Track and Field Blogs - Leonel Manzano

It has been a while since my last update, and many exciting and new things have happened which I would like to share with you. The Marble Falls USA Junior Cross Country meet was a great success thanks to all those who came out and participated. I am very appreciative of all those who have contributed and given back to the Marble Falls community. I would like to give thanks to two very special contributors who have done so much, Mr. Weil and Mr. Steve McCannon. Mr. Weil has been there for me since the very first day. He was… more »

http://www.leomanzano.com/blog/post Hey Everyone, So I'm finally back from Europe and Mexico. It has been a lot of fun and a lot of work, but I have enjoyed it every step of the way. All in all it was a great season. Thesolaniki is where I left off the last time I blogged. I did really well. It was a very competitive race but i beat out the world champ and the world leader in time, which was really exciting and finished in second. After the competition we headed back to England and got ready to go home to the US.… more »

Hey everyone, I am in Europe on my first European track circuit. We arrived to London (Ryan Ponsonby, Shannon Rowbury and I) about two weeks ago. We are staying south of London in a nice house in Teddington next to Bushy Park. It is a great location especially for a runner. Bushy Park has about 7miles of trail and connects to Holmes park, which is where Hampton Court Palace is located. Since our arrival we've been training and preparing for Heusdon, London, Stockholm and my main focus, the World Championships in Berlin. I kicked off my first competition in Heusdon,… more »

Hey Everyone, Training is going really well. I am in Mexico training hard doing altitude training. I am really excited since this is my first year running professionally, i finally have more time to spend on workouts, and all the other small things that are important to having a healthy running/training experience. I have been in Mexico now for about a month and a half and expect to be here till the end of Feb. It is really hard to be away from friends and family but i know that it is a sacrifice that i have to make to… more »

8/13/08 Wow, today was crazy hectic for me. As usual I wake up and think about all the things that I have to do today. There were was a lot on my mind. Either way the day started off by getting up and heading over to Normal University to do small workout. Actually it’s more like a test run making sure all the burners are functional and ready to go. As is tomorrow will be the day that I go off and we normally do something that gets the legs going and the heart beating. I started off the workout… more »

8/13/08 I decided to sleep in till 9am today went for a 15min run and then went to check my e-mail. I think it was probably about 60 emails that I have received usually 40 is the average. I had set up two appointments to do interviews one with KXAN news station back home in Austin and the other with Telivisa a national Mexican television. When I finished up with KXAN the Telivisa crew was ready for the interview. I think they were a little anxious to start rolling because they were shooting me as I was doing the KXAN… more »

8/8/08 So I guess ill start off by letting everyone know that Jao Ming came into the cafeteria while I was eating and grabbed a Coke and McDonalds, def a publicity stunt, but way cool. Needless to say that was only a precursor to what was to come during the day. We had a meeting at 3pm about the opening ceremonies which took about 30min. After the meeting is when it all started. We were all rushed to make sure we got a quick bite to eat before we left for the opening ceremonies since we knew they were going… more »

Today i had a really good work out. This is for all of you that are intrested in what i do before a race. 2min warm up, stretch 15min, drills, 15 warm up 3by 1k, 2:47, 248, 2:52 then i had a build up 100-15 sec add two sec every 20m up to 180m 15min cool down Hurdle drills Tomorrow will be fun we are going back into Down town Dalian deeper than we went last time so im sure it will be an adventure.   Big shout out to everyone back home more »

Hey Everyone,   I'm finally sorta settled down. So i finally got a chance to come blog. China is awsome!!! The flight was crazy long and it seemed like i was never going to get any sleep. We showed up to the Olympic Village and it was really hectic trying to get our credentials and going through security. Securtiy is intense. They have two sets of barbed wire fence surrounding the complex with a man stationed every 100m or so. The next day we flew out to Dalian. Many people had been saying the air quality was bad but in… more »

Hey guys, so this is our second day at the Zap fitness center. This is a great place to come relax and get away from the city. The fresh air is amazing and the temperture is about 30' degrees cooler than it is in Texas.
It has now been been close to about 8 weeks since the world championships, and I have now been training for about 3 weeks for Cross-country. Even though Cross might not be my strong point in running, I am really looking forward to having a great season, and getting back into good race… more »

I had a time trail with Galen, ran a 3:43 1500m. Just getting the legs going, it seems like it takes a littlt bit to get the get adjusted. I had Dinner with Lagat and McAdams last nite. Today i had Dinner with MCAdams, Webb, Lagat and a few others.
Anyways hope everyone is doing well.. more »

I had ran with the Galen and the Gouchers in the Morning, spent the day with Josh McAdams, Tom Brooks, Lindsey Anderson, Fernando Cabada, Aaron Aguao and Anna Willard. Played the Wii with Josh and beat him in Boxing and in Tennis, he will tell you otherwise tho. Later went with a run with Josh and Tom. It seemed like the japanese people thought it was wierd to see a group of guys with no shirt running through their streets. more »

Well we got in last nite, It was about a 15hr flight. We got our bags and when we were heading out of the airport to be picked up. We were greated by Japanese children who greated us; we exchanged gifts with them and took pictures with them at the same time also greated by lots of japanese media.I think the best part of the nite was meeting the children.
I woke up this morning and went for a run with Galen Rupp and the Gouchers.
We are staying at a really nice hotel, and the security… more »

Hey guys, I just got done packing for Osaka. Its been a busy day. Finished with summer classes and ended the day with a good work out. Well more like a time trial. Ran an 800m somewhere in the midst of 1:45. I felt good, ive really been hitting the strength/weight training and i think im in the best shape of my life.
I leave for Osaka Tomarrow morning..
C ya from Osaka!!! more »