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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

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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
Tue, Jan 01, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.738.000.000.0010.73

AEROBIC BUILDER

We got an awesome group out this morning for an aerobic builder.  I met up with Ken, Jace, Jon, Bryant, Hales, and Ben at the 21st street exit.  We warmed up two miles and then did an 8-mile aerobic builder.  During the first mile Ken told the story of when he and I met Mike Tyson in Las Vegas at Fat Burger and how he and Tyson had a bonding moment, thanks to my Coca-Cola Classic!  After 5 miles there wasn't a ton of conversation, just a few comments here and there.

The pace was quite brisk, we averaged 5:36 for 8 miles.  It was fun to run with everyone and it was a great start to 2013!  Happy New Year's y'all!

My mileage for 2012 ended up being 2611 miles.  In 2011 it was 2067 miles.  So I increased my mileage by just over 25%.  My goal for 2013 is going to be 3200 miles.

Saucony Progrid Guide 5 Miles: 10.73
Weight: 152.80
Comments
From Ben VanBeekum on Tue, Jan 01, 2013 at 13:04:29 from 67.169.244.46

Great Run today. I blame Ken for my dropping back after 5 miles. Had me laughing to early in the run, wasted all my energy! haha! Glad to be out again with the boys. Solid group for sure. It would be great if we can get all of us to do the USATF circuit this year!

From Matt Poulsen on Tue, Jan 01, 2013 at 16:50:13 from 98.202.242.213

Great job Riley! Definitely a great way to start the New Year! You are in amazing shape. You guys have an awesome group. Big results for you guys to come in 2013! I'd love to hear the whole Mike Tyson story some time.

From RileyCook on Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 09:16:26 from 132.3.57.68

Ben, it's totally Ken's fault!

Matt, the Tyson story is good stuff! One day if we ever get to run with you guys we'll tell it to you. Nice job on your mileage, I wish I had the determination to get mine up higher!

From SpencerSimpson on Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 16:37:54 from 173.10.25.110

Riley, I am excited for you to do PHX. Good choice in my opinion also between the two. I feel you will do fine in either, but I think you will do better in PHX. You are definitely primed and ready for a breakout marathon performance. I am hopeful as others on here have expressed that you get over this sick bug quickly. Hopefully you dont tease your body too much with trying to "hurry up" your recovery. Be wise my friend. Look forward to seeing you down there...maybe sooner :)

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