should rerun the Olympic Marathon Trials closer to the Games. Armchair quarterbacks on Twitter have suggested that the U.S. In March, the International Olympic Committee postponed the Games a year.

Don’t Rerun the Olympic Marathon Trials.all-time list, stomach issues notwithstanding. Cameras on the scene, where it was quieter than usual without the throngs of cheering spectators, caught her cheerfully asking a volunteer, “Is there a porta-potty somewhere? I’ve had to go to the bathroom the whole race!” In only her second marathon, she was fast enough to be 10th on the U.S. In October, Seidel ran the elite-only London Marathon, on a 19-loop closed course, finishing sixth in 2:25:13 and looking like she had a lot left. She’s made the most of running, too, to go along with the costumes and the skiing and the wacky videos.

Get more in-depth profiles of your favorite athletes! Sign up for Runner’s World+ That unexpected performance, in her debut marathon, earned her a spot on Team USA bound for Tokyo this summer (if COVID-19 doesn’t scuttle the Games entirely), along with Trials champion Aliphine Tuliamuk and third-place finisher Sally Kipyego. “I feel like so much of how much of how I approach sports is, if you’re not having fun, why the hell are you doing it?” Seidel said in a recent interview with Runner’s World.Įven with a pandemic to work around, fun has been plentiful for Seidel in the 11 months since her surprise second-place finish, in 2:27:31, at the Olympic Marathon Trials last February. Seidel won’t give up something she loves-downhill skiing-on the off chance a fall might affect her running. But they took the long way, through Colorado, to hit the slopes. She finished the 10K in 34:33, which is 5:34-per-mile pace, calling it a FKT, fastest known turkey.Īnd earlier this month, she and her brother, Fritz, took a road trip from the suburbs of Milwaukee-where Seidel grew up and her parents still live-to Flagstaff, Arizona, for a stint of altitude training. (She completed her slow 1-mile run in 36:56.)īy November, she’s running the virtual Peachtree Road Race-in a head-to-knee turkey costume, complete with a back piece meant to resemble feathers. There she is in an August video, jogging as slowly as she possibly can, part of the Slow Mile Challenge. Olympian Molly Seidel doesn’t take herself too seriously, and the proof of that is all over her Instagram.

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