Grant Fisher Video

Is his coach full time in park city?

I think Grant is kind of boring personality wise but I do enjoy rooting for him.

It is great that he took a chance on himself and did what was going to make him happiest in the long term.

I like how his coach brought up that he is happy and how much of a role that plays in success. So many pros seem depressed

Doesn’t every athlete that competes as a pro take a chance on himself? There are guys in the baseball minor leagues that aren’t even making minimum wage. About 10% will make the Majors, yet the vast majority continue to chase the “dream”.

Fisher is really no different than most other American athletes that have reached the pinnacle, and how could it be depressing too have such tremendous talent? Can you name some athletes at his level that are somehow depressed?

Noah Lyles was on antidepressants a few years ago. There is a thread that was just posted about Juliette Whitaker opening-up about depression. It’s way more common than you think, even if not every pro is talking about their struggles.

Great video snapshot into a truly great athlete and role model for sport.

Taking charge of one’s own destiny in life takes guts. From the outside looking in and putting oneself in Grants shoes when he was at Bowerman, for many, would have been enough. Not for Grant. He proved to himself, and the world of track and field, that he was right.

Thinking about your first sentence, what came to my mind was; if only there were more “boring” people like Grant Fisher… how great society would be. So many facets to that statement…

Keep up the great work Grant and coach Scannell.

Pretty dumb post.

Fisher wasn’t between training alone and not competing at all(your minor league comparison). He was in a stable situation with a respected coach, a coach that would take part of the blame/responsibility if he was not successful. He left that group training environment to take full responsibility for his success or failure - many people would not take ownership like that.

Also who said anything about tremendous talent being the cause of depression? A runner can be talented and depressed, and these can be unrelated.

Love this video! Athlete features like this can help the sport grow. As I've said before, most people will never understand what it's like to be one of the best runners in the world. But they can connect to universal human themes like struggle, disappointment, resilience, taking chances, and overcoming obstacles.

Fisher's words of wisdom on making a change can resonate with a lot of people:

"Making a change is hard. In this case, it was my running career, but making a change in anything is hard. Even if deep down you know it's the right thing to do, it's really hard to pull the trigger and do it, especially because it's a lot more comfortable and easier to just continue what you're doing. So, I think in life in general, when you know it's time that you need a change, you're right. You don't need to second-guess it. If your heart's in the right place, you will find the ways to make it work."

-Grant Fisher, Olympic medalist, world record holder, and life coach!

Let's be honest, he only did this video because it's sponsored.

I vaguely remember an interview last year with Scannell, likely either letsrun or citius, where he mentioned that his family moved somewhere in the southwest. I don't think he lives in Park City full time but travels for key workouts between Park City and Flagstaff. It's really something special that they have as a coach/athlete dynamic - that's super rare to find.

Nice. Smart guy. Great runner.

Sure hope runners watch this video. It amazes me how few comments have resulted from Grants latest video. Maybe it’s because he is a “nice, smart guy, great runner” and not controversial in manner.

The guy gets it done and people can learn much from him and his coach.

Keep on keeping on Grant.

I believe Scannell now lives in phoenix or suburbs, and coaches some high schoolers there as well. The relationship with Grant is life long -- family friend. Grant was lucky to have somebody so capable and talented in his life; and Scannell was lucky to get to coach Grant. What a great combo.

If he stayed where he was and didn’t do as well, he could blame the coach? I believe he can succeed in either scenario and if he doesn’t medal this year, I wouldn’t blame it on his decision to train on his own. Sometimes there are things outside of a runner’s control and it’s not anyone’s fault.

He has many years of competitive distance running, knows how he should train and is certainly self-motivated enough to push himself. I don’t think he’s taking such a big risk.

Correct on all topics mentioned above.

Mike has coached distance @ Hamilton HS in Chandler since 2023. Led his team to the AZ state champs last fall.

Grant flies Mike up to SLC/Provo to oversee his track-specific workouts.

Mike now has Grant & Sam Gilman to lactate test whenever he flies up to UT.

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Grant touched on some pretty deep stuff that many professional runners go through. A lot of people only see the end result, not the everyday struggle that comes with being an elite runner. Having to learn to be comfortable in an uncomfortable situation is difficult, and to figure out how to maximize your potential while at the same time maintaining focus and happiness is a 24/7/365 commitment.

At 10:50, Scannell says, "I strictly coach three things: The breath, the blood, and the brain."

Then, he doesn't explain that statement at all. What is he talking about? Is he controlling Grant's thyroid with a remote?

He also left a cloud of suspicion that including a banned teammate, a coach who stood by that runner, and other teammates bailing out at the same time.

I respect it.

I would respect it more if he published his medication/supplement regimen and all TUEs.

Come on… really?

The video clearly is a montage from various videos and pieces put together from a much longer video session. To have a coach explain those three points would take some time and that’s not what the video was intended for.

Changing subjects. Props to Cole Hocker for saying nice and respectful things about racing Grant. He too is world class on and off of the track. We are extremely lucky to be able to watch and cheer for USA middle and long distance runners at the level they are performing. It’s a blessing.

The Coffee Club Pod dudes had a funny clip of Grant and his coffee scene.