Hot rumour: Source - Molly Seidel had surgery 4 weeks ago

I am sure the Brojournalist will get on the bottom of this.

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Jonathan Gault is supposed to speak to her coach today. I'll make sure he asks about this.

I say this as someone who has great respect for Molly.

She's not running trials. She's not healthy enough, and if for some reason she does, she's not making the team.

Molly Seidel has an incredible story. She's the first woman ever to win both high school and college XC nationals, and honestly, is one of the most unlikely HS champs to pull it off.

Then she made the Olympic team on a whim, and won an incredible bronze medal there. Just stunning. It gave us one of the best running moments coming off a summer of doping bans and distrust.

Molly has been open about her struggles with mental health, ED and other issues in a way that is candid and relatable, but without oversharing, inadvertently triggering her following of young girls, or using her audience as free therapy like so many I have seen. I respect that tremendously.

But these issues do linger nonetheless and you have to say that they will have an impact on her longevity as a professional athlete. I'm not sure for how long it would be good for her to keep training for marathons when what she might need is rest and recovery.

her knee has been wrapped up on and off for years. I think she finally just had surgery to fix whatever the issue was is my guess.

Join Benoit Samuelson had knee surgery 17 days before the trials:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/uncover-the-40-year-old-heroic-performance-of-olympic-marathon-champion-joan-benoit-samuelson-to-etch-her-name-in-history/ar-AA1n9ug9

She still made the team, and still brought home the gold. I'm sure Molly will be fine.

I feel vindicated and righteous that my keen observations of Molly's running form and flowers telling me she is injured way before anyone else would say a word is now being shown as the truth. Where are all my downvoters now?

I’m right here.

How can she be an unlikely person to win two national championships? That would be a 300 pounder. She also won an Olympic medal. You are in the twilight zone..

Are you eating a fridge full of humble pie?

I think it is a bit silly to praise her for her "openness" if she has been hiding a surgery for a month the week before a big race.

I like Molly, I want her to succeed, she has proven she can be world class and get american medals. However some of her behavior is not professional and is bad for the sport.

I am not.

I agree some of her behavior isn't professional, but I don't think there's anything wrong with what she's done here. She doesn't owe the general public any amount of disclosure. I'm sure she's been taking everything day by day, hoping for the best, and has had enough to handle herself without everyone else following along with every detail.

Every professional sport has protocols for requiring injury disclosures. Except track where "professionals" often just do not show up to their job and it we are left to assume that they are hurt. I believe if you are a professional runner transparency about injuries to the fans is part of professionalism, a job requirement if you will.

But that is a different debate I suppose....

Ever been injured before? You don't know what you don't know and when you do know, you hope you're wrong. And I'm just spitballing here, but maybe she is too busy to update the world because she has been offered a date with a Top 5 Canadian T&F athlete.

The only weird thing is back when she won the bronze medal she was taping her left knee, and lately it's been her right knee. Or, I've also seen her tape both knees. It's the type of taping used to reduce PF pain, so I, I don't know. My point is, I just don't see her having surgery on both knees this close to the trials and that her taping seems to be more to address of an overuse soreness issue that she gets in one or both knees.

Was this the flowers?

The florist that delivered the flowers to Molly must be the source of this surgery information

You are incorrect about every professional sport having injury protocols.