Blake Bennions running

Skyline Half Marathon +1

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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: Skyline Half Marathon +1 (14.1 Miles) 01:46:32, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 2
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My best friend Jake won with a course record and I took 2nd! So very good race all around, I got two hours of sleep last night so I was kind of falling asleep on the shuttle going to the start. The race was at 6 and the shuttles left at 5:15 and it was a 30 minute drive to those so we woke up before 4:30.

I started laughing when the race started and couldn't stop until half a mile through, not sure why but it was a good time! I just kept on Jake's tail for the first mile or two and then he started getting a little ahead of me. The 3rd place guy was on my tail from mile 2 to about 9 when I decided to make a surge and ran a really fast mile, didn't see him after that. The first 3 miles were steep switchbacks, the next 7 we're down hill, and the last 4 were rolling hills which were tough after those first 10. Jake and I 1-2d the race which was awesome!

Comments
From Rob Murphy on Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 12:26:22 from 67.177.28.4

Nice work Blake. Did you win anything cool?

From Blake Bennion on Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 14:10:55 from 107.191.0.108

Thanks! Every other year the winners have gotten shoes, garmins, gift cards, and cash. But unfortunately we picked the one year where the top 3 got nothing at all haha

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