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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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Brooks Launch 4 Lifetime Miles: 107.50
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Brooks Caldera Lifetime Miles: 31.10
Thu, Jul 04, 2013
Race: Freedom Festival 5k (3.107 Miles) 00:15:46, Place overall: 3
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.660.000.003.118.77

FREEDOM FESTIVAL 5K

Well this went about as good as I can expect with where my current fitness is and with the mileage I've done this week leading into the race.

The race started and I was in about 6th or so for the first half mile. Then I pulled even with Brett hales and Jon nelson just before the mile. First mile was 4:53.

Then they gapped me on the second mile and I got passed too so I was fourth. Mile 2 4:59.

now you start the climb. The race has a net overall elevation gain. I passed the third place guy powering up the hill and then tried to finish strong. mile three was 5:15.

Pearl Izumi EM Road N1 Miles: 8.77
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From runningafterbabies on Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 12:18:25 from 71.195.218.252

Nice job moving into third at the end. It's a brutal uphill finish!

From Jake K on Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 12:24:36 from 174.251.19.211

Pretty solid. Winning time was ~14:30? Wowzers!

From RileyCook on Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 13:31:17 from 208.54.5.213

Jake, that wasn't a legit time. Chip malfunction. Jon was first, Brett second, and I was third.

From AngieB on Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 13:57:25 from 174.255.144.251

Nice race Riley! Way to hang tough at the end.

From Dave Taylor on Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 14:04:35 from 174.23.77.225

Zippy race today! Wish I hadn't showed up late :]

From mike⇒nelson on Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 07:48:14 from 68.112.111.234

Sounds like a fun race. Sorry I missed it. Nice work.

From MarkP on Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 09:30:36 from 75.169.8.9

Way to get into the money!

From Matt Poulsen on Sat, Jul 06, 2013 at 21:28:38 from 98.202.242.213

Great job, Riley. As you know, you've got a lot more in those legs. It will come. Nice work.

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