Blake Bennions running

Today we did a 2 mile warm up and then 12 200s. We did 3 sets of 4 200s, with 5 mins rest in between each set and 30 seconds of rest between each 200. For the first set of 200s, the goal was 32, then 30, then 28. I'd say my average was 31 and I only did a sub 30 for 1 of the 200s, I think it will help with the last 800 if I can actually push myself for the last 800, I'm starting to get really pissed at myself, i can't believe how little I've improved this season. Im getting angry, I just need to use the anger in the races. I need to pissed at races. Thats how I was successful in football but I've always thought cross country was different. I just need to use my motivation and energy more conservitavly in cross country than in football. I also need to get more sleep so I don't burn out during the week. I haven't really felt great about many workouts this year, I can remember 1 or 2 that I've been happy with. And my races have all been terrible, I'm not going to run anyone else's race on friday. I'm not going to run outrageously ambitous but I'm going to get out a lot faster than I have been, I need to kill the 2nd mile, I need to stay strong in the 2nd and then finish with a great 3rd. If I'm going to do this sport I'm not going to settle for sub-par I'm going to do the best I can, and I'm better than this. I really need to push through the walls and fight through it when I get tired.

Am- I made another route, well it still had part of the old one in it. It would be easier if I had a garmin but I know it was about 4. I felt pretty good, I was tired at the beginning but I woke up on the run.

Pm- Gully longer run, it was easy and felt good. I felt some power today, I really need to concentrate more in races, concentrate on the pace and push it, I need to be more aggressive with the pace and run my hardest. The friday I'm going to push myself and I will sustain that pace until the end, I'm not going to let myself slow down unless I am phisically unable to keep going.

We did a 2 mile warm up and then an 800m at max effort, I ran a 2:08 which is not bad. I ran a 2:12 last year and that was pr from freshman year track and I ran a 2:08 for my pr in track sophomore year so that was interesting. I'm happy with that time, I probably could have gotten an even faster time with spikes. Then we ran a 400 30 mins later, I ran a 56 second 400 which ties my best times for the 400m, I ran 56 second 400s a few times during freshman tracks and I never got to race a 400 during track this past spring so I don't know what I could have gotten, I'm sure faster than 56 but I want to find out. I'm going to race some 400s this track season if I can. The we had a 5 minute rest before another 400, I hit 59 seconds, coming in the final stretch I had goal of keeping under 60 seconds and I did that so that felt good. We were doing a lot of laps inbetween these of course, I did about 2400 meters inbetween these and then I did a little over a mile for the cooldown. I feel good about this workout, I'm ready for park city.

I will do 20 mins more and some striders later tonight. I ran with my team this morning, it was easy and felt really good. I am ready for tomorrow, I'm more determined to do good tomorrow than I ever have been about a race. I'm going to keep pushing and fighting through the pain, I'm going to pass people continously and I won't give in to the discomfort and pain. Tomorrow is my breakout, I'm not going to let myself give in to discomfort, I'm going to fight it every step until I'm done.

I thought I gave it my all, I really thought I was trying hard, I mean I think is started to sort of get down mentally during mile 2 onward but really I didnt think I was doing that bad mentally. I'm wheezing worse right now than I have for many years, which is weird. I really tried hard but I just didnt where I wanted to be. I'm going to get where I want to be, I will. I don't care how much work it takes, I just want to get to where I want to be. I don't know what I'm doing wrong but I'm just going to keep trying and one day I'm sure I get where I want to be, and then I will target another goal. I'm not going to give up or let my team down, im going to get faster and if I'm one of the top 5 I at state or region I'm going to make sure there isn't one more person I could have beat by the end of the race. i don't know if I will score but if I do I'm going to make sure I do good for the team, if I get a scholarship for running, it won't be for cross country. I'm not running as fast as I need to run for that, for the 800 when I get to race it as my main event for a meet I might be able to run times that could interest school, or my mile could be good enough if I work at it. The thing about those events is that it's just easier to understand the race and analyze and stratagize the race and I enjoy it a lot more than anything else. I really want to run a sub 2 minute 800 this track season, and I want to do really well for the mile as well, maybe a 4:25 or better. I haven't given up on the cross country season just yet, and I will not give up until it's over, I'm still going to give it my all. I just don't know if my all makes the cut of success anymore, I don't know if the team has a run tomorrow, if I don't hear anything else I think I will just do the gully long run once or twice maybe.

We went to Liberty park and I couldnt find anyone so I ran around, a little over 2/3rds of the way around I found my coach and we ran back the other way to the water fountain and found Kramer and Ashton. Then we ran 4 laps really easy, it felt great. Then we did 2 tempo pace laps, I felt good and they were pretty fast. I think I ran like a 17:03 or something, maybe that was Kramer, I really don't know haha. We did a 1.5 or so cooldown and looked at all the cool stuff in the park and then we had some yummy trumoo and doughnuts from Coach Murphy, thanks Coach! It was an awesome run, Liberty park is awesome and I got a PR from before sophemore year and I wasnt even in a race so that was great.