Blake Bennions running

November 05, 2024

Recent EntriesHomeJoin Fast Running Blog Community!PredictorHealthy RecipesBlake Bennion's RacesFind BlogsMileage BoardTop Ten Excuses for Missing a RunTop Ten Training MistakesDiscussion ForumRace Reports Send A Private MessageWeek ViewMonth ViewYear View
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
15% off for Fast Running Blog members at St. George Running Center!

Member Since:

Jun 01, 2013

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Ran for SUU on their Cross Country/Track and Field teams

2015 Alta Track Athlete of the Year

Short-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy and and build mileage

Sub 1:20 half marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running

Run the Boston Marathon at least once

Personal:

Married, we have one daughter so far. I ran for Alta high school and was trained by Rob Murphy, he is a great coach, one of the best there is. I also ran for Southern Utah University.

Favorite Blogs:

Click to donate
to Ukraine's Armed Forces
Miles:This week: 10.00 Month: 30.00 Year: 995.30
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.250.000.000.007.25

Today we ran in the gully, it was a new loop, we need to make up some new names for these loops. It was a really nice and warm day! We were going at 9:15 pace for about the first mile, so I pushed the pace. 9:15 is too slow for an easy run, I got it to the faster side of 8 minute pace by the time we finished with all the icy upper gully. We ran down part of the really steep road and then back up, then we ran all the way down that road until we go to 13th east and then finished. I got us going 7:30 or 7:40 for the rest of the run going down to 13th east. It felt really good and easy, amazing run. I really enjoyed it. When we finished the run, just as I stopped, I slipped on some ice and took a fall haha, it cut up my hand a bit but it wasn't bad. Just kind of funny. Great run! I entered my seed marks for the mile, 800m, and 400m as 5:00 for the mile, no time for the 400m, and no time for the 800m. I haven't trained a whole lot for the 800 or 400 so I don't know what I can expect, I am sure they will be decent but I am hoping there are some other good unattached guys to run against. I am very excited for this meet, there are some guys that I really want to race against. I will do the 2 mile next meet, along with the 800m and possibly the 1600m unless Coach Murphy says something else would be better. I am pumped!

Comments
From Ashton Arndt on Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 11:57:05 from 163.248.33.220

You're going to have to listen to me vent a bit here.

The reason we were going 9:15 pace is for 2 reasons. 1, we are running in the gully in the winter through snow, mud, and as you said it ice. 2, It's the FIRST mile. Meant to be a warm up.

With anyone pushing the pace out front it effects other runners workout. For instance Reed, Dante, and others. Granted they should pace themselves, it's more difficult with others pushing the warm up pace. Whether you agree or not, track AND cross-country are team sports.

We will Train as a team, win as a team and lose as a team.

From Blake Bennion on Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 22:01:30 from 66.29.190.63

I agree, its a team sport. And much more enjoyable with a team. But a good recovery for me, mentally and physically is much different for a runner that has not run much in half a year. If my easy runs are too slow, I won't recover because I will just be frustrated and physically I feel a lot better when my recovery runs aren't too slow. Dante didn't run with us, he and Kenton ran together behind us because a recovery run for them is a lot different than for us because we have been running a lot more.

Add Your Comment.
  • Keep it family-safe. No vulgar or profane language. To discourage anonymous comments of cowardly nature, your IP address will be logged and posted next to your comment.
  • Do not respond to another person's comment out of context. If he made the original comment on another page/blog entry, go to that entry and respond there.
  • If all you want to do is contact the blogger and your comment is not connected with this entry and has no relevance to others, send a private message instead.
Only registered users with public blogs are allowed to post comments. Log in with your username and password or create an account and set up a blog.
Debt Reduction Calculator
Featured Announcements
Lone Faithfuls
(need a comment):