If threshold training is so good, why doesn't Mantz do it?

Cause those training methods are overrated.

because he is talented enough and recovers well enough and has a good enough coach that he really doesn't need to worry about overtraining. NSM is for old men who grew up developing overtraining tendencies that may have worked when they were in their early 20s but now that they have to work a day job and raise a family and really dont have that much time to recover, they realize that you don't need to grind yourself to a pulp in every workout - 3 months of 50-75% efforts 3 times a week are better than 2 months of 90-100% efforts followed by 1 month of injury.

So no matter how good a workout is, it has to be tailored to each individual's circumstances and conditions.

Mantz eat bicarbonate and hotdogs

"best runner in the world". hahahaha get real

au contrair. Do you not see how many marathon paced and steady state running miles this guy does in training?

You do realize what Jakob’s 10,000 and HM PBs are

Not that he has run the 5,000 many times in his career, but his 5,000 PB is also not the best either

Still waiting for mantz to run a race w/o bouncy shoes. Am I asking too much? Probably so. Hard to throw a 3:00+ head start out the door.

Dumb comment. Should he run barefoot on a dirt road too?

You get the most bang for your buck from continuous running at threshold - ie a tempo run. Other methods like Norwegian double threshold and threshold reps are designed to minimize the chance of injury. Someone at Mantz's level may not be particularly injury prone or susceptible to overtraining.

What shoes are these? Is he sponsored by DeLorean so he can go pick some up?

You think the 2:00 - 2:03 marathoners aren't on drugs / taken drugs in the past?

Not sure - did Khannouchi run barefoot and on a dirt road? I’ve got a pair of perfectly good flats that mantz can borrow.

Because you don't need it in all training programs

Doing 400s and 800s at threshold effort doesn’t really benefit someone training for racing 26.2 miles the same way 16 miles at or slightly slower than marathon pace doesn’t benefit someone training for racing 0.5-3.1 miles.

So everyone faster than Conner Mantz is taking drugs and less talented?

This deserves to get pinned

Long tempos->> Halfs, Mara and ultras

Threshold->>> 800m,1500m,3000m,2miles and 5000m

Conner doesnt need threshold intervals

Because the guy isn't cut out to run long his sweet spot is the 1500m-2miles. He only wins 5k races if the pace is very slow (something like El G) if he and prime Kenensia bekele ran a 5k he's gonna be beaten badly. And bekele himself didn't do double threshold.

Yes, and everyone knows it but you get called "racist".