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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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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
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Well we're just over a week out until a big race for Riley. You know what that means! It's time to play spin the wheel of sickness and illnesses. That's right, this is where Riley spins the wheel to see which sickness/illness/disease he'll contract before his race this time. This is exciting folks, what will it be? Flu? Cold? Strep? The wheel is slowing down and it's stopped on...Shingles!

That's right Riley you've contracted shingles which means you may wake up looking like this:

With some of this going on too:

Congratulations, and have fun with your race next weekend.

 

No run today.

Weight: 151.00
Comments
From allie on Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:55:35 from 65.130.189.75

oh man, i'm sorry. that is not cool at all. spin the wheel again.

From Amiee on Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 11:09:16 from 155.98.164.36

Oh my, that is awful! I am really glad the photos aren't loading for me though :)

From Amy Cook on Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 11:44:55 from 73.52.134.194

Tell the truth, I gave you a swift punch in the face. Actually shingles is more believable. It's sad there's always something that comes up when we're racing.

From AngieB on Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 13:35:46 from 65.130.92.75

Oh my word! Sorry man that sucks.

From Holt on Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 14:08:58 from 204.113.55.41

What?... Isn't that for 80 year olds? Get feeling better.

Are you coming down this weekend then?

From RileyCook on Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 15:15:41 from 73.52.134.194

Yeah kind of frustrating, but I'm trying to keep a positive attitude and not let it get me down. It is what it is. Hopefully it won't affect my energy levels too much, we'll see.

Allie: Unfortunately, no re-spins. My daughter got pink eye this week and I'm scared a re-spin would just add pink eye to my already swollen eye!

Amiee: The pictures aren't that bad, mostly looks like someone beat up one side of my face a bit and gave me a black eye.

Dave: It mostly is something old people get, usually 60 and over. But the doc told me the earliest they usually see it is 30 years old. You can get it if you've worn down your body and/or your immune system has been or is weak. So it could be a combo of my hard training and that terrible cold I had in Jan, who knows.

But yes we are still coming down and I will still try to run with you guys Saturday if I feel up to it, which I think I should based on how I feel now. Don't worry shingles is not contagious to anyone unless they've never had chicken pox or a vaccination for chicken pox.

From fiddy on Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 15:26:59 from 155.101.96.139

Makes me think of:

http://goo.gl/oh0rOH

From Steve Shepherd on Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 10:35:34 from 168.180.136.241

Bummers!!! Are you sure it isn't something you could have picked up from someone? Didn't Brett F. just have shingles too?

From RileyCook on Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 12:44:44 from 208.54.38.192

Steve, I thought for sure I'd gotten it somehow from Bret but it's not spread like that. You can get chickenpox from someone with shingles but never shingles. http://www.cdc.gov/shingles/about/transmission.html

So it's totally coincidental that we got it a week apart. His wasn't facial either. Not sure which is worse. My eye is even more swollen today. Ken also got shingles last year, must be somewhat common for runners who wear their bodies down.

I haven't tried running yet. I think energy will be a little low but not terrible. We'll see. I'm mostly concerned with my eye. It's in bad shape and shingles can permanently damage your vision.

From Rachelle on Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 13:29:37 from 159.212.71.199

Yikes Riley I am so sorry to hear that. Hang in there.

From Dave Olson on Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 14:39:41 from 98.202.58.72

get healthy bro

From Andrea on Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 15:39:35 from 67.177.11.154

So sorry to hear this! Seems like you can't ever catch a break before a race! Hope you are feeling well again by next weekend and are able to perform at 100%.

From Matt Poulsen on Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 15:58:14 from 50.168.224.197

So sorry, Riley! Does not sound fun. Coincidentally, my wife got shingles this week. Talk about miserable pain and itching! And blistering rashes. Ouch. She's finally improving.

I hope you've been on antiviral medication. That can really help.

Yes, it is more often seen in older people. But, it is becoming more common in the young. One reason is since the chicken pox vaccination is so common now days, all of us are not exposed to the virus as often as we once were. Thus, we adults who had chicken pox as children are developing weakened immunity to the virus, which causes shingles. As you probably know, for those of us who have had chicken pox, the virus lives in our nervous systems forever, just waiting to be re-activated. Comforting thought :) Fortunately, most people don't develop shingles. I'm sorry you did. I've witnessed the misery first-hand this week with my wife.

Get better! I still really feel you can have a great race in PHX!

From Lesley on Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 20:18:11 from 172.250.160.221

Sorry! I just read about Bret Ferrier and his shingles! No fun. Hope you make a fast recovery.

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