Seidel’s inner monologue during the race wasn’t unlike those watching from home: “As the miles ticked off and I continued to feel strong, I was still at the front of the pack. “I feel like I’m still processing all of those emotions. She hung with the front pack of marathoners at the Olympic race until the end, where she finished third, behind Kenyan runners Peres Jepchirchir and marathon world-record holder Brigid Kosgei. The post-Tokyo world knows Molly Seidel’s name.

“But I can’t do iced coffee in the winter,” she says. And, of course, as a Bostonian, she loves a Dunkin’ “brunch” in the back of the car.

Michael MarquezĪfter a long run, she’ll hit up Blackbird Doughnuts. Here, Seidel is just one of the many runners on the pedestrian path that runs parallel to the Charles River. “I’m a Cambridgearian now, although I was a Bostonian for much longer,” she says, laughing. Her current apartment is actually on the other side of the river, in Cambridge.

She then moved east to Boston-the Fenway neighborhood, specifically-where she started running professionally. Not only is the city home to the famed Boston Marathon, but it’s also bred and groomed running greats like “Boston Billy” Rodgers, Johnny “The Elder” Kelley, Johnny “The Younger” Kelley, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Shalane Flanagan, and now, Olympic bronze medalist Molly Seidel.įive years ago, Seidel, now 27, graduated from Notre Dame, where she was a four-time NCAA champion in track and cross country. There’s no question that Boston is considered the mecca of distance running. Runner’s World has partnered with Puma to answer the question: What is a runner’s world? In this installment of the series, we asked Puma athlete and Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Molly Seidel to tell-and show-us how the city of Boston and its running sphere has been the backdrop that’s made her story possible.

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