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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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to Ukraine's Armed Forces

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

Tue, Oct 08, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
12.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.50

AM: 8.25 miles easy and early with Dave and my brother Denver (who ran the first five with us). I feel pretty good, even like I could get back to normal training. But, I'll stay on the safe side and go easy for the whole week.

Lunchtime: 4.25 more miles easy with Dave at lunch on the base perimeter road.

Adidas Supernova Sequence Miles: 4.25	Pearl Izumi EM Road M3 Miles: 8.25

Weight: 150.60

Comments

From Josh E on Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 11:46:46 from 205.235.104.4

Did the DOD reopening get you back to work?

From RileyCook on Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 12:25:17 from 132.3.57.78

Yes it did! Thankfully. Thanks for asking and checking in though, I appreciate it. It was stressful last week.

From Josh E on Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 13:31:53 from 205.235.104.4

Good to hear! Way to bounce back after the marathon.

From RileyCook on Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 13:44:00 from 208.54.5.146

Yeah I think the fact that I started conservative and then was never really able to get to my planned pace as I kept slowing and re-starting, really helped my legs to not get wrecked. My effort/pace ended up being like 95% even though I planned on 100%. I think that may be why I feel good. I've been a lot more wrecked after some halves this year.

I saw you got out today. Looks like you're feeling ok too.

From Josh E on Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 13:58:49 from 205.235.104.4

This is the best I've felt after a marathon. I've also never felt as motivated to get back at it and go after some aggressive goals.

From RileyCook on Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 15:21:38 from 132.3.57.78

That's good to hear. I certainly think you have a lot more in you, you're just scratching the surface.

From Andrea on Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 16:10:35 from 72.37.171.52

You two should jump on the CIM bandwagon!

From RileyCook on Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 16:38:59 from 132.3.57.81

Andrea, I'm actually considering it. I was supposed to be in Indy for work for the whole month of December until the 22nd. But now that may not happen (delayed until maybe April, which would suck for my Boston race).

So if that doesn't happen and I don't have to be in Indy for work, then I very likely will try out CIM. I have a marathon PR appetite that didn't get fulfilled last weekend and a goal that still needs accomplishing.

From Josh E on Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 16:43:15 from 63.226.66.73

The CIM is for those with much higher aspirations than I have. I will leave it for the Rileys, Fritzs and allies of the blog.

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