Molly Seidel out of Nagoya Marathon - Is she done?

never heard of her

Molly isn't done. We get to see her battle the human side of being a pro athlete with determination. She battles depression and injuries but her talent remains especially under tough conditions. She's not done.

Carlos Lopes back in the early 80's. He was "done" for a while after the 76 Olympics the won World Cross, Olympics and had some great races by 1983-1986 or so.

It's possible for a great athlete to come back.

Contrast pulling out of races when you are slightly less than 100% with the great Patrick Mahomes who powered through and won a super bowl.

She is weak, he is strong.

Yup. Seidel was “done” after college. Then she made the Olympic team and won a bronze medal. She seems to be struggling right now, but talent never goes away.

Meb was “done” after the 2007(8) trials in Central Park. Then he made two more Olympic teams, finished fourth in London Olympics, and won New York and Boston.

Molly has not met the Olympic Trials qualifying standard.
She has not run under 2:37 in a marathon during the qualifying window of January 1st 2022 to present.
She has also not run under 1:12 in the half marathon during the qualifying window of January 1st 2023.

Molly is currently only able to run the OT on a technicality of having been an Olympian in the last Games.

This means that 120 American Women have been able to do what Molly has not.

Mesa half 1:11:45 2/4/23

That being said I don’t think she makes it. Too much depth of talent. Though we do have a lot of wilting violets going into a likely muggy Orlando.

Depends.

Did you mean some random poster thought he caught her lying or someone actually caught her lying?

Huge difference...

Sisson runs well in the heat/humidity. Her Olympic 10K Trials and three-peat at the 15K Champs in Jacksonville prove that. D'Amato too. But I guess Seidel did well too in Sappora.

3:10+ mark in the video. 110 miles within her first month returning from injury. Quite a rush? Her and her coach know her injury history. Was this necessary?

She did not mention it in her initial post after the half. She said the race was "pretty damn humbling" but did not mention a muscle pull.

I heard that if every post you put on IG doesn't discuss every possible fact related to an event, you must be lying.

That's a pretty sweet technicality; I'd take it.

And you might also rephrase your last point as: "This means that Molly has been able to do what no other American woman marathoner competing against her has done."

I don't think she is done, but I think one of the underlying issues affecting her is the mental aspect of racing (and fame). And there are different layers to that mental toughness that is required to train and race well. Going into a race as an underdog, where nobody really expects you to do well, is a totally different situation than being one of three women to ever medal in the Olympic marathon. That pressure trickles down into her training as well. Expectations all around her, and no better evidence of all that mental sh!te she has to deal with than this thread.

"The more you are humble, the more you become successful" E.K.

Seidel told Runner's World she's going to try for a spring marathon. I'm hoping it works out for her.

What spring marathons fall late enough for her to recover and train and can also offer a runner of her caliber enough pay to make it worthwhile?

She got hurt climbing on a fridge? WTF or am I missing something.

I'm assuming it's a reference to this:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/ChLA3LUjq8t/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Did you just compare MEB to Sidel? Ridiculous!