Distance runner Desiree Linden took her achievements to a new height Tuesday, becoming the first woman to run 50K under three hours.
Linden, who won the Boston Marathon in 2018, 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. Aly Dixon took a nice chunk of time off (the 50K record).