Blake Bennions running

Hour long run, I found a cool trail around a lake, well kind of a trail. Sounds like I might be gone from 7-10 or even later tomorrow, I will try to get a 4-5 mile run in sometime, probably when I get back I will just go straight on a run. I will be back in Utah Friday night, another day it could be hard to get a run in. I will probably do a short run that night when I get into Utah around midnight. But I will do another 10 miles Saturday and probably 7-8 Wednesday and Thursday. So I will get over 40 miles for the week if I fallow this plan.

I ran a little over 4 mile, plus quite a bit of running of magic kingdom to get 5. It was hard to do a 32 minute run after a very long day of standing in lines and also didn't eat as much as I should've. Today I'm still very tired, looking at 6 miles, maybe 7. I'm going to Epcot for 6 hours or so and then going back late at night for fireworks, I will run in between those.

Got back from EPCOT at 11:30 or so, it was SUPER fun!!!!! The rides suck, but you can have an incredible time at the dances and interacting with different people! Disney is WAY better at night, it was like a giant party all over! And the giant golf ball counted down to the new year! I had a nice 5 mile run, 37-38 minutes. I don't think I will get 40 miles this week but we will see!

I ran 47 minutes today, it was nice. I'm exaughsted from all the amusement park stuff this week, tomorrow I will try to do another 6 which would set me up for a 10 mile Saturday to get a 40 mile week. Found out Hollywood studios is different from universal studios :(. It was still fun though, if there's one thing I learned from this trip, Disney World is a billion times more fun at night time! And Epcot is the best park of the 4! Not for rides though, the rides were disappointing, but I had a good time! It was an interesting trip, that's for sure. My Buckeyes are having a rough time, but they're coming back! Good Ohio State won in a thriller!

I feel guilty about the excessive amount of ice cream I've eaten today. But the run was incredible! Exactly what I wanted, nice warm sunny and beautiful day! I felt pretty good and stopped at a twisty treat after the first 5 minutes. Also not very many healthy selections at the airport so I got burger king, but it won't kill me, I will return to a healthier diet back in Utah where I have access to it. Florida was nice!

I'm feeling great, I know I'm strong and I'm fast. I feel energized and powerful after todays run. I know I'm going to at least run 4:18 this season, probably better. I ran 2 miles to the rec center, then I did a 5:00 mile on the tread mill, I slowed down to 7:30 after the mile was over for a minute or two and then dipped just under 7 minute pace until I got to 2 miles on the tread mill, then I ran another 6.2 miles after that. I felt very good, I just wanted to know how a 5:00 minute mile felt before the first meet next week, it felt good, a little hard but fairly easy. I am following Coach Murphy's advice to just have fun at this meet, not worry about the time, but I think I can run under 4:40. We will see, I'm just going to have fun and give it my best. My month of training on my own is over, now I will go back to receiving some of the best coaching in the country! I might be training on my own for a while until teammates get back in shape, but I'm going to make the most out of my last season being coached by Rob Murphy, I know he will train me to be the best I can be this year! I also have the privilege of being one of the last Alta High runners to be trained by Murphy, so I will do my best to make sure that the last season for both of us at Alta is a great one! I'm ready for everything the next 5 months has in store for me, I want to make some new PRs before speed work even gets underway in February or march!