C Mantz Running

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Location:

Provo,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 18, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

NCAA Champ

Running Accomplishments:

Pre-high school: I ran a lot of local 5ks and a few half marathons. I didn't do a ton of training, but I just had fun, and I got more serious about it as high school got closer.

High school: I enjoyed running a lot, especially cross country. I originally did track to keep my in shape for cross country. I ran at Footlocker Nationals, the Adidas Dream mile, Brooks PR Invitational, world xc junior championships, and a few local 5ks.

PRs: 800: 1:56.80-State Track 2014

1600: 4:10-State Track 2014/Mile: Sea Level-Adidas Grand Prix-4:07

3200:Alititude(~4500ft): 8:57.99-State Track 2014-2 Mile:8:53 at Brooks PR Invitational

5K: New Balance Indoor Nationals(2014) - 14:24

10K:USA Junior Track Championships (2014)-31:01

15K: Blacksmith Fork Freedom Run (aided) 48:10(2013).

Half Marathon:
Utah Valley Half - 1:11:24(aided)(2012)

Post-mission:

1,500m-3:45

3k-7:50

5k-13:29

10k-28:18

NCAA finishes:

Cross Country: 10th(2018);

Indoor: 3k-7th(2019) 5k-10th(2019);

Outdoor: 10k-22nd(2018), 4th(2019), 5k-7th(2019)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Make sure I have fun, not get burned out, and get faster.

School records in the 5km and 10km.

Personal:

Served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints from July 2015-July 2017. I gained 30 lbs. during the service and came back out of shape; however I knew that if the Lord wanted me to once again run competitively, he would bless me to return to fitness.

I graduated from Sky View High School in Smithfield, Utah. I currently run for Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.

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Tue, Sep 19, 2017

Total Distance

11.50

Solid workout for me today. First we did a 2.5 mile warm up, then the workout was 3X2 miles progressively getting faster. The front group was the top-15 from the race on Saturday. I was 15th on the team, so Coach let me run with them. First 2 miles was supposed to be pretty controlled. It was uphill, and I hit 9:42 and was with the group. We jogged a bit, then did another. This one had a u-turn. I was with the group until the u-turn, then I kinda hit a small wall. I tried to push, but my legs just didn't have it. Like, I'm just not in the same shape as the other guys. That two mile was in 9:45 for me. Our first mile was 4:47. The other guys negative split it on top of that. The next one I decided to just stay with the group for the first mile, and get a solid mile in, and then call it(mainly because I got dropped on that 2nd one). I wasn't ready when coach said go, so I got into a flight-or-fight instinct and took off. Well, after about 2 minutes at that, I let the guys pass me, and I slowly got put near the back. I ran 4:42 for that mile. The other guys were just 2 seconds ahead of me, and then they negative split it. Cool down back to the park, then cool down to the school.

I have a lot of good takeaways from this workout. Even though I'm not in the same shape as most of those guys, I was able to stay with them for parts of the workout. I had the goal of staying with them(the top 10) for the full workout by October, so hopefully I'll get there.

Comments

From Rob Murphy on Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 20:59:27 from 67.166.78.47

You're on the upswing!

From Conner Mantz on Tue, Oct 03, 2017 at 19:07:19 from 128.187.116.23

Thanks Murphy!

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