Rob Murphy

April 27, 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: 20.50 Month: 100.75 Year: 510.72
Tue, Oct 03, 2023
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.000.000.000.009.00

PM: Gym treadmill workout. 9 miles including 4 X 1 mile in 7:30, 7:00, 6:45, and 6:30ish with a quarter mile jog at 4 mph (12 minute pace) interval.

After that I went home and had a glass of wine with a delicious dinner and basked in a feeling of general well-being :-).

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From Jon on Wed, Oct 04, 2023 at 08:46:30 from 165.156.40.47

So take this for what you want, but I just spent a long time looking through every entry of your FRB from pre-2018 until today. Read basically everything other than the short run summaries.

My summary of your blog- Lots of ruminating on:

Teaching/curriculum

Students- especially regarding suicide and some of the covid craziness

Grandeur peak, and more Grandeur peak

Running

Races

Aging

Kids leaving home

Good books

Politics

Andy's sports

SLC weather (hot, snow, rain)

Jazz and baseball

A bit about SC, FL, MN, CO

Careers and retiring

Most people don't still write much these days, but I'm glad you do, Rob. I enjoy your insights and perspectives.

From Jason D on Thu, Oct 05, 2023 at 20:53:02 from 73.161.42.48

Nice overview, Jon. I regret the periods of time in my life when I didn't blog consistently, which I think were from October 2020 to around early 2021 and then a gap in early spring/late winter of the same year. Things were challenging then for a number of reasons, but otherwise I have been at it consistently since very late 2011/early 2012. The blog has changed my life and running directly. I too appreciate when people write a lot, whatever it is about.

I do recall looking back at one of your older race reports (a R2R) a number of years ago and Rob losing a Cliff Bar or two or whatever one eats on such adventures :-)

From Vis on Fri, Oct 06, 2023 at 17:29:56 from 69.129.42.169

Rob’s blog is basically the pulse of the ideal American man. I know I don’t go too many days in a row before I drop in to see what’s new.

From Rob Murphy on Fri, Oct 06, 2023 at 19:27:52 from 76.149.134.98

This was a delight to read! I think I've left politics and aging behind Jon. As far as the aging topic goes, I don't think it's much of a revelation to point out that you get slower and maybe more achy as you get older so I would like to ask you all to slap me if I ever bring it up again.

From Jon on Sat, Oct 07, 2023 at 19:00:46 from 99.63.224.99

There's more to aging than slowing in running. There's increased wisdom and different perspectives of life.

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Oct 07, 2023 at 21:19:45 from 76.149.134.98

Hopefully!

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