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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
9.7512.400.000.0022.15

AM: 5X4K INTERVALS WITH 1K MODERATE REST

I met Ken and Ben at 36th and Harrison. We warmed up 4k and then started our workout. The goal was 5x4k about 10 seconds faster per mile than goal marathon pace with 1k about 60 seconds slower per mile for rest. I wanted to be in the 5:10-5:15 range or 12:50-13:03 per rep. Splits: 13:04, 13:15, 12:54, 13:12, 13:29 for a 13:10.8 avg or 5:18/mile. Including the 4 1k rests I ran 24k or 15-is miles non-stop at 5:26/mile. So, not quite as fast as I had hoped but still solid. Nutrition: I packed the same 16 ounces with two gels mixed in. I drank about 13 ounces throughout, mostly on the rest sections. I got throw-up burps on the third rep, threw up a tiny bit in the 4th, and really struggled keeping it down on the last rep, but managed to finish before it all came up. Not encouraging, but I have quite awhile still to get a nutrition plan that works. I think acid reflux may be at play. Today wasn't caused by mucus like it normally is. Will try an antacid of some sort before next hard workout and/or long run.

PM: 3.5 mile shakeout in the rain, avg pace 6:49/mile. Upon further research, I think I may have exercise-induced acid reflux. I had never heard of it until today, but my symptoms seem to match it. It occurs usually in physically fit adults when they participate in long endurance efforts of 80+ minutes at a moderate to hard effort. Acid from the stomach enters the esophagus causing belches, burning feeling, and sometimes mucus. An journal article I found stated that acid reflux medicines such as Prevacid have been found to help in most cases, though some severe cases may require more drastic measures.

Brooks Transcend 2 Miles: 3.50ASICS DS Trainer 20 Miles: 18.65
Weight: 151.20
Comments
From allie on Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 14:26:03 from 172.58.152.223

nice job on the huge workout. i hope you can figure out the fueling/puke problems. the experimentation period doesn't sound fun but finding a solution is worth the trouble.

From Ben VanBeekum on Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 08:52:19 from 159.212.71.17

Like 30K aint enough mileage for the day. 3.5 more in the afternoon! Now your just showing off. ;)

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