Rob Murphy

April 25, 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:	12.50	Month:	92.75	Year:	502.72

Mon, May 26, 2014

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
20.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	20.00

20 miles at Jeremy Ranch in 2:26. The last four miles were hard. I ran them in 30 minutes but got dropped by about 2 minutes by the rest of the crew. More thoughts later...

I'm just happy and thankful that I can train as hard and consistently as I have been lately. I definitely try not to take it for granted. Sometimes I get a little wistfull out on 20 mile runs with guys like Jake, Fritz, and Josh - wondering how many more years I'll be able to do it but at the same time, just trying to enjoy the moment. I'll turn 50 in five months but it seems like just yesterday I was turning 40. I know the next 10 will fly by as well. You can't assume anything at 50. When I was 40, I assumned I would be running and racing at 50. I hope I will be training and racing hard at 60, but I certainly don't assume...

Not sure where I'm really going here. 36 years I've been doing this. I hope I will have the brains to know when to swallow my pride and make concessions so that I can keep doing it in a serious way.

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

Comments

From Josh E on Mon, May 26, 2014 at 11:56:22 from 65.130.119.46

That's a big back to back with 16.5 yesterday. Next time you bring your family along for a run let me know so I can try to drag out mine. They would love that creek.

From Rob Murphy on Mon, May 26, 2014 at 12:42:36 from 24.10.249.34

It was HARD to get them up at 6:30. But they had fun once they got up there.

From jtshad on Mon, May 26, 2014 at 15:03:31 from 69.20.183.178

Great couple of days of running. You are an inspiration! Always appreciate your thoughtful posts...get us old guys thinking!

From Rob Murphy on Mon, May 26, 2014 at 15:12:56 from 24.10.249.34

Thanks Jeff. Just a lot of thoughts going through my head on the run today. It's not always that way, sometimes I can just almost literally shut my brain off on a run.

Sounds like you had a good weekend.

From Smooth on Mon, May 26, 2014 at 15:16:51 from 71.219.15.185

Enjoy the moment!!! Great running Rob!!! I second Jeff's comment that you are an inspiration!!! :) Love that you share your thoughts! :)

From james (runmehappy) on Mon, May 26, 2014 at 20:37:22 from 50.168.220.218

Nice to meet you this morning Rob. Thanks for letting me tag along.

From ACorn on Mon, May 26, 2014 at 21:29:47 from 71.213.41.74

Great start to the week! I hope to be capable of running as well as you are at 50, as said above, you're an inspiring guy.

From Bret on Tue, May 27, 2014 at 07:16:37 from 96.45.118.12

It is great advice to be in the moment and enjoy it while things are going well. You never know when you may hit injury struggles - or other impediments or obstacles.

What is really cool to me is that I was running with you probably in the first few years of your 36 years of running - and that we are both still at it.

From Jake K on Tue, May 27, 2014 at 09:02:25 from 159.212.71.199

You are holding your own with the young guys, Rob. I sometimes worry that I'm going to kill you on one of these Jeremy Ranch 20 milers, but you keep it going! I don't think you'll get "harpooned" if you run another marathon :-)

Excellent thoughts here... One of the things I value most about our friendship is that whether we agree or disagree on subjects, you always inspire me to THINK critically about what I'm doing.

From Rob Murphy on Tue, May 27, 2014 at 09:40:42 from 163.248.33.220

Thanks Jake!

What do we disagree on? The more I learn about this sport and the more experience I gain, the less dogmatic I get about everything.

From SpencerSimpson on Tue, May 27, 2014 at 11:30:15 from 166.137.209.35

Rob. You're a class act. Hang in there. You're still 49 and you still have a ton to give. You're gonna e 80 and racing brotha. Go Hawks! MIH

From Jake K on Tue, May 27, 2014 at 12:07:25 from 159.212.71.199

We disagree on the usefulness of baseball.

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