Rob Murphy

March 28, 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: 31.75 Month: 142.00 Year: 396.22
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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PM: 8 miles of kinda hard cross training. Weights.

I had been lifting fairly consistently for the past year when I couldn't run consistently. I actually love strength training and think it's more importaant as you age. It's been on the back burner the past few weeks as I've worked to stabilize my running between 40 and 50 miles/week. Didn't want to overdo things and there's only so much time in the day. But I am going to try to squeeze in some lifting 2-3 days each week now while trying to get my running mileage into the low 50s. More likely it will look like about 40 mpw running, 10 cross training, and 2 days of weights. Hopefully that will be sustainable. 

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Comments
From steve ash on Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 16:45:21 from 67.2.92.9

That looks to be a pretty balanced routine Rob. I have been doing a gradual buildup with body resistance exercises such as push ups and crunches. Just need to work on the diet now..

From Eva Splaine on Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 00:45:05 from 108.61.201.170

Good luck with the strength training.

I like to do strength training on my hard running days after my running workout while the muscles are already somewhat fatigued.

Then I can follow that hard day with a couple of easy days.

Seems to work well for me.

From Jon on Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 19:25:37 from 96.33.83.28

I share your thoughts on strength training. I've been doing it steadily for the past year, which is the first time since college or so. I really enjoy it and am sure it will help as I age.

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