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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.650.006.100.0010.75

FAILED 10-MILE TEMPO/RACE SIMULATION

As I mentioned in my post yesterday, I was going to hop in the WRC 10-miler if Amy didn't go into labor. Well, at 1:30 am, Amy woke me up and by just before 5:00 am this little cutie entered the world:

We named her Nora.

So the race was off. I didn't really plan on running, but a window of opportunity opened to get a run in and I decided to run the race route as a tempo to see where my fitness stood.

I did a 2-mile warmup and then started the tempo. The downhill really hurt! I haven't run any fast downhill since I started running again and I could tell on the steep downhill sections. I got through the first 4.25 miles at 5:20 pace (5:21, 4:56, 5:23, 5:32), but then my GI system told me I had to stop. I did a quick 0.4 mile detour to a restroom and then tried to resume the tempo. I ran the next 1.8-ish miles uphill the beastly hills at a 6:00 average, but then had to stop again as my stomach just wasn't having it. So after that I just called off the rest of the tempo and headed back. So, I didn't really learn anything about my fitness and have no clue how fast I could've run.

So, we're happy to have our new baby with us and both Mom and baby are doing well.

Brooks Pure Cadence 3 Miles: 10.75
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Dave Olson on Sun, Mar 08, 2015 at 09:28:40 from 63.248.174.168

Congrats again!

From Jason D on Sun, Mar 08, 2015 at 09:56:17 from 68.80.27.222

Congratulations to you both!

From Fritz on Sun, Mar 08, 2015 at 13:52:00 from 173.8.89.205

Congrats to you and your wife!

From allie on Sun, Mar 08, 2015 at 16:32:42 from 73.207.133.226

congrats, riley and amy. i like her name.

From steve ash on Sun, Mar 08, 2015 at 17:31:30 from 65.130.146.32

Congratulations Riley. Adorable baby and great name also. You must be very proud.

From RileyCook on Sun, Mar 08, 2015 at 20:46:10 from 73.52.134.194

Thanks everyone! We're grateful that she's here and especially that's she healthy!

From Steve Shepherd on Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 08:46:05 from 168.180.136.206

Congratulations! I hope that she doesn't keep you up too much. Those little critters are so much fun and well worth it, but as you know they can really wear you down and hinder your training!

From Matt Schreiber on Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 17:50:06 from 66.17.102.175

Awesome Riley! Congrats to all of you. Adorable baby and name!

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