Desi Linden doing the Trials AND Boston!!

I bet Ward does

I like this. It shows she is still in it. I think she can run a good time. Remember Rupp ran 2:06:07 in Prague just 4 weeks after running the first 20 of Boston.

Brooks would not let her skip the trials. Probably DNF but skipping would have been a PR nightmare.

Do it this way and get PR for acting like you are taking on a big challenge. She has done nothing yet.

Has not broken 2;26 since 2016 but people still think she’s a factor.

Well played.

The comments you rolled out on the wheelchair racers make me sick. You can leave that commentary where it belongs -- off the final draft.

LRC is the 1% of running that cares about the front of the pack. Tons of people line the streets in Boston every year. How many of them will actually know who wins the races? Very few of them. But they have friends who are running. They cheer for the wheelchair and able bodied racers alike. Idk who needs to hear this at LRC, but off of this website, the running community is super welcoming and supportive and friendly. People don't really think how you do, on a lot of issues. Tons of people like to watch the wheelchair racers on tv. Marathon running isn't popular. I don't think wheelchair racers are the issue. Their stories can actually generate more buzz for a race than able bodied elites. But I'm sure ya'll know way more about marketing/advertising than the BAA & their corporate sponsors with your early 2000s web design.

CollegeRunner1234 wrote:

Jesus, Desi Linden is so boring. I get that being boring is par for the course with professional runners, but she is the pinnacle of boredom. I don’t get how it’s possible for a Boston Marathon Winner and Olympian to be so incredibly dull and uninteresting. Please, Desi, can you develop some sort of personality trait other than, “I like whiskey”.

Yeah, okay, this coming from the guy who’s best idea for a username is “CollegeRunner1234”. I bet you’re a blast.

A paycheck is a paycheck. The Olympic Trials won't be paying the bills -- Boston will.

The trials are first, then Boston. Trials are more important in a competitive sense, but Boston is more important financially for her. She can try to focus on the trials and possibly make another olympic team, then go and get her paycheck at Boston where she'll still get paid even if she's not at her best. At the end of the day this is her job, so it makes sense for her to show up to Boston after the trials and get some money.

I find it distasteful for Brooks and it’s top athlete to joke about the use of alcohol.

Some of us have had trouble with the use of alcohol. It’s not a joke.

She could DNF both and I would not care.

Calling it now that if she doesn't make the Olympics, she'll retire after Boston.

This. The silver spoon bros generally being out of touch, with even the best US runners, is why I prefer to take a hard pass on any and all of their commentary. They and the yes bros who surround them live in a weird, insular little world full of myth and fable.

CollegeRunner1234 wrote:

Jesus, Desi Linden is so boring. I get that being boring is par for the course with professional runners, but she is the pinnacle of boredom. I don’t get how it’s possible for a Boston Marathon Winner and Olympian to be so incredibly dull and uninteresting. Please, Desi, can you develop some sort of personality trait other than, “I like whiskey”.

You sound jealous

I agree. It was in poor taste and juvenile. Makes you wonder if the person who wrote it is 15.

Ya know, I never really appreciated Desi, but after hearing this I've gotta say I have become a fan.

Good luck to her!

CollegeRunner1234 wrote:

Jesus, Desi Linden is so boring. I get that being boring is par for the course with professional runners, but she is the pinnacle of boredom. I don’t get how it’s possible for a Boston Marathon Winner and Olympian to be so incredibly dull and uninteresting. Please, Desi, can you develop some sort of personality trait other than, “I like whiskey”.

This is ironic coming from a person as clever as to arrive at Username "CoollegeRunner1234".

Gee whiz, you all sure got me! I have a boring username on a running forum, while Des Linden is just a boring all-around person. I am not jealous, but yes, it would nice to have her running prowess obviously; her personality, on the other hand, I surely am not jealous of.

WheelChairRacing wrote:

The comments you rolled out on the wheelchair racers make me sick. You can leave that commentary where it belongs -- off the final draft.

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Par for the site that carries the mantle of the Birther Movement of any successful non-caucasian distance runner.

Why are people acting like this is such a monumental achievement or are so surprised? How much do you think her Boston appearance fee is, 80k? 100k? She'll show up and sandbag it if she has to, I would for 1/100 of that.

CollegeRunnwr1234 wrote:

I’m more fun than Des, that much is for certain.

Glad trolling letsrun inbetween masturbation sessions in your moms basement is fun for you.