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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Thu, Oct 19, 2017

Total Distance

10.50

good workout. I learned that I need to pace myself better. It was 2xmile, 2x1200 and 2x800. Miles were meant to be fairly controlled. 4:50 and 4:46. 1200 was supposed to be 3:33 for the first and 3:30 for the second, but the first was 3:31 and the second was 3:33. 800s went poor and it was all just mental. 2:20 and 2:25. Cool down after. Warm up 3 miles, and ran about 400m in between intervals. The workout was at intramural field.

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 13:31:50 from 192.168.1.1

Conner:

One thing to watch out for when you experience "mental" failures. From my experience of running for over 30 years spanning different ages and states of my body I believe it is very difficult for a driven runner to experience a true mental failure. We just do not quit, we fight to the last drop of blood, and if we let the mind slip for a few seconds, we all of a sudden have the physical energy that we eagerly consume like a hungry lion quickly making up for what we have lost.

However, it is quite possible to experience physical failures that appear mental both to an outside observer and the runner himself.

Things like low iron, adrenal fatigue, low testosterone, thyroid malfunction, and a number of other conditions can make it difficult for the brain to push the body. The runner is perplexed - why can't I just go? But there is a hard physical reason.

While it may be difficult to drill down to the actual physical cause (and often there is more than one anyway), the remedy will always have the same starting foundation, and quite often that foundation serves as the entire remedy. De-stress your life, get more sleep, improve your diet, and adjust your training to be better balanced. In your case, number one suspect would be the recovery runs being too fast.

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