Blake Bennions running

Really fun race at Sandy classic today, my goal was to break 18:00 and I did that so I was happy, I also led for a lot of the race so that was a lot of fun! I cooled down with Coach Murphy and then a little more with pulpy. I can't wait for Draper days, haven't decided on a goal for that, it will probably be a pace goal though. Like 5:30 or faster per mile or something, I'm hoping I get to increase my mileage for the month of July so that will help.

I can't remember what I did yesterday at all lol, I remember I went to work but besides that not much. Today I just did a 5 mile run decently fast, I really need to get a watch or Garmin. Can't wait for practice up at Alta tomorrow morning!

Good run at alta

Run :p

Nice run

Ran to the Brighton track and did 3 tempo miles in 17:26. Originally I was just going to try to run under 18:00 but after the first mile I decided to go for it! So not sure what I want to get at Draper days. I guess I will just race hard and find out. Then I ran home, also played racquetball.

Sore from yesterday but got through 5 miles, I sat down at a park I was running through and took some time to enjoy the nice day about 3 miles into the run.

Went for a 6.25 mile run but sprained my ankle 5 miles in. I felt the tear and heard some pops but it wasn't that bad. I walked home just fine. I was looking forward to Alta run but I think I should play it safe go easy on it and hopefully it will be back to normal for Draper days but if not its not a big deal.

Took this day off to be cautious with the sprain.

Short run to test out the ankle, felt great but I had a huge headache and felt like I was about to pass out the entire time. Kept it simple and short to be safe.

Still have a headache that's giving me trouble but great race today. I went out at a good place and held on the entire race. The reoccurring problem is that I don't have a watch anymore and I haven't gotten a new one. I felt good though besides feeling like I was about to pass out the whole time haha. I got in sight of the finish line but I was like no way that has to be the mile left mark or that it was a two loop race or something because it felt shorter. So I came up to battle this giant corner canyon kid but I was like I'm going to look really stupid if this isn't the finish, so I backed off which was a mistake but I still finished in the same time I did 2 years ago before my senior season of cross country and I was putting in double the mileage I am now back then. I also got the OK to start increasing my mileage again so next week I will probably go for 40-45 miles or so on 7 days. Turns out that corner canyon kid ran like 4:26 this year so I feel pretty good about sticking with him. Post mission Blake is going to be faster! I cooled down with Andrew Lawson, good to see him before he leaves next week.

Recovery run, I'm sore and still feeling really weird with the headache and stuff. My body control kind of shakes and doesn't do what I tell it to for a second. But running isn't making whatever it is worse so no problem. I was going to go for just and easy 2 miles, then I thought of doing like 5.5 but some obnoxious bikers trying to be as loud as possible going around the neighborhood turned me in a mile early, also soreness haha.

Ran 8 miles in the gully with Ian and a couple other guys too for part of it. It felt good and was easy. My body is just getting used to longer runs again haha. Tomorrow Im going to run with Andrew Brewer, not sure how far we are going for but I will get to at least 5-6 tomorrow. Then Wednesday and Thursday I will run with the team and that will be a lot of fun. Then Friday and Saturday I need to do my weekly specified workouts, not ideal do to them back to back but oh well. I think my schedule for the remaining weeks will be Monday Wednesday and Thursday with Alta team. Tuesday will be my 3 mile tempo day. Friday will be my 12x1 minute interval run, Saturday or Sunday will be my day off if I need one and the other one or both will be easy long runs. Also I checked my weight today and I'm down to 140 flat, so that is going to help a ton with cross country and running in general! That means I'm 15-20 pounds down from what I was in high school, I feel like I could be a lot faster this year just with that!

Ran 4 miles with Andrew on the Jordan river trail and then drove over to Alta and ran with the team for the last 2 miles and also did core. It was good to see Andrew!

Warmed up and did drills then we did 8 miles with a 5k effort for the last. 25 for which I did 74-80. So that was a good run, it was a little hot but besides that I felt great! I'm so excited for cross country, I think I will really be able to run fast this year! How fast I don't know, but I have a feeling it's going to be a lot faster than before!

Oh! And I met a really cute stray cat on the cooldown, wish I could have taken it home but...wait it could have been an outdoor cat, dang it! Ok if I see it again I shall make claim.

Good run at Alta today, I felt better than when I ran it 2 weeks ago. I ran with Brandon Ian Zach and coach Murphy during different parts of the run. Brandon is doing really good, he ran very well today, especially on the uphills, he got the most out of the workout! I felt pretty good, maybe 10 miles was a little more than I should have done today but I feel ok haha. I just need to keep to easier runs on grass the next few days, and the 3 mile tempo. I have 3 weeks of training left before I move down to Cedar City. My goal for the tempo on Saturday is under 17:00, my other goal is to buy a new watch before that tempo run so I don't have to carry my phone.

Today is hot! I ran a good pace for today's run, good stuff. It didn't feel like a recovery run because its like 105 out there but 50% was on grass so not bad. My body feels like it wanted a nice and cool 8 miles this morning, part ofnme also didn't want to iump from 30 to 50+ miles in one week so I'm taking this weekend a little easier. Tomorrow will be like 5-7 miles with the 3 mile timed run in there, my goal range is 5:30-5:40, I figure if I want to be a contributing member of the team next year or the year after I need to be under 5:00 pace for 3 miles timed. I want to run under 5:20 pace for my last timed run before I leave for suu. That would put me in about as good xc shape as I've ever been before I get there and start doing speed workouts and stuff.

Easy weekend finished with an easy run. This week I'm planning on

Monday: 8-10 in the gully with the team

Tuesday: 7 total with 3 miles timed. I am going to try and stay under 5:30 pace for the 3 and if I can for the first 2 then I will run max effort for the last mile.

Wednesday: 10 at Porter Rockwell with the team

Thursday: 10 at Alta with team

Friday:5-10

Saturday: Maybe 2-4, maybe none. Saturday isn't an easy day to run these days

Sunday: 5-8 miles.

Then next week I will increase my mileage on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. This week I'm planning on like 45ish, next week will probably be my first above 50 since I've come home. And then I will have one last week after that before going to cedar city!

Switched monday and tuesday, and I might do less tomorrow, like 7-8. Anyways I ran 17:12 for the 3 timed miles, could have been a decent amount faster but I wasn't eating super healthy over the weekend and the running app on my phone just sucks! I threw off my pace haha, it said I was going 5:05 the first lap so I slowed down to what it said was 5:25sih and it felt easy so I was like awesome. Then at the half mile the pace it started rising, so I sped up to try and keep it under 5:30 but it kept rising, I kept it at 5:31 for a while, but THEN I came through the mile in slower than 5:40 and was like what the heck! And then it pooped down to 5:41 so I was like ok, this is stupid. So that apps pace thing is horrible, to be fair though, it is a phone. I need to get a watch, and running shades. Hopefully I can make it over to wasatch running tomorrow after I run.

Didn't get a run in before work and I finished at about 8 so Wasatch running was closed but I went home, had dinner and then drove to the gully and ran at about 9:30, it was dark so I used the flashlight on my phone. Unfortunately 3 or 4 miles in my phone died so I was left to make it back with no light haha. Mostly I was just worried about my ankle, there were a few close calls but it went ok and I got back fine. I know this wasn't the brightest idea, but oh well, now I know not to do the gully at night without bringing an headlight or something, but mostly I should just run during the day haha. Good run though, the city looked awesome!

I'm glad I don't work Wednesdays because this run kicked my butt. I will hot tub for sure though. Also I think today would be a good day to buy stuff for college and go to Wasatch running. Today we did 60 minutes of 2 minutes hard 3 minutes easy. We got to the 4.5 mile going out. Didn't feel the greatest today, probably because I decided to do 40% of my weekly mileage in a 12 hour time frame. Train smarter Blake! I dropped back from Brandon and Tayte with about the 3 miles left mark, then Ian and I regrouped with them with about a mile left but then I dropped back again because my body was about to blow up so took it easy the last .75. Sometimes I wish running wasn't so hard on the bowels. Also I started talking to Jacob Allred who's back from his mission and will be coming to suu this fall too! I'd be surprised if I could get him to show up to a run before school but I bet he'd enjoy a gully or Alta run.

Good Alta run! Thursdays are busy days haha, tomorrow I am thinking of like 6 miles and not sure what I will do Saturday yet. Saturday I might just go for an easy 2-3 and play some soccer with my brother. I ordered my laptop for school, so now I need to get some kitchen supplies and some stuff for my room and I will be all set! Besides packing clothes and hygiene stuff, but that's pretty simple. The suu packet says to decrease mileage in August, but since rim already at lowish mileage I guess I should just stop increasing and leave it in the low 40s after this week?

Went to Cottonwood Heights rec center with Nick and played basketball, hot tubbed, swam, more hot tub, then ran around the park next to the rec center for 1.5, then treadmill for 3 miles at 6:20 pace. Today was the first day this week running felt good, maybe it was the hot tub. I feel good! Tomorrow will either be off, or it will be like 2-3 miles. Saturdays are really busy. Then sunday I will go for like 4-6, whatever feels good.