SEIDEL IS OUT OF WC MARATHON, has stress reaction in sacrum + TUE not approved

Sacral fractures/reactions HURT and are pretty immediate once they start to hurt and you notice it you cannot keep running on it- it is far too painful- unless you have the pain tolerance of a complete robot. The timeline between having hip pain after Boston to this being a reaction doesn’t add up as that’s far too long in between. That’s the only part that confuses me….

*** far too long in between that she’s been able to keep running and training on it

D’Amato has been crushing it at shorter distances lately. So she’s definitely super fit. But that may actually show she hasn’t been doing marathon focused training.

That’s what I’m wondering, too. She’s been absolutely killing it on the roads. Hopefully the fact that she accepted the spot means she thinks she’ll be prepared.

I follow her on Strava. She’s done some marathon specific work but not like before Houston in January. She’s fit though and has been faring well against top international competition on the roads. I think she could be top 10 in WC, especially given the penchant for WC fields to be watered down

So you're mad that she didn't tell you? Maybe Kiera has been preparing because she was told it's a possibility?

Maybe she didn't want to give up hope of competing?

But she didn't think to tell you?

Wow, how can you respect her at all?

Odd to bring up the injury when she isn’t allowed to compete either way because she needs adderall to run. This would be like Shelby saying she’s decided to take 4 years off because of injury

She has a history of an eating disorder which lead to her developing stress fractures, declining performance and the inability to train and race. Her recent DNF, followed by a sudden request for the Adderal exemption and subsequent stress fracture is concerning. I hope Molly gets the help she needs and is back to feeling well, as soon as possible.

Not mad she didn’t dial me up and break the news. Questioning the real reason she is withdrawing and announcing it so late and close to worlds. If you got popped for drugs or a failed test say that . Molly is the one to say “transparency , honesty”

well what is it? Injury or this drug drama

Sorry you care so little about running that you don’t follow the Olympics. Weird to hang out here still, if you don’t really follow running.

Could you elaborate here - are you saying that she has claimed to have had ‘several’ sacral stress fractures in the past?

It makes sense that they'd select D'Amato since she's been so great lately. But if they went by the selection criteria they originally announced (based on placement in one of last year's major marathons), it would've been Nell Rojas (4th in Boston last year). I hope she's not too upset by this.

She took a page from Desi in London.

LRC is such a strange place.

This is sad news and it sounds like Molly is struggling with things again. I commend her for making this decision. I trust that she has an injury. I also believe that some demons from her past have resurfaced. Mental health issues are just like substance addictions. It is an ongoing and lifelong fight. In my estimation, she is being honest and is trying to do the right thing by seeking permissions up front. ADHD, OCD, and depression all go along with ED issues.

Give her the space to fight whatever battles she needs to wage at this time. Speculating that she is covering up a PED positive or casting her as a weak individual is neither helpful nor fair. If this were a male athlete, 90% of you would be supportive and praising their bravery.

Best wishes to Molly - get well! Best of luck to Keira in Eugene!

D’Amato finished 4th at Chicago last year and Nell finished 6th in Boston. https://www.letsrun.com/news/2021/10/usatf-inexplicably-announces-2022-world-championship-marathon-selection-policy-way-too-late/
This essentially makes last year’s Chicago Marathon the qualifying race, with all 3 Americans qualifying from there. So basically they decided on the team before even announcing the selection criteria.

Keira also placed 4th in a major marathon in Chicago

I mean it makes zero sense how this TUE came about. Why wouldn’t you look into the TUE before getting on adderall? I’m sure adderall helps with whatever she’s dealing with but she was clearly able to function before getting on it. It just makes zero sense. I think she might have tried it with good intentions and figured it isn’t in your system that long so took her chances before getting the TUE. It just doesn’t make sense to not wait a few months to get it approved otherwise. The TUE is probably being held up because she’s trying to get it to retroactively be in place for a positive test. Alberto seemed to get TUEs for his athletes pretty quickly/easily….

Adderall isn’t performance enhancing for distance runners. Why would one wish to elevate their HR before running. Marathoners train to lower their HR. She won a medal without a TUE stick with what works. It’s not like she has to study for engineering classes.

When I first saw “hyperbole” in that post, I thought about the mansplaining story on her flight. Also, her IG post about some dude on a dating app trying to race her. Both strange stories to share with the public.

Anyways, some folks are just injury prone often. Ritz is a perfect example; and Jake Riley is injured again. She’ll learn how to adjust her training with her coach and this will hopefully happen less.