Linden at Boston

Another troller or is it the same dude. Go get a afternoon workout in. Please try to break 2:30 at least once for your 800 repeats. Maybe you'll break 2:20 next time for the full 26.2

Look, I am not bashing Desi Linden. Some of her recent efforts ( OLY GAMES ) , she ran very cautiously or calculating and ran 7th at RIO. Which was OK, she picked up 2 or 3 ladies the last 1.5 - 2 miles . Seems like that was her game plan.

Also, what is up with a 71 + Half the other day. That wasn't that great only a month out. Was she trying to win? I doubt it.

I wish her luck

Yes, without a doubt, you are a moron.

You are a troll!!!

Obese America wrote:

[quote]Huge learning curve wrote:

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The only marathon runner who can back up their smack talk is Kipchoge. That's the whole list. Everyone else should keep their goals to themselves. Fly under the radar. Let your results talk for once.

I saw KB run faster than Eliud has ever run, last decade and then last year.

Expect great things.

Dr No wrote:

You are a troll!!!

I see you understand that I am right.

Dr No wrote:

If Desi Linden really wants to win Boston she is going to totally change how she races. Dropping way back half through race then scooping up the carnage ending up in 6 or 7th . Like Rio .

I wish her the best but she doesn't race for the win.

Lets focus on Boston racing tactics for a moment.

Given her last three efforts at Boston, she has strung together perhaps the fastest three races run by an American woman at the event. She knows how to race Boston.

Clearly she is not a comfortable front runner. If the race is not a run away she will be in the hunt. I don't think she has ever toed the line at Boston outside of her first race there without the intention of giving it a shot to win.

Are you not from an English-speaking country, or are you a teenager? It seems like you aren't using your brain to its full capacity.

Desi has run well in Boston ! I am concerned with that she will back of the lead pack too much and finish 5 or 6th because that is her plan to finish strong but not blow up. She hates leading but that's what it takes sometimes

GO DESI GO!

CanAnyoneRememberTheGreats wrote:

Obese America wrote:

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The only marathon runner who can back up their smack talk is Kipchoge. That's the whole list. Everyone else should keep their goals to themselves. Fly under the radar. Let your results talk for once.

I saw KB run faster than Eliud has ever run, last decade and then last year.

Expect great things.

Fair argument. But, Kipchoge is consistently dominant and a smack talker who backs it up with marathon wins. KB, to state the obvious, not consistent.

My original point is that Des will not be the fittest runner at the starting line. She may not be in the top ten. There's no tactical advantage to announce your grand ambitions when your only opportunity to win is if other runners make tactical errors.

Meb has never been the fittest runner at the starting line. He took advantage of tactical errors to win Boston. The field viewed him as a 38 year old has-been who would slow down later in the race. He didn't announce his intentions or that he was in 2:08 shape. He won because there were no expectations.

Dr No wrote:

Desi has run well in Boston ! I am concerned with that she will back of the lead pack too much and finish 5 or 6th because that is her plan to finish strong but not blow up. She hates leading but that's what it takes sometimes

GO DESI GO!

Dr No wrote:

She hates leading but that's what it takes sometimes

Did you not f*cking watch her last race at Boston?

Dr No wrote:

Also, what is up with a 71 + Half the other day. That wasn't that great only a month out. Was she trying to win? I doubt it.

I wish her luck

If you have read anything about the Hanson's coaching philosophies, you would know that it's highly unlikely she was running all out 4 weeks prior. Even if she was "racing it" there's now way she tapered for it. I have no doubt she ran a 71 + half right in the thick of her peak training for the goal race...the Boston Marathon.

Big Desi fan. Curious about the line saying maybe she'll run some 5:10s. Hope that was a joke!