232. Molly Seidel, Marathoner & Olympic Medalist
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
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4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Welcome Molly Seidel back to the show! Connecting with the Olympic Bronze medalist today about what's been happening since Tokyo. We talk about what life's like training and living in Flagstaff, plus her recent decision to open about a relapse of her eating disorder. Molly shares the moment she knew she needed to ask for help before the 2022 World Championships, and her feelings on what success could look like moving forward as a healthy, clean athlete. Plus: Her gratitude toward her boyfriend Matt, the difficulty of navigating trauma on a global stage, and a fun surprise from USADA to finish things off.
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171. Molly Seidel, Olympic Medalist in the Marathon
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| 0:00.0 | I was supposed to have been fixed. And I am very much not fixed. And it's like I very much felt |
| 0:05.2 | that I was letting a lot of people down. And that was the hardest thing. |
| 0:22.5 | Hey, hey, what's shaking? Heartleur's Emily Abadi here. You are listening to episode 232 |
| 0:28.5 | of hurdle. A wellness focus podcast where I connect with everyone from your favorite athletes |
| 0:33.3 | to top experts and industry CEOs about their highest highs, toughest moments, and everything |
| 0:38.8 | in between. We all go through hurdles in life. And my goal through these discussions is to |
| 0:44.0 | empower you to better navigate yours and move with intention so that you can stride toward your |
| 0:49.8 | own big potential. And of course, have some fun along the way. I cannot be more grateful to have |
| 1:00.5 | Olympian Molly Cidal back on the show today. Molly, I, before I even talk about what we're going |
| 1:08.9 | to talk about, I need to say thank you for your openness and your honesty. And also just making |
| 1:14.8 | the time we met for the first time after Molly ran the Olympic trials in Atlanta in 2020. |
| 1:23.2 | As we talk about in today's episode, the last trip I took before the pandemic really hit |
| 1:28.9 | full force was up to Boston to record with Molly in her living room. And so, man, it was just |
| 1:36.0 | what a crazy moment for us to sit back down knowing how much has happened. I mean, |
| 1:41.6 | this woman, since we last recorded for the show, she has not only gone to the Olympics, |
| 1:48.5 | but become an Olympian set tons of new personal bests, including an unreal showing at the 2021 |
| 1:56.7 | New York City Marathon. And now today, fast forward, we're talking about what's really happened |
| 2:03.2 | since then. If you have been staying up to date with what's going on in the world of running, |
| 2:08.8 | and you may have caught the article that came out in runners world in October, really detailing how |
| 2:14.8 | Molly has been navigating crippling anxiety and relapse in her eating disorder. For today's |
| 2:21.4 | episode, we're chatting about what that looked like when she felt like she was truly struggling |
| 2:27.5 | the most, the catalyst for her finally seeking out treatment, how she feels about running |
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