Blake Bennions running

First 3 miles in 18 minutes, last two in 14. Just feeling some fast miles at the beginning today. Things with karleigh are going well, things with school are going well. I still sometimes have a sense that things could implode at any moment and some days there's still that imposter syndrome. Everything is going a little too well I guess, it feels strange. Also because a lot of the time there's just a lot of work and only so many things to look forward to. The only final frontier I need to figure out here is research, that's a tough one. It's a lot harder than it was at SUU. But I'll crack it. Besides that I just really hope things keep on developing like they have been. As far as moves go, this one has been pretty good. As far as all my hopes and dreams for my first month at bg, it's fulfilled most of them.

I think I'm ready to run under 5:00 for the mile. Today I ran 5 400s with about a minute and a half/2 mins recovery between each.

My first 400 I ran at what felt like a 75 effort and ended up running a 67, I went easier for lap two and it was still a 68. My last 3 were about 70, I think there might have been a 72 for one of them. Then I cooled down.

I think my body is ready for an attempt, I guess we'll find out if it's there yet!

Went for it today, my 8th consecutive year running a mile in less than 5:00. The first half went well but I wasn't feeling great going into lap 3. I ran a 2:25 to start off and was feeling crappy but I told myself I only needed to run a 2:35, 10 seconds slower than the two laps I'd just run. I kept at it and found myself with 40 seconds for the last 200m. I kept pushing and it barely kept me on pace.

2019 has been checked off and now I can look towards doing it early in 2020. Hard race, good feeling getting it done.

Nice long cool down.