Rob Murphy

December 30, 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:	0.00	Month:	124.75	Year:	1734.45

Sat, Jul 19, 2014

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.00

AM: One mile at the Draper Days 5k.

PM: Jogged to the gym and back. Heavy lifting/core in between.

So I read most of Matt Fitzgerald's new book, Diet Cults, while sitting in Barnes and Noble yesterday. I liked it a lot because it squares with what I already believe :-). You will not like this book if you are the type of person who believes your way is THE WAY, whether we're talking about diet, an exercise program, or religion. He equates the fervor with which people embrace the paleo diet and CrossFit with the same mentality that leads some people into fanatical devotion to religious cults.

You can test this out by going to an online forum and posting a negative comment about CrossFit.

By the way, what ever happened to P90X?

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00	Calories: 0.00

Comments

From Superfly on Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 12:42:42 from 64.255.82.224

awesome workout! :)

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 12:43:44 from 24.10.247.181

Thanks. I was spectating today. Mostly cheering for my team and my daughter.

From Teena Marie on Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 12:53:29 from 199.201.101.113

Nice! How did your team and daughter do?

From Jason D on Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 13:10:02 from 68.80.27.222

I've been thinking a lot about the connection between religious fervor and diet for a while. So many studies, so much conflicting evidence. My veganish friend tells me "your body lets you know what's good for you," which is true in some sense. When you really eat like crap, you really feel like crap. But it is harder when you think about diet in terms of optimizing for training performance AND health.

My point is somewhat different than Fitzgerald's I think: there are no absolute truths of dieting (which we know) and some of it is closer to a kind of faith (a word I rarely use). I guess maybe I should pick up his book, but graduate school has kind of ruined my love of reading.

Hope the racing went well.

From Fritz on Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 13:22:03 from 65.130.235.43

Good to see you this morning, albeit briefly. I hope Abby had a good race.

To some degree I think we are all predisposed to the cult mentality. PC vs. Mac, Crunchy vs. Creamy PB, Pepsi vs. Coke, Chocolate vs. Vanilla, Spartan Race vs. Tough Mudder, Nike vs. BLANK and then the list gets more serious. I suppose I am not very passionate about any one thing but sometimes I wish I was.

Maybe Insanity took over for P90X.

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 13:23:54 from 24.10.247.181

Interesting Jason. The book actually makes a strong case for that radical new concept "moderation". There are great things about CrossFit, Paleo, Veganism. The fervor with which some devotees approach these lifestyles makes discussion impossible sometimes.

I on the other hand don't really give a rip whether anyone else chooses to run or be Presbyterian. As long as enough to make races possible and keep the church doors open.

From Jake K on Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 14:26:06 from 98.202.128.218

I think the "Two-thirds rule" (I just made that up) applies to most things in life. Whenever something new/exciting/cult-like comes out - there is usually something valuable to learn from it... but about a third of it is going to be crap. The trick is to figure out what the important 2/3rds is, and filter out the garbage.

Jason, if you are burnt out on reading, google "Youtube".

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 14:32:24 from 24.10.247.181

Jake - Your two-thirds rule is three-thirds correct in my opinion.

From allie on Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 15:48:47 from 174.23.186.213

nice to see you today. very impressive beard.

From Steve on Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 09:00:42 from 66.87.82.105

Love it! Most important concept there is. Moderation.

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