Seidel, 25, has two jobs, shares an apartment with her sister and runs turkey trots in costume. "I think the collegiate structure of running is great, but in a lot of ways is super harmful and not necessarily the most positive environment for girls, especially as they're coming into their bodies as women. Four years ago, Molly Seidel wasn’t just … "She eventually went to a recovery program, and later reentered the world of competitive running with a few strong half marathon performances on the road to Atlanta, including winning the Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon in San Antonio, Texas, in December 2019.Seidel was considered a wild card going into the Olympic trials in Atlanta, but even she thought finishing in the "10th to 20th range would be a good day.
Another American, Sally Kipyego, finished third to round out the red, white and blue podium. She had been a standout athlete in college, but in recent years she … Molly and I do discuss her breathtaking debut marathon, but we go beyond the performances and good races to talk about some of the other parts of … She goes to work, shares an apartment with her younger sister and soaks up the gnarly weather conditions in Boston.“I usually get up, do my main training session, come back, work a couple of hours at the coffee shop or go babysit, then can run later in the day,” she said. Several athletes coached by Big River Running Company co-founder Ben Rosario, now with Northern Arizona Elite in Flagstaff, Arizona, competed in the Trials, headlined by Aliphine Tuliamuk who finished first in 2:27:23, clinching a berth.
No, she can’t believe this is happening, either.ATLANTA — Molly Seidel was ebullient when she qualified for the U.S. Olympic marathon trials.She had been a standout athlete in college, but in recent years she had struggled with injuries. “Thank you for putting me back together,” she said, before asking him for one last hug as she stood in her race kit.“You deserve all of this,” he said. But talking with my coach, I didn’t want to phone it in just because it was my first one.”The challenging course played to Seidel’s strengths. She called herself a racer, not someone who would thrive in a time trial. Molly Seidel finished second in the 2020 US Olympic marathon trials, beating a lot of very experienced, very talented runners. But the babysitting?
ATLANTA — Molly Seidel was ebullient when she qualified for the U.S. Olympic marathon trials. She hoped for a good race at the trials in Atlanta on Saturday, but tried not to have big expectations.It would be her first marathon, after all. “But things might be changing up a little bit when I get back to Boston.”Seidel has been able to lie low at the coffee shop, and few customers and co-workers knew her status as an elite runner until recently. Then she laughed. “If I have to list them, we’ll be here all day.” (It is a long list, including a stress fracture in her lower back. Sally Kipyego hung on for third in 2:28:52. And she said the conditions — a hilly course on a chilly, windy day — played to her advantage.In a race that included some of the biggest names in running — Jordan Hasay, Sara Hall, Molly Huddle, Emma Bates, Des Linden — Seidel flew under the radar until she broke away from the pack along with Aliphine Tuliamuk and Sally Kipyego in Mile 21. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.Molly Seidel after finishing second in the women's US Olympic marathon team trials in Atlanta.
She won"When you get to college, it's almost like this echo chamber where you see other women excelling in the sport with very low body weight," she said. “Every second.”This Was Molly Seidel’s First Marathon.