Blake Bennions running

Warmed up a mile then 8 power miles at 6:15 average (was a little faster than I'd planned, especially given hilly nature of the route) and then close in 3 marathon pace miles at 5:45 average. Marathon pace miles were downhill but I was in my gel nimbus and not endorphins so I think it's a wash. Actually I need to remember to never run faster than 6:00 pace in gel nimbus because they felt kind of awkward at that pace. Total elevation gain of 875 for the run so not bad today. For my route I ran up to the rec center and did 2 of the 5k course laps and then went home. Cooled down a mile. I might do 4 miles and sauna when I get home tonight. Gotta start having bigger mileage days.

Warmed up 1.7 and then did 3 mile repeats in the dark... Lacrosse team showed up at like 6:45- seems really late for practice. Splits were 5:07, 5:05, 5;02. I jogged a lap for recovery, but also took off clothes and retied shoes between both so rest was probably a bit over 4 mins.

The pace did not feel as easy as I'd hoped but it also wasn't wrecking me, probably thanks to the mileage I've been doing. Running fast always feel harder when you can't see well too. I could have done a 4th but I'm easing into 5k pace and my foot is still a bit sore from sunday.

This is exactly what I wanted out of this workout, perhaps a little shorter rest would have been ideal- but I just wanted to be under 5:08 pace and I was, and I was ready for a 4th at that pace. Feels good to know I'm where I thought I was.

25 min sauna afterwards

Easy run. Foot soreness still isn't completely gone. It's worse in my gel nimbus than my endorphins do at least tomorrow workout shouldn't be effected. It's pretty minor but I've considered taking an extra day or two off just to be safe.

2 easy miles and then 5 miles averaging 6:15. Felt nice and easy. It was really foggy today, could see no more than about 30-50 feet ahead.

Easy run. I figured a 12 mile 2x4 @ mp run followed by another 12 mile run and then an 18 mile run on Sunday might be a bit much. Better to prioritize a quality high mileage weekend and just accept I missed my Thursday workout- or at least downgraded it. That's okay though, my plan was to have this week be more about easing into my new solo grind anyways. Hopefully Jake regains the fire in the spring- but for now it's probably good I'll be doing marathon specific workouts instead of miler workouts.

I also need to do 2 more hard weeks before my next down week in order to perfectly sync up my down weeks with tapering for the UVU 5k and the salt lake marathon, so this is good. Although my participation in the salt lake marathon in entirely dependent on whether they accept my elite athlete application... which is not that strong for the marathon at the moment given that I bombed the Huntsville half and my good races last year were trail races and a local 5k.

Easy with Jake Sammy and Wyatt. Did 3 miles at 6:45 but was tracking with my phone so didn't get hr data. Pretty relaxed week of training. Big day tomorrow and I'm feeling confident.