Blake Bennions running

Found out that one of my legs is longer than the other, I'm pretty sure that's common thing. They gave me insoles and stuff that I'm not going to use. I did 8 miles, the first half or so with the team. Then I did 20 lunges, I had originally planned on 4x10 but I wasn't hurting at 10 so I went to 20, then I rested for a minute but when I turned back I cramped up on the first one and stopped, I will try the other 20 later tonight.

Lots of lifting and some core, I did 1 mile to warm up for that and then 4.5 afterwards, some with the team.

Was going to do a 10 mile run but my lower calf was hurting, like a minor cramp thing at 4 miles so I stopped at 8 just to be safe, it hurt worse when I started walking after the run but it will heal stronger. It will probably feel better after a shower, muscle problems usually do. Tomorrow is back to the weight room so I will look for a 6, maybe 6.5 mile day. Then Friday is a 4 mile pre meet and Saturday I am going to do 3 or 4 events at the USU invite, I could easily get 10 in on Saturday if I do the 1600, 400, 800, and 3200m. Plus warm ups and cool downs. If I did that I would probably not do super well in the 3200m at the end but it would be fun and Im going to be there all day so I might as well try doing this.

7 easy miles in the slushy gully with the team, Davis and I picked it up after 4 or so, it was still really easy though, I felt good. My calf kind of hurt but it was a lot better than yesterday and it felt better than it did at school today, I think I will ice it tonight. My back has been hurting for a couple months and has been really bad the past couple days but it felt fine during the run. After an easy 4 tomorrow I should be ready for a some good races on Saturday, there's some really good runners at USU invitational, I'm looking forward to it!

4 miles and a couple striders. My stomach is hurting now, which accompanies my back and lower calf in the category of unexplainable injuries. The first few steps each time I start running hurt my back, hills hurt my leg, and hopefully the stomach thing leaves soon. I still would like to finish top 5 tomorrow for the 1600m, I'm just going to have fun and push through the injury. Should be a fun day!

I warmed up with the East team, two miles with striders on and off, my back was hurting so much before the race I was almost certain I would dnf. So my goal was to finish and not take last, I achieved this, taking 2nd to last in the fastest heat. Under the circumstances I think I did well and pushed through as well as I could have. I was contemplating making a move to mid pack but I was worried I would hurt my back more and then dnf. I still ran hard and gave it my best under highly strenuous conditions and ran an ok time on a slow track so I'm not disappointed at all, it was kind of hard to have fun with the pain and stuff but I'm feeling ok now, I might do the 3200 but the 4 and the 8 are no gos. I cooled down with the east team but my back was really killing me so its been kind of a rough day. I talked to Conner for a while, he's sick but he still ran 4:20 to win the race, Garek made it really close, making a 7 second PR! Hopefully my back feels better by next week! 14th in my heat and in all the meet, could've taken 5th or 6th if my back wasn't hurting. 6th place was 4:39. Coach Cobler looked at my back and said it was my paraphormus, its more of a hip/pelvic injury, but its feeling better now. I will take some anti inflammatory medication and rest/ice a lot and hopefully it will feel better Monday. I had a good time at the meet, I got to spend time with Syracuse and East and Conner helped me find Coach Spence which was really nice!