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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

Sat, Apr 13, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
9.07	0.00	0.00	0.00	9.07

9.07 miles easy. I met Bryant and Ken to run an easy run this morning. My knee is holding up ok, but I didn't feel comfortable pushing it much further than this. I think with taking tomorrow off it may be ready for normal training next week; I hope so at least. If I can get a regular week of training in, I may still race SLC next weekend. If not, I may just use the race as a hard effort. It all depends on how my knee holds up. I feel like I've lost a lot of fitness, but hopefully I can get some of it back next week.

Adidas Supernova Sequence Miles: 9.07

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Fritz on Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 13:44:58 from 64.134.229.143

sorry to hear the knee is still acting up. My knee started hurting in late February and rather than laying off it I continued running as much as it would let me because I still wanted to run Boston. But then two weeks ago it completely broke down and now I won't be running Boston and if I don't start seeing improvements soon I may miss a bunch more races this spring, including Ogden. I guess all I am saying is that it's probably more wise to miss one race, especially if it isn't a big race, to allow yourself to heal and to race the rest of the season.

Just my two cents. You know your body best.

From RileyCook on Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 14:48:58 from 65.130.68.80

Yeah Fritz I know this has been a frustrating year for you with your knee.

I am being pretty conservative with it (minus the race last Saturday). I skipped the first half of this week even though it wasn't really painful, but I could still feel it and knew it wasn't ready. If it hurts ever or even if I feel some discomfort I will back it off and take another day off. Tomorrow off should really help out.

Today I noticed it, but it never approached pain or discomfort.

Thanks for the advice though, I will certainly try to play it safe.

From Fritz on Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 15:01:16 from 64.134.229.143

I am sure you are smarter than me but I do feel somewhat obligated to share the little wisdom I have gained through trial and error :)

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