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December 07, 2025

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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

 
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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 31.75 Year: 1752.62
Mon, Apr 07, 2025
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.500.000.000.007.50

AM: 5.5 miles around Dunedin followed by a short swim in the retirement community swimming pool.

I wanted to do some lap swimming here in Florida but the Dunedin pool is not yet open for the year, the Long Center pool is closed for all of 2025 for renovations and the other Clearwater pool is still closed due to hurricane damage.

Our Salt Lake pools never close down.

PM: 2 eliptical miles, weights at the Dunedin Community Center.

The Florida-Houston game starts around my bedtime. The eastern time zone sucks!

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From Bret on Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 08:24:19 from 104.129.206.104

There are other options that you may have considered - the YMCA in Palm Harbor has a pool - that's close by. The pool in St. Pete at SPA is awesome and has two pools for lap swimming, but it is a long way from Dunedin. I had heard about the long center being renovated from a friend down there as that was where he used to train. He's now doing his swimming in the gulf - so there's another option for you! :)

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 14:14:54 from 72.184.224.91

That's good advice Bret. I checked out the Yelp reviews for the Palm Harbor Y and there were several complaints about not being able to get a lane because all the other pools are closed!

The Gulf it will be. Going to Sand Key early on Wednesday.

From Jon on Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 22:02:24 from 99.63.224.99

Yeah, live sports aren't near as watchable over here.

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