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Davis lnvitational

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Member Since:

Jun 01, 2013

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Ran for SUU on their Cross Country/Track and Field teams

2015 Alta Track Athlete of the Year

Short-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy and and build mileage

Sub 1:20 half marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running

Run the Boston Marathon at least once

Personal:

Married, we have one daughter so far. I ran for Alta high school and was trained by Rob Murphy, he is a great coach, one of the best there is. I also ran for Southern Utah University.

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Miles:This week: 17.40 Month: 99.45 Year: 250.60
Race: Davis lnvitational (1 Miles) 00:04:29, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 3
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.003.007.50

A new PR in the 1600m, which always feels great, I also ran sub 4:30! I am really happy about it, I was going for 4:27 but I'm still really happy about breaking 4:30 and getting a medal. I want to break 4:25 at BYU next week, its one of the best tracks in the country for Distance and its always a great, fast meet so I believe that I can do it. The racestarted out and I got a spot in the middle, I kept that spot for the few lap, a few people passed me and I passed a few people, but going into the final lap I remembered what Coach Murphy said before the race "Don't be a baby on the last lap" and I took off like it was a 400m, all I cared about was that lap, nothing before it mattered time, I had to get out in lane 3 to start my kick, I went from8th or 10th to 2nd place right behind the leader with 200m to go, I was starting to hurt but I stuck on his back until a few guys past me, down to 5th place, I moved out to lane 2 so I could block off any people and gave whatever left I had, I was dying after such a hard lap but I still managed to push past 2 more guys and get 3rd! Good race! I ran the 2 mile as well, pretty fun but I lost mentally with 2 laps to go, not a horrible race though, good workout if nothing else.

Comments
From Rob Murphy on Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 15:23:00 from 24.10.247.181

Once again, great race Blake!

We're not going to BYU. We are going to the Twilight Meet at Herriman on Friday night instead. Hope that doesn't disappoint you too much.

From Blake Bennion on Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 16:47:10 from 107.191.0.118

Can I go separately to BYU? I need to run 4:25 so I can sign with USU... I feel like that would be a lot easier to do at BYU.

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 18:26:59 from 24.10.247.181

Nope, the whole team's going to Herriman.

From Jason D on Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 20:28:16 from 68.80.27.222

Well done, Blake! I like Coach's advice too. I'll keep that in mind for my races and workouts.

From MarkS on Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 09:06:35 from 122.24.115.169

Congrats on the PR Blake!

I knew you would do it.

I was glad to read about your PR in the 1600m before I had my race yesterday in the 1500m. I felt like giving up a couple of times in my race, but I kept thinking about you and how you PRd, and since we made a deal we would both PR, I was able to find the strength to hang in there, and was also able to PR in the 1500m

I was hoping that you would be running the BYU invite. I have some great memories from the BYU invite all three years when I was in high school, and then training there the summer of 1976. I love that blue track. I think it is probably a different track than I ran on, but I loved the facility they have there.

Even though the best runners will probably be at BYU, Herriman might be less crowded, which may be the best for you in going for another PR. It will give you a better chance maybe for you to run your race the way you want to.

Anyway, congrats on the PR. Can't wait to hear about the rest of you season. You keep improving every race, and I know you still have some more surprises left in you.

GANBARE! (Good luck in Japanese)

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