![]() Join Runner’s World+ to get the latest running news, training tips, and exclusive workouts She maintained her position in the lead pack for much of the race, crossing the 30K mark in 1:42:44, a 5:31 pace. So she lined up in her bright yellow kit and the Puma Deviate Nitro Elite Spectra, the same shoe she wore in Sapporo, and raced aggressively. ![]() It means a lot to me to do it, regardless of what it turns out to be.” ![]() “I’ve invested too much in this, I really want to do it. “It was hard coming off the Olympics and hard mentally getting back into that build,” she said. Ultimately, after plenty of muscle work, heat therapy, and frank conversations with her physical therapists and coach Jon Green, Seidel decided racing wouldn’t further harm her health or impede her ability to compete-and that, ultimately, she’d poured too much in to step away. She didn’t go into details about what caused the injury, but said it was so painful at times that she considered not lining up at all. Her time of 2:24:42 is a personal best, beating the 2:25:13 she ran in London last year, and also betters Kara Goucher’s course record of 2:25:53, set in 2008.Īnd it’s all the more remarkable given that, as she revealed in the postrace press conference, Seidel broke two ribs about a month ago. Molly Seidel, 27, followed up her historic Olympic performance by finishing today’s NYC Marathon in fourth place and first American. ![]() When your first marathon lands you on the Olympic squad and your third nets you a bronze medal, it’s hard to know where to go next.
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