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Location:

South Weber,UT,

Member Since:

May 09, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Personal Records:

800 Meters 1:50.14 (Track-BYU)

1500 Meters 3:42.07 (Track-Stanford) Likely the best race of my life; converts to a 3:59.85 Mile

5000 Meters 14:20 (Track-Stanford)

8000 Meters 23:53 (Cross Country-Pre Nationals Iowa)

10000 Meters 29:57 (Track-Stanford)

Half Marathon (Mesa-Phoenix Half) 1:05:11

Marathon (St George) 2:16:09

Short-Term Running Goals:

2017 Races:

Mesa-Phoenix Half - 3rd Place 1:05:11 PR

Ogden WRC 10-Miler - 1st Place 55:46

Provo City Half - 1st Place 1:06:33

Ogden Marathon - 2nd Place 2:25:46

Long-Term Running Goals:

My main goal is just to stay healthy. I was injured every year in my college career except for one. I would like to reverse that trend and always stay injury-free.

Personal:

I am a family man. I am married to my beautiful wife Amy (who also ran at Weber and is quite the runner). We have four beautiful daughters named Evelyn (6 years old), Hannah (4 year old), Nora (2 year old), and Iris (5 months).

Twitter handle: @RunnerRiley7

Instagram RunnerRiley7

I am supported by Brooks

I am a Generation Ucan elite athlete

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to Ukraine's Armed Forces

Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Salomon Pro Wings 2 Lifetime Miles:						161.10
Brooks PureCadence 5 Lifetime Miles:						101.85
Brooks Adrenaline 17 Lifetime Miles:						161.85
Brooks Transcend 4 Lifetime Miles:						219.45
Brooks Ravenna 8 Lifetime Miles:						225.10
Brooks PureCadence 6 Lifetime Miles:						188.10
Brooks Launch 4 Lifetime Miles:						107.50
Brooks Glycerin 14 Lifetime Miles:						101.47
Brooks Hyperion Lifetime Miles:						92.13
Brooks Caldera Lifetime Miles:						31.10

Mon, Oct 22, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
6.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.50

6.5 miles easy.

I enabled the weight tracker today. As far as the general population goes, I'm considered a skinny guy. But as far as runners go and especially those running similar and/or faster times than me, I am a fatty! I was easily the fattest guy on the podium at St. George. I ran at a weight of 142-145 in college and now I'm 157. It's just too heavy. I eat too much junk food. My racing times have always been very correlated with my weight, negatively of course.

I weighed about 152 earlier this spring and ran my best races at that time (with TOU Half as the only exception later in the year).

So I figure if I publicly state my goal of being under 150 pounds before New Year's and track my weight online, I will feel more accountability. So feel free to make fun of me if my weight goes up and publicly humiliate me...it will help motivate me.

Mizuno Wave Alchemy Miles: 6.50

Weight: 157.40

Comments

From ACorn on Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 18:51:36 from 174.239.64.183

Fatso! Just kidding, how tall are you?

From RileyCook on Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 19:08:19 from 65.130.83.218

Not tall enough to weigh 157! I'm 5'10".

From AngieB on Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 19:17:41 from 65.130.86.238

If your fat then I'm a lardo. I truly feel like the lardo compared to all these skinny distance girls. Hey were mid distance runners so it's ok.

From ACorn on Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 20:00:52 from 24.2.76.146

I have a similar goal, I need to drop 10 too. I'm 6' 160

From Ben VanBeekum on Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 20:17:27 from 216.206.44.14

Ha ha ha ha!!

From RileyCook on Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 08:18:22 from 132.3.57.68

Angie, I don't know what you're talking about; you're quite lean!

ACorn, you'll see vast improvements in your times if you get down 10 pounds.

Ben, you got as much work to do, if not more than me fatty! haha

From Ben VanBeekum on Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 12:06:02 from 137.190.214.79

Riley I might be a fatty. But, wait for it.......

Ken has big balls!

From Steve on Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 07:00:47 from 66.87.66.103

I dont think dieting is going to help that.

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