Blake Bennions running

Easy run with a couple minutes at marathon pace. Felt good.

8x3 mins on 1 min off with Jake. Sped up throughout the workout and averaged somewhere between 5:29-5:32 depending on who's watching was more accurate. It really does make such a huge difference to stay loose and relaxed when running at that pace. Ordered some new trainers that I'm hoping will help me prepare to run in the endorphin pros.

24 minutes at about 34 minute 10k pace felt pretty good, I'm confident I could break 34 at Des news rn. I think my goal will be sub 33 and then however far below that I can get the better.

Ran over to the park with Whitney and helped her do all the stuff on the playground. Was just going to run home because I was feeling kinda pooped from yesterday but ran into Jake on the way back. I accompanied him for the next 2-3 miles and then went home and dropped Whitney off with Becca.

I did the last 2.75 miles on my own in my new Saucony tempus shoes. Felt really good, I'm a big fan. They have some of the super foam stuff and it definitely makes a difference. I sped up for a mile at estimated marathon effort and ran a 5:57.

Ramping mileage back up for a big mileage month in March.

Easy stroller miles. Big workout tomorrow.

Warmed up a little over 2.3 and then ran

4x800 with 1 minute rest

4 mins rest

4x 400m, 30 seconds recovery, 400m

800s went 2:39, 2:35, 2:38, 2:36

400s went 69, 70. 69, 71. 73, 73. 71, 69.

So I averaged 2:37 for the 800ms and 70.5 for the 400ms. Honestly pretty good.

The tempus shoes feel amazing, 5:15 pace for those 800ms felt super good. I think I could have done over 10 reps at that pace with a minute rest. Very confident I could run low 16s for a track 5k right now.

Bad news on the ld-x spikes front. They felt super awkward not great for a heel striker. I'm not sure the carbon plated spikes are for me, good thing I only had to spend $30 on them. I switched into them before the 400s and switched back out after the first rep. Maybe I just need to spend more time trying to make them work for me.

I think I'm in like low 4:40s mile shape and low 16s 5k shape right now. I'm not feeling super excited about running a 1500m but I think I'll at least try to break 4:20 for a 1500... Just not sure what shoes I should even wear for that because track spikes feel so awkward for me nowadays.

Long run with Jake. Feeling strong today, I even considered doing a double today but I think I'll take it easy.