Blake Bennions running

Drill laps, form mile and then a 7.5 mile run with Brady and Brian, but Brady did his weekend long run like 9 hours before the run and he fell off so I just ran with Brian most of the time. The first couple miles felt a little stressed but then it opened up and I felt great going about 6:30, felt pretty easy somehow. I kept picking up the pace thinking I needed to go faster to get in the goal range but then Brian would be like, you're going under 6:15 per mile pace so I would slow back down. We did 5x100m at 75% afterwards so that was good. Then we had weights and then I sprinted to the PE building to shower before my class at 10:00, 15 minutes after weights ended. So yeah, being a student-athlete is fun. The first 20 minutes of every day I regret my life but then I feel good once I wake up all the way haha.

Good hard workout today, first track workout of the year, I ran pretty well, its definitely a lot harder than it was back when I was used to be in good shape before my mission haha. It will come back though, I'm really happy with my aerobic fitness and my efficiency. And both of those will dramatically increased by the end of the year, and since I just barely started doing speed/strength, I'm going to be really fast in a few months, I think I will be able to run some good PRs this year.

Warmed up and did form mile and then started our run of 7 miles for me and Brian and less for everyone else in the group. We stayed in the range until the last mile it was slightly downhill and there were lots of girls walking to their classes who we needed to impress so we ended with a 5:41 mile haha. Then I did 6 100m striders. Weights were nice, its really nice because at the athletes weight room they keep food for us. I always have a gronola bar and a cup of chocolate milk after my run and before weights, so its perfect for recovery. Weights are pretty easy right now, mostly teaching us how to do everything properly. I am sore from yesterdays workout haha, I love being sore, it means I'm getting faster.

First run of my 20s, I ran with Jake for 9 rainy miles. Lots of fun, muscles felt like jelly haha. Great buffet lunch and dinner!

Premeet with Jake, good run except we wanted to impress all the college girls so we ended up dipping well below 6:00 pace for the last mile haha.

Started out in the back after a late registration, I worked my way up to 30th over the first 3 miles, I was working on 29th but I just didn't have enough room to kick him and some guy let out a monster kick at the end to get by me so I took 31st. Still a good race, I was a lot closer to Jake and Sage this time, 36 seconds closer to sage, over a minute closer to Jake. So I'm closing that gap, getting in shape. Loving my life, its nice to be home but I'm excited for suu again too! Nice cool down + Costa vida