I must admit Des Linden (then-Des Davila) wasn't on my radar when she ran the Boston Marathon for the first time in 2007, but she sure was after finishing second by just two seconds four years later ...

Boston Marathon champion, Olympian and northern Michigan resident Des Linden will be talking at Petoskey High School next week about her new book "Choosing to Run" and her journey in running in an ...

It Figures is Yahoo Life's body image series, delving into the journeys of influential and inspiring figures as they explore what body confidence, body neutrality and self-love mean to them. While Des ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Linden tells PEOPLE that she struggled with the idea of having to take thyroid medication after watching other runners “abuse” it ...

Drug testing in professional running has made plenty of headlines over the years—even as the process itself has remained somewhat mysterious to spectators of the sport. But on this week’s episode of ...

Des Linden has a milestone birthday coming up on July 26, when she’ll turn 40. Well-meaning acquaintances often tell her that “age is just a number,” but she scoffs at that talk. Age, she says, has ...

In perhaps the worst rain and headwinds in Boston Marathon history, Chula Vista’s Des Linden won the memorable 2018 race in 2 hours, 39 minutes and 55 seconds. Sunday, at the Chicago Marathon in ideal ...

Des Linden has been busy this April, to say the least. On Sunday morning at the London Marathon, Linden finished the race in 3:04:24, an average pace of 7:02 per mile. She ran a fairly even race, ...

Des Linden's new book details her 2018 Boston Marathon victory — but it's also about what happened in her life before she got to the starting... How 'Choosing to Run' made all the difference for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Des Linden recalls challenging body image standards in her sport. (Photo: Getty Images; designed by Yahoo Life) While Des Linden ...