Blake Bennions running

Am- 1 set of tennis with Adam

Pm- 7.25 miles. Ran up to the canal road and back plus about a mile on the trail. Legs felt a little tired but it was perfect running weather and I felt good.

AM- Easy miles with Henry and Jake

PM- Easy miles with Josh during practice, talked about ultras. I guess for marathons the best strategy is to take a gu right before, at 50 minutes, and 1:40. Was fun to hear about the Moab 240, sounds brutal.

Gully long run, always nice to come back and run here. Looks like they're refilling the wood chips this week. Hopefully I'll get another run in here this fall while t shirt and shorts weather is still around.

Warmed up a couple miles and then did 2 x 6-4-2 mins with 2 min jog between each. Started at 5:35 pace and sped up throughout the workout, ending with the last 2 mins sub 4:50 pace. Averaged about 5:20 total.

Felt really good today. I think on a track 5k I'd be mid-low 16s right now. I'd like to run either the Dixie state or uvu 5k this spring before it gets hot. I'd like to run mid 15 minutes after a good winter of training. My lifetime PR goals are sub 15 5k, sub 70 half marathon, sub 2:30 marathon. That and winning Des news marathon and I would be 100% satisfied with my running accomplishments as I start to get older and slower in another 6-10 years. I think if I could run sub 2:30 at 5 Des news marathons there's a good chance I win at least once... that's a tall order and we'll see if I can get there.

With Jake and Josh

Was going to do a progression run with Jake today but he was sick so I decided to do a tempo on the track. I warmed up 3 miles and then figured I'd do 4-5 miles at 5:45 pace. I figured that's about my current half marathon pace and goal marathon pace. I ended up running 10k at 5:38 pace and I felt really good, was starting to have to push a little harder towards the end but the first 5k or so felt super comfortable and fun, the laps felt like they were going by really fast despite being out in lane 6.

Splits were 5:37, 5:37, 5:33, 5:34, 5:42, 5:38. I actually checked my Garmin by counting my laps and asking AI to calculate just under 23 laps in lane 6 into meters and it was indeed 10,000 meters. So that feels pretty good, I think in a flat half marathon I could go 73-74 minutes right now. 5:38 pace is 73:51, and I could definitely keep that pace up for 10 miles. If I was totally fresh and wearing my super shoes I think I could get 13 miles at that pace on a flat course.