Blake Bennions running

Ran at Pinnacle, did some hill repeats, pretty hot. I ran 3 third of a mile repeats and then I ran the last 1.15 mile of the 5k course at goal pace. I ran 5:43 for the first mile of that, which is pretty good for mostly being uphill at 90° to close out the run. Legs are feeling it.

Terrible air quality this week, just did the bare minimum. 3 short pick ups to 5k pace towards the end.

Drove over to Battelle Darby in hopes the air quality would be slightly better over there. Hopefully the heat bubble dissipates soon. I guess I'll just call it a taper if the crappy air quality keeps up, still going to try to get 30 miles in per week.

Aqi has been around 90 all week. My limit for running is 80 and my limit for hard workouts is 60. Been real annoying. At least in Utah you can usually escape bad air.

Looks like it might let up finally tomorrow, but kinda wrecked my week this week for walking and running. I've taken Whitney out for 5-10 minutes at a time but haven't been going on our typical morning and evening strolls. So not only did I only get 23 miles this week of running, I also got like no walks in as opposed to my typical 20-25 miles of walking per week.

Looked all over town for a gym to go run at, finally found one but apparently no one has introduced that facility to ac. Did 3-4 half half mile reps at 11mph but the treadmill would randomly decelerate and then re-accelerate, and it was like 85-90° in the gym.