Where's the Molly MF Seidel thread?

molly was the biggest story of the trials, the fact that some of you guys don't acknowledge this only proves you are actually jelaous of people whose dreams do come true, seriously, no molly thread right after the race.... did you watch the race, she almost fking won the whole thing, that's a great story you weirdos, noone asking what shoes she ran in ehhh.... professors on this site all the way

Side Dell wrote:

I am shocked that a former Footlocker champ and several time NCAA champ could qualify for the US Olympic team.

Ok, Genius, so are you saying you picked this first time marathoner to make the O team based on her high school and college cross country races, over Sisson, Hasay, Hall, Huddle, Linden? Anyone who has chased an improbable dream and miraculously realized it would understand why this is so remarkable. Only losers come to message boards to disparage everyone and everything. Cynicism is not the same thing as wisdom.

Side Dell wrote:

I am shocked that a former Footlocker champ and several time NCAA champ could qualify for the US Olympic team.

As you should be. She’s not now only the ONLY girl to win footlocker and ncaa, but she’s proving she’s a great professional too.

I enjoyed watching Molly run that incredible race as much as I enjoyed watching Shalane win NYC.

Both were very inspiring!

This thread sums up why that was such a great run from her. No one considered her having a shot

ezby wrote:

https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=9793173&page=1#9868130

This thread sums up why that was such a great run from her. No one considered her having a shot

Ahem. Except for me.

It also made me a fan of Saucony for supporting her when she was at her nadir. Not real common!

Side Dell wrote:

I am shocked that a former Footlocker champ and several time NCAA champ could qualify for the US Olympic team.

I feel like this actually does make it shocking. The Footlocker champs are not a murderer's row of NCAA stars, let alone professional ones. For Molly to succeed at all three levels despite some major adversity (eating disorder, string of injuries) is a stunning achievement.

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

Side Dell wrote:

I am shocked that a former Footlocker champ and several time NCAA champ could qualify for the US Olympic team.

I feel like this actually does make it shocking. The Footlocker champs are not a murderer's row of NCAA stars, let alone professional ones. For Molly to succeed at all three levels despite some major adversity (eating disorder, string of injuries) is a stunning achievement.

Right, that, and she qualified with a half marathon after battling an eating disorder the last couple of years. There were some clear favorites coming in. Seidel hasn't done much since college but then ran a solid Manchester RR, RNR San Antonion, & Houston Half. None of that was enough to think she would come into her first marathon and take down Hall/Hasay/Sisson/Huddle/Bates/Taylor/etc. Incredible race for her, Aliphine, and Sally. We're sending a strong team.

NERunner053 wrote:

Seidel hasn't done much since college but then ran a solid Manchester RR, RNR San Antonion, & Houston Half. None of that was enough to think she would come into her first marathon and take down Hall/Hasay/Sisson/Huddle/Bates/Taylor/etc.

Sure it was. When one of the most talented American runners of her generation is healthy and putting up solid times, you'd be silly to discount her. The only people in that list with her ceiling are Hasay and Sisson. Hasay was obviously a big question mark going in. I don't include Huddle in that group because she's been doing the marathon for long enough that there's no reason to expect she'll ever put it together.

800 dude wrote:

NERunner053 wrote:

Seidel hasn't done much since college but then ran a solid Manchester RR, RNR San Antonion, & Houston Half. None of that was enough to think she would come into her first marathon and take down Hall/Hasay/Sisson/Huddle/Bates/Taylor/etc.

Sure it was. When one of the most talented American runners of her generation is healthy and putting up solid times, you'd be silly to discount her. The only people in that list with her ceiling are Hasay and Sisson. Hasay was obviously a big question mark going in. I don't include Huddle in that group because she's been doing the marathon for long enough that there's no reason to expect she'll ever put it together.

Hindsight is 2020. If you had surveyed 10,000 people who follow American distance running one week ago, maybe 10 would have picked her for the team. And that 10 would have included Molly, her coach, her sister and one of her fellow baristas. It's an amazing and unlikely story that makes us celebrate the one-shot, top-3 U.S. trials system. No disrespect to Molly, who was a talented college runner to be sure. We can all recognize her now as one of the next generation of great American marathoners. I'm just saying it wasn't obvious before the race, and it's disingenuous to claim otherwise.

Why is everyone so suprised at her performance? A grest talent; one of the top D1 Athletes. XC champ, 5000m, 10000m champ. But if you listen to some, you'd think she hadn't run anything more then a local 5k.

What great success had she had of late? I think she seemed like someone that could be great by 2024, but she managed to get it together very quickly.

The African Knitter wrote:

Whose hat? Aliphine’s?

I'm a little confused by this post. Are you referring to the OP's statement "Hat's off to Molly"? If the apostrophe is meant to convey a possessive then it would imply that something belongs to the hat, not that the hat is owned. However, it could also be read as "Hat is off to Molly", which makes sense and should be construed as the OP removing his/her own hat out of respect for Molly's effort.

Kelati.

I really hope she gets to go as there still is a chance the Olympics could be cancelled. That would really suck to place so well in a strong field and then not get to go

Raysharp001 wrote:

Hindsight is 2020. If you had surveyed 10,000 people who follow American distance running one week ago, maybe 10 would have picked her for the team. And that 10 would have included Molly, her coach, her sister and one of her fellow baristas. It's an amazing and unlikely story that makes us celebrate the one-shot, top-3 U.S. trials system. No disrespect to Molly, who was a talented college runner to be sure. We can all recognize her now as one of the next generation of great American marathoners. I'm just saying it wasn't obvious before the race, and it's disingenuous to claim otherwise.

Well, it's not hindsight, because as I pointed out, I specifically said she had a legit shot in the pre-Trials thread that was linked above.

Here we go again wrote:

The African Knitter wrote:

Whose hat? Aliphine’s?

I'm a little confused by this post. Are you referring to the OP's statement "Hat's off to Molly"? If the apostrophe is meant to convey a possessive then it would imply that something belongs to the hat, not that the hat is owned. However, it could also be read as "Hat is off to Molly", which makes sense and should be construed as the OP removing his/her own hat out of respect for Molly's effort.

KO

Makes sense that past cross country champions fared well in the ATL trial with the pack running, hills and wind.