Rob Murphy

December 10, 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: 6.50 Month: 25.50 Year: 1635.20
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.000.004.50

Zero miles so far today...hopefully I'll work up some energy this evening.

Teaching this year has been twice as exhausting as it used to be and I'm about twice as old as I was when I started. In the morning before work I'll be thinking about what I'm going to do after school, make all these grand plans, then I end up taking a nap.

We've spent the last two years sending the message to kids that school doesn't matter and we're seeing the repercussions of that now. Adults forget how long two years is in the life of a kid. Many are having a hard time remembering when school was taken seriously. In my district we have abandoned all attendance requirements and made it virtually impossible to fail a class so that virtually every standard has been lowered.

There may have been perfectly valid reasons to make some of these changes. Covid is real. I feel like many of the choices we have made in this country over the last two years were merely what we thought were the best of only bad options. But there are consequences that are going to be with us for a while.

PM: 4.5 night time miles.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From Wesley Hunt on Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 20:37:11 from 76.125.78.78

If there was a way to articulate more effectively what I feel every single day in Little Rock, Arkansas, I cannot think of it. We’re in this together, Rob.

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