
She did it the first time when she was fresh off winning the 2015 NCAA cross country title for Notre Dame.

“I’ll be the fastest known turkey impersonator.”Īs casually as some people dress a turkey, Seidel dresses as a turkey. Olympic team in the marathon.Īctually, turkeys can run up to 25 miles per hour. “I want to be the Fastest Known Turkey,” said Seidel, who qualified for the 2020 U.S. When the race was pushed back to Thanksgiving due to the pandemic and then went virtual, Molly Seidel decided to break out her famous turkey costume. The moveable feast will be part of the Peachtree Road Race, a 10K traditionally held on the Fourth of July in Atlanta.

Visitors to Maine’s Great Cranberry Island on Thanksgiving morning might catch a glimpse of a turkey hotfooting it down the road, perhaps trailed by a couple of cranberries.

Molly Seidel reacts as she crosses the finish line during the Women's U.S.
