Rob Murphy

December 21, 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: 36.00 Month: 91.25 Year: 1700.95
Fri, Mar 25, 2011
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.250.001.500.005.75

5.75 miles on the treadmill - generally around 8 minute pace but with six quarters thrown in at around 5:30 pace just to get the legs turning over at close to race pace.

Felt pretty good. I'm kind of annoyed at the heavy snowfall we're experiencing right now. I was hoping for nice conditions for the Leopard Run 5k tomorrow morning.

I really need to work on my confidence. My racing has gone fairly well this year with the exception of Albuquerque when I had pneumonia. Yet I'm feeling a general lack of confidence before every race. I'm feeling pretty good right now, but all I can focus on is how Steve Anderson, Steve Ashbaker and Walter Brown (young punks in their early 40s) are going to hand me my lunch tomorrow.

Need to get that Eye of the Tiger thing working for me. 

 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From steve ash on Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 15:26:47 from 76.23.2.151

I'll lend you my copy of Rocky if you want:)

From dugco on Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 15:37:13 from 199.44.82.14

C'mon, Rob - embrace thy oldness. I'm sure you can dig up an age-weighting table that will demonstrate your kick-assness and domination of the young punks. If not, find a table that you can tweak ever so slightly to your liking.

Either that, or fire up that time machine and choose your parents and birthplace better.

From Rob Murphy on Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 16:30:25 from 205.127.70.66

Doug - yeah, that age-weighted thing!

Steve - just watched the Eye of the Tiger training scene on Youtube. That should be good enough. Thanks though.

From Teena Marie on Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 23:19:25 from 67.2.71.182

Good luck tomorrow!!!

This always fires me up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbaj2-_VNMs

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