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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.000.000.000.0018.00

Some of the hardest "easy" miles I ever ran today.

The family was in the mood for a quick late Summer getaway so we deove up to Logan on Saturday and stayed in the spiffy Baugh Motel. This is an old school 1950s style motor court with all the rooms on ground level, a really nice pool with a 10 foot deep end (certainly used to have a diving board before lawsuits brought an end to that era). Of course, Abby and Andy spent almost the entire time in the pool along with Steve Anderson's kids who came over to visit.

Steve and I ran 18 miles this morning along the BST up to Logan Canyon and then up the Logan River Trail and back. New run for me so I really enjoyed it. Got back to the motel 10 minutes before the breakfast closed, downed a pile of french toast, eggs, and sausage. Then spent about two hours in the pool after convincing Steve to skip church and bring his girls over for some more swimming. Glad I could be such a positive influence.

Drove home via the Golden Spike National Monument so we could do some train/history stuff.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From jtshad on Sun, Aug 07, 2011 at 19:45:13 from 69.20.183.178

Sounds like a great day!

From Jake K on Sun, Aug 07, 2011 at 21:18:06 from 67.177.21.60

New long runs are always fun... they seem to fly by the first time. Sounds like a pretty great day!

From Rob on Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 11:05:29 from 206.71.84.68

The Baugh Motel has the best steak sandwich in the world. When I was going to school up there it was either the Big Blue special at A&W or steak sandwich at the Baugh on those special days. Then pool at Suttons Tavern across the street.

From Steve on Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 11:33:46 from 76.27.108.183

The Big Blue Special! Man, that brings back memories..

From Rob on Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 11:44:07 from 206.71.84.68

3 beef patties on a huge bun, the best curly fries on the planet and a big frosty mug of root beer all for $5.00 after tax. It was so much food you would only need to eat once a day.

I miss Logan!!

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 14:20:09 from 98.202.141.17

If you guys are going to comment on my blog, I wish you would confine them to the awesomeness of my workouts. OK?

From Rob on Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 14:26:41 from 206.71.84.68

Sorry Rob. That was an incredible workout. Good job!!

From Jake K on Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 14:29:12 from 155.100.226.53

I'm pretty sure that in the internet world, more people read food blogs than training blogs, so these comments are probably making you more popular!

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 15:43:17 from 98.202.141.17

Just kidding. It gets pretty boring around her if we only talk running.

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