Episode 519: Conner Mantz and Clayton Young – Top Two at the Olympic Marathon Trials as Teammates!

I’m here with another post Olympic Trials Marathon episode. Conner Mantz and Clayton Young join me today after finishing top two at the Olympic Trials! They ran the whole race together and are teammates – it was so much fun to watch!! I loved talking to them about training together and making the team together! They both ran for BYU and now train together post collegiately in Utah with Coach Ed Eyestone! They were the only two with the Olympic standard in the race. We dove into that in this episode and how that third Olympic spot can be unlocked so Leonard Korir can go to the Olympics! Conner is sponsored by Nike and has a marathon PR of 2:07:47 which he ran in Chicago last year! Clayton is sponsored by Asics and has a marathon PR of 2:08 that he also ran at Chicago this past year. He is also the father of two. I had so many questions about their family life and faith life. I can’t wait to see what these two do in Paris this year! What we talked about: 4:00- Recapping the race 21:00- Talking about unlocking that third spot for the men’s marathon 26:00- Their training group 29:00- What it feels like to now be top in the sport 34:10- Clayton’s journey as a father while training professionally 36:00- Taking Sundays off 39:00- Their mission trips 50:00- Going in with pressure to perform 56:20- Finding joy in racing 1:01:40- Watching Fiona win in her debut 1:04:00- End of podcast questions Show notes: The Bomber Mafia Choke Why We Sleep Running for My Life – Lopez Lomong Clayton on Instagram Conner on Instagram Connect with Lindsey: Lindsey on Instagram Lindsey on Twitter Lindsey on Facebook Join the I’ll Have Another Facebook Group Support the I’ll Have Another Podcast on Patreon Follow SandyBoy Productions: Sandyboy Productions on Twitter Sandyboy Productions on Instagram SandyBoy Productions Shows: Why is Everyone Yelling? The Up and Running Podcast The Illuminate Podcast The Herban Farmacy Podcast The Ready to Run Podcast Sponsors: HUUG Use code Lindsey15 for $15 off $110+ for new Customers Only Expires 4/30/24 UCAN Go to ucan.co/another to get 4 EDGE samples for free! All you pay is the shipping costs. You can get the full variety of UCAN products at ucan.co and use the code “another” for 20% off