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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

Wed, Oct 02, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
5.25	1.00	0.00	0.00	6.25

6.25 miles easy with two half-mile pickups at MP. I got to sleep in today, which is the first in quite awhile. Then I got up and ran around South Weber. The wind was blowing from three directions this morning, which is annoying. The run felt good and the pickups felt decent.

Leaving tonight for St George. I'm excited about the opportunity to race Saturday at what I consider to be the main event of Utah road racing. I am very optimistic that I will have an excellent race. I've averaged about 20 mpw more in this cycle than any other marathon cycle I've ever done. My weight 3-4 pounds less than at PHX, 5-6 less than Ogden, and 6-7 less than STG last year. I've also logged a very high quantity of sub-5:20 miles. So, I need to remember all this and be confident that Saturday will be a day to remember.

Pearl Izumi EM Road H3 Miles: 6.25

Weight: 146.80

Comments

From jtshad on Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 09:37:34 from 141.221.191.225

Travel safely, have fun and run hard.

From Andrea on Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 09:43:28 from 72.37.171.52

You're ready. Hoping this is the breakthrough marathon for you! You've got the competition, weather, and fitness to make it happen.

From Josh E on Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 10:27:47 from 75.162.202.132

I am very excited for you. I am heading up tonight as well. We'll see you down there.

From Rob Murphy on Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 10:43:58 from 163.248.33.220

My weight is up five pounds from just this Sunday.

From Paul on Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 10:45:21 from 65.114.209.66

You're in amazing shape. Looking forward to seeing how you do.

From Dave Olson on Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 11:11:11 from 132.3.57.82

I have trained with you for the past 2 months and I know you are ready to roll! No Doubt in my mind. Wish I could be in the race with you. You got this, Bring home some hardware!

From Jake K on Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 11:39:27 from 67.177.11.154

I think you've pretty much done everything you could have done to prepare. Its been impressive to watch. Sometimes first hand... a little over a month ago you made a 65:39 HM look absolutely foolish!... and then had a really solid block of marathon-specific training after that.

Best of luck... its gonna be an exciting race.

From Superfly on Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 11:50:54 from 74.211.21.81

And it's looking like it could be some of the coolest and best running weather here in the last 6 years. Friday 69 f and Saturday 72 f. Some years we are 98 F at the expo.

From RileyCook on Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 14:17:03 from 174.52.234.49

Thanks everyone. Your support means a lot and I appreciate each of you and love being a member of this blog.

Dave, you'll be here next year ready to throw down! Enjoy your cut week.

Jake, 65:39 never looks foolish! That's solid. Besides after Indy my 65:16 will look "foolish" to your 64:xx!

Clyde, the weather is looking like it may really cooperate. Look forward to seeing you down there.

Paul, thanks for the encouragement. I've read your 2007 STG report twice now! It's inspiring.

Josh, we'll see ya down there. I'm very excited to see how you do!

Jeff, Andrea, Rob, thanks for the support and comments.

From Dave Taylor on Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 15:39:03 from 50.198.183.21

You are going to be one of the Seven Horsemen of the Apocalypse on Saturday and my kid will be recording it all on camera so I can watch later. This is going to be more exciting than Star Wars!

(In case you are wondering, Fritz, Scott, Matt, Iain, Pepi, Jacob/Zak whichever one is running and maybe Brandon as a Pony of the Apocalypse)

From Matt Poulsen on Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 11:22:37 from 166.137.209.24

Go kill it, Riley! You are ready!

From JPark on Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 20:22:24 from 50.160.19.124

You've earned this. Go get it!

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