Rob Murphy

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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
63.750.000.000.0063.75
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2.000.000.000.002.00

Two easy miles. Sore.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Fifteen easy miles on the Jeremy Ranch Road.

That's right, Bret and I ran up at Jeremy Ranch today proving that it is runnable in winter. In fact, it was awesome. Soft, well packed snow the whole way and if you are wearing decent trail shoes you will have no problems. The road also has water in winter as you can eat the snow along the side of the road if you get thirsty. I would say that this run was much better than any of the runs I've had in Salt Lake on the roads recently as I didn't have to deal with muchy, slushy, icy roads. My feet were completely dry when I finished.

I'll be going up there several times over the next couple weeks.

Saw three Bald Eagles!

So gay marriage is now legal in Utah. Who would have thought that Utah would be the 18th state? I would have bet 49th or 50th for sure. This is something that will happen nationwide sooner or later no matter what anyone thinks. I've been surveying my students at Alta High School over the years and the change has been stunning. This year 68% of my U.S. History students supported the idea of gay marriage. This at a school with an overwhelmingly conservative, LDS, tilt.

I know this is a running blog, but when I look back on my blog months, or years, later, I like to be reminded of what I was tinking about and what was going on in the world at the time.

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10.250.000.000.0010.25

10.25 miles at the gym. 8.25 at on the treadmill and 2 miles on the stair master.

PM: 2 mile walk around the neighborhood, this core workout, plus some push-ups and lunges.

I can only do about 2/3 of the core workout. I'm working on it though.

Nice night. After working hard to keep Abby's 13-year-old attitude in check for much of the afternoon we went to our church's Christmas Eve Service which was really nice. Andy's eight now which may be the peak Christmas year. He was obsessively checking NORAD''s Santa Tracker all day.

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Merry Christmas to everyone on the FRB!

I'm heading out for my Christmas morning run - the only running streak I have. This will bee my 35th consecutive. Every Christmas since 1979.

Ten liesurely miles in 1:20 around Sugarhouse and its environs. 

PM: 3 mile walk/jog

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From downtown Midway to Soldier Hollow and back with Bret. Nice run. Cold run!

We saw porch sheep, a blue ice castle, and a bunch of Swiss stuff.

PM: 1 mile treadmill warm-up, 45 minutes of strength/core training, 1.5 hard stair-steppin.

Just realized I might break 70 miles for the week.

 

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8.25 miles in 60 minutes around the neighborhood. 

Long swim meet day with Abby. She set a PR in the 100 back and the 200 IM.

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7.250.000.000.007.25

AM: 7.25 miles up at Jeremy Ranch.

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63.750.000.000.0063.75
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