Manny Putz Shares Insights From His Ascent In The Sport, How To Be National Class As A High Schooler, Setting A National Record at 12 Years Old + Running Foot Locker For The First Time

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Today on the Call Room Road To Balboa, I'm joined by the one and only Manny Putz!

Manny placed 5th last year at NXN as a junior and is a 3xWisconsin State Champion in XC as well as a pair of titles on the track. He was the Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year in both his Sophmore and Junior years in XC.

Manny holds PRs of 2:00 (800m), 4:12 (1,600m), 8:56 (2-Mile), and 14:32 (5k XC).

But back in the day, Manny was a stud, too, setting a national record in the 1500m for 12-year-olds running 4:18.10.

Manny is committed to running for Wisconsin next year.

In today's conversation, Manny takes me through his successful high school career thus far, his upbringing in sport, his training and why low milage works for him, how he handles comparison, his recuriting process, his mindset going into Foot Locker, and much more!

Manny brought the energy, and I thoroughly enjoyed this one!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Call Room Road to Balboa presented by Hoka.
0:06.1	A quick note for you high schoolers out there listening, give me 60 seconds of your time.
0:11.1	Over the years growing up, the Foot Locker National Cross Country Championships were always on my calendar to watch.
0:16.9	And the road to the national meets starts with the four regional meets of the West, Midwest, northeast, and south regions. The experience that comes with trying to qualify for the most
0:24.6	prestigious national championship in high school cross country is like none other. Whether you're
0:29.9	trying to compete to make the national meet or not, the foot locker regional meets have many
0:33.4	divisions, including the freshman sophomore division and open division so that you can race
0:37.8	with other high schoolers of your abilities to close out the season come late November.
0:42.4	Come and race with Hoka at your regional meet.
0:44.8	You will not regret it.
0:45.9	One of my biggest regrets in high school was actually not running my regional meet, which
0:49.9	was the Midwest region.
0:51.6	Foot Locker has so much history and aura behind it.
0:55.5	It is the 45th year this year.
0:57.9	And yeah, I just really regret not racing other kids
1:01.2	from my state of Ohio as well as the other states
1:04.5	around the Midwest.
1:05.4	And as I said, there are four regions.
1:07.2	So if you're in America listening to this,
1:08.7	there's a region close by to you that you can run in if you're in high school and close out your high school cross country season in the most memorable way or give yourself the chance to qualify for that national meet in San Diego on December 14th.
1:21.5	You guys can find more info at footlockercc.com or in the show notes.
1:25.9	Again, you will not regret running your regional meat the experience
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