DC motors will not run with Blynk.begin code under void setup

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I am Building a robot and I'm trying to run two dc motors with Vex 6 wire encoders to monitors speed and direction of the wheels. I am trying to use blynk to monitor those encoders wired correctly. however the code uploads but the motors wont spin. but when i remove the Blynk.begin(auth,ssid,pass) from the code the motors spin. no matter what i do for some reason adding the Blynk causes the motors to not turn. please help. Here is my full code. yes i am using a motor driver.

#define BLYNK_TEMPLATE_ID "*****"
#define BLYNK_TEMPLATE_NAME "********"
#define BLYNK_AUTH_TOKEN "********"
#define BLYNK_FIRMWARE_VERSION        "0.1.0"
#define BLYNK_PRINT Serial
#define BLYNK_DEBUG
#define APP_DEBUG
#include <BlynkSimpleWiFiNINA.h>
#include <Encoder.h>

// Motor pins
int motor1EnablePin = 3;   // Enable motor 1
int motor1DirectionPin1 = 8; // INT1
int motor1DirectionPin2 = 7; // INT2
int motor2EnablePin = 5;   // Enable motor 2
int motor2DirectionPin1 = 2; // INT3
int motor2DirectionPin2 = 4; // INT4

// Encoder pins
Encoder encoder1(11, 12); // Encoder 1 connected to pins 11 and 12; left encoder
Encoder encoder2(10, 13); // Encoder 2 connected to pins 10 and 13; right encoder

// Constants for wheel size and encoder resolution
const float wheelDiameterInches = 4.0; // Diameter of the wheel in inches
const float encoderResolution = 90.0;   // Pulses per revolution of the encoder

char auth[] = "*******"; // Replace with your Blynk authentication token
char ssid[] = "*****";
char pass[] = "*******";

void setup() 
{
  pinMode(motor1EnablePin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(motor1DirectionPin1, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(motor1DirectionPin2, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(motor2EnablePin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(motor2DirectionPin1, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(motor2DirectionPin2, OUTPUT);
  Serial.begin(115200);
  Blynk.begin(auth, ssid, pass); 
}

void loop() {
  Blynk.run();
  
  // Set the direction and speed of both motors
  digitalWrite(motor1DirectionPin1, HIGH);
  digitalWrite(motor1DirectionPin2, LOW);
  digitalWrite(motor2DirectionPin1, HIGH);
  digitalWrite(motor2DirectionPin2, LOW);
  
  // Set the motor speed (PWM value between 0 and 255)
  analogWrite(motor1EnablePin, 128); // Adjust this value for desired speed
  analogWrite(motor2EnablePin, 128); // Adjust this value for desired speed

  // Read encoder counts
  long count1 = encoder1.read();
  long count2 = encoder2.read();

  // Calculate wheel speed in MPH
  float wheelCircumferenceInches = PI * wheelDiameterInches;
  float wheelSpeedMPH1 = (count1 / encoderResolution) * wheelCircumferenceInches / 63360.0 * 3600.0;
  float wheelSpeedMPH2 = (count2 / encoderResolution) * wheelCircumferenceInches / 63360.0 * 3600.0;

  // Send wheel speed to Blynk
  Blynk.virtualWrite(V1, wheelSpeedMPH1); // Virtual pin V1 for left wheel speed in MPH
  Blynk.virtualWrite(V2, wheelSpeedMPH2); // Virtual pin V2 for right wheel speed in MPH

  delay(100); // Adjust the delay as needed
}

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Throw in a delay after Serial.begin(115200); as a test. Maybe it's trying to initialize two things at once and failing.

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