Blake Bennions running

I ran 47 minutes today, it was nice. I'm exaughsted from all the amusement park stuff this week, tomorrow I will try to do another 6 which would set me up for a 10 mile Saturday to get a 40 mile week. Found out Hollywood studios is different from universal studios :(. It was still fun though, if there's one thing I learned from this trip, Disney World is a billion times more fun at night time! And Epcot is the best park of the 4! Not for rides though, the rides were disappointing, but I had a good time! It was an interesting trip, that's for sure. My Buckeyes are having a rough time, but they're coming back! Good Ohio State won in a thriller!

I feel guilty about the excessive amount of ice cream I've eaten today. But the run was incredible! Exactly what I wanted, nice warm sunny and beautiful day! I felt pretty good and stopped at a twisty treat after the first 5 minutes. Also not very many healthy selections at the airport so I got burger king, but it won't kill me, I will return to a healthier diet back in Utah where I have access to it. Florida was nice!

I'm feeling great, I know I'm strong and I'm fast. I feel energized and powerful after todays run. I know I'm going to at least run 4:18 this season, probably better. I ran 2 miles to the rec center, then I did a 5:00 mile on the tread mill, I slowed down to 7:30 after the mile was over for a minute or two and then dipped just under 7 minute pace until I got to 2 miles on the tread mill, then I ran another 6.2 miles after that. I felt very good, I just wanted to know how a 5:00 minute mile felt before the first meet next week, it felt good, a little hard but fairly easy. I am following Coach Murphy's advice to just have fun at this meet, not worry about the time, but I think I can run under 4:40. We will see, I'm just going to have fun and give it my best. My month of training on my own is over, now I will go back to receiving some of the best coaching in the country! I might be training on my own for a while until teammates get back in shape, but I'm going to make the most out of my last season being coached by Rob Murphy, I know he will train me to be the best I can be this year! I also have the privilege of being one of the last Alta High runners to be trained by Murphy, so I will do my best to make sure that the last season for both of us at Alta is a great one! I'm ready for everything the next 5 months has in store for me, I want to make some new PRs before speed work even gets underway in February or march!

Found out that one of my legs is longer than the other, I'm pretty sure that's common thing. They gave me insoles and stuff that I'm not going to use. I did 8 miles, the first half or so with the team. Then I did 20 lunges, I had originally planned on 4x10 but I wasn't hurting at 10 so I went to 20, then I rested for a minute but when I turned back I cramped up on the first one and stopped, I will try the other 20 later tonight.

Lots of lifting and some core, I did 1 mile to warm up for that and then 4.5 afterwards, some with the team.

Was going to do a 10 mile run but my lower calf was hurting, like a minor cramp thing at 4 miles so I stopped at 8 just to be safe, it hurt worse when I started walking after the run but it will heal stronger. It will probably feel better after a shower, muscle problems usually do. Tomorrow is back to the weight room so I will look for a 6, maybe 6.5 mile day. Then Friday is a 4 mile pre meet and Saturday I am going to do 3 or 4 events at the USU invite, I could easily get 10 in on Saturday if I do the 1600, 400, 800, and 3200m. Plus warm ups and cool downs. If I did that I would probably not do super well in the 3200m at the end but it would be fun and Im going to be there all day so I might as well try doing this.

7 easy miles in the slushy gully with the team, Davis and I picked it up after 4 or so, it was still really easy though, I felt good. My calf kind of hurt but it was a lot better than yesterday and it felt better than it did at school today, I think I will ice it tonight. My back has been hurting for a couple months and has been really bad the past couple days but it felt fine during the run. After an easy 4 tomorrow I should be ready for a some good races on Saturday, there's some really good runners at USU invitational, I'm looking forward to it!

4 miles and a couple striders. My stomach is hurting now, which accompanies my back and lower calf in the category of unexplainable injuries. The first few steps each time I start running hurt my back, hills hurt my leg, and hopefully the stomach thing leaves soon. I still would like to finish top 5 tomorrow for the 1600m, I'm just going to have fun and push through the injury. Should be a fun day!

I warmed up with the East team, two miles with striders on and off, my back was hurting so much before the race I was almost certain I would dnf. So my goal was to finish and not take last, I achieved this, taking 2nd to last in the fastest heat. Under the circumstances I think I did well and pushed through as well as I could have. I was contemplating making a move to mid pack but I was worried I would hurt my back more and then dnf. I still ran hard and gave it my best under highly strenuous conditions and ran an ok time on a slow track so I'm not disappointed at all, it was kind of hard to have fun with the pain and stuff but I'm feeling ok now, I might do the 3200 but the 4 and the 8 are no gos. I cooled down with the east team but my back was really killing me so its been kind of a rough day. I talked to Conner for a while, he's sick but he still ran 4:20 to win the race, Garek made it really close, making a 7 second PR! Hopefully my back feels better by next week! 14th in my heat and in all the meet, could've taken 5th or 6th if my back wasn't hurting. 6th place was 4:39. Coach Cobler looked at my back and said it was my paraphormus, its more of a hip/pelvic injury, but its feeling better now. I will take some anti inflammatory medication and rest/ice a lot and hopefully it will feel better Monday. I had a good time at the meet, I got to spend time with Syracuse and East and Conner helped me find Coach Spence which was really nice!

45 minutes on a stationary bike. I would much rather be running but biking doesn't disturb the back/pelvis area so its a lot better than nothing. I think I might get to go running tomorrow, my back/pelvis is feeling pretty good, I'm hoping after a good nights rest it will feel all better tomorrow. But I will just have to see how it goes, if there's pain at all I will stick to the bike another day. It was great cross training, my legs felt heavy going back upstairs. I will see if the hot tub is working or I could go to the rec center and use the one there, don't get to watch the cfp championship but I hope ohio state wins!

60 minutes on the bike, faster than yesterday. Hopefully I can run tomorrow, I really want to. My hip is definitely getting better, most things dont hurt anymore, but sometimes it hurts when I do random movements.

Another 60 minute bike, a little longer than last time so it was faster. I know I'm getting a workout because I'm drenched in sweat after these and my legs are really heavy, good workout. I think I will run tomorrow, pain was minimal today, it only hurt once very much. I think it will be good to go tomorrow. I guess even though its been frustrating, its given me an opportunity to do tardy school. But its really frustrating to see people training while you aren't.

Ran warm up with team and then did 4.5 with the team on the track. I will do 30 mins on bike and maybe swim. It wasn't too bad, I think I will keep running, I just have to ease into it, or out of it, whatever. It hurts but if I run a certain way, it doesn't. I went swimming and did a small amount on the bike. I'm going to finish top 6 at BYU next week and get a t shirt. I need to beat Andrew Rummens to do this, the guy from woods cross, I'm excited. But you never know who will be there, I will do my best and enjoy the competition. My back is feeling better than when I'd been running, so that's good. Tomorrow I have an endoscopy so I will be drugged up but I think I will be fine to run at practice.

Had the endoscopy today, felt kind of weird since then. I almost put my address from Maryland for my address on a paper when I got back to school. But I ran 8 miles with Read and Zach at 8:00 pace, My back hurts when I go much faster than that. I'm debating whether to do a bike or run tomorrow, I need to be able to run hard by next Saturday but I also dont want to lose fitness. Its hard to say what the right call is because I don't know how my paraphormus thing will heal. I'm considering going to the pool again today, maybe just for the hot tub, I'm still feeling drowsy from the medicine.

No energy today, still recovering from endoscopy. Today was the first real day of my new gluten and onion free life. There's not as much to eat anymore haha. My pelvis or hip was hurting during the run, I wish it would heal. Its been a rough but fast week.

8 miles, its really annoying that my pelvic muscle is still hurting whenever I run. Kind of makes every run suck. I don't know if I will be able to run at BYU on Saturday, or even the oval next week at the slow rate it's recovering at, bur there's no chance I'm taking more time off with cross training, I doubt the huge change in my diet is going to help either. But whatever, im sure it will get better sooner or later.

Ouch, well I shouldn't have done hills today, bad call on my part. My paraphormus wasn't feeling bad until after though so it was hard. The first two repetitions felt good but the last two I couldn't breathe, I had really bad shortness of breathe both during the repetitions and during the recovery. This contributed to my muscles not getting enough oxygen and I nearly cramped up 3 or 4 times about half a mile after the hill workout. Luckily I'm very experienced when it comes to getting muscle cramps so I know how to stop them a lot of the time now. I struggled through the rest of the run in pain and lacking energy because I haven't been eating enough, I probably am very low on carbohydrates too. Food is no longer enjoyable. I might not be able to run at BYU on Saturday, I need to be thinking of Simplot with only a month to go. My goal for indoor is 4:26, if I do this I will have all my goals for the year lined up and ready to hit. But I'm ok with 4:29 too, what's really important to me is running 4:23 at Pineview and then running sub 4:20 at Arcadia. After that, I will set big goals for BYU, region, and state. I know my hip/pelvis will get better, I just need to be patient, work through it, and soon enough I will be ok.

I just came back from the hot tub and I'm feeling way better, almost pain free! I will definitely go again tomorrow, BYU is looking probable right now.

I ran with the rest of the team on and off today, probably 2 with the team, 6.25 on my own. The first few miles were painful and hard to get through but by mile 5 I was feeling good. I'm going to hot tub again, it will probably help out!

Long run today, ran with the team and then after a few miles, Davis and I started running faster, like sub 7:00 pace but it was still feeling good and it was pretty easy. No pain today! There was pain earlier on in the day but none during the run! I am using the hot tub again and will stretch more later tonight. I will register for BYU tonight but I'm only going to race if my back is feeling completely fine tomorrow

Trying to get registered for BYU invite, yesterday I was going to but my house had a black out. If it doesn't work in going to do a 1600m race at Alta with Read. 4 miles easy today.

My body is messed up right now. I think I'm going to start eating wheat and gluten again, this season is too important to risk that kind of thing, I will talk to a sports nutritionist to see what seems like the best option first. Also my throat hurt a lot during the race, bad asthma. Bad cough at the meet too, something deep in my throat.

Warmed up and then did the gully for time, I still haven't started eating wheat again so I still sucked with 43:18. It was a nice day, probably would've been under 40:00 if I was healthy.

Also found out I might have had a sinus infection for at least half my life. When I had a concussion in 5th grade, the MRI showed I had a sinus infection, and it was still there when I had an MRI for another concussion the summer before 9th grade. And apparently its probably still there, I didn't hear about this until today, but apparently when they saw it back then they didn't do anything about it because they were more concerned about my brain. So I guess this means ANOTHER doctors appointment. I'm really sick of going to the doctor. So who knows how long I've had this thing and I'm going to check if I still have it, my dad says if I get it taken care of I might stop having asthmatic problems so I guess its worth checking out. I really really hope February is the last month I have any more doctors appointments for a long time!

Easy day, I ran with Zach and Ashton. Also I had all the JV runners that came do a core workout with us, we did push up's, sit up's, planks, Russian twists, flutter kicks, and stuff. They started not being able to do them for most of the minute intervals after a while so I suggested they go run another lap or two after that. They'd done 25-30 minutes but we were only a mile into our run. After that I did the best buy loop with Zach and Ashton.

4.5 with the team, then a weight room workout, pretty good, then a 1.5 mile extra by myself. I felt good but tired and sore, I'm getting back to myself though, hopefully I will be ready to go on Friday for a sub 4:35 mile. Also am making sure to keep hydrated.

Coach wasn't here today, Hefner told us to do 70 minutes. So interesting pre meet day of 8.25 miles. But its better for my training long term i suppose, I bet it will only affect me a couple seconds for the race tomorrow, there's a lot I want to put out on the track. I'm the only one going...again.

I dont know what to say.

I ran the Salt Lake Track Club 5k with Murphy and Andy. I ran 17:51, good for training. I dont know what place I took, I started out in the top 10, got passed by some people and, the last one who passed me I gathered enough of a kick to get passed him again. It was pretty fun, and they had good food! I just need to do what Murphy said, I can't be in good race shape 12 months out of the year, and I shouldn't force it like I've been doing. I just need to keep running and do good mileage and train well and I will be ok. I'm going to do 4/5 miles bow, I was thinking of doing them tonight but I'm feeling like doing them now, and maybe I will do more tonight, not sure.

I did 5.7, I felt really good. I feel good now, I've given myself some really good exercise this weekend.