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Member Since:

Jun 01, 2013

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

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

Short-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy and and build mileage 🤕

sub 16:00 Founders Day 5k ✅

Win crossover half ✅

2000 miles during 2025

Top 3 at 2026 Des News Marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running and run some solid PRs

Run the Boston Marathon at least once

Run the Broken Arrow series

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.

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Miles:This week: 10.00 Month: 56.15 Year: 1880.10
Sat, Feb 07, 2015
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

12 miles in the gully, the run took me a less than an hour and a half so the pace was under 7:30, that's good. I ran the lower loop backwards to start off, then I did the longer run with 4 extra loops at the park, then I did the Gully's secret bonus level of pain. Then when I did some more around the parking lots when I finished to get to 12, I also stopped at Smiths and grabbed a powerade when I was done, it was a great way to finish off the run. I was considering doing a time trial, but then I remembered the words of Murphy not to force races, so I did a great long run. It felt perfect for today! I had a really good time and I'm feeling great! I'm going to relax the rest of the weekend, next week is going to be fun! Also congratulations to Conner Mantz on winning the USA Junior Cross Country Championships today, and by 25 seconds!

Comments
From Rob Murphy on Sat, Feb 07, 2015 at 16:41:59 from 24.10.247.181

Great run Blake! Perfect run for today.

Conner is a stud isn't he?

From Blake Bennion on Sat, Feb 07, 2015 at 17:15:18 from 172.56.32.243

Thanks Coach, Gully was really nice today, lots of people though. Yeah he is, 2 national championships now!

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Feb 07, 2015 at 17:20:20 from 24.10.247.181

You know he's going to China right. For the world xc championships. He'll be racing the must 19 and under Kenyans, Ethiopians….

From Blake Bennion on Sat, Feb 07, 2015 at 19:51:57 from 172.56.32.243

That's super intense! That would be a really fun race to watch, I'm excited to see how he does!

From MarkS on Sun, Feb 08, 2015 at 12:43:21 from 58.91.27.219

Blake,

Looks like you have been doing some really good running recently. Glad that you seem to be over your back problem.

I have been thinking about your last couple of mile races and wondering what you can do to improve those times.

If you have time this coming week, I would like you to try something if it s okay with you and Murphy.

I would like to see you run a 400 m time trial. It would be interesting to see where your speed ability is right now. You should be able to almost keep up with the 400m runners. If your speed is not there right now, there are some things you can start doing together with your regular training to develop your speed to where it needs to be.

From Blake Bennion on Sun, Feb 08, 2015 at 20:00:07 from 66.29.190.63

I think that would be fun! I think it will really help my confidence about my kick if I can run a fast 400m. Yeah, especially yesterday I was feeling a lot better than I have been, hopefully it will keep up! And I've got 6 weeks after the distance challenge this week to train and get back into it fully before outdoor track starts up, that's when it really matters!

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