Molly Seidel runs 28k trail race (SpeedGoat)

Wait, why did she drop out of worlds then?

Video?

What happened to Seidel not racing if she couldn't get a TUE for her PEDs?

Fake news

The video on speedgoat's insta? Was she in yellow? I think her BF was there taking pictures of the race in a professional capacity.

irunfar.com

This Week In Running: July 25, 2022

Justin Mock

This Week In Running’s trail and ultra recap for July 25, 2022.

Link:www.irunfar.com/this-week-in-running-j...

It's true - this article states this fact

I see, Seidel raced a UTMB event meaning there is no or very little drug testing or else a sanctioned race would have caught her Adderall drug use. Guess Seidel is now an ultra-runner because I don't see WADA allowing her to use Adderall in competition because it has such enormous performance enhancing capabilities.

Personally I think if you have hardcore ADHD, going for a casual hike in the mountains is better than running an all-out marathon where you have to be constantly checking your splits and making sure you grab the right water bottle at every station while the crowds can be a bit sensory overload. Hopefully she gets her vitamins back on track.

-Koko

I kind of doubted this, but then I went and watched the video and that's either her or her perfect doppelgänger! Seems like a bad idea given her recent injuries

So she is injured but entered a trail race with a bunch of vert to finish 45 minutes behind the lead woman. Makes total sense.

The picture from insta for those who don't have it

Didnt she have a stress fracture?

Or was she ducking worlds because PEDs lol wut?

wow that is really schocking. We heard all day long excuses related to injuries for bad performances from US runners and then we discover that an Olympic bronze medalist lied about her injury and that her non participation to the WC is just due to drug use.

5 days ago on her Insta is a video of her walking, saying shes just getting back to weight bearing. Holy eff lol, good golly Molly.

Yeah, I'm a Molly fan and I think she should be allowed to use the drugs that help her and that she doesn't owe anyone any explanations, but I also don't think she should lie and dang this looks pretty dishonest.

If true, I think it's just reflection of how she can't stop running or exercising more than dodging drug tests. Unforunate.

This whole thing is weird. To echo someone else above, 5 days ago she posted a video of herself walking on a treadmill. No mention of this "race" in her social media.

Did she really think no one would find out? In this day of social media and documenting everything for public consumption, like no one would post anything about her racing. The whole thing is so weird and the secretive nature of it (if she really ran under a fake name) makes it worse.

PEDs and dishonesty using a fake name in a race? Isn't there some jerk who gets all worked up on that kind of stuff?