50 km (road), women

What to remember

The 50 km is the shortest common ultramarathon, the family of races longer than the 42.195 km of the marathon. On April 13, 2021, at Dorena Lake in the United States, during the Brooks Running 50 km & Marathon, Desiree Linden ran it in 2 h 59 min 54.00 s, an average of 16.68 km/h.

Born in San Diego, the American was above all a marathoner. She ran the Olympic marathon for the United States in London in 2012 and in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. In 2018 she won the Boston Marathon, becoming the first American in 33 years to win the women's race. The 2025 Boston Marathon was her final professional road race.

Linden is also an author, and in January 2023 she launched a podcast called "Nobody Asked Us" with fellow runner Kara Goucher, covering running and elite performances.