Blake Bennions running

7 miles averaging 6:30, including a 5:28 mile. Pretty solid day. I'm planning on running again Sunday for anywhere between 4 and 10 miles.

Today I just felt like running more, I initially had only planned on running 2-4 miles. One of my students invited me to a party tonight while I was at the gym after my run. That was kind of funny, I told him I might be going out with other grad students, cool guy though.

I lifted for the first time since I tore my trapezius, just some curls because I knew those wouldn't hurt my traps at all.

Glad I'm through this week, it's been a pretty good one though.

Decent run, 5 laps in less than 7:00 to get ready for Thanksgiving 5k. I would have done a 6th but I was wearing new sweats that just didn't feel good to run fast in.

I felt ok, don't think I'm going to run under 17:00 for 5k in 3 weeks. Under 17:30 probably. But we'll see.

Also had a solid day at the gym, first day really lifting in a couple of weeks. My trapezius is mostly better.

6.1 in 38 minutes, averaged 6:16 for the run.

Biggest reason for the fast average was that I started out with 2 5:23 miles, for a total of 10:46. Not bad at all. Good even splits too. I have a habit of starting off pretty fast if I don't stop myself, and I got to the track averaging that pace and decided to hold on until I got to 2 miles.

Maybe I can run under 17:00. Not counting on it, but today I got to 5k in 18 minutes and I took my 3rd mile easy. If it's a fast course, who knows? I'm sure I could run 3 miles in under 17:00 right now.

Lifted and then ran for a little on the tread mill, it's really snowy and icy outside so running out wasn't going to happen today. I was wearing sweatpants and a long sleeved shirt so I didn't run long.

Ran part of the way from the psych building to the gym. My Achilles was feeling a bit vulnerable so I decided against running. It's been in the low 20s this week, hopefully Utah is a bit warmer while I'm there. Hopefully all this snow melts soon.

Ran at a pretty quick pace to the pscyh building, jogged back.

Cold and windy, but the least cold and windy it's been since last week.

I ran to the track and did some laps backwards, and then some laps the other way. I ran a few quick laps in 77 and 78. I was aiming for 80.

I then ran to the rec center and ran 2 miles on the treadmill because my hat wasn't keeping my head warm enough and I was getting a headache. I ran 5:27 pace for a little over a mile. Overall today's run took 46 minutes and I averaged 6:24 per mile. I don't know if I'm sick or just having asthma but my lungs and throat have been pretty messed up the past few days.

Solid run.

Lots of running around getting my car working.

2 miles at 6:40 on the treadmill and then 5 miles outside. Didn't feel as good today as usual. That might be because I lifted with Ian right before I ran. First semester is coming to a close, I think it's gone alright. There are some stressful things and so much I need to learn, but I think I've built a good base here.

Ran to the psych building, later ran home to get my car.

6.2 miles at 6:20 pace to celebrate BYU upsetting NAU today! So much fun to watch, monumental day for Utah running. Pretty exciting we get 2 more years of Conner mantz running at NCAA.

I actually averaged 6:17 for the the run but it works. I also watched Karleighs dance performance, bgsu hockey, and OSU beat Penn State. Good day. Not nearly enough work on my papers... Oh well, there's always tomorrow and Monday. Really all of next week.

I really want to run under 2:40:00 in the marathon eventually. But for my first race the goal is 2:55- safely under BQ standard. Slowly working my way up to 2/3 10 mile runs per week. Well it will probably end up being at one or two long runs and one or two shorter runs.

Anyways, today was good. Life is good, I'm happy. School is stressful and sometimes I feel like I'm just nothing, but that can be motivating. I'll get there.

Got to the start with about a minute to spare. I already knew this wasn't going to be my best race, haven't had a good night of sleep in over a week and probably one nights worth of decent sleep since the week started. With the washer flooding, car getting broken into, and driving cohort members to the airport early in the morning, in addition to the research proposals due next week, my sleep schedule has been pretty off.

From the gun (they actually used a musket which was kinda new) just ran with the top pack of 3 or 4 guys, around a mile I started getting some asthma but I kept up pretty well. Came in around 17:30.

My head was pretty cold afterwards so I just ran right back to the car from the finish. I'm hoping to do another 5k on the track before I go home, once my body gets out of the funk the past few days have put it in.