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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
Race: Draper Days 5K (3.11 Miles) 00:15:25, Place overall: 4
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.920.003.110.009.03

DRAPER DAYS 5K

Well I woke up at 4:45 to get ready and meet Ben at the Park and Ride to drive down to Draper.  Both of us were way tired and weren't sure how up to racing we felt.  Once we got there we noticed it was going to be a pretty packed field today.  We ran into Albert and the three of us warmed up together.

Once the race got started I settled into about 5:00 pace on the first mile.  I was surprised to see I was in 9th place a half mile into the race, despite running 5-minute pace.  In front, running five abreast were Teren, Jamal, Ben, Fritz, and Albert.  Slightly behind them were Ken, Steve, and Nate.  I passed Steve around 3/4 mile in and was in 8th at the mile. Mile One 5:00

Right at the mile you turn and head West and it's a decent downhill.  I started feeling really good and made a move. I passed Albert in the next half mile.  We turned and started heading north and I was gaining on Ben and Fritz.  Right before mile two I passed those two at the same time.  Fritz looked like he was tempted to latch on and come with me, so I threw in a quick surge to discourage it (sorry Fritz).  I was now in 5th and closing on Nate and Ken. Mile Two 4:50

Nate moved up and passed Ken in front of me, Ken tried to go with him but just didn't have it.  I passed Ken seconds after that and moved into 4th where I would stay.  I was only about three seconds back of Nate but he started moving really well.  We made the turn back East again and now had to finish uphill as it was a loop course with the start and finish right next to each other.  Nate snuck a peak and saw me a few seconds back and decided to build a lead since I outkicked him last time.  He ended up beating me by about 8 seconds I think.  He told me after the race I had put the fear of God in him after last race so he really ran hard to build the lead and discouage me attempting a kick; it worked I was too far out of range to attempt one.  Mile Three 5:05 and final .11 in 31 seconds or 4:52 pace.

Total time 15:25 

I was very happy with this race as it's substantially better than I was running three weeks ago.  I cooled down with Ben, Nate, and Albert.  And later hung out with those guys and Fritz.  Good times.

Asics 2170 (Newer) Miles: 5.92Saucony Fastwich (Red) Miles: 3.11
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From fiddy on Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 12:07:00 from 174.23.135.116

Ha you made it sound like you had bad race when I spoke to you. Nice race.

From JPark on Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 12:27:23 from 174.52.34.169

Great race Riley! Congrats on the nice time, that's smoke'n! It's looking like you're getting right back on track with your training.

From Jake K on Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 14:17:21 from 184.167.8.115

Very nice race Riley!

From allie on Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 14:27:56 from 174.23.135.116

nice race, riley. that was quite the field today.

From scottkeate on Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 17:53:20 from 71.199.4.146

Great race with a tough field of runners. You're looking really strong. Keep it up!

From MarkP on Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 21:25:24 from 75.162.220.132

5:05 mile three...Nice!

From Collin94 on Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 10:11:21 from 77.169.48.115

Nice, race! Good closing speed for the last mile, keep up the good racing. :-)

From RileyCook on Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 21:49:03 from 65.130.95.93

Thanks everyone. This was definitely a step in the right direction.

From Superfly on Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 15:27:47 from 74.211.21.81

Smoked it! Good job.

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