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Pleasant View 5k

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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

I am supported by Brooks

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

Sat, Jun 27, 2015

Race: Pleasant View 5k (3.107 Miles) 00:14:48, Place overall: 1

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
17.89	0.00	0.00	3.11	21.00

PLEASANT VIEW 5K

I picked up Ken at 4:30 and we headed out to Pleasant View. We met Jon and ran all over the area, signed up for the race, met Ben, and then warmed up some more. I did 14.3 miles for the warmup at 7:12/mile pace. Then we did the race. My legs were wanting to be done before we even started. They complained mightily on the pre-race strides. But once the race started they fell in line and did their job.

The first mile is on a dirt canal road and is basically flat with a couple steep, quick up and downs. I got out quite quickly in 4:44. Mile two is VERY aided. I ran that in 4:37. Mile three has a net drop, but two decent hills mixed in. Here is where my legs were just too heavy to run as quickly as I wanted them. I managed a 5:01. Then the last tenth is VERY aided again and I ran that at 4:27 pace to finish 1st place in 14:48.

After Ken, Ben, and I ran another 3.6 miles to make it 21 miles on the day. Then we collected our winnings and had a great pancake breakfast that came with the race. Pleasant View 5k is a wonderful, small-town race that provides good value. I had a fun time.

Brooks Pure Cadence 4 Miles: 4.00	Brooks Adrenaline 15 Miles: 17.00

Weight: 154.40

Comments

From Fritz on Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 10:40:17 from 24.10.188.3

A 14 mile warm up and then a sub 15 minute 5k! Oh wow. Nice job.

From RileyCook on Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 10:52:48 from 73.52.134.194

Thanks Fritz, but I do have to place an asterisk on the sub-15 since it was aided. But, yeah I am happy with it, given the pre-race miles. Hopefully stuff like this will teach my legs and mind to not wuss out late in marathons.

From Holt on Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 13:15:56 from 67.2.233.231

Dang...! Good to see the wheels are still there!

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 13:18:40 from 24.10.247.181

Ohhh�that's fast!

From Dave Taylor on Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 15:48:54 from 50.186.108.171

Smoke

Ing

From Ryan Achatz on Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 17:30:22 from 207.108.62.11

Nice! Very impressive on tired legs!

From steve ash on Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 17:05:49 from 67.2.75.218

Pretty sweet. I can only dream going that fast..

From Steve on Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 20:33:31 from 66.87.127.117

That's a good time. Looking strong this summer.

From jtshad on Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 13:04:55 from 141.221.191.225

Wow, what a time. Super fast 5k in the middle of a 21 mile day is so impressive.

From allie on Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 13:40:03 from 24.99.46.55

lots o' miles + a very fast race. that's a great day of running!

From scottkeate on Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 09:39:42 from 166.137.8.112

Not too shabby! :)

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