Episode 286--Reviewing Molly Seidel's "The Build Up"

Most Pleasant Exhaustion

This week, we discussed a variety of things, but we spent most of our time considering what Molly Seidel talked about in the final episode of her limited series podcast, The Build Up. The podcast, which was only six episodes long, described the hurdles Molly faced in building up to the Olympic Marathon Trials race--a race that she ultimately did not start due to injury. Among other things, we talked about the mental and physical risks that professional athletes take, and we talked about whether those risks are really worth it.