Blake Bennions running

I forgot to enter this run yesterday, but we did the warm up and then 4 easy miles. Then we did 4 100m at 400m pace, I think I might have been going just a bit slow on the first few, I'm not sure. It was a very windy day! I am bringing a jacket today just in case.

Today we ran the warm up, then another mile, and then 4 laps in which we ran at 800m pace on the straightaways and jogged the turns. Then I went and did another 4 miles by myself because i'm not running the meet tomorrow. I was really happy to hear for sure that I am going to Pineview, but I was also really disapointed that I am not running the 1600m there, I was really looking forward to that race all year long and I was hoping to run in the seeded heat and go for sub 4:30. I don't know if I will be ready for sub 10 minute 3200 but I will do my best to run that and our team has a real chance at winning the 4x800m so I will really have to go out and give a great effort in that race. Honestly I think our team could qualify for nationals in the 4x800m, the cut off is 8:03 or so and I'm pretty sure our team could go sub 8, if Kramer and Brayden run sub 1:55 and Alec and I run sub 2:05, or something like that, our team could do it. That would be really awesome! I will do my best in the 3200m and see what happens, I am kind of down about not getting to run my favorite race but at least I am going.

I ran 2 miles to warm up, I got back to the track and started a 1600m for time, using my brothers watch which doensn't have anything to hold it to your wrist so I just held it while I ran, I wasn't feeling to great and with no competition or anyone in the bleachers I decided during the run to change the workout. So I stopped at 3 laps, I was at low 3:30s or so, I would have probably gotten a PR, I felt like I had a kick I just knew I didn't have enough of a kick for a sub 4:35 and I wasn't feeling very good so I changed the workout plan to 1200m, 800m, 400m. I gave myself a full recovery and within 20 mins I started a max effort 800m, I ran a 2:09 or 2:10, not great but ok. Then I gave myself another 10 mins before running the a 58 second 400m, not feeling good. I thought the workout wasn't horrible. Looking back maybe I should have just done 8-10 400s in 67 to 68 seconds for each 400m. Oh well, mentally I felt really good after this workout, I did 5 laps of a cooldown. I did some running inbetween the 400, 800, and 1200 too. After all of this I went home and concentrated on some school stuff and then went out again for a 4 mile run. It was really painful but I got through it. Tough day of running but I know it will help. I don't know if it was a good workout, but it was challenging!

Best buy loop easy. I am feeling a little stessed because its the end of the quarter but the run felt pretty good.

Warmed up 2 miles, ran 6 200s and then cooled down 2 miles. Tomorrow is a 5k race so that will be fun. I got panda express after the run, it was awesome! The 200s felt kind of tough, I don't know what I will do next week, hopefully I will hit 2:04 or faster. I think our team needs to run under 8 minutes to qualify for New Balance Nationals. The qualifying time is 7:52 but we will be at 2000+ feet elevation so I think its about 8 seconds taken off overall. I think at 4500 its like 8 seconds per mile. Either way I am really looking forward to it, I want to go to Nationals!!!

Nice 5k, I took the first mile too hard. I really need to learn how to run 5ks, its really bad. I can run in the gully just fine, and I can run track races well but I have never clicked with the 5k, it just feels like a weird race to me. I love the mile, and the gully is really fun. I need to learn how to race these things, I think during the summer I need to compete in a lot of them to find a race strategy that suits me. But for the next couple of months I don't have to worry about any of that and I get to race the mile, the half mile, and the 3200. And I am really happy about that! I can't wait to run the 4x8 and 3200m at pineview, I am going to run so hard and fast on them. I think my goal for the 3200 is sub 10:15 and my goal for the 4x800m is to keep us in first and put space on everyone else if possible.