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Everybody wants to do the marathon.Mastering the art of marathon running is a lifetime pursuit for some, but it seemed to take Molly Seidel roughly two-and-a-half hours on one windswept morning in Atlanta a couple of years ago. "I think there's just this kind of like glamor and mystery around it, and especially for a younger runner who enjoys doing the distance events in high school, that's kind of the ultimate goal.

“I always kind of dreamed of doing the marathon," Seidel told CNN. When Seidel returned to training, she decided to stop running 5k and 10k and stepped up to the marathon. In 2016 she went into a treatment programme for her eating disorder, which she’s still dealing with alongside the anxiety and depression. I've never tried to hide what I went through with my family and friends.” “They knew I struggled to eat anything I deemed unhealthy They knew I thought I had to be super lean and super fit all the time, never even allowing myself to eat a bowl of mac and cheese or go out to eat with friends without worrying about what I would order. It was so obvious that people would write on track and field message boards that I looked sick." - Molly Seidel to ESPN. “When I was in the NCAA, it was obvious I was battling an eating disorder. "I struggle with confidence and I struggle with wondering whether or not I belong at this level, whether I belong as a competitor on the world stage," Seidel told CNN. On 18 April 2022, she goes to the 2022 Boston Marathon as one of the favourites, seeking the host nation's first win since Desiree Linden in 2018.īut despite her recent successes the American star still struggles with 'imposter syndrome'. Her time of 2:24:42 made her the fastest ever New York Marathon by an American woman. Using that momentum, Seidel finished fourth at the New York City Marathon in November 2021. The only runners to beat her were a triple world half marathon record holder in Peres Jepchirchir, and marathon world record holder Brigid Kosgei.

In what was just her third career marathon, she finished on the podium with an Olympic bronze medal around her neck. Olympic team for Tokyo 2020, in her first ever marathon.ĭespite this, many onlookers thought that her inexperience would show at the Olympic race in Sapporo. The Wisconsin native first made athletics headlines when she qualified in second place for the U.S. Molly Seidel is a rare kind of marathon talent.