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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
Thu, Aug 15, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.630.000.005.0016.63

AM: MILE REPEATS

I met up with Bryant and Ken at the Dee and we warmed up three miles over into South Ogden to the "tempo loop" over there.  Bryant has been sick and wasn't sure how well he'd do this morning so he ran the first one easier and Ken was shooting for 5:15, so I was on my own. I wanted to do 5-6 reps at 4:55 or faster with 2:00 jog for rest (ended up being 2:20 as I split the difference with Ken, so he'd get 2:00 rest).  Bryant ended up doing the 2nd and 4th ones with me to help me out a bit with pace even though he didn't feel particularly fresh.  My stomach started hurting a bit on the second one and got worse with time.  By the end of the fourth I wasn't sure if I'd even finish the fifth one.  But I did manage to do five reps at a 4:53 average.  Splits 4:55 4:51 4:54 4:52 4:52

PM: 4.05 miles easy pushing girls in jogger and running with Amy.  Too much smoke in the air, I don't like it! 

Saucony Fastwich 6 Miles: 12.58Adidas Supernova Sequence Miles: 4.05
Weight: 150.80
Comments
From Jake K on Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 11:12:53 from 67.177.11.154

Such a simple "old-school" workout, but so effective. One of my favorites. Tried and true, always provides a good stimulus.

From Dave Olson on Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 12:24:24 from 75.163.217.144

Nice run. Sad I missed it. Way to knock out two killer workouts in a week while hitting so high mileage.

From SpencerSimpson on Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 12:55:30 from 63.82.19.2

good push through the GI. You yankees up north do great work :)

From RileyCook on Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 16:05:29 from 132.3.57.80

Thanks guys.

Spencer: It wasn't my typical GI issues. I didn't feel like I would fill my shorts unless I stopped, but rather my stomach just ached and was sour (may have been that expired chocolate milk from Tuesday)! I probably could've done one more but my stomach just hurt and it was super uncomfortable.

From Derek D on Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 14:09:02 from 70.184.123.81

Nice workout Riley. You are in fantastic shape. Keep up the good work.

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