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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

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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
2.100.000.000.002.10

Operation fat, has-been conversion back to elite runner is now commencing.

The long road back begins today! I planned only a mile or two to ease back in. Usually 1-2 miles wouldn't be worth driving to meet others, but I wanted my first run back to be with the crew at the pond.

So Dave and I met Ken, Ben, and Jon midway through their run and did two laps with them. 2.1 miles at 7:26 pace. Lungs burned, muscles burned, but it felt awesome. Knee felt wobbly and weak but pain-free.

After the run, Dave and I did 30 minutes of cross training at base gym and some core.

The path back is going to be slow and gradual and will require a lot of patience. That's going to be hard for me. So, if anyone sees me doing something stupid that doesn't jive with patient and methodical, please call me out on it. Last thing I want is another injury setback.

I'm excited to be back running, eight months is way too long! I feel like the best version of myself when I'm out running daily.

 

 

Brooks Transcend Miles: 2.10
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Ben VanBeekum on Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 11:22:03 from 199.190.170.22

Good to have ya back buddy! I was looking at my blog and looks like alot of swimming and cycling helped me get back quicker then what I expected. Just a thought.

From Trevor Baker on Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 12:02:26 from 155.99.215.153

Good to see you back at it...

From Kendall on Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 13:18:24 from 208.187.252.62

Nice. Welcome back...sort of.

From JPark on Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 13:30:36 from 76.8.212.219

Enjoy the journey building back up! You're smart to approach it slow and methodically. Before you know it you'll be back to your old self blowing everyones' doors off at races.

From RileyCook on Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 17:28:51 from 73.52.134.194

Thanks guys, I appreciate the support!

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