Desiree Linden
QT: 2:26:46
Residence: Charlevoix, MI
Hometown: Chula Vista, CA
College: Arizona State University
Age on Race Day: 36
Affiliation: Brooks
Qualifying Race: TCS New York City Marathon 2019
Marathon Best: 2:22:38
Social handles: Instagram & Twitter - @des_linden
Favorite inspirational quote: "Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare." - Angela Duckworth
Favorite movie: A Few Good Men
Favorite book: Blue Nights - Joan Didion
Go-to breakfast: Breakfast burrito
Of Note:
- 2-time Olympic Marathoner, 2012 and 2016
- This will be her fourth Trials
- In 2018, became the first American woman to win the Boston Marathon in 33 years
- Married to Ryan, "proud owner of the world's plushiest mustache." They have an 11-year-old Chesapeake Bay Retriever named Atlas ("the baddest dog in the whole damn town") and a 2-year-old Golden named Boston ("lover of any and all things")
- With Ryan, owns Linden X Two, a boutique coffee company
