Blake Bennions running

Ran down to and along the beach. One of the prettiest runs I've ever done. Ran right along the water wherecthe sand is more compact. I had to climb up to the trail a few times. Ran into a couple of skynks towards the end of the run but luckily didn't get sprayed.

Warmed up 2 and a half miles and then did 1.5 miles at about 6:00 pace. Ran 2 more miles at a decent pace back home. Felt pretty good today. First two miles were really nice and easy, paces are starting to feel like I remember them as. A little bit at least, still a long ways to go.

4 miles pretty easy, hot tubbed for too long afterwards.

7 slow and draining miles. Combination of lots of sun today and hot tub and run yesterday led to me feeling pretty beat by mile 4. I'm nervous for next week, going to be pretty happy just running the whole thing at this point. Also 2 miles of walking before and after the run.

6 miles up wasatch while my Dad biked. Felt pretty strong today. Skyline is going to a lot of fun on saturday, I'm going for top 3 and within 5 minutes of my 2018 time.

Shake out with Jake, going to be a fun competitive race tomorrow.

Ran the skyline half, was humbled by the mountain. Probably wasn't a good idea to go from sea level to mountain race in 60 hours, and it didn't help that I haven't done any mountain or hill running this summer.

Started having some asthma problems like 3 minutes into the race and the 2000ft climb was pretty rough after that. The descent was okay, but I didn't to super fast since I'd already fell off the lead pack by quite a bit and didn't want to bust an ankle. Finally I got to the rolling hills and bonked out at about mile 11. Ended up dry heaving for a bit during mile 12, after that I got somewhat of a second wind and jogged it in.

Jake was doing great and leading the race for the first 7 miles before hurting his ankle and having to pull out of the race. Overall today didn't go quite as well as when we raced in 2018. Still always feels good to get out there and do a mountain race. I need to start doing pt for my achilles and training more.

Whole body was sore for a few days after the race, I finally went out for a run again and my legs and hips were pretty tight. I ran 4 miles while my dad biked, averaged 7:15 so it was a decent pace for being sore.

What an adventure getting back to bowling green, much happened during the journey- and much continues to happen. I ran 3 miles in the middle of the day heat. Pretty rough.

Warmed up a mile and then ran a 76/77 400m, then I half a mile (I think) before running a 5:38 1600m. Was just trying to get the wheels moving today. My goal was originally to run a 74 and a 5:55, but the 400m ended up being more of a primer. The 1600m felt pretty good.

I'll probably do an easy run tomorrow or tuesday and then later this week I want to do an 800m under 2:30 and then a rest before a sub 11:30 3200m.

Ran 4 miles at the track at sunset. Warm and humid, still getting used to the humidity again. Didn't keep track of my run at all, just by laps. Felt pretty good today considering how wild this week and weekend have been.

Ran 2 warm up miles- one in the field next to the track, one on the track. Then ran 2 miles with a goal of running them both under 6:00, I ran 5:56 and 5:57 so that went well. The first mile felt good, the second mile felt a little strained. I think a sub 18 5k would be about the best I could do in a race these days. I guess my goal first goal for this semester is to run a sub 18 5k, then a sub 17 3 mile. We'll see how far I am through the semester at that point. Finished with a mile cool down.

Walked for a little and then eased into running. Kept the pace slow today. Just needed a break from reading.