Everything Counts

Des News Half Marathon

Recent EntriesHomeJoin Fast Running Blog Community!PredictorHealthy RecipesRileyCook's RacesFind BlogsMileage BoardTop Ten Excuses for Missing a RunTop Ten Training MistakesDiscussion ForumRace Reports Send A Private MessageWeek ViewMonth ViewYear View
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
201220132014201520162017
15% off for Fast Running Blog members at St. George Running Center!

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

I am supported by Brooks

I am a Generation Ucan elite athlete

Click to donate
to Ukraine's Armed Forces
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: Des News Half Marathon (13.109 Miles) 01:06:25, Place overall: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.730.0013.110.0020.84

AM: DES NEWS HALF MARATHON

It was an early start to the day.  I woke up at 2:30, got ready, and then met my Mom and Ben at the park n ride in South Weber.  We caught the buses at Rice Eccles and got to the starting line with 1.5 hours to spare (I hate how early they bus you up there and then make you wait).  Did a 2-mile warmup with Ben and Josh and found a secret bathroom during this time too of course!

The race started and Brett, Fritz, and I came gunning out of the gates.  First mile was 4:34 with a lot of downhill.  After that Fritz fell back a bit and it was just Brett and me for the rest of the canyon.  We ran virtually side by side up until just after mile 7.  Then, I just hit a wall.  I went from sub-5:00s to 5:1xs in no time.  I think I still have some residual fatigue in my legs from Bryce.  Miles 8-13.1 were a grind, I just didn't have any juice.  Brett pulled away quite easily and the rest was pretty uneventful, just me plugging along at a slower pace running in and out of slow 10k runners.  I really wanted to hit 1:05:xx, but I just didn't have it today.

But, the time was still decent and I can't complain about 2nd place either.

Splits: 434 448 454 (14:51 5k) 455 454 449 (29:57 at 10k) 449 509 502 514 517 516 527 and 535 pace for last bit.

It was awesome seeing so many friends and bloggers at the finish.  Just about everyone was there...good times.  The 10k had quite the deep field and I was a little jealous I wasn't part of that competitive beast, sounds like it was a battle.

PM: 4 miles easy pushing the kids in the jogger and running with Amy on the Riverdale Parkway.  All in all a pretty productive mandatory furlough day from work.

Adidas Supernova Sequence Miles: 4.00Pearl Izumi EM Road N1 Miles: 16.84
Weight: 153.00
Comments
From runningafterbabies on Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 10:32:10 from 174.52.130.66

Nice job - especially coming only 10 days out from Bryce. Well done!

From Jake K on Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 10:44:05 from 67.177.11.154

Quite a stretch of races in the past 10 days. I'm SURE there is still some residual fatigue from Bryce. Probably not enough to manifest itself in a 5K/10K, but definitely in the half marathon.

All of this will pay off. You'll set yourself up for a great marathon this fall.

Good run today.

From Matt Poulsen on Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 12:00:12 from 98.202.242.213

Great race today. Nice time! There is no question you still have Bryce in your legs. As you know, a race like Bryce takes a few weeks to recover from. You definitely would have seen 1:05:xx with fresh legs. Strong work.

From Josh E on Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 14:35:43 from 75.169.31.22

Nice hanging out with you for a bit Riley, and great racing!

From Brandon on Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 15:46:53 from 160.7.242.251

Nice hanging with you today... in the car on the ride back to our vehicles haha ;). Great race Riley, congratulations!

From Rob Murphy on Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 15:56:45 from 24.10.249.165

Always good racing across the board at Des News. Just being in the mix is tough. Congratulations on another great effort.

From AngieB on Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 16:01:11 from 65.130.95.10

Nice race Riley! I looked down the hill at the first and it was cool to see you flying.

From SpencerSimpson on Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 17:18:16 from 63.82.19.2

fantastic time and place today. Mission accomplished. Your fitness is awesome and you are definitely going to be strong come Oct.

From Red Leader on Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 18:04:04 from 74.211.21.36

That's a impressive time!

From Fritz on Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 22:15:55 from 67.177.4.64

Good to see you at the start then for quite awhile from behind. You and Brett made those early fast miles look effortless. That sub 1:05 will fall next year, if you choose to run it again.

From mike⇒nelson on Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 07:35:10 from 98.202.168.196

That's fast 10k split for a half! Nice work.

From Kendall on Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 12:12:36 from 208.187.252.10

Well-done Riley. 4:34 mi one!? Good to see you running so well. Love reading the battles out there on Saturday. Congrats!

From Jason D on Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 17:32:05 from 24.1.80.94

Some really great racing the last two weeks, Riley. That 10k split is intimidating! As I am reading through many of the reports, placing high means a lot given that everyone comes for a day at the races.

Add Your Comment.
  • Keep it family-safe. No vulgar or profane language. To discourage anonymous comments of cowardly nature, your IP address will be logged and posted next to your comment.
  • Do not respond to another person's comment out of context. If he made the original comment on another page/blog entry, go to that entry and respond there.
  • If all you want to do is contact the blogger and your comment is not connected with this entry and has no relevance to others, send a private message instead.
Only registered users with public blogs are allowed to post comments. Log in with your username and password or create an account and set up a blog.
Debt Reduction Calculator
Featured Announcements
Lone Faithfuls
(need a comment):
Recent Comments: