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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

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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

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
6.86	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.86

6.86 miles easy. I met Ken at his place to head out for a run on the trails. Nice run; it's very pretty up on the trails this time of year.

I saw the updated circuit standings today and it looks like I may need to race Saturday, which I didn't really want to do. But I'm barely in first place and Ken could pass me by simply showing up on Saturday regardless of where he places.

So I'll likely just show up and try to run hard even though I know I won't place high after two marathons. Not to mention I know Brett Hales, Teren Jameson, Jake, and Ken are racing, so I'm likely just going to get two extra bonus points but that could be the difference in whether I finish first or second. These circuit races are eating up my Saturdays!

Mizuno Wave Alchemy Miles: 6.86

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Jake K on Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 09:28:58 from 155.100.226.191

I'm not racing, but you might need to show up and walk it in just to hold onto first! :-)

From RileyCook on Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 09:37:28 from 65.130.83.218

Yeah I have to at least participate to hold onto first, which kind of sucks. I wanted to sit this one out.

You skipping this one because of your Hammy? I hope you get that healed quickly. Injuries are the worst.

From Jake K on Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 09:59:03 from 155.100.226.191

Yeah, its just not worth taking the chance. I've run through stuff like this before, but if this ended up becoming a real injury, I'd regret it! So I'm trying to be objective and smart. My main disappointment is that I was looking forward to running against Brett and Teren in a race that I wasn't using as a workout like the last couple half-marathons... but oh well, I'm sure there will be plenty of chances next year.

And not that you aren't a worthy opponent in the 5K as well, but I know you'll be lucky to run marathon pace at this point :-)

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