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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
Race: SLCTC Winter 5K (3.107 Miles) 00:15:06, Place overall: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.750.000.003.609.35

SALT LAKE TRACK CLUB WINTER SERIES 5K

Amy and I dropped the girls off at my parents' house, where my brother Denver was kind enough to watch them for us. Then we met Steve, Albert, and Dave at the Park 'N Ride and were on our way to SaltAir. We checked in, use the bathroom and did our warmup (3.5-ish with 0.5 at 5:40 pace).

At the start line I did a few strides and wasn't feeling so great. But, I figured I'd be fine once we got going. The body knows what to do when it's racetime even if it doesn't feel up to doing it. The gun went off and I got out quite quickly. Jason was right on my heels and we came through the 1k in 2:54. That was a bit too quick, so I slowed it down some. We came through the mile in 4:44. Still a tad quite, but most of it was from that first 1k so I tried to just keep that speed. 

A bit after the mile Jason's breathing became more faint and I could tell he'd dropped back a few meters. At the turn, I had an ok-sized lead, but there was TONS of dudes within striking distance. So, I knew I needed to keep at it. I ran mile two in 4:50. I could no longer hear Jason and figured as long as I didn't slow down the race was mine. With about 1/4 mile to go, I turned and saw the chase pack but had enough distance to where I could coast in a tad and be fine. So, I kind of gave in to the pain and slowed a bit the last quarter. I know, that's kind of weak-minded and a bad habbit. Mile three was 4:52 and the last tenth was at 4:58 pace.

At the finish I turned and saw that Jason, Scott, and Bryant were closing like freight trains and were closer than I thought they'd be considering where they were with a quarter to go. I wished I had be able to watch their last half mile; it sounds like it was a good battle.

After Jake finished he asked if I wanted to do some 200s. I said, "Sure". Then Rob said, "Riley if someone asks you to do 200s right after a 5k race you don't say sure"! Dave and Jason joined us as well and we ran four 200s off one minute rest. Mine were 31, 30, 30, 28. On the last one Jason showed off his wheels and I'll tell you what I don't want that guy anywhere near me with 100 meters to go, because he can straight fly!

Nice cooldown after with same guys and also Keate and Poulsen. 

Great day for the Ogden Crew with five of the top eight spots (Me 1st, Jason 2nd, Bryant 4th, Steve 6th, and Dave 8th) all under 16 minutes. And my dear wife ran fantastic today with 19:04, another 20 seconds faster than her 5k in November. She's making great progress and I'm super proud of her.

Brooks Ravenna 5 Miles: 5.74Brooks Racer ST5 Miles: 3.61
Weight: 149.60
Comments
From jtshad on Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 15:03:19 from 69.20.183.178

Congrats on a strong race and the win.

From Sasha Pachev on Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 16:29:10 from 72.250.218.114

Congratulations on the win!

From Josh E on Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 17:54:58 from 75.162.251.201

You are the man Riley. Nice seeing you today. That Ogden crew is gloriously deep.

From SlowJoe on Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 18:07:26 from 66.69.93.8

Really well done so soon after Houston, nice going Riley.

From Matt Poulsen on Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 18:29:48 from 50.168.224.197

Very nice Riley! Without being on the tail end of your illness, you would have easily gone under 15.

From CollinAnderson on Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 18:43:27 from 70.208.26.209

Great race! It's amazing how easily that 15:05 came for you. Sounds like you easily had sub-15 in you if you needed it. Consider me impressed!

From allie on Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 18:57:28 from 174.27.255.112

great race, win, and CR, and a special congrats on the fast post-race 200s.

From scottkeate on Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 23:52:45 from 98.202.116.66

You looked great today! Awesome race! And the fact that you haven't been feeling well makes it even more impressive to me. Good things ahead for you!

The Ogden Project showed up fiercely today lead by coach Riley Salazar :-)

From Superfly on Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 09:34:24 from 74.211.21.81

Good job man. That's smoking. And considering you were sick last week. Raced a half, traveled and did a 20 miler on Wednesday. Plus was the winner in a loaded field. youdaman

From josse on Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 11:54:49 from 70.208.20.245

Wow great job and congrats on the win.

From SpencerSimpson on Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 13:12:20 from 166.137.209.41

Very Nice W. Took it out hard and that was the difference today. Made It Happen.

From Fritz on Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 13:57:47 from 50.79.68.141

wow, great race Riley. You are setting the standard for the 5K. Lots of good things to come this year for you.

From Matt Schreiber on Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 20:16:45 from 66.17.105.52

Great race Riley. Congrats on the win! Sounds like you've had a heck of a couple weeks and showed off your toughness. Very impressive.

From Jake K on Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 20:22:43 from 67.177.11.154

Solid run Riley. Thanks for jumping in on those 200s afterwards. You didn't even hesitate! :-)

From Steve Shepherd on Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 09:42:29 from 168.180.139.110

Great start to the year! Keep rolling!

From Rachelle on Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 09:51:47 from 199.190.170.21

Awesome race Riley! Congratulations on the win amongst some great competition. Lots of good things to come for both you and Amy in 2014.

From RileyCook on Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 14:05:35 from 172.56.5.99

Thanks everyone. It was a fun race and I was grateful to run well. I try to never take a win for granted especially against solid competition. I appreciate everyone's support!

From Jason D on Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 15:21:49 from 24.1.80.94

A fine start to the year, Riley. Well done.

From Janae on Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 00:56:45 from 67.166.66.94

Congrats Riley on the win this past weekend! Ken and I admire your dedication to the sport and it is so fun to see your hard work pay off! I still remember seeing you out for a late morning run in college and you making me swear that I wouldn't tell anyone I saw you. You said "I have a reputation to uphold"...meaning you slightly resisted the appearance of caring enough to put in the extra work. Now look at you. My, how you've grown up. ;-)

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