Rob Murphy

Say No To Drugs Holiday 10k

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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: 6.50 Month: 86.25 Year: 340.47
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6.75 miles around Alta. 10 stadiums. Weights and core.

Sitting here at school while Abby does her 2 hour (!) range drive for drivers ed. Evicted from my classroom because we're hosting a debate tournament. These debate geeks have even taken over the faculty room (where I'm sitting now) so I'm stuck here listening to this kid practice that thing where they talk really fast for a long time.

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I'm feeling a tiny amount of lower leg pain so I decided to skip the run today and instead do  30 hard minutes on the stair stepper followed by 30 minutes on the spin cycle. Tired after! Then a short swim and long hot tub.

Not a bad day.

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AM: 11.5 miles around Sugar House. 7:33 average.

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16 miles in 2:03 - 10 loops around Wheeler Farm plus a little extra. Started at Jake and Andrea's and it was nice to have them join me for a while before they headed off to ski. Also appreciated the Gatorade and power bar they left on their front porch for me when I finished.

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Rest Day.

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6.5 miles around the Alta track. Hit the weight room HARD after with my runners.

Working on some New Years Resolutions. Not something I typically do but I'm putting together some gems for 2017.

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6 miles plus 20 minutes running up and down the stadium steps. Ouch!

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6 miles of cross training. Sore, beat-up. Hot tub after. 

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9.5 treadmill miles. Felt strong.

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6 miles on the treadmill plus some swimming - maybe 20 laps.

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5 easy miles at Liberty Park. Still trying to kick the head and chest crud that has been kicking my rear for over a week. I was planning a longer run but lost interest so I stopped and walked around the park for a long time. Then I went to Barnes and Noble and read for a while before Ann texted me to see if I wanted to meet for dinner - which I did.

Nice end to a hard weekend.

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AM: Push-ups, Sit-ups, core.

I'm having a lot of fun reading the new Tim Feriss book, Tools of Titans. It's a goldmine of useful tidbits that will especially appeal to folks in their 20s and 30s and older folks whose job it is to inspite and motivate.

My 27 year old nephew has had a really bad stroke and things don't look good at present. He is a very special young man. If you are the praying type you could remember Ryan Keller of Dunedin Florida. Also my sister Marni and my brother-in-law Paul and his sister Elizabeth and brother Sawyer.

PM: 5 miles, hills sprints in the gully, weights.

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Early AM: 8 miles around Sugar House Park. Light snow.

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Easy 4 around the neighborhood.

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Zero. No sleep last night taking the red eye from Salt Lake to Tampa.

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Race: Say No To Drugs Holiday 10k (6.21 Miles) 00:38:46, Place overall: 7, Place in age division: 1
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So I'm here in my original hometown of Dunedin, Fl visiting my mom and my sisters family. Decided to run the Say No To Drugs 10k in Clearwater this morning. The course is one I've run many times before back in high school for racees like the Fun-n-Sun Run and the Easter Bunny Run. Out-and-back on the Clearwater Beach Causway. When I went to bed last night on my mom's couch I decided not to set an alarm since I had no sleep the night before and if I woke up in time then I would race, if not I'd do a nice long run on my own. So I woke up about 10 minutes before I needed to leave, got dressed, had a cup of coffee and a cliff bar. Still feeling groggy from the sleep aid I took last night. I wavered back and forth about going and then decided to give it a shot. Got to the race, registered, hit the POP, and then did a little warm-up. Got hassled by a creepy Scientologist guard when I set foot on cult property which happens to be pretty much all of downtown Clearwater.

Pretty warm and, for me, really humid. Pushed hard on the way out with a nice tailwind (5:58, 5:50, 6:00) but then crapped out on the way back and didn't race very hard, just pushing it as hard as I could without experiencing any real pain (6:21, 6:30, 6:45, 1:19). In my defense, it was against a pretty good headwind and very bright sun and I didn't wear sunglasses and I was cranky at how generally lethargic I felt. Even with the slow splits I maintained my place - passed one guy and one guy passed me. So I was happy to break 39, win my age group, and with the nice pancake breakfast and snazzy medal after.

Sad that I didn't run into Mark. Would have been nice to see another FRBer.

Nice distraction. I highly reccomend this race. Beautiful, well organized, good cause.

PM: Easy 3 miles around old Dunedin. Swim after.

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7 mile sight seeing run around Dunedin. Left at 7:30 am when it was 72 degrees and 90% humidity. Sopping wet mess.

PM: Easy 2.5 miles

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9 miles. Pinellas Trail to Hammock Park, past the high school and back. 100% humidity this morning. Swim after.

Rest of the day flying. Tampa to Chicago to Salt Lake.

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Spent the entire day in airport purgatory. My punishment for something I suspect.

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9 miles around Sugar House Park. In the dark. 7:50 pace. Felt pretty good. Getting back in sync.

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10 miles just under 8 minute pace on ice, blacktop, and cement.

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8.75 treadmill miles and weight lifting. I have this chronic quad soreness that won't go away.

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5 miles up and down Pismo Beach. Couple times up and down the stairs. We Murphy's always have pizza on Christmas Eve so we're heading out to Sam's Giant Manhattan Pizza in Grover Beach. Best pizza ever in a generic strip mall.

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38th consecutive Christmas Run...

North on the PCH a few miles and back to downtown Pismo, to the end of the pier and then up the beach and up the steps to the Kon Tiki.

Merry Christmas!

PM: 3 mile walk around town/beach.

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AM: 3 mile walk. 1 with the kids to Old West Cinnamon Roles and back and then 2 with Ann.

PM: 6 miles on the treadmill at the PBAC, a nice gym that you get to use if you stay at the adjoining Kon Tiki, followed by a hard weight workout.

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10.25 mile treadmill run at the gym again when I learned of the death of Carrie Fisher. Sad. People of my generation having a rough week.

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AM: 4 miles on the beach. Included 10 x up and down the Kon Tiki steps. Wobbly quads after.

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No run. Driving and flying. Yet another 3 hour flight delay so lots of hanging around airport. I went to the Steinbeck Center in Salinas. 

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Ending 2016 with a wimper. I've decided to take it easy until my right knee stops acting up. I may do some eliptickling tomorrow.

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4.25 miles around the neighborhood. Super easy, some walking.

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