Episode 566: Clayton Young – Recapping his First Olympic Experience and Preparations for the New York City Marathon
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2024
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Today on the podcast, I’m thrilled to welcome back Olympian Clayton Young. In today’s episode, we dive into Clayton’s incredible experience at the Paris Olympics, where he placed ninth with a time of 2:08.44. He shares the behind-the-scenes of his race, what was going through his mind, and the emotions that came with such a monumental event. I really appreciate how he gives a nod to those who paved the way in our sport, highlighting the community and history of running.
Clayton and I also discuss the current state of American marathoning and the potential for breaking the men’s record, which has stood since 2002! It’s an exciting time in the sport, and I have a feeling we’re on the brink of some big changes.
For a bit of background, Clayton runs for ASICS, is a proud father of two, and boasts an impressive resume as a four-time USA road champ and NCAA 10K champ, having run for BYU. He’s gearing up for the New York City Marathon this fall, so we’ll definitely be following his journey as he extends his Olympic season!
He first joined this podcast on Episode 519 back in February 2024, right after making the Olympic team alongside his training partner, Conner Mantz. If you’re curious about their journey and training together, definitely check out that episode!
What we talked about:
3:00- Catching up with Clayton post Olympics
12:45- Training with Conner and finding belief in his training
29:00- The decision to not take the kids to the Paris Olympics
32:00- Takeaways from the Olympics
39:00- Conner and Clayton’s high five during the race
41:35- Catching the lead pack during the race
55:55- How he is feeling ahead of the NYC marathon
1:01- Eyeing the American record in the marathon
1:06:30- End of podcast questions
Show notes:
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions podcast. Hey everybody welcome to all have |
| 0:20.6 | I'm your host Lindsay Hine I'm your host Lindsay. Thank you so much |
| 0:25.4 | for being here today. Today on the podcast, Olympian. Clayton Young joins us. This is |
| 0:31.1 | his second time on the podcast. He joined the show episode 519 in |
| 0:36.4 | February of 2024 right after he made the Olympic team with his training partner |
| 0:41.8 | Connor Mans. So if you want to hear more about their story Olympic team with his training partner Connor Mance. |
| 0:43.0 | So if you want to hear more about their story |
| 0:45.2 | and training together, definitely go listen to that episode |
| 0:47.9 | because in this episode, Clayton and I talk quite a bit |
| 0:51.3 | about training with Connor, racing with Connor and all those things. |
| 0:56.0 | Clayton placed ninth at the Paris Olympics, running 2008-44. |
| 1:02.1 | We talk about his race, how it unfolded, what was going through his mind |
| 1:05.1 | mentally throughout and I love how much gratitude he gives and the head nods he |
| 1:11.3 | gives to those who have come before him in the sport and also I'm just so appreciative of what him and Connor and so many others are doing to elevate the sport of running right now in the American scene. I have a feeling that the American |
| 1:26.6 | record on the men's side, I think it's gonna come down finally in these next couple of years. We talk about that in the episode as well. |
| 1:35.0 | Currently Kalid Kanuchi holds that record and that was set, get this, in 2002. So when that record goes down it's 20538 |
| 1:46.7 | That's gonna be a huge deal. That's gonna be like when Dina Castor's record on the women's side went down so |
| 1:52.3 | exciting to kind of start |
| 1:53.8 | having those conversations on the men's side of marathoning here in America. |
| 1:59.0 | Clayton runs for A6. He is the father of two. He's a four-time USA Road Champ and NCAA |
| 2:08.0 | 10K champ. He ran for BYU and he is running the New York City Marathon this fall. |
| 2:13.0 | So it's going to be an exciting extension of his Olympic season to see what he does in New York. |
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