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December 06, 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: 31.75 Month: 31.75 Year: 1752.62
Mon, Sep 29, 2025
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.0010.50

PM: 9.5 eliptical miles and 1 mile row.

We had a frustrating professional development day at school - no students. Everything has to be common (lessons, pacing, assessments etc.) and AI is the essence of existence. Two more years will test my powers of passive aggression and civil disobedience.

I'm proud of my 30 year teaching career and my 24 years at Alta High but there used to be so much more space for individual initiative and creativity in teaching. I suspect that in the future we will have fewer truly bad teachers but also fewer great teachers.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From Jon on Mon, Sep 29, 2025 at 21:41:11 from 108.81.183.172

That's too bad- let people play to their strengths.

What do you mean AI is the essence of existence?

From Rob Murphy on Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 08:39:43 from 163.248.33.245

They want us to use AI to do everything, plan lessons, grade assignments, provide feedback to students etc.

From Jon on Thu, Oct 02, 2025 at 21:31:50 from 108.81.183.172

Really? That's lame. Don't like that. Of course, then we're supposed to believe the kids won't follow course and use AI for their homework...

From Jason D on Sun, Oct 05, 2025 at 12:16:00 from 73.161.42.48

It is interesting to see how Universities are approaching it. One of my institutions is a bit more cautious, the other is right in love with it.

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