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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
7.700.004.001.0012.70

THRESHOLD REPS 2-2-1

I met up with Jason, Dave, and Albert at Smith's on Harrison and we warmed up on Glassman Way over to the South Ogden tempo loop. The plan was 3x2-mile. But, we found out very early on that it was going to be tough to hit times with the wind. There was an 18 mph wind from the north. So, the first mile of the reps was fast with tailwind and then the second mile was a death march into the wind to finish.

First rep I ran 4:50/5:03 for a 9:54. The wind seemed to get worse in the second rep as the gap from the first mile to second got even larger 4:48/5:06 for another 9:54. I didn't have the fortitude today to do another rep into that nasty wind plus Jason was on a time crunch. So, we decided to cut the third rep to a mile. It was wind-aided and I ran a 4:35.

I'm pretty happy with this workout. I feel like I'm slowly gaining fitness.

Weight: 151.60
Comments
From Steve Shepherd on Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 10:12:20 from 168.180.139.110

That is some very fast running! If you ran 4:35 on that last mile after 4 hard miles, you probably could have gone under 4:10 if you had gone all out on your first mile. That's pretty dang good even if it is wind aided.

From Matt Poulsen on Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 10:13:43 from 174.52.216.185

Very impressive, Riley! Nice work!

From Holt on Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 12:25:21 from 67.2.243.253

Slowly gaining fitness! Nice work... Merry Christmas.

From SpencerSimpson on Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 13:30:49 from 69.148.209.32

Nice effort with the northern crew Riley. Love the sub 10's. You've had a great and fun year. Enjoy the holidays brother.

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