From a Rocky Start, Dakotah Lindwurm Emerges With Unshakeable Self-Belief

When she was in eighth grade, Dakotah Lindwurm and her mother slept in a 2004 Pontiac Grand Am in the parking lot of the Walmart in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. Halfway through each night, they would switch positions—one would sleep in the backseat and the other would sleep in the passenger seat, reclined as far back as it would go. Truckers parked their rigs in nearby spots. This summer? She’ll be staying in an Airbnb in Paris, getting ready for the Olympic Marathon. Lindwurm, in many ways, is the most unlikely runner to emerge from the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials to claim a spot on Team USA. The details of her running rise have been hashed over: She had modest personal bests in high school, and in college she walked onto the track team at Division II Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota. She essentially did the same with her pro training group, Minnesota Distance Elite, four years later. Despite her winding path to running’s elite ranks, Lindwurm never counts herself out, even at her lowest points. And her lows have been lower than most pro runners will ever experience. [View in Browser]( [Runner's World Logo]( [SHOP]( [RW+ EXCLUSIVE]( [SUBSCRIBE]( [From a Rocky Start, Dakotah Lindwurm Emerges With Unshakeable Self-Belief]( [From a Rocky Start, Dakotah Lindwurm Emerges With Unshakeable Self-Belief]( [From a Rocky Start, Dakotah Lindwurm Emerges With Unshakeable Self-Belief]( When she was in eighth grade, Dakotah Lindwurm and her mother slept in a 2004 Pontiac Grand Am in the parking lot of the Walmart in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. Halfway through each night, they would switch positions—one would sleep in the backseat and the other would sleep in the passenger seat, reclined as far back as it would go. Truckers parked their rigs in nearby spots. This summer? She’ll be staying in an Airbnb in Paris, getting ready for the Olympic Marathon. Lindwurm, in many ways, is the most unlikely runner to emerge from the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials to claim a spot on Team USA. The details of her running rise have been hashed over: She had modest personal bests in high school, and in college she walked onto the track team at Division II Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota. She essentially did the same with her pro training group, Minnesota Distance Elite, four years later. Despite her winding path to running’s elite ranks, Lindwurm never counts herself out, even at her lowest points. And her lows have been lower than most pro runners will ever experience. When she was in eighth grade, Dakotah Lindwurm and her mother slept in a 2004 Pontiac Grand Am in the parking lot of the Walmart in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. Halfway through each night, they would switch positions—one would sleep in the backseat and the other would sleep in the passenger seat, reclined as far back as it would go. Truckers parked their rigs in nearby spots. This summer? She’ll be staying in an Airbnb in Paris, getting ready for the Olympic Marathon. Lindwurm, in many ways, is the most unlikely runner to emerge from the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials to claim a spot on Team USA. The details of her running rise have been hashed over: She had modest personal bests in high school, and in college she walked onto the track team at Division II Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota. She essentially did the same with her pro training group, Minnesota Distance Elite, four years later. Despite her winding path to running’s elite ranks, Lindwurm never counts herself out, even at her lowest points. And her lows have been lower than most pro runners will ever experience. 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