Molly Seidel wants you to know that she still struggles and even struggled at the Olympics: "I was bulimic in Tokyo."

You are 8 hours late with the story, Rojo. There is already a thread on it. And do you not see the holes in her story about the neverending TUE application or the fact she ran the trail race during the summer?

This is just heartbreaking.

Molly should retire from competitive running. She needs help. No shame in that but her life could be on the line here.

Makes you wonder if living life based on social media is the cause of all such ills?

It just sounds exhausting. A percentage of her DMs are girls she doesn't know asking her for very personal medical advice and a percentage are people who tell her she sucks or is otherwise disappointing.

Is there a name for that disease?

Much of her popularity is based one her health problems. I agree with you.

I've noticed many runners who've previously struggled with mental health and eating disorders will attribute their recovery to running...but I have to say if you can win a bronze medal at the Olympics and still feel the compulsion to vomit your food, you most likely need further treatment for your underlying mental health issues, because clearly running already will not solve them all. It's not very healthy to feel that you can only eat since you run... but it's on another level to be an elite marathoner and still purposely undereat or purge your food... it is kind of disturbing that this information was even made public. I commend Molly's honesty but these details are better left between yourself and doctors/treatment team/inner circle IMO.

She finished 3rd in the Olympics. 2/3 of Americans are unfit. That's 200 million unfit people who have health issues due to diet and exercise. She is on the other extreme being one of the fittest women in the world.

She needs to examine all options on the best way to proceed and retiring from competitive running should be one of those options. Her physical and mental state requires treatment from multiple medical and psychological professionals. Perhaps she should spend 30 minutes per day alone in a room without any technology simply thinking about things and what to do in the next few weeks. That's the only advice I can offer.

I hope Ms. Seidel and the millions of people like her in a similar situation find good health and contentment.

First of all, I hope Molly isn't reading any comments on LR these days. People are so incredibly mean and BTW, I'm naturally a sarcastic person but wouldn't piss on someone who a.) who has accomplished so much in her sport and b.) is openly hurting.

My suggestion to her would be to get away from the sport. However, it's so tied to her identity I'm not sure how possible that is. I am an eating disorder survivor, and I have a career outside of sport that I enjoy. I still run but being in my 40s, it's very much at the hobby jogger level. Plus, I was never as good as she was.

Second, a lot of people are discussing her trail race in the summer. That, to me, was just another example of her disorder in that she felt the need to run or move even if she was still injured or recovering from injury. I didn't read more into it.

If it's eventually revealed she was popped for Adderall, I'm not too bothered. It's not EPO and again, it's just another part of her struggle, and if you're eager to see I TOLD YOU DO, then you just suck.

Maybe this article is all PR but seriously, it's really hard to admit you're still struggling with mental health, eating, etc., to even your friends.

I have a much younger sister that can’t dump social media, no matter how toxic is it. A whole generation is messed up from it.

A refreshingly thoughtful and responsible take for LRC