How Grant Fisher Trains

American record holder at 3000, 5000, and 10000 Grant Fisher has left Jerry Schumacher and the Bowerman Track Club and reveals to LetsRun.com that he is now being coached by his high school coach Mike Scannell and based in Park City, Utah.
This video is the clips from the podcast where Grant talks about his training. Full podcast here: www.letsrun.com/news/2024/01/...
Grant talks about his relationship with Mike Scannell and shares his experiences transitioning from group training to solo training, the challenges and benefits of such a change, and offers insights into his customized training approach including the utilization of double workouts.
Grant talks about his love for data and its implication in his training, heart rate monitoring, GPS watches, and lactate testing. Lastly, Fisher shares his strategies to try and get on the podium at the Paris Olympics.
00:00 Grant living in Park City and training with Mike Scannell
01:32 Benefits and Drawbacks of Training Alone
04:15 How is training different than Bowerman?
09:36 College training vs pro training
13:55 Adoption of Double Workout Sessions
16:12 Lactate testing / GPS
20:39 What does he need to do to get on podium?
22:43 Risks of going back to his high school coach
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[@jeffmiller9118]

Grant is a class act! I was always a fan of Benard Lagat when he was competing. Grant is the man now. Grant has always interviewed well. It's obvious he has a good head on his shoulders and will be successful way beyond his running years. It's been great watching his progression over the years. I loved the 10 year approach with his college coach. That's one of the reasons he's where he's at now.

[@finneas_0710]

it's great to see more interviews with the pros! Keep it going.

[@princehal4500]

Grant is a class act. He showed himself to be a thoughtful, intelligent athlete when he was asked about Jakob Ingebrigtsen and his “arrogance” after a race. Grant replied with an amused smile and said he believed Jakob is good for the sport because he pushes everyone to improve. He could have so easily taken the bait and trashed talked Jakob like so many. But instead, Grant turned the focus to his own performance and to the performance of the other runners who could not beat Jakob. This is why Grant has improved and is going to the Olympics. I hope he will medal!

[@kassy1513]

Grant is always a great interview. So articulate, always willing to answer all questions with depth. As always LetsRun is the only media willing to ask the tough / uncomfortable questions (opposite of Citius). I have always been a big Grant fan and hope he makes the team and podiums in Paris.

[@letsrundotcom]

Thank you! Understand what you’re saying for sure but what were the tough questions we asked Grant? Felt like we just asked what anyone would ask in this instance. Guess we asked him about how Jerry conveyed the news to them about the move to Eugene but that is in full pod not this clip.

[@Hhhhhsgaga]

@@letsrundotcomthe questions about your mom

[@mlegrand]

He's got to be one of the smartest career runners I've seen over the years. He's always been so conservative with training and racing over the years.

[@dnolte220]

Fun interview, thanks

[@holzkiewuf]

In support of Fisher's claim about college workout, flotrack has a video on youtube of Fisher and McGorty doing 800 repeats on the grass, with Fisher doing 7 and McGroty doing 9. 8k down to 5k pace.

[@robinbauer1975]

He seems like a great guy Hope me makes paris and wins a medal

[@DomSchiavoni]

"At least when i was in college we didn't really do that...." Similar here. We PARTIED!!!!

[@spencergambrell7819]

So the coach was flying back and forth twice a week between phoenix and park city? That’s like a 10 hour drive

[@ThebigIndian]

Team burrito!

[@steveprefontaine9297]

And how is the follow question not who has this coach trained or currently worked with

[@steveprefontaine9297]

Wait, what? Who is this coach?

[@maximusswagius7835]

His HS coach

[@TheRealBrayoTv]

good interview at 13:29 Grant, don't forget about 'supplements,' those play a solid part in the picture.

[@abx5808]

Delusional

[@DomSchiavoni]

Good point. I had a decent diet in college but certainly did not avoid bar food, partying, and late night junk food. Overall, looking back i'd say my nutrition was def sub-par. Post-college i am smarter to seek out quality food, able to Afford quality food, and have become sophisticated enough to evaluate the benefit of supplements. Omegas-3's, Protein, Collagen, Ect... Simply knowing how to manage muscle glycogen is huge for workout execution & recovery!

[@bobkare1015]

I love how Americans split between college and "pro". The rest of the world does not have that split. Also, US D1 programs have more resources than most runners in the world.

[@brianway4240]

True. So much of the world does not care about/is not aware of the NCAA. Seems like it drags down US-born runners. For one thing, it practically guarantees nobody will run marathons in their prime. If Kiptum was born and raised in the US, he'd be wasting time doing 3 events in some Conference Meet. At 25, somebody would tell him he's allowed to try a marathon.

[@williampatrick8814]

But some US D1 runners major in Engineering

[@maximusswagius7835]

The vast majority of D1 runners will never run professionally and have the opportunity to use running as a way to get some sort of scholarship to gain an education. It's a good system for most people to get a benefit from their running ability and then move on with their lives

[@bobkare1015]

@@maximusswagius7835 So what you are saying is that education is so expensive in the USA that they have to sell their running abilities to the school to get an education. You may call that a good system. I will call it a failed system.

[@maximusswagius7835]

@bobkare1015 I don't disagree with you, higher education is broken right now. I was merely pointing out that from a running perspective, running in college can allow some runners to better navigate this broken system with scholarships. Most of these runners are never going pro, so they can atleast use their running to help with their education. If their was no collegiate running system and the option was to go pro or nothing, many fewer runners would be able to "benefit" from their running ability in the same way

[@reylagarto507]

A lot Amm more strength oriented ammm and ammmm i don t put amm spikes amm during the indoor season ammm amm