Blake Bennions running

We did a new drill in place of striders today, a football drill type thing I used to do in 8th grade. It made my thighs a little sore. Then we did 2 miles and I felt pretty good by the end of it. Then I did 1000m, 800m, 600n, 400m, 400m. It was mostly at 3200m pace, the 400ms were more at 1600m. Everything was supposed to be at 75 second pace besides the 400m. I ran the 1000m in 3:06, the 800m was at 2:27, the 600m was in 1:47 or 1:48, the first 400m was 67, and the 2nd was a max effort, I went a little harder than I wanted to at first and ended running 62, which is ok for the first good hard track workout of the year. I've really missed them. We did a good recovery in between each rep, I'm excited for more track workouts, tomorrow will be a nice relaxing run. I'm continuing to feel better, not all the way back yet, but I'm feeling better than I have in a long time.

Warmed up with the team and then ran 8.5 miles including the best buy loop. It was pretty fun and I felt good, pace felt a little slow but it ended up being around 7:30-7:40. I think I'm just feeling better.

The entrance we usually take to do the gully long run blocked off for construction, I suggested to go around the construction on another trail and finish the route from there, but that solution wasn't very popular. I ran with the team for a little less than two miles but after that I was on my own. I ran the gully longer run backwards and then cut up on the lower gully loop at the last part to avoid the construction. I stopped with about half a mile left because some had stacked a ton of tumble weed to block the path, so I threw all of them, like 30, to the side so I wouldn't have to deal with it next time. Also got new trainers and spikes, well I got the last pair of adrenaline 14 at Wasatch running, I love those shoes, the 15 just isn't as good, and I got a free bread sample from great harvest since I was going down to state street, one of the best parts of my day

Great track workout! The best I've ever had! The idea of 8 400m repeats at 65 seconds seemed scary at first, I was a little scared but I did incredible. We did 8 400m repeats at goal 1600m pace. That is sub 4:20 for me so I was thinking 65s. The first one was supposed to be 5 seconds slower. So I ran 69, I was happy with it, I was scared of what was to come though. I hit 64s for all of them!!! It was one of those special workouts where you're hitting faster than your goal split even though you're only trying to hit them. I was very motivated to finish out the workout at this pace, and I rose to the challenge! The last 400m I ran even faster and got a 61! I didnt intend for the last to be any faster but it was, and I'm really glad it was! This was a great and beautiful day for a spectacular workout. I'm really happy, and I'm excited to run the time trial tomorrow. Especially since whatever time I get will be the day after a great track workout, whatever time i get will be that much more impressive! Also i get to break out my new spikes.

Warmed up with the team and then did another 2 laps before the first race. For the 1600m Coach Murphy had Davis lead the 1st lap, Read lead the 2nd lap, and me lead the 3rd lap, then 4th lap was every man for himself haha. I had a good time, it helped me get over the difficulties I've been having, I'm ok with the time, especially because it was more of a fun/workout kind of race and yesterday was a very good, tough workout. So the mile went well and I think I will be ready for a big race in two weeks. Then Coach Murphy and Doug let start the sprinters for the 100m, which was really fun! It was also way too loud haha, but I'm grateful for the experience! After that I ran around some more before racing the 800m, there were only about 5 100m heats and some 400 heats in between the mile and the 800m, so I wasn't worried about the time, I took it out comfortably and felt decent, I ran 64 for the first lap and held on for a 2:11, I had fun. And after the 200m heats, we did the 4x400m, and i ran a 55 second split! After a day like this, and after a day like yesterday, that's good. I also ran too slow for the first 100ish, I took it out more like an 800, or even a mile. But it felt good, I think I could run 52-53 right now, I'm excited! Its always fun to race on our track, and I think after these two days of really good work, I'm ready to lead out strong at Copper hills in two weeks. I ran 1.3 with the guys and then another 1.2 on my own later because its such a beautiful day. Good time today, lots of fun and positivity, this season is going to rock!

8.25 in the gully, tired, heartburn. Need to get a steady group of guys to run together on Saturdays.