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Des won the 2018 Boston Marathon against all odds (coming back from injury, fueling bottles at the wrong aid stations, terrible weather conditions), becoming the first American woman to win the race after a 33 year dry spell. This book intersperses chapters about that race with other chapters about the rest of collegiate and professsional running career. I love that she lives and trains in Michigan!

PSA- her Wikipedia page notes that “collecting tapestries�� is one of her hobbies but that is just a joke her friends added, so don’t send her any tapestries