“I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING and remind myself: ‘I don’t have to do this, I get to do this.’” So reads the pinned tweet atop miler Ben Blankenship’s Twitter feed from August ’18. Talk with the 32-year-old Rio Olympian as he readies for another run at the rings and his sincerity in that sentiment comes through, even-keel and firmly directed toward the Olympic Trials in June.
