Rob Murphy

April 18, 2024

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Location:

Salt Lake City,

Member Since:

Feb 11, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

I had some success in high school and college. Winner 1985 Rod Dixon Run

Had a fair amount of success as a Masters runner for most of my 40s.

Short-Term Running Goals:

Have fun with running, explore more trails, stay healthy.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running and racing consistently for as long as I can. Find what is sustainable for me over the long run.

Personal:

I teach AP European History and other courses at Alta High School. I coached the track and cross country teams at Alta for 16 years.

Married, two kids - Abby and Andy

My Twitter @murphy_rob

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	58.50	Year:	468.47

Tue, Feb 17, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.00

I messed up my back lifting yesterday and it just got worse during the night. We'll see how it goes.

I surprised myself with a good run tonight. I'm really sore and achy from my lifting yesterday and maybe a little residual from Saturday's race. Just generally sore, achy, and beat up feeling. But Ann and the kids went to an activity at church tonight which I opted out of - giving me time to run. Ended up with a nice 10 miler feeling better each mile. Didn't ever dip below 7:45 pace, so a nice recovery run.

Perfect crisp, clear evening with a beautiful sunset. Wished I could have just kept running west.

Spent some time tonight looking at the blogs of lots of the people who used to post here daily and don't anymore. I know some of them still run, but for some others it seems like running was just filling a temporary void in their life. They were really into it and flamed out. Need to keep an even keel. Anyway, I miss lots of them.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00	Calories: 0.00

Comments

From Jon on Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 20:22:26 from 107.203.52.135

One reason to come back to Gvl- you get far, far more snow days than you do in Utah. smh

From Rob Murphy on Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 20:35:15 from 24.10.247.181

I was checking out the weather earlier�a LOT colder in Greenville today. Maybe better skiing up in Boone than here too?

From james (runmehappy) on Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 09:17:56 from 50.203.76.218

Rob, I have been on the blog for a shorter time than you, but I have noticed it has changed in the last two years. I hope some of those folks come back, or things ramp up a little on here in the coming months.

From Jake K on Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 10:10:06 from 159.212.71.199

The skiing is not better in Boone than here. Ullr is mad at you for even suggesting that! :-)

From Jason D on Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 10:14:30 from 68.80.27.222

I often find old blogs and think, what happened to them? I hate to think of time when I am not on the blog. I wouldn't be the runner I am without it. Of course, it's also a great place to goof off when you should be working. Which reminds me . . .

From Jake K on Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 10:20:24 from 159.212.71.199

If given the choice between running or run-blogging, I would hope people would choose actually running. But it is nice to have a record if you have to time to do it, something to reflect back on. The other night Andrea and I were looking at our blog posts from Winter 2010-2011 on W&B and I was really glad that I took the time to document that season so well (who knows if we'll ever get one like that again?!) because it brought back a lot of really, really good memories.

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