Blake Bennions running

My workout today was really good! We ran from Alta up to the beginning of the big road hill on the gully and did hill sprints. I did 5, I ran well and at a pace I was able to hold for the entire workout. I had a great workout, I ran behind Brayden and Kramer for all of them, and on the last 1 I caught up to them and stayed right behind them, I still felt like I could go faster once I had caught up but I was too tired and suprised to go around them, I did very well on this workout! We ran the rest of the gully and then ran back to alta, I ran with everyone at first and then dropped back and ran with Alec because his lungs were hurting and I wanted to make sure he got back ok. Coach Murphy got Trumoo and bannanas for us when we got back, trumoo is the most amazing thing after a hard workout! Thanks Coach! Tomorrow is a really easy day, which will be nice after today. And that means that hopefully wednesday will be even harder than today!

We warmed up with the sprinters, its actually a full mile overall now which is cool. Then we had a meeting about running and things we can do to get the most out of the sport, it was a good one! I ran the 4 miles after school with Zach, Jacob, Cubby, Davis, and Ashton, we did the upper best buy loop and then some laps on the track, it was a good feeling run and I had a good time. I think I will do a little bit of core today as well once I finish my homework. This season is going very well, I can't wait to run some races!

I was not feeling good from the start of the day. For how I had been feeling I pulled myself together pretty well for this workout. A few mistakes I think I can learn from today, I stayed up too late doing homework yesterday, I didn't bring enough food today, and I was psychologically just stressed and thinking too much about everything I need to do, also if I complain about not feeilng good my workout is always ruined. I need to keep a positive view on everything in order to be successful. I need to step back and take a deep breathe and keep working. When I joined the team Coach Murphy said that being successful in this sport takes a lot of hard work patience, and consistency. I think another thing I need to work on is being resilient and staying calm. Todays workout was 4x800m and then 4x200m. 800s were 2:30 2:30 2:33 2:32, 200s were 32 31 30 30. I know I can run 4 sub 2:30 800m reps in a row but I wasn't feeling amazing today and I was having trouble shifting gears, it was a tough workout but I should have pushed harder on the 2nd laps of the final 800s. I need a watch, if I had known that I was slow on those last 2 800s I would have definitely pushed it. The 200s felt great, they were easy, I kind of made up for a being a little slow on the 800s with being a little fast. It might not work that way physically, but mentally it helps me. If I can concentrate while running well for the rest of the week, and I do all my school work, I will have a lot less stress. It just feels like a lot is on the line right now and I need to work hard. I'm going to do a few more miles tonight after some homework just so I can feel better and clear my head.

Later- I miscalculated my mileage earlier, it was 6.5, a little more. I ran 2.2 miles, I ran the first half with my brother. I am feeling good now, I am really happy I went on that run.

Warm up plus 8 miles in and around the gully. We ran up the road until the upper part of the gully and then ran that part and back to alta. At first I wasn't feeling that good but after a few miles I started feeling better. Most of the run felt good, I got a good amount done today. Tomorrow there are some final things I need to get done for the week, of course after I do homework today. But after that I should be able to rest easy and not have much to worry about over the weekend besides a little homework. This was one of those days where you kind of just put the run in, I know it will help my aerobic base which makes me happy. I'm really feeling terrible about missing the trimeet on wednesday, all I can do is make sure I never come in danger of having to miss another one. I just want to get on the track and run some fast times.

I had the opportunity to go to Kramers mission call tonight, it was an amazing and very spiritual event. I am so grateful and happy to have the opportunity to be Kramers teammate and friend.

Lets see, 1 mile warm up, 1800 meters of 600s, 1200m of 200s and 1500m of 500s, then 2 miles of a real warm up, then a mile of inbetween reps and sets running, then another mile of cooldown... 7.8 miles. I might do another couple miles tonight but probably not, I need to do some more homework and my brother and his wife are coming over soon. I can't remember all my splits but I know I hit the time I was supposed to or faster for all of them. 600m reps were super easy, 200s were still easy, 500s got a little tough but mostly because I was hungry and a little low on energy because, it was an endurance workout. The final 200s felt good, 29 29 28. They felt really nice, they felt good. I think today was a pacing/endurance workout, I hit some of the splits too fast, I really wanted to let myself run some fast times but I kept telling myself to slowdown so I could work on the pace. I enjoyed this workout, but I just want to race the mile so bad, I really want to go for that 4:30 goal.

Today we ran a good run in the gully and on the roads up at the top of the gully. The pace was pretty easy except when Coach had us run hard on the big hill and on the last 400m or so of the run. I felt good but my ankle was acting up again, probably because I forgot to ice it yesterday. I am icing it right now though, so that will help. It was an enjoyable run, it was cold at first but it warmed up, it got perfect when we had about a mile and half left haha. Long runs like this are the best way to start off the day, then we went to Denny's which was fun. Eating there definitely ensures I will do a lot of core today, they give you a lot of butter and a lot of syrup! Today is going to be awesome! I need to make sure I leave a few hours for homework. I am thinking of doing another 2 or 3 miles tonight just to get them in, It was a suprisingly high mileage week! Its felt pretty easy and really nice, a good week for running.