She barely competed and got injured again. She came back to Notre Dame for a fifth year, citing unfinished business at the college level, but it was really because the sponsorship dollars weren’t there anymore. Seidel turned down the lucrative sponsorship opportunities to quietly enter treatment for her eating disorder. The truth was, the fastest woman in the NCAA was struggling with depression and an obsessive-compulsive disorder that manifested itself in disordered eating. “You look like you’re dying,” Seidel remembers her friend saying. Olympic Track Trials from the stands at Hayward Field, where her Notre Dame teammate Dani Aragon gave her a reality check.
She was the top female distance runner in the NCAA with four national titles and the Olympic Trials on the horizon.īut instead of signing a splashy contract with a shoe company, Seidel was sidelined with a sacral stress fracture and watched the U.S. At the 2021 Olympic Marathon on August 7 in Tokyo, Seidel won bronze in her third marathon ever, running 2:27:46.įour years ago, Molly Seidel wasn’t just the next big thing. But for now, she’ll savor this moment.Editor’s note: On February 29, Molly Seidel made her first Olympic team by placing second at the Olympic Marathon Trials. She will, however, participate in the US Olympic Track & Field Trials in June at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon in the 10K.
She didn’t expect to start training for an Olympic marathon so soon in her career, instead aiming for the 2024 Games in Paris. The last 24-48 hours, the last few months even, have been a whirlwind. Seidel will return to Boston to decompress before she receives information on when and where to begin training with the Olympic team. but from the bottom of my heart, I really hope it doesn’t affect the Games.” “I understand the gravity of the situation. “If USOC decides it’s not safe, we’ll obviously follow what they’re doing,” she said, “but if it comes down to it, I’ll race in a mask if I need to. The marathon was moved to Sapporo - a cooler region - due to extreme heat concerns, and now the coronavirus outbreak has spectators wondering if the Games will be cancelled. There is uncertainty surrounding the 2020 Games. “The first time I had a Davis Square Donut, my coach brought some after a training session and I nearly cried because it was so good,” she said.
Her favorite donuts, however, come from Union Square Donuts and Davis Square Donuts & Bagels in Somerville.
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