Shalane Flanagan Talks Boston 2018, Desi's Win, Retirement, Gwen Jorgensen, and More

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[@jimoconnor8597]

Great to give the other American runners props that finished ahead! True class act!

[@bryansantiago6714]

This interview is so inspiring. ❤ Thank you 😊

[@rasher331]

Lovely honest interview with Shalane.

[@lindsayvanwynsberghe7693]

Such a gracious human

[@seancampbell8585]

Lindsay Van Wynsberghe and you're such a hot lady lbvs 😘

[@JenfolioMedia]

It's not just about the body. It's about the mind too.

[@dannyjacobs2280]

Des="get behind me and draft off of me, I'm eventually going to drop out". Des 1.5 hours later= "phyc, see ya!" Lol!

[@johnherbert4565]

So much class

[@PoetWithPace]

I think the weather got the best of a lot of the runners, including me!

[@dougbuckler4821]

I love her.

[@chrisestey7277]

Molly Huddle Shalane Flanagan, two of the women whom are legends, the Marathon is a hit or miss. Very few can win all the time,even amongst the men's elite.

[@lulolancy]

Shalane's problem in this years, B. marathon, was she didn't, "eat slow," enough throughout her training to run fast.

[@MagerialPage]

I wonder why she didn't ask her support for an extra layer when she realized she wasn't going to warm up.

[@CoelhoSports]

she could tear up the road race circuit. makes no sense to just retire cold turkey. just run half marathons and 10k's for a year or two or even gold label marathons without elite fields and pick a slew of trophies and smaller prizes and appearance fees and continue to get sponsor $$.

[@adams.2212]

No reason to do that.

[@CoelhoSports]

@@adams.2212 weird how you would respond three years after i posted that to say there's no reason for her to continue below elite level when, because all the majors were rescheduled for the fall, she just ran berlin sept 26 (17th in women's elite div), london oct 3 (1st in women's mass start), chicago oct 10 (25th elite women's), boston oct 11 (33rd women's elite division), her own marathon in oregon oct 18 (after tokyo was rescheduled), and new york nov 7 (12th elite women's div), that's 6 marathons, 5 of them world majors, in 6 weeks, with 2 top 20 finishes and if she was allowed into the elite women's start her finish time would have made a third top 20 out of the 6 and the time she ran in oregon would have easily made a 4th if tokyo hadn't been canceled. she ran the equivalent of 4 top 20 major marathon performances, with two more sub-elite finishes, in 6 weeks.

[@roustabout4fun]

Very interesting...and real Honest....//agree with DogDay,with all that water...nobody would know.//

[@JoePalau]

Mike H. Her clarity and honesty are very impressive. She did t get bogged down over her physical response to the freezing conditions. She’s a true champion- mentally and physically

[@calebt4yahweh210]

Excuses... but she runs a faster marathon than me and a lot of guys so respect.

[@jamesken6182]

Caleb Terefe it’s not excuses, sometimes you have good day sometimes you have bad days

[@jeffgalloway5998]

Mark, why didn’t you ask her about her filing an appeal against her own USA teammate Katie Zaferes in Chili?? That was an unbelievably selfish and despicable act for one American to do against one of her own “teammates”. Why not let the judges make the decision on their own?

[@miriambamaca4884]

Can someone tell me what a dnf is?

[@hillbillbob9131]

Miriam Bamaca maybe dnf stands for "did not finish".

[@negativesplits06]

DNF means “Did Not Finish”

[@rickpaulos]

did nothing fatal.

[@timeless_realm]

So much background noise its hard to hear her. Please invest in a mic for this type of situation. Otherwise, fine.

[@karenlhoule]

That dude in the background wit the 'stache, tho.

[@fpichel]

Des's husband

[@obscurelyvague]

"Karen Houle" There is more than one person in the background.

[@lulolancy]

As much as I love Shalane it's sad to see her end her career in a Porta-Potty.

[@smcrunner88]

She didn't. She ended 7th at the Boston Marathon in one of the toughest conditions in recent history.

[@jeighlynn5905]

Maybe if Shalane had trained a bit more in conditions like these the results would have been different. Good effort though.

[@rasher331]

What are you talking about, the weather was freaky for Boston and everyone was affected.

[@wordpressobsessed9067]

Shalane used the word "like", like dozens of times. Is she a valley girl from 'southern CA?

[@kevindecoteau3186]

She's from eastern Mass.

[@lulolancy]

Shalane made a pit-stop to pee. So she says. It was pouring rain. She could have peed on herself. I think she had to dump shit that she "ate slow to run fast."

[@fanofrunbot9771]

The only reason our girls did so well is because the Kenyans couldn't take the COLD.

[@kevindecoteau3186]

Do you mean American WOMEN? They are not girls.

[@fanofrunbot9771]

Well, EXCUSE me, wussified X-Gen/millennial. Most women I know would relish keeping their girlhood.

[@obscurelyvague]

@@fanofrunbot9771 Not the point