Molly Seidel wins the Mesa HM this morning - 1:10:06; Sarah Sellers 3rd

So do you think I could beat her in a race? 

Rachel Schneider 10th in 1:15:38 that's rough. I mean, it's certainly not her focus but even if she ran it as a 'workout', that's bad.

She just raced a mile/3000 double the other day. I don't think this is bad.

Poor Molly was getting held up by the 10k walkers .. she had to zig zag just to get through the crowd.

Molly is the freaking best!

MP workout for Molly

I ran the marathon there in 2017 and I had the same issue for the last few miles. They only shut down the left side of the course and there were groups of walkers walking 4 or 5 abreast. My goal was sub 2:45 and I ran exactly 2:45:00. I was so frustrated.

Actually, her marathon pace would be closer to a 1:12:30. This is half-marathon pace for her.

Maybe but she said before and after she was running at her planned MP pace.

Is this the first race since having baby for Sarah Sellers? If so, I would say this is a decent result.

I think half marathon pace for her would be about 1:09:20

New course record ,old one 1:11

Correct ..only 13:months ago

That was a legit issue in NOLA

Pretty sure it's a super fast course too (net downhill). I'm sure she could have ripped something faster. Said it was a chance to practice MP + fueling.

$300 for first??

Molly is a fantastic runner and has accomplished so much. But 2:20 is not marathon pace for her. Her PR is around 2:24:40 or so. Billl Parcells famously said you are what your record (time) say it is. She can't claim 2:20 is marathon pace when she has only run 2:24:40. It would be like Parker Stinson (whose marathon PR is around 2:11) running a half in 1:03 and claiming that he was running marathon pace.

I hope one day she runs 2:20 or faster but she can't claim 2:20 until she runs it.

The keywords friend are "she said".  Newsflash:  People talk "stuff" all the time, doesn't mean it's true.  You've never said something for effect?