Rob Murphy

Salt Lake Track Club Winter 5k

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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: 5.00 Month: 85.25 Year: 495.22
Sat, Jan 25, 2014
Race: Salt Lake Track Club Winter 5k (3.11 Miles) 00:17:54
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.250.000.003.117.36

Good race for me today despite the fact that EVERY masters runner in Utah beat me. Here is a list of the over 40 runners who finished ahead of me...

Dennis S, Sasha, Steve Anderson, Walter, Taha, Steve Ashbaker, Bill Cobler and maybe more.

But I'm still happy with the way I raced. My splits were consistent right at about 5:45/mile the whole way and I'm usually happy when I break 18 minutes for a 5k on a legit course.

Here's my history with this race...

2005 - 18:54

2006 - 18:13 (won masters)

2007 - 18:27 

2009 - 18:03 (won masters)

2010 - 17:51 (won masters)

2012 - 17:27 (won masters)

2013 - 18:22

2014 - 17:54

PM: One hour if intense trampolining plus a core workout.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From Jake K on Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 12:55:17 from 67.177.11.154

Good run Rob! Sorry your streak against Braydon finally ended.

From allie on Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 13:09:34 from 174.27.255.112

crazy masters! nice race, rob.

From Kass on Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 13:31:37 from 155.97.240.30

Solid race today. Nice pacing! That really helped me!

From Bret on Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 14:27:52 from 72.91.143.44

Nice race Rob!

From jtshad on Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 14:56:33 from 69.20.183.178

Solid time, good job.

From RileyCook on Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 16:22:29 from 73.52.134.194

This race was just stacked everywhere, open and master's. It's fun when that many great runners come out. Nice work and that's a great time. You gotta love that you're a minute faster still than 2005.

From Laputka on Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 17:26:57 from 71.199.1.12

50 years old and setting a course PR where you have an eight year history. Color me impressed. Congratulations!

From Josh E on Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 17:53:19 from 75.162.251.201

You are aging gracefully. And not slowing down. Nice seeing you today.

From Matt Poulsen on Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 19:07:59 from 50.168.224.197

Great job today, Rob! You are clearly fit right now! Keep it up!

From Jason D on Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 21:03:33 from 24.1.80.94

Good running, Rob. Reading the reports and reports of reports, it sounds like there was some serious racing going on today.

From scottkeate on Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 00:19:24 from 98.202.116.66

Rob, it was great to see you today as always. It was a deep masters field--a lot of fast dudes running well these days. Keep showing up and throwing it down like you did today--it's inspiring to me :-)

From Steve on Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 14:00:38 from 66.87.112.213

Not a bad race.

From Rob Murphy on Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 17:16:23 from 24.10.249.34

I don't remember signing a waiver for that Steve. You will be hearing from my attorney.

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