Blake Bennions running

We did a progressive 80 minute run, we started out slow and kept getting faster. This was a great run, by the end of the run it was just me and Kramer with Brayden and Davis fairly close behind. We finished at 5:55 pace for the last mile. I think it is tendonitis but its everywhere, but my right ankle is hurting all over. I it was so worth it, I am so happy about this run, we ran so fast and did so good. I am very happy my progress, this aerobic improvement is so rewarding. I really can't wait to run tomorrow, I am starting to really love running, I am getting so much passion for this sport. I really wish there were more meets in february, I think there is only 1. Hopefully I am wrong and there are more. I love racing the mile, and I am excited to race the 2 mile. I am so grateful for my ability to run as well as I do!

Well I don't think sub 10 minutes for a 3200 would happen if I ran a 3200m race this week, maybe 10:20, but in 10 weeks I think I will be ready. Next week at the oval I am planning to pull a triple of the 800m, 1600m, and 3200m. I also will try to get in an aerobic run on saturday and few extra miles on friday. My goals are 3200m - 10:26, 1600m - 4:38, 800m - 2:05. These are times I will be happy with but I feel like I can do better, I might not hit them all but I think they are realistic. This will be the last meet for 5 or 6 weeks so I plan to leave everything I have out on the track, if I have a bad weekend, I will still be able to say this indoor preperation season was well spent. But I will do everything I can to make sure it is a good one. Today for my workout I did 5 600s with the rest of the team, it was at our goal 3200m pace so they weren't really fast but the last 2 hurt a little at the end, I ran 1:53, 1:51, 1:51, 1:47, 1:46. I was going a little bit faster than my goal of 1:53 for 2 and 3 and a little bit faster for 4 and 5 but I just felt like I really wanted to go faster. I felt like I needed to and Coach Murphy seemed fine with it, for the overall 3000 it was 9:08, which translates to a 9:45 3200m. The cooldown plus the 200m of jogging we did all together inbetween the reps came out to 1.25. Good workout. Tomorrow is mileage! I will have to decide between resting my ankle in the morning or doing a 4 mile run.

My ankle has swollen up, it hasn't hurt much today but it is still swollen up, maybe even a little more. I have biked 35 miles on my stationary bike, its been hard mileage, the only kind of biking I know will actually help me. I have done these 35 miles in less than 115 minutes. So its been at a decent pace, I choose the resistance setting based on what felt most like running. I will not let injury get in the way of my dreams, I am still on fire, I really hope I can do the track workout tomorrow. It is very important to me. Yesterday I did 45 minutes for 14.2 miles and then I did 3 minutes of slow easy cool down. Today I did 17.5 miles in 55 minutes, I decided I wanted to get to 35 miles for the 2 days so I did another 3 miles in 10 minutes. I think these 2 days of cross training will help me long term, and were definitely helpful for the recovery of my ankle, which I really hope is feeling well enough to run on tomorrow.

I did 45-50 minutes of biking on wednesday and 65 on thursday to clear up my previous entry. It entered it for wednesday but I meant to enter it on thursday. We ran to the gully and did hill sprints after a 30 minute warm up. My ankle started hurting mid way through the hill sprints but I just finished the workout and ran back. It is feeling better today, really I just want it to be completely healed by monday.