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Video courtesy of Visit Mammoth Boston Marathon winner Desiree Linden shares how training in Mammoth helps her prepare for her running goals and what challenges she’s considering tackling in the future. RELATED: Boston 2018 Coldest on Record Desiree Linden Wins Boston Marathon All About Boston’s Newest Champ Yuki Kawauchi
For one athlete, Monday’s brutal weather conditions were a welcomed adversary during the Boston Marathon: Champion Yuki Kawauchi .
Mother Nature unleashed her wrath on the Boston Marathon to create 30-degree temperatures, freezing rain, and headwinds of more than 25 miles per hour.
If you’re like most people, as the announcer for the 2018 Boston Marathon read aloud Sarah Sellers’ name as the second place finisher, you probably thought, “who?” As the nation quickly began Googling away, the virtually-unknown 26-year-old solidified her name in history by placing in one of the most prestigious racing events in the world. A former Weber State University long-distance runner Sarah Callister Sellers […]
Des Linden’s win at the Boston Marathon may have come as a surprise to some, but there’s one person who isn’t shocked: her friend and fellow Olympian Shalane Flanagan. Shortly after Flanagan’s win at the New York City Marathon, where she became the first American woman in 40 years to break the tape, Linden tweeted her […]
If you didn’t know the name Yuki Kawauchi before, you probably do now. The Japanese marathoner bested a stacked men’s field and wet conditions to take the win at the 122nd Boston Marathon. Kawauchi, who has long been respected in marathon racing for his ability to not only race fast, but often, has largely flown […]
She is the first American woman to win Boston since 1985.
American and Hansons-Brooks runner Desiree Linden has won the Boston Marathon! The six-time Boston runner broke the tape at 2:39:54 to be named the 2018 champion. Close behind her was Yuki Kawauchi from Japan with a 2:15:58 time to secure his top spot. At the beginning of the women’s elite race, Ethiopian Mamitu Daska made […]
Only hours before the Boston Marathon, Nike Oregon Project runner Jordan Hasay tweeted that she would no longer be participating in the race. “It is with deep regret that I have to withdraw from tomorrow’s Boston Marathon. Despite my team working around the clock to give me every chance to make the starting line, on […]
With two more days to go, Marathon Monday is coming up pretty quick. As more and more people began to filter into Beantown on Friday, the city seems to have doubled overnight. The air is thick with excitement for the marathon next week and everyone is talking about the American team and their chances of […]
