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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
5.331.001.000.007.33

7.33 miles @ 6:37 avg pace.  This morning was rough.  This is the worst I've felt on a run in quite sometime.  My resting heart rate this morning was about 6 beats higher than normal, meaning I'm fatigued and may be headed for sickness.  I planned a 4-mile tempo this morning and still tried to do it.  The first mile was 5:47 uphill into a very strong headwind.  The effort felt sub-5:00, it was a brutal mile.  Mile two was 5:15, this was substantially easier than the first mile (1/4 of it was still uphill into wind, then flat with crosswind).  After the second mile I felt so fatigued that I called off the other two miles of the tempo.  On the way back, I felt so tired that I was struggling to hit 7:15.  I guess I need some rest. 

Afterward I did 6-minute ab workout.

Asics 2170 (Newer) Miles: 7.33
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Jake K on Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 09:29:04 from 155.100.226.54

when the HR shoots up like that for no good reason, its usually a good sign to back off the intensity a bit. Probably a good call to only go 2 miles on the tempo.

From scottkeate on Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 10:10:07 from 216.49.181.254

Body is giving you some good feedback that a nap and a good night's sleep may be in the cards. You are a tough runner. Super impressed by your commitment.

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