US Olympic Marathon Trials Champion Conner Mantz Shares His Preperation & Mindset Leading Into The Win

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

A short little part of my podcast from Conner that aired two weeks ago.

Conner runs for NIKE and runs distances from the 1500m to Marathon. He is currently intently training for the 2024 US Olympic Marathon Trials, which will take place on February 3rd in Orlando, Flordia.

Previous to his professional running career, he competed for BYU, where he was a multiple-time NCAA Champion and debatably the greatest runner to ever come out of that program.

Conner holds PRs of 1:46.99 in the 800m, 3:36.29 in the 1500m, and 3:52.76 in the Mile.

In today's conversation, Conner and I discuss NCAA athletes running fast at altitude, his recent training, closing a workout in a 4:09 mile, being mentored by Jared Ward, his thoughts on the trials, and so much more!

Anytime I get to sit down with Conner is a good time. I loved getting a look inside his process as he goes into one of the biggest races of his life.

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1:26.7	this on January 22nd.
1:28.4	The race is on February 3rd, if I'm not mistaken.
1:31.2	How do you feel, not just physically, but emotionally, mentally looking towards the race?
1:36.3	I'm pretty excited about it.
1:37.8	I think what's been really nice is having Jared Ward as a mentor or training partner and hearing his thoughts about 2016 and 2020.
1:50.0	Like, 2016 he entered as like an underdog and he ran to qualify and he went and qualified and he ran the perfect race to qualify.
2:00.0	He pasted perfectly.
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