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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
9.908.000.000.0017.90

AEROBIC BUILDER

We had another decent-sized group this moring with Bret, Jace, Bryant, Dave, and Jon.  It was dark early in the run and we were on the parkway with headlamps.  All of the sudden we heard an animal charging us from out of the bushes.  My first thought was skunk, but then it made a ferocious sound that only a large blood-thirsty animal could make.  I flashed my headlamp at the huge beast and saw not one, but two sets of eyes glowing in the headlamp.  Both creatures were charging but then retreated once I shined them pretty good with my light.  Turns out it was two small cats, on of which was a kitten...haha.  It scared the crap out of all of us though and I said, "Well, no need to warmup anymore more, our heartrates are plenty elevated".  It was pretty funny looking back on it.  We all thought for sure we were going to be attacked.  And in our defense it really did sound like a much larger animal than two small cats when it charged and "roared" at us.

On to the run itself.  Bryant and I ran together again.  We weren't sure how our legs would respond from high mileage and still feeling sluggish from Monday's long run.  But it turned out pretty dang good actually.  8 miles at a 5:11 average.  They all felt really good and in the aerobic range, except for the last one.  Bryant picked that one up to a 5:04 and it was slight uphill into headwind.  I think we left the "aerobic" range on that one, but otherwise all the 5:10-5:13s we threw down felt pretty aerobic.  So, I'm thrilled with it.

PM: 5 miles easy around South Weber.  I've seen the same dime on the road the last 7-8 easy runs I've done in South Weber and today I finally worked up the energy to bend over and pick it up.  It's been there for weeks, if I didn't pick it up how much longer would it have stayed there?

Saucony Fastwich 6 Miles: 12.90Adidas Supernova Sequence Miles: 5.00
Weight: 147.40
Comments
From Dave Olson on Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 09:22:37 from 132.3.57.81

You're sick bro. You are going to kill the St George Marathon!

From mike⇒nelson on Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 11:42:16 from 199.127.123.162

You have to watch out for kittens! Super impressive run.

From Derek D on Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 16:20:58 from 68.109.132.154

Awesome workout Riley. 8 at 5:11 is ridiculous. In the aerobic zone as well. Great stuff.

From Josh E on Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 19:11:04 from 71.213.12.84

The dime would be there at least until your next workout I would guess. Nice training lately. I bought a headlamp for the early morning runs today so I am committed and fully prepared for any feline encounters.

From Matt Poulsen on Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 09:51:32 from 66.7.112.65

Very impressive, Riley! Keep it rollin'! You are very fit. Yes, those ferocious beasts can be intimidating :) And, I love your dime experience; only runners truly understand :)

From SpencerSimpson on Sat, Sep 07, 2013 at 10:58:17 from 63.82.19.2

looking fit brotha. Make it Happen. Nice story on the dime. I think it definitely would have made it through winter...

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