Distance runner Desiree Linden took her achievements to a new height Tuesday, becoming the first woman to run 50K under three hours.
Linden, who was inducted into the Arizona State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2018 (the same year she won the Boston Marathon), covered the 31-mile course outside Eugene, Oregon, in 2 hours, 59 minutes, 54 seconds. That easily bettered the women's 50K world record of 3:07:20 set by Great Britain's Aly Dixon in 2019.
Running sub-3:00 was "what we circled," Linden said. "To be me that was the big high-end goal. It's nice to achieve that.