Mantz 61 minute half in training, calls it "planned marathon pace"

He ran 61:55 and you rounded down?

I will be anyone here $500,000 he does not run 2:02.

Perhaps he's sneaking into the BYU frat boy parties and catching the capping disease.

It was a planned pmp. He said he ran it a little too fast. He never said that was his marathon pace. Does bode well for him though.

Yeah he probably got a bit excited and went out too fast. Still a good sign though to be able to run a 61 high HM in training and since its 5 weeks out its not like a hard effort now is going to negatively affect his race.

I believe that with a healthy Conner Mantz there are 3 Americans that can run sub 2:07 on a perfect day. Clayton Young, Scott Fauble, and CJ Albertson are not on that list.

In the last 200 years there are 3 Americans who have broken 2:07 and you are saying there are 3 currently who can do it?!? I don't think so. I would say currently there are ZERO Americans who can break 2:07.

Who IS on that list? I need my humor for today.

There is a history of people doing runs like this and then not coming close in the race. It is just too easy for people to do runs like this 10s to fast.

but the dude is a huge favorite off his body of work. His bad day is a 2:09 which should win

Only way 2:09 wins is if it is over 75 degrees.

He ran 61:55, said he ran too fast. I would bet my life his goal pace was 63-63:30 aka 2:06-7 which we know quite well he wants to run for the full.

Galen Rupp will pop a 2:05 any day now.

Well he ran 61:55 and mentioned it was a little too fast. So if you are honest you can put all your bravado behind betting against 2:04.

I would bet against 2:04, I would bet against 2:05, I would bet against 2:06 - I would give him a shot at 2:07-plus.

A Half at MP is not that hard. In the past I have done Half Marathon races 3 weeks before my Marathons (not a good idea) and ran them 100% and was able to recover "ok". I know, not the smartest thing to do...

1:02 Half = 2:10 Full according to McMillan.

He did it at Sea Level and admitted it was too quick. Her probably aimed for 62:30.

I'm a fan of Mantz because he goes for it. I like he sets high goals for himself and is bold.

This run doesn't really tell me anything. He is a sub 61 guy in a real race, so a 'too fast' half marathon effort in training at basically 62 flat sounds about right. He was already a likely top 3 guy, so still anticipated to be a top 3 guy.

And 62:30 is probably too fast. His PR is 2:07 from a few months ago, it's not likely he is now a 2:04 high/2:05 low guy.