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:	26.00	Month:	81.25	Year:	1690.95

Mon, Oct 04, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
3.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.25

Kind of a wierd workout today. Mostly because the gym was so crowded that I couldn't get a treadmill, so I used what was available. Had to do the gym as I had Andy with me while Abby was at swim practice.

125 floors on the stair-master

2 miles on the e-lip-tickle

3.25 miles on the treadmill in my nifty new Brooks Cascadia trail shoes.

Great dinner tonight of ribs, broccoli, and baked potato. Now for a family walk around the neighborhood to look at halloween decorations. It's chilly, blustery, Fall-like.

Got a new used George Sheehan book today from Amazon - "This Running Life", For you new runners, Dr. George Sheehan was for many years a regular columnist for Runner's World back when it was still a magazine for serious runners. He was sort of the philosopher of the first running boom back in the '70s. Any book of his you can pick up is gold.

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

Comments

From Kam on Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 22:08:50 from 174.23.212.84

I'll have to try out his books; thanks for the tip.

From baldnspicy on Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 22:40:09 from 72.77.68.219

Yeah, thanks for the tip on the book! I've got it reserved at the library. :-)

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 22:58:27 from 24.10.248.6

Kam, Wes - the place to start with Sheehan is his 1978 book "Running and Being". The only weekness in his writing is that he quotes too much from other philosophers. His own original thoughts are much more interesting than the people he quotes.

From allie on Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 19:55:01 from 174.19.51.35

e-lip-tickle. that's the winner.

i'll have to check out these books...

From Rob Murphy on Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 20:48:08 from 24.10.248.6

So good to hear from you Allie as I did that one just for you.

From baldnspicy on Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 07:20:09 from 72.77.68.219

I requested that one too. Why couldn't my high school teachers assign cool books like these to read?

From dugco on Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 14:54:27 from 199.44.94.181

e-lip-tickle

Truth be known, he was just too lazy to look up how to spell eeliptakuhl

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