| 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. Favorite Blogs: |
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| | AM-5.2 easy miles alone.
PM-2x(1000 at tempo, 600 at 1:35, 400 at 61, 300 at 44, 200 at 28 and 26) pretty easy workout.
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| | AM-4.3 easy miles
PM-10 easy miles watching a time trial for some of our teammates, and then strides.
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| | AM-4.3 easy miles.
PM-Easy run and a 400 at 62, 2x200 at 29
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| | AM-3 with Milly.
PM-4 with Clayton and Milly and then strides
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NCAA Indoor Championships (3.107 Miles) 00:13:51, Place overall: 10, Place in age division: 10 | | AM-Shakeout over 2 miles
PM-It wasn’t my best race, but it wasn’t terrible. My teammates ran great, Clayton placing 3rd and McMillan placing 4th!
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NCAA Indoor Championships (1.864 Miles) 00:07:55, Place overall: 7, Place in age division: 7 | | Wish I had more time to write about this race, but due to school and other responsibilities, I've fallen behind on the blog.
Warmed up about 2 miles with Clayton and McMillan. Felt a lot more loose this time around then yesterday. After reviewing yesterday's race, I seem to figure out that the problem with the race for me was I was so outcome orientated. I wanted top-3 and thought I'd worked for it, was in great shape, and I expected that the execution process would take care of itself without the effort that was necessary in the qualifying races. Well, after realizing this, I told myself at the start line that I needed to enjoy the race and be ready for everything. At the start line I told myself that there was no where else I'd rather be than on the start line for this race.
The gun went off and I got out well. The 3k is easier to prep for because you know that it's fast and hard, and that pacing isn't really something I do. I just run hard in the 3k, and let what happens happen. At 150m we came across the cut in(I was on teh outside waterfall start) and I let instincts kick in. I took the front from Clayton. He said, "Have some fun out there Mantz." and I decided to push. I tried to keep pushing the pace, but I could feel that it wasn't there. I heard a Coach yelling that we were running 32 seconds per lap. This was frustrating, but I just kept pushing. Around 1600m Robert Brandt passed me. There was a fall while I was leading it and Clayton, who was still right behind me, yelled at me to keep going (I had looked back when it happened) and then I sped up. As the race went on McDonald made his move, and with 300m to go, I was in the top-5 pack. The sad thing was I felt like I was all out kicking to keep up at this point; however, I felt great. Until 150m to go. Then I booty locked, got passed by 2 people, almost 3, and I just dug enough to make it to the finish. Last 400m was 58.2, which is one of my best kicks. I was so relieved to finish 7th. I had the goal of top-8 in this race because it seemed realistic and out there.
After the race, Clayton, McMillan and I went on a long cool down. It was a good weekend for us, and with just the 3 of us, we finished 13th at nationals, which was fun. Clayton led the team, finishing 3rd and 6th, McMillan finished 4th and 11th, and I finished 10th and 7th. While this weekend was slightly disappointing, I learned a lot, and I'm excited for outdoor track season. During our cool down, Clayton jokingly said that he would race us to the end of a road. The road was about 400m long, and sprinting it hurt! But it was fun.
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