Rob Murphy

SLTC Winter Series 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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15.25 in 1:55 - New route through East Millcreek and Holladay. Nice morning, nice run, got lots of good thinking done.

Now time to get ready for the Murphy family Superbowl party. 

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Liesurely seven on the treadmill at Steiner while Abigail Pumpkin Pie swam.

A big storm blew in while I was on the treadmill and I had a great view next to the window of the heavy, horizontal blowing snow.

Everyone should say hi to Benji Abrams over on the right under "new kids on the block". I was Benji's high school coach in South Carolina back in the 90s.

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Ten miles in 71 minutes around Sugarhouse. Cold and windy, but otherwise a good run. I'm just sort of going with the flow right now.

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Had a bunch of AP students come in to watch a film today after school. I ran the Best Buy loop while they learned about the digging of the Panama Canal.

Kind of taking it easy as I want to run well Saturday in the SLTC Winter 10k.  

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6.5 on the treadmill tonight at Steiner. Hopped it on up to 5:27 pace for a quarter mile four times.

While I was running tonight a calm feeling of complete complacency decended upon me. Feeling good and excited about the race tomorrow morning. 10 am at Saltair - the perfect time of day for a Saturday race.

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Race: SLTC Winter Series 10k (6.22 Miles) 00:35:32, Place overall: 8, Place in age division: 2
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What a crazy race today out at Saltair by the Great Salt Lake. I like to run this race every year as a measure of how my training is progressing compared to the previous year. Also, it's a flat out-and-back course which, unlike a lot of our hilly courses, gives you a true indicator of your fitness.

It was a great race in most ways. I ran 35:32 as compared to last years 36:26. So almost a minute faster which I have to be thrilled with. I lined up on the starting line next to Dennis Simonaitis (nice full page profile of him in the new Running Times) so I knew I was racing for second in the Masters division.

Mile 1: 5:34 - feeling pretty good, surprisingly close to race leaders.

Mile 2: 5:43 - Decided to be a little conservative as I wasn't ready to hurt this early in the race. Tucked in right behind some young guy and drafted for a bit.

Mile 3: 5:43 - Young guy started to falter which really annoyed me because I was enjoying drafting off of him in the slight headwind. Probably stayed behind him a little too long. Finally passed him around 3.4 miles.

Mile 4: 5:46 - Running alone now and slightly struggling to maintain pace. A little cranky at not having any company.

Mile 5: 5:49 - Just trying to keep it together. Could see Neal Gassman (another Master) about 20 or 30 seconds ahead. I wasn't closing the gap on him but it wasn't widening either. I've never beat Neal in a 5k or 10k and this was about the closest I've ever been.

Mile 6: 5:48 - Started closing the gap on Neal and one other guy, but not enough time left.

Last .22: 1.08 - Averaged 5:17 pace. Sort of had a kick.

Finished 8th overall. Since Dennis was there, and Neal, I didn't win the $50.00 gift card to Salt Lake Running Company that I was counting on to help me buy my next pair of shoes. So I compensated by taking about 20 coupons for a free loaf of bread at Great Harvest that they were giving away. Have to make back that entry fee some way right? Here's the bummer though. Last year I ran a minute slower and won the masters division. Two years ago I ran 5 minutes slower and won!

So now I think I should be able to run 2 minutes faster at the Salt Lake Half than I did last year. That would put me in the mid to high 1:13 range.

Good day planned. I'm not sure why, but Ann has decided to make a turkey for dinner. So we are having turkey, stuffing, and all the Thanksgiving stuff. No football though!

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