Conner & Kylie Mantz: How to Chase Dreams Without Losing What Matters Most
THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST
Dominic Schlueter
4.9 • 822 Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Conner and Kylie Mantz are redefining what it means to chase big dreams as a team.
They’re two runners with one purpose–moving stride for stride through life.
Conner Mantz has become the new standard-bearer for American marathoning. After winning the 2024 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials and placing 8th at the Paris Olympics (2:08:12), he stunned the running world in 2025–running 2:05:08 for 4th place at Boston, winning the Beach to Beacon 10K in a course record time of 27:26, and setting the American marathon record of 2:04:43 at the Chicago Marathon.
His career arc, which was shaped by BYU coach Ed Eyestone’s patient approach, reflects eight years of steady growth from NCAA champion to global contender.
Kylie Mantz, meanwhile, has forged her own remarkable path.
A latecomer to competitive running, she joined BYU’s women’s distance program in 2025 and quickly ran 34:57 for 10,000m and 16:49 for 5000m–astonishing progress for someone who didn’t run track in high school. Her joy-driven approach, grounded in curiosity and consistency, mirrors Cennor’s faith in long-term development.
Their parallel journeys (Conner’s disciplined pursuit of podiums and records; Kylie’s joyful rise into Division I competition) intersect in a shared belief that running is both art and anchor.
Together, Conner and Kylie Mantz are proving that love, faith, and discipline can fuel world-class performance.
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, our basement's just a shoe shrine. Graveyard. There's a lot of shoes. I mean, the two of us, probably 70 pairs. Wow. And I'll probably take, you say, no, how much do you take? Oh, I think there's probably well over 100 of shoes. Well over 100, but I'd say probably 70 to 80% of those are mine. |
| 0:27.5 | Ladies and gentlemen, that was Connor and Kylie Mans. |
| 0:31.4 | Today on the Running Effect podcast, Connor has been on the podcast many times, |
| 0:36.1 | and he just set the American record in the marathon at the 2025 Chicago Marathon. |
| 0:38.7 | And I wanted to get him back on the podcast, but then I was like, |
| 0:43.5 | well, he's been on a bunch by himself. I should bring on him and his wife, Kylie, and Kylie actually recently has started running in the past few years. And recently, actually yesterday, |
| 0:48.9 | as of recording this, ran her first marathon. She's an absolute stud and becoming a really excellent runner. And so today's |
| 0:55.9 | conversation was a really fun conversation with America's best marathoner and one of the best |
| 1:01.3 | to ever do it in America, honestly at this point. And how fast he's rising might go down as |
| 1:05.7 | the best to ever do it in American distance running with his wife, Kylie, who's also a new runner. |
| 1:09.9 | A lot of relationship advice for you youngans out there mixed with a lot of running wisdom and fun stories along the way. If you enjoy this one, hit the follow button so you don't miss another episode. Share this one with a friend. If you enjoy it, shoot me a DM or email. I thought this one was a ton of fun, and so I hope you appreciate it as much as I did. And my last request is give us a five-star review. |
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| 1:37.1 | With all those notes aside, enjoy this conversation with America's couple, Mr. |
| 1:41.8 | Connor and Kylie Mans. |
| 1:47.3 | Well, we'll kick it off here. |
| 1:48.7 | Ladies and gentlemen, across from me is America's couple, the American record holder and his |
| 1:54.3 | wife, Connor and Kylie Mans. |
| 1:56.3 | Connor's been on the podcast a bunch. |
| 1:58.4 | And Connor, I'm sure you're sick of doing these one-off podcast interviews how's |
| 2:02.4 | the raise how's training ben tell me about coach highstone so i was like got to bring on kiley |
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