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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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I am a Generation Ucan elite athlete

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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

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Probably going to take another day off. My knee is still sore/swollen, but it feels better than yesterday. It kills me to skip two days of training (at least, if not more), but the long-term view is more important here.

If the knee feels better I will try an easy run tomorrow and if all goes well then I may still try to run the half marathon on Saturday, we'll see.

Weight: 153.60

Comments

From Fritz on Thu, Apr 04, 2013 at 21:07:30 from 67.177.4.64

Is it in the knee cap or on the inside or outside of the knee? I certainly hope you aren't a candidate for the ITBS club. Use that roller and ice.

From runningafterbabies on Thu, Apr 04, 2013 at 21:34:04 from 208.54.5.184

I'm so sorry Riley. A couple days off won't affect your fitness, it just drives you mentally insane. Hang in there.

From RileyCook on Fri, Apr 05, 2013 at 13:40:06 from 65.130.68.80

Fritz: It's above the knee, like the very top portion of the patella that hurts and also in the surrounding area there. But feels like it's on top of the knee cap. I think it's just inflammation.

Melody: Thanks, you're right it won't affect my fitness, but it drives me crazy!

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