Conner Mantz Training

Training man wrote:

As I was searching through training logs I came upon Conner Mantz's training log. If this hasn't already been posted on here I was wondering what people's thoughts are about his training. It seems like he does pretty low mileage at a very high intensity on his "easy" runs with a large emphasis on tempos. Curious to hear others thoughts on his training.

http://conner.fastrunningblog.com/blog-50-minutes-of-pool-running-nbsp-Hard-/11-06-2014.html

That's about right. He does a lot of tempo, even during the off-season. He's really a smart and humble kid despite his great success, and his coach is obviously very good. They both know when to push him and when to let off the gas. That's why it's ironic that even though he trains smart, he got a certain kind of injury found in a relatively few growing kids. It's a "stress reaction" that could have turned into a stress fracture (yeah, I didn't really know the difference either, and both take almost the same amount of time to heal). But it's something he'll outgrow. Right now, it appears that he's just rehabilitating with pool running and core training and won't be available for Footlocker. That's a shame because I think he could have been in the top 5 and pushed the pace to make kickers like Grant Fisher hang with him. With smart rehabilitation, I think Conner will have an excellent outdoor season this Spring, and even if he didn't run competitively the rest of the school year, college coaches all over America have their eyes on him.

Yes my friend goes to BYU and they had Conner in for a visit. Said Conner was a very humble and nice guy and he is obviously very talented. It's too bad that he collapsed right before the finish line at state.

However, not to take away from Conner but I'm more looking to analyze his training. He is obviously very talented but the training a runner does is a key component to his success which I am interested in analyzing and hearing what others have to say/think about it.

Who is the chick in the background in

http://conner.fastrunningblog.com/picture.jpg

Dang...

That's Heidi Gregson who is a 1500 meter runner from Australia. She is a member of Furman Elite, so that's probably why Connor visited Furman University for official visit. He's going to BYU, but may have visited to check her out.

Conner is a stud. You are pretty right, his standard workout is a tempo run. He is really strong aerobically, but he doesn't run that many miles. I think he has huge improvement potential if he ups his miles. Lucky for BYU if he is going there.

[quote]Training man wrote:

Yes my friend goes to BYU and they had Conner in for a visit. Said Conner was a very humble and nice guy and he is obviously very talented. It's too bad that he collapsed right before the finish line at state.

Yea if he just would not have went down before the finish line. Then that phantom, unknown ghost no name would not have caused him to take second at his state meet. Won't even get into tactics utilized going into the meet and in the race.

Josh Collins=fantastic runner

Conner Mantz=fantastic runner

That being said, keep in mind injured mantz vs primed collins= good race, could have gone either way. With a healthy Conner, we would have seen a state record.

I have raced both of them tons, I know.

Regular jim wrote:

Conner is a stud. You are pretty right, his standard workout is a tempo run. He is really strong aerobically, but he doesn't run that many miles. I think he has huge improvement potential if he ups his miles. Lucky for BYU if he is going there.

Ed Eyestone is a great coach and was one of America's best. He also went on an LDS Church mission. I don't know this for a fact, but I think Conner will probably go on a mission, too. Eyestone understands this about Mormon kids. If Conner goes to BYU he'll probably do the standard thing--go to school one year, then go on a mission two years. And, in case you don't know, most Mormon runners don't run on Sundays. I hope he does go to BYU because that's the best fit for him, but he could go a lot of other places, too.

In case any of you bothered to look just a little bit to the left of Heidi's marvelous backside, that's David Rudisha with Conner.

Regular jim wrote:

That being said, keep in mind injured mantz vs primed collins= good race, could have gone either way. With a healthy Conner, we would have seen a state record.

I have raced both of them tons, I know.

Then you know that the unnamed, phantom ghost has had his own sickness/injury problems this year messing up his training and races. We all love Mantz, had lots of bets riding for him to win Footlocker..hope he gets way healthy. How the heck did he run 31 flat for that 10000. That is a bit amazing.

That phantom ghost caused everyone to lose and fall down at NXN SW.