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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
Race: Hot Pursuit 5k (3.107 Miles) 00:16:40, Place overall: 6
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.100.003.110.008.21

I really didn't want to race again today, but I needed to at least show up to hold onto first place in the USATF LDR circuit.  I didn't do much running this week and wasn't really excited for this race.  But I showed up and went through the motions.

I knew taking top three and placing in the money for this race was not going to happen against the likes of Brett, Teren, Ken, Nate, and Ben after having run two marathons.  So when the gun went off I just tried to start easy and ease into something close to 5k pace.  Immediately I was dropped by the aforementioned runners and was 10 seconds back at the mile.  The gap stayed the same in the second mile from me to Nate Ken and Ben.  The third mile I worked hard to make an attempt at passing Ken and Ben (Nate had pulled a bit further ahead).  I got up to Ken and Ben at 2.5 or so and was running right behind them.  Ben was highly motivated and made a surge (I later found out he needed to beat Ken and me to place in the circuit hence the motivation).  I wasn't in the mood to try and cover it; my legs were just tired and I used most of what I had left to catch up to them (the slow start cost me).  So Ben beat me by two seconds and Ken by one. 

Basically, poor race, but I expected that.  The overall mission of holding onto first place in the circuit was accomplished...so good day.  Ken was a bit under the weather and didn't run as well as he is capable of, which helped me too as I believe he may have passed me  for 1st in the circuit with a 2nd or maybe even 3rd place finish today.

Afterward cooled down up a mountain with Ken, Brett, Albert, Ben, and Teren.  Then after that all of us (except for Teren) went to breakfast at some hole in the wall called Big Ed's (the food was good though).

 

Asics 2170 (Newer) Miles: 5.10Saucony Fastwich (Red) Miles: 3.11
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From allie on Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 22:29:46 from 97.117.83.179

crazy three weeks of racing for you! i was (wasn't) surprised to see you there yesterday after your back-to-back marathons. you ran well, all things considered. congrats on the circuit win.

From RileyCook on Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 08:01:21 from 132.3.57.68

Thanks Allie. I definitely didn't want to be there and it showed in my time, but in the end it was fun.

From Jake K on Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 08:40:19 from 155.100.226.191

5K after back to back marathons sounds impossibly hard... that's a pretty good run under the circumstances. Congrats on the overall W!

From Fritz on Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 08:54:37 from 65.116.116.6

Great job winning the circuit and having the guts to run a 5k after back to back marathons. Halloween Half this weekend? I hope not.

From RileyCook on Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 09:11:55 from 132.3.57.68

Thanks guys. Fritz, funny you should ask about Halloween Half, because I'm trying to decide haha. I probably shouldn't run it, but I do have a comp entry...But I feel way out of shape right now.

From Fritz on Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:33:56 from 65.116.116.6

I might do this one in Syracuse because it's flat and it comes with a free entry to Black Island Farms.

http://www.tntrunning.com/index.php/races/halloween-half/details-halloweenharvesthalf

http://www.tntrunning.com/index.php/races/halloween-half/course-halloweenharvesthalf

From RileyCook on Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 12:25:24 from 132.3.57.68

Black Island Farms is a cool place. We went there last Monday and my daughter loved it.

I swear they got the race idea from spying on my conversation last year when I was there. I told my wife they should do a race through the corn like a maze, and now here it is.

From Superfly on Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 21:29:03 from 74.211.21.81

Congrats on winning the circuit. Impressive!

From Steve on Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 07:50:40 from 66.87.66.103

Awesome end to the year. It was fun this year seeing you guys progress. You kind of own all the distances this year from 5k to marathon.

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