMshakeout and register with your email address. At the end of Maurten’s 4-week sponsorship of this podcast they are going to draw 10 winners at random. Each winner will get a full box of 160 drink mix, a full box of 320 drink mix, and a full box of GEL 100s. That entire package is valued at over $130! Enter for your chance to win at maurten.com/AMshakeout.Complete show notes: https://www.themorningshakeout.com/podcast-episode-40-with-des-linden/Sign up here to get the morning shakeout email newsletter delivered to your inbox every Tuesday morning: www.themorningshakeout.com/subscribe/Support the morning shakeout on Patreon: www.patreon.com/themorningshakeout

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0:00.0	Talk about why I had success in Boston. It's a 26.2 mile race this year that felt like 30, right?
0:08.0	Like you add in the wind and the conditions and it suddenly feels longer, which is part of why I have this advantage in my mind and so why not
0:16.9	test that theory out in the actual distance you know I think that there's I can finish a marathon
0:26.0	Feeling like I could probably go another 10 miles I just couldn't go a lick faster so let's see how far we can extend that I think those
0:31.0	are all intriguing to me.
0:33.0	That's Des Linden and this back or welcome to the morning shakeout
0:49.4	podcast or every week I glean Insight Inspiration from some of the top athletes coaches and
0:54.2	personalities in the sport of running and this week is certainly no exception I am
0:58.7	super excited to welcome my first returning guest back to the show it is none other than 2018 Boston marathon
1:06.1	champion Des Linden. She hardly needs an introduction but I'm going to give you a
1:10.6	short one as I mentioned she won the Boston Marathon back in April.
1:14.0	First American woman to do so in a very, very long time. She was 6th at New York this past November,
1:20.0	and all kinds of stuff transpired in between. She launched a coffee company, she
1:25.0	changed coaches, she made the media rounds, and we talked about all those things and
1:29.5	then some over the course of this conversation. We also got into what she's most interested in pursuing after her competitive marathon career is over
1:36.8	I'll give you a little clue the intro to this show should give you some idea of what Des is thinking about once 26.2 is no longer
1:45.9	interesting to her. We also talked about her scrappiness, we talked about
1:49.8	competitiveness, authenticity, and all sorts of good stuff.
1:53.4	I'm going to leave it at that.
1:54.8	You are going to enjoy this conversation.
1:56.4	I loved being a part of it.
1:57.8	So without further ado, here is my chat with 2018 Boston Marathon Champion champion Des Linden.
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