Blake Bennions running

Today was a great workout! We ran to the huge hill on the the east side of the gully and did hill sprints. We did 5 hill sprints on a very steep hill. They were all tough, but they were so rewarding! I hit in the low 1:50s to mid 1:50s for all of them. We did it on the other side of the road today, it was harder and definitely longer, thats good! I love really hard workouts like today, they're a lot of fun and I just felt great, especially on the cooldown and after the run, its an amazing day! I actually finished ahead of Braydon on the 4th one and I ran with him and Kramer on the 5th so I did very well today! I will do another 4 miles today, it's too nice of a day not to go on another run.  Overall a great workout that I am very happy about, that 4x800m race at pineview won't know what hit it!

Later: 4.4 miles around the neighborhood. I felt good, and tried to use correct form. It was a nice run.

Nice easy recovery run in the gully. It felt good but I should have drunk more water during the day. I learned in history that Mary Beth Tinker is coming to Alta!!!!!!!!! That's crazy! I remember form 9th grade US government, her case was one of the 5-10 cases we learned about, an extremly important ruling from the supreme court in favor of the Bill of Rights! But unfortunately... I will be in saint george :(. And it's an even better person to have come to the school because she was the main person in a huge supreme court case and she wasn't just a criminal trying to get out of something like Miranda or T.L.O. I guess Miranda got killed haha. I'm sad I can't go but I'm really excited for saint george too! I really hope our 4x800m team wins and maybe qualifies for nationals, that trip is so fun! I wish I was racing the mile but I suppose its good to diversify my events, I need to get down under 10 minutes for the 2 mile, and hopefully 2 minutes for the 800m, at this meet I want run about 2:03 for the 800m, as fast as possible.

Time conversions for the 3200m for elevation (4x800 specifically) convert the 7:52 qualifying time for the high school 4x800m team for nationals to a 7:58 at Pineview. So we need to average 1:59 and we will be great. At our other meets in utah, the qualifying time ranges from 8:03 to 8:05. So I think we will definitely be able to qualify for nationals this year, I just hope I can get under 2 minutes!

We warmed up with the sprinters and then did the lower loop. Then we did 8x200m at goal mile pace, I might have been a little fast. I around 33 seconds on all of them which is good. My goal for the year is to qualify for state with a 4:25 and run faster if possible. I'm leaving for Pineview tomorrow! I am very excited for our 4x800m team, I can't let those guys down. I need to run close to sub 2 or sub 2 minutes if I can. I really want to keep put our team on pace to qualify for nationals! Going to nationals would be amazing! I am also running the 3200m, I am going to go for sub 10:00, I needed to decide ahead of time so I can mentally prepare. If all goes well this weekend, I will come back a very happy man.

I ran a little over 4 miles around the neighborhood. It felt pretty good. I checked last years 3200m and it looks like I could score if I go under 10:00 which would be great! This is going to be a really fun trip!

1.5 miles of collective warming up and then a race. I should have done a few more miles or something during the day because I was just not ready to race as well as I could, I had just been lying down trying to conserve energy from 9 to 8 or 9 so by the time I started warming up my body just wouldn't get itself to a race state, people got my split at different times from 2:05.96 to 2:09 but the important part is that we won. The first event I have ever won! And my first medal!

I got to race in the 2nd fastest heat of the 3200m but I got a bad starting point, it was the back row of the 3rd ally. So I got out and I didn't worry too much about getting a great starting position, I just got in the pack and cruised. The first lap felt like a jog, not even tough and I hit a 75 so I was feeling good and I felt good about the pace, then everyone around me started slowing down, and I was just like "What are you guys doing?!?" So I picked it up and tryed to get ahead of people, I ran ahead of Andrew Lawson and 10 other guys on the 2nd and 3rd laps but I was still 5 behind Davis and those guys would NOT let me pass, I should have just knocked them off the track, its not like it would have mattered hahaha... but really. Anyways I was trying to get back up to Davis so I we could work together but it just wasn't happening. I started my kick with 400m left, that was a mistake, I should have kicked the last 800m, and I didn't start my kick very fast at all I just slightly picked it up. I want to concentrate on the mile this upcoming meet, I think its Alpha, and after that I want to make an attempt at sub 10:00 with Davis and Cubby. Good PR, 10:21 isn't bad. Davis ran a 10:11 and Ashton made a huge PR of 10:38 or so! Great day. I also ran the 800m for Braydon because his feet were getting torn up badly and I didn't get last in the seeded heat which was my goals so yay haha. Mafia on the trip back was SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much fun!