Dakotah Lindwurm is more impressive all the time.

One of rarities of inspiration in a world filled with fake heroes and staged viral moments.

She's outstanding, and I love her story.

I'll be rooting for many runners this summer but for none more than for her.

Thanks for sharing. I had no idea about the journey outside of her running. This Paris course and a really hot day could be the ultimate equalizer and how great would it be if Dakotah is charging the last 10 miles.

The women's marathon cutoff is pathetically slow. 2:08:10 (with reallocation to 2:11:30) vs 2:26:50 (2:29:30) is unfair to men. It's 7:35 (10:55) off the men's WR vs 14:57 (17:37) off the women's WR.

That's a great story! She's a tough, resilient young woman!

Ms. Lindwurm would finish her marathon, roll through the press conference, shower and be enjoying a warm meal and cold beverage by the time you crossed the 30K point. Sit down, you bloviating lard ass.

Dang, what an inspiration. Just keep grinding! My grandpa grew up in St Francis, he would have loved this story.

I LOVED LOVED LOVED learning her story. This is one of the most inspiring articles I've ever read.

Woman is a bada**. So tough. She's 28 and already been homeless, divorced, buried her mother and made the damn Olympics. Nothing is going to faze her.

And as a dad, I loved how her dad stepped up and rented the place for the entire family to live.

I remember how respected Brian Sell was for making a U.S. team by running his high school two mile pace for the 26.2. This lady just did that with her HS MILE PR pace! That is the biggest scope of progression I have ever heard of in five decades as a fan.

Hey SRG! Thank you for this!!!

WoW 😄

Never heard of her. Too lazy to read also. I guess with a name like dakotah shes another american with times that have no relevance outside USA

This is incredible. Can't wait to see what she does in Paris.

That was actually a really shocking read. I didn't realise that children could find themselves so quickly homeless in a first world country. For a child to spend time sleeping in a car is really detrimental to their development and I'll be surprised if it hasn't caused her issues that may arise one day. Likewise, her mother dying at only 49 and her young daughter having to nurse her instead of her going into hospital. It sounds more like the third world, but a really poor part of it.

Agree. But why wasn't dad providing child support when mom couldn't work? it wasn't until they were desparate that he stepped in.

That's just their culture, amirite?

If you read the article it goes into depth on why she was at times homeless. It was not a deadbeat Dad situation, but more her Mom didn’t want to lose custody/her close relationship with her daughter so they kept how dire their straits were away from him. He deserves massive credit for understanding the Mother-Daughter relationship, and coming up with a solution so they could all live together.

Fair point about him coming back. But of the people i know who have gotten divorced, the higher income parent provides child support to the lower income parent. in the case i know of, the mother made way more than the father and she provided funds to him until the kids were 18 even though she was the primary care giver. It just seems like there should have been some fuding from dad in the divorce settlement since he clearly had enough to set himself up in a house.

It is likely the father was providing support. I don't think you realize how fast things can go downhill when a parent is impaired (the mother). I was in a similar situation but thankfully older and was so thrilled my abusive father left home poverty seemed a small issue. It wasn't for my mother, though, and she did lose the house during my college years. She moved in with my grandmother which was difficult. Quite an inspiring story.