Shalane Flanagan speaks after race (video) and says she was so delirious at one point she thought she might be winning the race

Cool tweet by Shalane Flanagan telling Linden "now it's your turn" back in November after Linden congratulated her for the NYC win. Great to see our elite runners being so supportive of one another!

Here is the tweet:

https://twitter.com/ShalaneFlanagan/status/928061797080342528

Shalane is a Legend in Her Own Mind.

Booo Hoooo wrote:

Shalane is a Legend in Her Own Mind.

Don't be a loser. Shalane is a legend, period. At least she's out there talking about her race unlike the other American favorite.

Booo Hoooo wrote:

Shalane is a Legend in Her Own Mind.

With a marathon major win in her hip pocket. How bow dah?

Except for... wrote:

Booo Hoooo wrote:

Shalane is a Legend in Her Own Mind.

With a marathon major win in her hip pocket. How bow dah?

Did Boston's Hometown Girl win today??

If you have to ask, you’re in the wrong place.

This was such a good interview. You guys coaxed out a lot of information out of her. Nice to see her light up when talking about her teammates.

It seemed as though you were first to spot her and initiate the conversation and then other media outlets glommed on.

Booo Hoooo wrote:

Except for... wrote:

With a marathon major win in her hip pocket. How bow dah?

Did Boston's Hometown Girl win today??

Did Boston's Hometown girl act with class or throw shade towards a competitor?

Class: who wore it better?

She was so delirious that she thought they had it fixed like in NYC?

Shalane is a class act - no two ways about it. Very gracious even after a disastrous race.

Have to say the look on her face was a little awkward when she mentioned two women passed her that she didn't even know. How dare they pass her?

Great interview!

I feel that Desi pulled a psychological move over Shalane and Molly by offering to sacrifice herself, and saying that she was going to drop out. She was downplaying her ability, while making the other runners think that they didn't have to go as hard, or that is was okay to maybe dropout or slow down.

It's a way of taking the aggression away. Even Shalane said it was weird. Shalane is a class act, but you could tell that she was thinking that what Desi was doing made no sense.

Also, why did she go to the portable to piss? She could have pissed while running in the rain.

made no sense.

wejo wrote:

Shalane was happy Des got the win and then they hugged in the lobby when Des came buy.

buy?

The marathon is a long race. You can feel terrible, suck it up for a few miles, and then realize you can keep going. Especially if you realize that you don't have to go very fast to win.

Des is a notorious sandbagger, downplaying her ability, the conditions, everything. I know a few people like this, they really make you feel crappy in a passive-aggressive way for taking any credit, or it's just their deadpan humor. I don't think she is even aware she does it. Sure paid off today.

Calling Shalene “Boston’s Hometown Girl” is like calling someone who lived in Albany for five years a “New Yorker.”