Molly Seidel | Olympic Bronze Medalist
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Dylan Bowman
4.8 • 866 Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2024
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Molly Seidel is a professional runner for PUMA living in Flagstaff, AZ. She famously qualified for Team USA in her first marathon and then earned a Bronze Medal in the Tokyo Olympics. Last week, Molly made news when Canadian Running reported that she was on the start list for the Canyons by UTMB 50k coming up later in April. Her first trail ultramarathon gave us the perfect excuse to finally do a podcast.
Topics discussed:
- Molly's early experiences with running
- Relationship with her sister Izzy and the creation of Sad Girl Track Club
- The post-Olympic come down
- Molly's relationship with fame
- Her reverse learning curve in the marathon
- Coach Jon Green
- Her experiences at Speedgoat 28k and UTMB
- The inspiration to do Canyons and goals for the race
- Training for the trails
- Her relationship with PUMA
- Who she admires
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, fam. Welcome to the free trial podcast. Of course, I'm your host, Dylan Bowman, here today with Molly Seidel, OMG, an Olympic medalist making an appearance on my podcast. |
| 0:25.9 | Check it off the bucket list. Molly is, of course, a professional runner for Puma living in Flagstaff, Arizona. |
| 0:32.2 | She famously qualified for Team USA in her debut marathon, and then, of course course went on to earn a bronze medal in the |
| 0:40.4 | marathon in the Tokyo Olympics and just last week Molly made big news when Canadian running reported |
| 0:46.1 | that she was on the start list for the canyons by UTMB 50K coming up later in April her first |
| 0:53.2 | Trail Ultramarathon at the North American Major for the 50K coming up later in April, her first trail ultramarathon at the North American major for the |
| 0:57.5 | 50K distance taking on some of the best women in the sport. I can't wait to see it. Molly and I have |
| 1:03.8 | messaged about doing a podcast for a while, and this news provided the perfect occasion to |
| 1:09.6 | finally put it together. |
| 1:13.6 | And I have to say, I really enjoyed this conversation. |
| 1:17.8 | And I'm super grateful that Molly would come on the show. |
| 1:18.9 | A quick programming note. |
| 1:23.6 | Speaking of Canyons, free trail will be there doing our trailgating thing. |
| 1:30.0 | Of course, a couple of pre-race shows, athlete panels, a post-race show all from the endurance capital of the world, Auburn, California. But first, of course, we'll be up in Cascade Locks, |
| 1:36.4 | Oregon for our race, the gorge waterfalls that we do with daybreak racing. That's next weekend, |
| 1:43.0 | April 12th through the 14th. |
| 1:45.6 | The 100K and 50K will be live streamed by our friends |
| 1:48.9 | at the mountain outpost. |
| 1:50.3 | So make sure you subscribe to their YouTube channel |
| 1:53.1 | and make sure you tune in next weekend. |
| 1:55.5 | Big thanks to Molly for coming on the show. |
| 1:57.1 | Hope you enjoy the episode. |
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