Rob Murphy

March 29, 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: 31.75 Month: 142.00 Year: 396.22
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.250.000.000.0016.25

Stuff that I re-read. It could also be called a reading list for middle-age men who happen to be teachers and coaches. These are books I go back and re-read when I just have a few minutes or can't find something else to read.

An Education for our Time by Josiah Bunting (my favorite book on education)

Personal Memoirs by Ulysses S. Grant (Twain edited these. Grant was racing death when he wrote them. The best presidential memoir.)

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism from one of the Five Good Emperors)

Be Fit or Be Dammed  by Percy Cerutty (Old school fitness wisdom from an inspiring crank)

Road to the Top by Joe Vigil ( A great coach. Equal parts philosophy and science)

Beyond the Hundredth Meridian by Wallace Stegner ( If you want to read about the west, start here)

The Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Waterson (funny)

Sabbath Poems by Wendell Berry (these make me feel like I'm on vacation when I'm not)

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris (best biography ever)

The Autobiography of Mark Twain ( He could write)

RUN TODAY: 16.25 mile trail run in 2:29. So about 9:10 pace. Hilly, lots of snow, mud, and slush.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From Bob on Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 17:35:09 from 98.222.16.15

Good stuff. I've read some of those. Most of my leisure reading interests includes human exploration, survival, mountain climbing, and military generals. Really liked these:

Fahrenheit 451

Undaunted Courage

Van Aaken Method

A Cold Clear Day

Tea with Mr. Newton

Into Thin Air

Into the Wild

Unbroken

From Rob Murphy on Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 18:46:35 from 24.10.247.181

Thanks Bob. My daughter is reading Into the Wild in her english class now. We're going to watch the movie tonight.

I think of A Cold Clear Day whenever I have a Guinness!

From Vis on Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 18:53:02 from 174.23.92.36

Love these once-in-a-while lists, Rob. Stegner, Twain, Cerutty, Berry. The books we read and love say a lot about us. I want to be you when I grow up.

From Rob Murphy on Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 19:31:08 from 24.10.247.181

You look old and worldly-wise in your profile pic. :-)

From Steve on Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 13:32:15 from 66.87.126.142

Calvin and Hobbs has more wisdom than any other. We read it over every breakfast

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