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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
5.100.000.000.005.10

5.1 miles easy. Plan was 12-15 miles to get back on track for Boston training, but knee HURTS. I had to cut run short. I went to gym after and did a long core workout.

I would say with how much my knee hurt I may have to take the rest of the week off again and really hit the therapy hard. If I can't get a decent week of workouts next week I think I'll have to call off Boston.

I'm frustrated, but am looking at this as optimistically as I can. The timing isn't terrible. If you're going to have to layoff for an injury, right after a marathon is as ideal as you can get, as it lets the rest of the leg fully recover and rest up as well. Also, imagine how much more frustrating it would be if I was coming off a bad marathon race. At least I was fortunate enough to run a really good race before this. For that I'm grateful.

I can't think of any cross training I could do that doesn't affect the knee, as it hurts when it bends. So I guess I will stick to some core workouts in the meantime and really buckle down in eating well.

Brooks Ravenna 5 Miles: 5.10
Weight: 152.40
Comments
From Steve Shepherd on Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 10:07:55 from 168.180.136.241

Way to keep a good attitude. I really hope it gets better soon. I would really like to see you have another great race in Boston!

From Rachelle on Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 10:40:52 from 159.212.71.69

Hang in there Riley. I'm proud of you for realizing and acknowledging it's bad enough to not just run through.

Rowing? swimming...pool running? Basket weaving? That's all I got.

From AngieB on Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 13:23:04 from 67.128.146.68

Sorry to hear this. Maybe get a appt w scharmann and see if a cortisone shot will help.

From SpencerSimpson on Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 19:01:34 from 67.137.129.50

get that knee better brotha. I need you to be partying with me in BeanTown! MIH ;)

From jtshad on Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 08:03:14 from 141.221.191.225

I hope that your knee continues to improve to allow you to train again for Boston. Would love to see you rock it. But you have a very positive perspective on the injury and are a smart runner who knows the right thing to do.

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