Blake Bennions running

Warm up and then 45 minutes in the gully. Nice and easy day, it felt good to get a long run in. I can run 4:25 at the state meet.

Warmed up and then did 6x200m in 29-33 seconds getting faster. I did a pretty good job, I went a little to fast with 31.5 for the first but after that it was good, ending with a 29.12. Then a 1.5 mile cool down. Last track workout for Alta, I've had some great workouts these past few years, gonna miss running on this track.

Warm up and the 20 minutes easy with 6 striders.

Warm up and then about 20 minutes of running, probably a little more, then some more stretching. I'm ready for tomorrow. I'm excited to run in the State Championship 1600m! No past races matter, its just this race, I'm going to run faster than ever, its State, the last meet of High School, I need to leave it knowing I gave everything I had and more.

I started out the race well, I didn't want to waste energy fighting around in the big pack so I got on the end of it, the first lap was a little slower than I wanted at 67.5 so I picked up and started passing people, when I was coming around the corner to finish the 2nd lap Coach Murphy yelled that I needed to make a move, so I gave a little boost and caught up to guys that I knew would be running sub 4:30, the 800m was 2:13 so my 2nd lap was great, the 3rd lap I stayed with a few guys and then I surged with 500m left, something just told me to. I passed Jacob Warner, Adam Wood, and then with 200m left I caught up to Adam Jensen, I was starting to get tired and on the last stretch Adam Wood and Jacob passed me again, one of them cut in a little early and I had to slow down to avoid spiking them, but last 100m of a race they were way too tired to notice I was there haha, I finished in 4:27, top 10 in Alta history, 30th at the entire state meet 1A-5A, I might race the 1600m some more on my own, I enjoy it and who knows, maybe there's another PR for me! 800m tomorrow, that's all that's on my mind. Sub 2:00 tomorrow, I know I can do it, I will go out in 57 or 58 and then I will kick with everything I have. I've earned my entry into this meet over the past 4 years and tomorrow I'm going to run an amazing race.

Ran the anchor of the 4x400m, Andrew didn't show so we had Chandler run instead. I got the batton something like 100m behind the next team, some said more, I ran my best, the time was 50-52, I looked at the clock right when I got the batton and it was something that ended with 4 and I finished with it ending at something that ended with 4, I made up a good amount of ground but you know how it is. It was fun but i need to concentrate on the 800m, I need to stick with the pack and then start passing them once the pace calms down, I'm going to push with all my might and hopefully something great will come out of it.

Rough day, I realized yesterday that no matter what happens and no matter what goes wrong, its your attitude that determines how you do in a race. Today I ran hard, not the best race, but I made a brave move with 500m to go from last place to the front. I should have cut the guy off and held my momentum at the front but I stepped back to avoid that and the last 200m I got passed by a couple other guys. Bad feeling when I saw the time on the screen. I'm not done with track though, next week I'm going to run sub 2:00 by a large margin. I will be fresh, it will be sunny, I wont have to run in lane 2 and 3 for half the race, I'm going to run a very fast time. After that I will keep racing the mile, I want to break Kramers MTC record of 4:31, and I want to improve my PR more if at all possible. I'm going to have a lot of fun. Its weird to think I will never race for Alta again. I've been blessed with a great coach the past few years, Coach Murphy really is one the best out there! I'm going to miss running here, I really hope USU will give me a spot on their team, I would do almost anything to keep running track.