kvmwings.blogg.se - Choosing to Run by Des Linden

Linden’s memoir avoids three of the major pitfalls of the sport’s memoir genre: The sport’s figure is too superhuman to be relatable to readers (Linden drinks beer and is a coffee and whiskey aficionado) The sport’s figure is idolized as a goddess or god in the eyes of their respective sport’s community and the book reveals their darker secrets in a way that reader’s wish they wouldn’t have known (Linden isn’t afraid to reveal her humanness.

This is the case with 2018 Boston Marathon Champion, Des Linden’s memoir Choosing To Run. However, when these stories are done right, they can be as exceptional and inspirational as the athletes themselves. For these reasons, many of us get turned off from reading sports biographies. If the book didn’t promise profit or gratify the athlete’s own ego, they wouldn’t have published it. Often the “book’s” purpose is to earn a few extra bucks for the athletes and their sponsors or agents who pushed them into writing it in the first place. Athletes who struggle writing (even with help from their editors), hastily craft stories that read like Wikipedia summaries of their superhuman medal-winning moments.

We’ve all read self-centered sports memoirs. Spread the run love.Choosing to read Des Linden’s Memoir Choosing to Run SUPPORT the Ali on the Run Show! If you’re enjoying the show, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts.

Catching up with Des about her book, her podcast, her 2023 Boston Marathon training, and why she hates being called “Desi” (2:30).

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(Spoilers aplenty!) Is Des an Emily, a Mindy, a Camille, or a Sylvie? Only one way to find out! ( Which one are you?) And then, in the second half of the episode, something a little different, a little silly, a little fun: gushing about the Netflix show Emily in Paris. (That’s “guilty pleasure,” in French.) In this conversation, Des offers updates on all of the above: what we can expect from the podcast, why she prefers being called Des over Desi, how she’s feeling about her book release, and how Boston training is going. But she’s never too busy to indulge in a little plaisir coupable. And she’s gearing up for this year’s Boston Marathon. Her memoir, Choosing to Run, comes out April 4.

Des Linden is busy! She just launched a new podcast with Kara Goucher.