Leo Manzano Struggles Again - 4:21.92. The End of an Era?

Leo ran his last quarter slower than I used to run my last quarter in high school when I was struggling to break 5:00. That is just not cool.

MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:

I laughed out loud in a meeting when I read the thread title. Probably because only a true moran would think he died April 21st of 1992. Hard to imagine he was dead when winning a silver in 2012.

That being said he has a pretty sweet website and online store!

https://leomanzano.com/

Glad to see he was helping out his 7 year old niece and let her draw up a logo for him to use.

Why is his online store showing the American flag and not the Mexican one?

mikerozzi wrote:

Why is his online store showing the American flag and not the Mexican one?

Because America is finally great again.

Last year's trials race was another example of this. Didn't have a great buildup at all, but that London experience probably propelled his desire to return to that stage one more time.

That competitiveness might not have shown through in yesterday's Mile in the sense of him getting to go for the win, but it was the fact that he even toed the line that shows that he's still got that fire. It's not like the full lineup of American milers was on hand for the race, but he's going up a much deeper crop of middle distance runners than his days with Vig. Props to him for keeping the dream alive.

Whether he's running or borrowed time or not, I'm not sure. I think even the prospect of a lackluster outdoor campaign this year isn't enough to shake my faith in his abilities just yet. After having a bit of time away from a truly full, competitive season the last two years, Obviously he's previously had a reputation for going "good race -> bad race -> good race" and so on in the past, but I definitely think he's in a different place with his running.

Lagat made it to Rio at an older age. Meb's Athens medal came before some of the sport's newest prodigies were out of elementary school. He has to believe he's cut from the same cloth to keep it going through this down period of performance. Time will tell.

P.S. From what I follow of his new training situation, I don't think he's done anything remotely strenuous yet since his mile campaign at the end of the summer. Bunch of tempos at a fairly easy pace for most competitive runners. Might just be taking it easy, but hopefully it's not too easy of group for him to be in for what he's trying to accomplish.

Papa Bless wrote:

gonnahearmeroar wrote:

Wow Leo, great moves, keep it up, proud of you!

Papa bless you

A goof + a gaff = A laugh.

Can we make this "so and so RIP and then their time" a thing like the "so and so is DONE" or "so and so goes home DEVASTATED."

Let's go ahead and keep things fresh!

gonnahearmeroar wrote:

Wow Leo, great moves, keep it up, proud of you!

An h3 joke on letsrun? Is this real life?

French Dawg wrote:

gonnahearmeroar wrote:

Wow Leo, great moves, keep it up, proud of you!

An h3 joke on letsrun? Is this real life?

Leo Manzano Indoor Mile PRANK In the Hood (Gone wrong) (Gone USATF) (Cops Called) (Gone SEXUAAAAAAAL).

Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:

Mate he is running at my speed.

Don't count him out just yet.

This guy has some real stinkers every year.

But always runs very well in the US team trials and the worlds/OG.

Loser...... wrote:

whatishappening wrote:

What the heck is happening. Discus.

Losers write discus, go away.

no dude "Morans right discus." I emended it for you; get it write dude..;)

John Clendon wrote:

Gotta bee wrote:

Time to hang em up, probably a good handful of highschoolers would have done better

A handful? How about a couple dozen?

Gotta bee must have large hands.

douchelin^3 wrote:

John Clendon wrote:

A handful? How about a couple dozen?

Gotta bee must have large hands.

“Look at those hands, are they small hands? And, [Marco Rubio] referred to my hands: ‘If they’re small, something else must be small.’ I guarantee you there’s no problem. I guarantee." - The President of the United States of America

douchelin^3 wrote:

John Clendon wrote:

A handful? How about a couple dozen?

Gotta bee must have large hands.

Handfuls of dozens of high school boys, you say? Where do I sign up?

goofsandgaffs wrote:

French Dawg wrote:

An h3 joke on letsrun? Is this real life?

Leo Manzano Indoor Mile PRANK In the Hood (Gone wrong) (Gone USATF) (Cops Called) (Gone SEXUAAAAAAAL).

"Hey guys, this is totally me when I __________________!"

____________ = run 4:22 mile

SoFlo

That is pathetic. I can run 4:25 from muscle memory. No self respecting runner that can't perform to a minimum respectable standard should show up to a championship meet.

I am not sure that he tries to run fast until he is ready to run fast.

I doubt any of you weekend warriors think that way, but I believe he has earned the right to take the money, and run as slow as he wishes, until he thinks to do otherwise.

I wonder if he's binging on Taco Bell, watching a Kardashians marathon, and reading these comments. After a 3:57 performance probably like 3%, but after a 4:22 I'm guessing like 93-94%.

Leo if you're reading this I'd like to extend a personal invite to next year's husky classic! I'll save you a spot in the fast heat!

I wonder if Laura Muir would have beaten him in this race.