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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1731.4015.006.220.001752.62
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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0.000.000.000.000.00

Walked 8.2 miles.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

AM: 8 mile treadmill run after having breakfast with Abby.

Lots of rain here in Salt Lake last night and this morning. Rain is mostly what we get in the winter months now. Starting to resemble the winter weather of the Carolinas - occasional snow, but mostly cold rain.

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From Jon on Sat, Jan 04, 2025 at 07:21:17 from 99.63.224.99

I messed up editing my comment. Start again.

Didn’t Utah have record snowfall in 2022/23? I remember hearing about it in the news. Was that just the mountains, or also SLC?

I hope Greenville gets snow this year. We haven’t since 2022.

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Walked 11 miles throughout the day.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.000.000.000.001.00

AM: Swam 1 mile and sauna.

PM: Walked 4 miles.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.250.000.000.007.25

AM: Ran 7.25 miles on the treadmill.

Brunch with Ann and Abby then a shopping excursion to Wal-Mart

PM: Walked 4 miles listening to Steven Pressfield's "The War of Art".

Back to school tommorrow. Yay!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Sick. First day back at school. No workout.

Did manage to get 10,000 steps in though :)

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

PM: 8 miles on the treadmill. Reached 8 mph at one point for a half mile!

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

PM: 6 miles on the treadmill. 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

AM: Swam 2 miles. Walked 4 miles.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Noonish: 8 miles on the treadmill.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.500.000.000.005.50

Late AM: 4.5 eliptical miles, 1 mile row, weights.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.000.000.000.001.00

AM: 1 mile swim.

Several years.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.250.000.000.009.25

PM: Took myself to the gym and did 9.25 on the eliptical

Came home and watched Tom Petty's 30th anniversary concert from Gainsville with Ann. The best show ever recorded.

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From Jon on Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 17:54:54 from 99.63.224.99

Never heard of that concert. But, I'm on the computer for an hour making a running schedule for a friend, so going to put it on. I'm trusting your musical taste...

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

PM: Long day working late at the end of the quarter finishing grades and answering emails from the helicopter/snowplow parents. Got to the gym at 6 pm and did 8 miles on the treadmill.

Achilles hurt despite 600 mg Ibuprofin.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.0010.50

PM: 9.5 treadmill, 1 mile eliptical.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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0.000.000.000.000.00

No workout. Walked 8 miles.

Spent much of the day reading the new Woodrow Wilson biography by Christopher Cox. It's groundbreaking!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

AM: 4 mile treadmill jog, weights.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

AM: 7 miles in The Gully. Brrrrrrrr.......

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.250.000.000.004.25

PM: 4.25 treadmill miles plus some weight lifting.

Freshman orientation after. Kind of fun.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.750.000.000.009.75

PM: 9.75 eliptical miles.

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From Jon on Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 20:58:04 from 99.63.224.99

how long did that take?

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

AM: 10 eliptical miles, 1 mile row.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

AM: 5 eliptical miles, weight lifting.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.500.000.000.005.50

PM: 4.5 miles eliptical, 1 mile row.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.006.50

PM: 6.5 miles in the Dimple Dell Gully

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.0010.50

PM: 9.5 eliptical, 1 mile row

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

AM: 2 miles around the Alta track.

PM: 2 miles around the Trail Through Time.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.500.000.000.0012.50

AM: 12.5 trail miles in the Colorado National Monument.

I almost got annoyed with the $25 entry fee but then it occured to me that the Shadow President may likely chop the NPS budget and that I'm an enthusiastic supporter of national parks so I should cheerfully pony up. It was worth it!

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From Jon on Tue, Feb 04, 2025 at 18:00:16 from 99.63.224.99

Awesome- are you on your way somewhere?

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

AM: 2 miles on the Trail Through Time. Enjoyed the Diplodocus vertebrae.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

PM: 10 miles elipticaling.

Stuff is going well in my immediate orbit.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.006.50

PM: 6.5 miles in The Gully

Went to Highland to watch the Highland-Alta basketball game in the evening. Alta lost.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Walked 10 miles.

Thought a lot today about the natural order of things and why it's a good thing that I'm much closer to the end of my teaching career than the beginning. Trying to come to grips with how AI is transforming the world and how my job is to basically prepare young people for a world few of us even remotely comprehend and how I either need to devote lots of time to understanding and using AI in my instruction or go full Luddite and pretend it's still the 20th century. Also struggling to teach the history of this country in light of new realities. Probably best to leave it to bright, young teachers. Sadly, the teaching profession doesn't always attract the most thoughtful people (many high school history teachers haven't read a history book in decades) and many of them seem blissfully unawars - drugged out on tik tok and playing games on their phone.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.000.004.50

PM: 4.5 treadmill miles, weights.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

AM: 10 miles eliptical, 1 mile row.

Lots of walking throughout the day. Got a rare dusting of snow which might have Salt Lake equaling Pensacola FL. for the winter snow total.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

AM: 7 miles up and down Grandeur Peak plus a little extra at Church Fork. Words fail to describe how beautiful it was out there this morning.

Brunch with Ann after since she had a rare Saturday evening off work. Then we shopped for Super Bowl eats.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Walked 10.5 miles.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.500.000.000.005.50

PM: 4.5 treadmill miles and one mile on the rower.

Pondered the naming and re-naming of military bases, some of which I served at back in the 80s/90s.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.500.000.000.002.50

PM: 2.5 miles on the treadmill. Weights.

Getting tired of the right wing bro culture at my gym. Thinking about investing in weights for the garage.

God, Guns, Gains! (T-shirt seen at the gym today alnond with the numerous distorted and bastardized American flag t-shirts)

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

PM: 10 eliptical miles, 1 mile row.

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10.5 mile walk.

Utah stripped us teachers of our collective bargaining rights today. Sigh...glad I'm nearing the end.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Walked 10 miles.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

AM: 4 treadmill miles, weights.

PM: Walked 5 miles.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

AM: 7 miles up and down Grandeur Peak. The snow was deep and it was deep.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.0010.50

PM: 9.5 treadmill miles, 1 mile row.

I clicked Sahsh's link above to donate to Ukraine's armed forces today. Seems legit and time to put my money where my mouth is.

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0.000.000.000.000.00

AM: Walked 3.5 miles, vigorous weight lifting.

I have a Covid booster scheduled for this afternoon. Bobby Kennedy says I might die so, in case he's right, farewell FRB and good luck to all 21 of you.

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From jtshad on Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 07:55:37 from 34.213.185.242

Here is an early farewell to you!

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

I made it! No side effects other than a sore arm. Whew!

PM: 10 eliptical miles, 1 mile row.

Part of today's lesson in AP U.S. History was about the 1881 assassination of President Garfield by a deranged stalwart who believed that government jobs should be handed out based on party loyalty. This led to the passage of the Pendleton Civil Service act which mandated that civil service jobs be awarded based on merit and competative exams, not loyalty to one president or party. A young Theodore Roosevelt became one of the first civil service commissioners. A big step forward for the country. 

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From jtshad on Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 09:19:21 from 34.213.185.242

Thank you for educating our youth on the law of this country.

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

AM: Jogged 2 miles on the treadmill, weights.

PM: Walked 8 miles.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

AM: 10 eliptical miles.

I'm reading the murdered Russian patriot Alexei Navalny's book now and it's one of the most powerful stories I've ever read.  It definitely should be on as many government and military reading lists as possible. 

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From Vis on Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 18:46:55 from 64.255.88.121

It’s weird to see the 180 on Russia as a Cold-War kid. I’ll have to check it out.

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Walked 10 miles.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

PM: 2 easy miles, weights.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

AM/PM: 11 miles on trails in Canyonlands NP.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

AM: 2 miles in Moab

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.000.000.000.009.00

PM: 4.5 eliptical miles and 4.5 treadmill miles.

Today's shout-out goes to the legendary Reed Smoot, Apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and (simultaneously) an United States senator from Utah, and the architect of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930 which raised import duties, stifled international trade, and plunged the United States and the world further into the Great Depression. Another interesting fact... he was the fery first person to register for classes at Brigham Young University.

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From Jon on Mon, Mar 03, 2025 at 21:23:16 from 99.63.224.99

I'm not a fan of tariffs. I didn't know that about the Smoot-Hawley ones. Have you considered a job in history so you can share tidbits like that?

From Tom K on Mon, Mar 03, 2025 at 23:03:09 from 47.203.149.228

https://youtu.be/yuOHbyuanbY?si=ETer9aViMAVibuXE

From Tom K on Mon, Mar 03, 2025 at 23:04:04 from 47.203.149.228

I like your presentation of the material better than Ben Stein.

From Rob Murphy on Tue, Mar 04, 2025 at 05:41:21 from 73.228.106.104

I basically copied Ben Stein Tom.

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

PM: 4 treadmill miles, weights.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.250.000.000.009.25

PM: 8.25 eliptical, 1 mile row.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.000.000.000.001.00

PM: 1 mile swim, 4 mile walk.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

AM: 2 mile warm-up, weights, 2 mile cool down.

PM: 5 mile walk.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.250.000.000.007.25

AM: 7.25 miles in The Gully.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Walked 6 miles.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

AM: 2 treadmill miles, very hard weight workout.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.500.000.000.007.50

PM: 7.5 eliptical miles. It was a struggle, heart rate was over 20 higher than usual.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.000.000.000.001.00

PM: 1 mile swim and sauna.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.000.000.000.001.00

PM: 1 mile jog.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.0010.50

AM: 9.5 eliptical miles, 1 mile row.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

AM: Jogged 2 miles, weights. Up to 185 lbs. on my deadlift sets. Percy Cerutty would be proud I think!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.000.000.000.001.00

PM: 1 mile swim, 30 minutes in the sauna.

I've become a connoisseeur of bizarre/rude sauna behavior over the years. So much so that I desire my own private sauna at my house.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

PM: 8 miles, combination of walking a jogging around Sugar House Park.

Sunny and beautiful.

Interesting fact: Currently there are 8.8 million women undergraduates in American colleges and universities vs. 6.5 million men. Clearly, many college educated women are going to have to content themselves with marrying men with only high school diplomas and also to being the principle earner in their households. But it's a great time to be a man in college, or a lesbian.

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From Jon on Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 20:15:18 from 99.63.224.99

Or they'll just not marry at all, which seems to happen an increasing amount.

Good observation, though. More than 30% more women.

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

PM: 4 eliptical miles, weights.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Walked 12 miles.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

PM: 7 miles in The gully

Also walked 5 miles.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.000.000.000.001.00

PM: Swam 1 mile, walked 4 miles.

I bought a bike. Trek Checkpoint ALR 5 gravel bike.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

AM: Walked 3 miles.

PM: 7 miles in The Gully.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.500.000.000.002.50

AM: 4 mile walk.

PM: 2.5 treadmill miles, weights.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.000.000.000.001.00

Walked 7 miles.

Swam 1 mile.

Went to the hip, new Sugarhouse Station for dinner with Ann.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

AM: once around the block plus 6.5 miles up anddown Grandeur Peak. The snow was very deep at the top and the going was slow and arduous. Those without spikes and poles were turning back.

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PM: 12.5 miles on the new bike.

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PM: Swam 1 mile, Walked 5 miles.

Got my hair cut. Same haircut for 30 years. At least.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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PM: 2.5 treadmill miles. Weights. Walked 6 miles.

 

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AM: Walked 4.5 miles.

PM: Rode my bicycle 21 miles. Around the neighborhood and Sugar House Park.

In other news, I'm much poorer today than I was yesterday. Fortunately I have 20 or 30 years to go until I retire. Lol.

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PM: 7 miles in the DDG.

Spring Break 2025! Heading to Florida in the morning. 

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AM: Walked 6 miles around Dunedin.

PM: Walked 4 more miles.

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AM: 5.5 miles around Dunedin followed by a short swim in the retirement community swimming pool.

I wanted to do some lap swimming here in Florida but the Dunedin pool is not yet open for the year, the Long Center pool is closed for all of 2025 for renovations and the other Clearwater pool is still closed due to hurricane damage.

Our Salt Lake pools never close down.

PM: 2 eliptical miles, weights at the Dunedin Community Center.

The Florida-Houston game starts around my bedtime. The eastern time zone sucks!

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From Bret on Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 08:24:19 from 104.129.206.104

There are other options that you may have considered - the YMCA in Palm Harbor has a pool - that's close by. The pool in St. Pete at SPA is awesome and has two pools for lap swimming, but it is a long way from Dunedin. I had heard about the long center being renovated from a friend down there as that was where he used to train. He's now doing his swimming in the gulf - so there's another option for you! :)

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 14:14:54 from 72.184.224.91

That's good advice Bret. I checked out the Yelp reviews for the Palm Harbor Y and there were several complaints about not being able to get a lane because all the other pools are closed!

The Gulf it will be. Going to Sand Key early on Wednesday.

From Jon on Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 22:02:24 from 99.63.224.99

Yeah, live sports aren't near as watchable over here.

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AM: Walked 5 miles.

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AM: Walked 5 miles.

PM: 24 miles on the spin bike in 64 minutes. Yes, I question the accuracy.

Going to see the Rays play the Angels tonight in Tampa.

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AM: 5 miles around Hammock Park, 2.5 running

PM: 24.5 miles on the spin bike.

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PM: 4 eliptical miles, weights.

Lots of walking again. I've done at least 20,000 steps every day of spring break.

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Flying all day. Tampa to Houston to Salt Lake with a 3 hour layover in Houstin. Did manage 18,500 steps in airports.

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AM: 40 miles on the bike on the Jordan River Parkway starting at the 33rd South parking lot, to Bluffdale and back. Tired!

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PM: 7 miles on the Pipeline Trail. Almost all of it running. All the snow is gone.

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PM: 1 mile swim after work. Hot tub/sauna after.

Not pleased with the reviews I've been seeing for the Hoka Speedgoat 6 so I managed to find a pair of 5's at the REI outlet for $135. They're made in China and Vietnam so I wanted to get a new pair quick. Probably would be smart to stock up.

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PM: 9.5 eliptical miles.

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Walked 7 miles

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Walked 7 miles

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Race: SOJO Earth Day 5k (3.11 Miles) 00:24:11, Place overall: 6, Place in age division: 1
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Happy Earth Day!

I ran the South Jordan Earth Day 5k to celebrate. 24:11. Beautiful, 45 degrees and sunny.

Went to brunch after with Abby and Andy before both of them go to work. Abby did well in all her nursing classes this semester and has a couple weeks off before her next semester starts. It's an intensive 20 month program to get her RN.  Ann is in Minnesota visiting her mom.

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From Tom K on Sun, Apr 20, 2025 at 15:11:17 from 47.206.202.65

Keep Racing, Rob!

From jtshad on Mon, Apr 21, 2025 at 05:18:26 from 65.129.149.25

Great to hear Abby is doing so well.

Safe travels to Ann.

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AM: Grandeur Peak plus a little extra. Used my spikes a little bit near the summit where it was a little icy. Probably the last week I will need them.

 

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PM: 7 miles on the eliptical, 1 mile row, short weight session.

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PM: 5 miles on the treadmill.

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PM: 7 miles on the Pipeline Trail towards Elbow Fork and back.

I bought a copy of the August, 1980 nissue of Runner's World off of ebay and it came today. All about the 1980 nmarathon trials. I was obsessed with that issue in high school and read it constantly.

Ann back from Minnesota. Went to a restaurant up in the Avenues tonight called Wildwood...I highly reccomend.

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Lots of walking, some bike riding.

Went over to Jake and Andrea's yesterday afternoon just to catch up and see Tanner who is closing in on three. 

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AM: 7 miles up and down Grandeur Peak plus a little extra. Lots of funny dogs on the mountain today.

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PM: 1 miles swim.

Andy's adoption day dinner at Texas Roadhouse.

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PM: 4 miles on the treadmill plus weights.

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Lots of walking... over 10 miles.

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PM: 6.5 miles up and down Grandeur Peak. Hit a branch with my face.

130 push-ups.

I spoke more harshly to a student than she deserved today. I hate when that happens. Anyway, I sent her an apology when I got home.

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Lots of walking.

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AM: 9 miles eliptical, 1 mile treadmill jog.

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AM: Grandeur Peak. Tracked my heart going up. 125 bpm.

130 push-ups.

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8 miles walking.

Ann and I went to see Jason Isbell at the Sandy Ampitheater. Cold/driving rain at an outdoow concert. Great show though!

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From Jason D on Thu, May 08, 2025 at 09:18:43 from 73.161.42.48

How do you like his new album?

Megan and I are going to see him in late June. Megan got me tickets for my birthday. I have been listening to him for 5 or 6 years and have been waiting to see him.

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PM: 9.5 eliptical, 1 mile row.

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PM: 6.5 up and down Grandeur Peak.

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Walked 10.5 miles. Lots of thinking.

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PM: 10 eliptical miles.

Spent the weekend with Ann up in Wyoming visiting an old cross country runner of mine from back in the 90s when I lived in South Carolina. He and his wife just had their first child (he's 42) in miraculous fashion. So we went up to play the role of wanna be grandparents. It was a lot of fun.

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From Vis on Tue, May 13, 2025 at 19:14:17 from 64.255.86.50

Congrats, grandpa.

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PM: 5 mile treadmill jog, 1 mile row.

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PM: 2 miles, weights.

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PM: 6.5 miles up and down Grandeur Peak.

This has been a memorable week. Life throwing us a curveball after decades of predictability.

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From jtshad on Sat, May 17, 2025 at 08:17:09 from 65.129.139.52

What has been going on? Give me a call.

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Late AM: 5.5 treadmill miles and a little farting around with weights.

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PM: 7 eliptical miles, 1.25 mile treadmill jog.

The images on the screens in front of me harshed my mellow.

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PM: 6.5 miles up and down Grandeur Peak plus 130 push-ups. Did 35 push-ups on the summit because nobody else was there.

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Walked 8.25 miles.

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PM: 21 miles on the bike.

The Alta Hawks boys soccer team won their 10th state championship tonight with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Wasatch High. The third time the two teams have met in the championship game in the last 5 years. 

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PM: Grandeur Peak again. It was warm and I'm not adjusted to that yet. I'm pooped!

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AM: 1.5 mile jog, weights, 1.5 mile jog.

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AM: 25 miles on the bike.

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PM: 9.5 eliptical miles.

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Early AM: 7 miles up and down Grandeur Peak.

150 push-ups.

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8 mile walk. Weights.

Last day of school. Next year will be year 30.

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AM: 10 mile eliptical, 1 mile row, lots of walking.

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AM: 30 mile bike ride.

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AM: 6.5 miles up and down Grandeur Peak. Had my first rattlesnake encounter in a couple years. 

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From Tom K on Mon, Jun 02, 2025 at 18:21:26 from 47.206.202.65

Yikes. Glad you are still here to write about it. I hate those things.

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PM: 9.25 eliptical miles and a sensible strength training session.

I've been attending a professional development the last two days called the "elevated teaching summit". Based on the sessions I attended, elevated teaching consists of outsourceing most of what we do to Artificial Intelligence. Screw that. I'll keep grading my own essays, keep making my students read real books, keep making them write on real paper, and keep relying on feedback from real humans.

Nothing artificial about what's going on in my classroom and I'm going to die on this hill.

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From Tom K on Thu, Jun 05, 2025 at 08:26:00 from 47.206.202.65

If they want you to outsource your work to AI, what is that freeing up your time to do, in their mind?

From Rob Murphy on Thu, Jun 05, 2025 at 12:32:25 from 73.228.106.104

That is left unanswered Tom.

From jtshad on Sat, Jun 07, 2025 at 06:13:44 from 75.174.54.110

Stick to your guns, AI is good for information support but not for critical thinking and decision making which is a core aspect of what you are Teaching your students to become effective adults and members of society.

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Jun 07, 2025 at 20:06:51 from 73.228.106.104

I appreciate the affirmation Jeff!

From Jon on Mon, Jun 09, 2025 at 21:19:25 from 108.81.183.172

Very much agree, too. Read real books. Is there a way to ensure no AI on homework besides forcing in-class essays?

From Rob Murphy on Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 11:32:11 from 73.228.106.104

I don't think so Jon. They all use it for everything they can. They have even learned to dumb down AI essays to make them appear more authentic. Making them write in class is the only solution I've come up with. Of course that takes away from instructional time so it's not a perfect solution.

From Jon on Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 22:27:14 from 108.81.183.172

I remember doing a done of in-class English and history essays in high school. Builds character, and can't cheat (at least, as easily). I had one right after a rock climbing class- my forearms and hands were so tired from the climbing that I could barely hold the pencil.

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AM: 33 miles on the bike - Jeremy Ranch Road out to East Canyon State Park and back.

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Race: SOJO Summerfest 5k (3.11 Miles) 00:23:01, Place overall: 13, Place in age division: 1
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1.000.003.110.004.11

AM: This morning I ran the South Jordan Summerfest 5k in 23:01. 

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Noon: 1 mile swim.

Going to see Ryan Bingham tonight at Red Butte Garden. 

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PM: 9.5 eliptical miles, 1 mile row.

Spent the morning at Huntsman...she's participating in a clinical trial involving high speed ultrasound.

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AM: 6.5 miles up and down Grandeur Peak.

150 push-ups.

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PM: 4 eliptical miles, weights.

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PM: 2 miles up and sown the M trail in Missoula.

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PM: 20 miles on the bike around the Puget Sound area in Washington.

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AM: 25 mile bike ride around Fort Lewis, Washington.

Off to see the Mariners play Cleveland. New MLB stadium for me.

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From Jon on Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 12:11:29 from 108.81.183.172

how was the game and stadium?

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AM: Jogged a couple miles in a Washington state park I can't remember the name of.

Spent most of the day driving from Tacoma to Pendleton Oregon...

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AM: 40 mile bike ride around Pendleton, Oregon. Saw lots of sights including the Oregon Trail, the Estern Oregon Correctional Facility, and the Pendleton Wollen Mills.

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AM: 7 miles up and down Grandeur Peak.

It's supposed to get up to 103 degrees today. Historically, Salt Lake has averaged 8 days over 100 per year but since the year 2000 the average has been 20.4 per year.

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Nothing today. Ann had her surgery yesterday and it took a while. Didn't want to get too far away from her after that. Everything went as well as could be expected though.

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AM: 4 eliptical miles, weights.

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AM: 10 miles, combination of treadmill and eliptical.

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Noonish: 30 miles on the bike. Our delightful cool spell continues!

I'm just finishing up Adam Higgenbotham's book on the space shuttle Challenger disaster. I'm tempted to say mass murder instead of disaster because it comes close to that. It's an excellent book if your outrage tank needs filling.

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From Jon on Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 19:54:36 from 108.81.183.172

Where does it lay the blame?

From Rob Murphy on Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 09:45:07 from 73.228.106.104

Basically suits, politicians, and bureaucrats who didn't listen to the engineers. This is a simplification as there was plenty of blame to go around, but that's basically it. There's lots of engineering stuff that you would probably like.

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AM: 6.5 miles around the Foothill Loop.

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AM: 30 miles on the bike around the neighborhood. Moderately hard effort.

Confession: I consume seed oils.

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AM: 1.5 eliptical warm-up, weights, 1 mile swim, hot tub.

Good workout. Went to school to work in my classroom for a while.

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AM: 40 mile bike ride - down to Thanksgiving Point/Lehi and back on the Jordan River Parkway.

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From Bill Mandler on Sat, Jun 28, 2025 at 08:56:51 from 65.130.31.238

Nice Ride!

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Nothing but a little walking. Achilles really hurt.

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AM: 41 miles on the bike touring the environs of Driggs and Victor Idaho. Jake and Andrea are up here for 8 days and they invited us to join them for a couple.

Really enjoying the cooler weather.

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AM: 5 mile walk before the oppressive heat set in.

PM: Weights, 1 mile swim.

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AM: 5 mile walk.

PM: 9.5 eliptical miles, 1 mile row.

I made a list titled "History books that (to my embarassment) I've never read". I'm going to listen to as many of them as I can on Audible thissummer. Starting with The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman. I've read parts of it many times but never all the way through.

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Race: Lander Wy 4th of July 5k (3.11 Miles) 00:25:17, Place in age division: 1
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AM: Jogged the 4th of July 5k in Lander Wyoming. Much of it was cross country which my achilles didn't really like.

Free breakfast after and then the parade which was awesome!

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From Bret on Fri, Jul 04, 2025 at 14:52:55 from 170.85.56.108

Nice Rob - we take what our bodies give us at this point in time. Enjoy your holiday!

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AM: Walked 5 miles

PM: Walked 5 miles

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AM: 22.5 miles on the bike in 1:25:59

I signed up for my first bike race. A 45 mile gravel race in Wyoming in September which gives be a couple months to figure out the particulars of bike training and racing.

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From Vis on Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 22:01:58 from 64.255.81.37

Congrats. I started bike commuting a bit. Never tried a race or ridden more than 20 miles at a time. What kind of bike do you have?

From Jason D on Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 08:20:13 from 73.161.42.48

Welcome to the dark side, Rob :-) I think you'll like it. It shares some similarities with running though it is obviously very different. If you have any questions, I am your resident gravel bike/race expert.

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AM: 6.5 miles up and down Grandeur Peak.

150 push-ups.

Good article...

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/opinion/moral-argument-global-health.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Uk8.UCQ6.6oMXWRuRq6f2&smid=url-share

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AM: 30 mile bike ride.

PM: 1600 meter swim.

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AM: 6 mile walk.

PM: 1.25 mile treadmill jog, strength rraining.

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PM: 30 miles on the bike generally around Sugarhouse and East Salt Lake. My watch congratulated be on my "fastest 35k". 

Did this at the hottest part of the day.

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PM: 5 eliptical miles, 1 mile row.

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AM: 45 miles on the bike in 2:59

OK, I have a couple questions...

According to my Garmin, my three hours on the bike burned just over 1000 calories. Can that be right? That's what I burn in an hour of running on the treadmill. If it is correct, cycling is a really inefficient form of exercise.

Also, my average heart rate was 101 BPM which also seems really low. When I'm hiking (not running) up Grandeur Peak its 115 BPM on average.

Despite all this, I'm really tired right now and I feel like I worked out harder than the data suggests.

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From Tom K on Sat, Jul 12, 2025 at 14:05:39 from 47.206.202.65

Is it that you are using muscles you don't normally work while running? Is that the fatigue?

From Blake Bennion on Sun, Jul 13, 2025 at 01:06:38 from 73.65.226.168

Garmin determines calories burned directly from heart rate, and for biking the actual calories you are burning is best determined by a power meter- how much mechanical work you're doing.

Garmin calorie estimate has like a 60% range of error, so I'd imagine you burned more.

From Jason D on Sun, Jul 13, 2025 at 06:44:28 from 73.161.42.48

What Blake said.

Cycling HR zones are different from running HR zones. My easy aerobic stuff cycling is generally in the 120 BPM range, but for running it is in the mid to upper 130s and even in the 140s. If you are using a wrist-based HRM it is likely wildly off. A well-fitted chest strap is the best way to get consistent readings.

With cycling in your 50s HR under 120 for endurance efforts wouldn't be out of the question. At 40, my endurance efforts are almost never over 130, even for a couple hours. Indoors, it can be at 120.

You are also a lifelong runner, so you likely have a lower HR.

From Rob Murphy on Sun, Jul 13, 2025 at 09:03:35 from 73.228.106.104

Thanks so much everyone. I appreciate the feedback.

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AM: 1.25 miles on the eliptical, weights/strength training, 1600 meter swim.

On my continued quest to listen to important history books I haven't read, I just finished The Guns of August  about the outbreak of World War I and I've moved on to Gordon Wood's The Radicalism of the American Revolution. So far, Wood's book (published over 30 years ago) is making several assumptions about this country that are no longer true, or at least doubtful. 

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From steve ash on Sun, Jul 13, 2025 at 22:23:49 from 174.23.27.231

I have been looking for an interesting book to read. Thanks for sharing the Guns of August Rob.

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AM: Grandeur Peak with Sandy White, a work colleague. Nice to have some company for a change.

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Lots of walking - about 11 miles.

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AM: 4.5 mile walk, 10 mile eliptical.

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Noon: Did a half day at school prepping for the new school year then went to the gym. 4.5 miles on the treadmill and a 1 mile swim.

And a fair amount of walking.

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AM: 6.5 up and down Grandeur Peak.

2,400 feet up, 2,400 feet down.

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AM: 6.25 miles around the Foothill Loop.

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AM: 52 miles on the bike. Averaged close to 16 mph. 

I purchased a 24 count box of GU energy gells on Amazon in January of 2024 for $27.99. Today it's $48.00. What gives? Are they made in Brazil or China?

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PM: 4.25 treadmill miles, 1 mile row.

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AM: 6.5 miles up and down Grandeur Peak.

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PM: 12 mile bike ride from Pinedale out past the CCC Ponds and Fremont Lake and back.

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AM/PM: 40 miles from Pinedale out to the Boulder Lake Campground with a sketchy detour down a Forest Service road that I thought was the Boulder Lake Road. Lots of hills, dirt, and gravel at 7200 feet. Yes, I'm tired.

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AM: 5 mile walk.

PM: 2 wliptical miles, weights.

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AM: 5.5 mile walk, 1 mile swim.

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AM: 42 miles on the bike.

 

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PM: 22 miles on the bike at the Dunedin Community Center gym.

Unplanned week in Dunedin. My mom is in the hospital and my sister who lives here is out of town for a month which was leaving the burden of my mom on my brother-in-law. So I'm here for eight days. She gets discharged soon.

As usual on summet trips to Florida, I will be whining about the heat and humidity. It hit 100 in Tampa Sunday for the first time ever. But the term "climate change" has been banned here so it can't be that.

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From jtshad on Fri, Aug 01, 2025 at 10:41:22 from 65.129.155.226

Praying that your mom is ok.

From John Marshall Harlan on Fri, Aug 01, 2025 at 13:48:16 from 72.184.224.91

She's been discharged Jeff. Week and frail but generally ok by her standards. Thanks for thinking of her!

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AM: 5 mile walk around Dunedin and a short swim.

PM: 4 miles on the treadmill, weights. Enjoyed evesdropping on two recently retired to Dunedin guys talking about how this is the best place on the planet. One was from New Jersey and one from Illinois.

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AM: 6.5 mile walk around Dunedin. That takes a while.

PM: 1 mile swim in the VERY WARM Highlander Pool in Dunedin Fla. Turns out they're going to demolish this pool after this season and build a deluxe new one. Since I swam in it on opening day in 1978 I can now say that I swam in it the year ir opened and the year it closed.

They were playing Billy Joel's "Only the Good Die Young" on the speakers at the pool deck today and I was thinking the same song definitely could have been playing in 1978.

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From Bret on Mon, Aug 04, 2025 at 06:51:33 from 104.129.207.10

Thanks for the details on Dunedin Rob. Nostalgic for the pool and the Hammock for our HS cross country course in and around the community center and the pool etc. If you have not checked out the Billy Joel documentary on HBO - you may enjoy that. And I think you "may be right" about 1978. Pun intended.

From John Marshall Harlan on Mon, Aug 04, 2025 at 07:16:56 from 72.184.224.91

Ha! I get it.

I've been using the community center gym and the windows face the pond so I've been remembering cross country glories.

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AM: 7 mile walk out the Dunedin causeway and back.

PM: 21.5 miles on the spin bike in 60 minutes.

It's hot and humid here. I'm finding it hard to feel energetic. 

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AM: 8 mile walk around the Hammock Park and surrounding neighborhoods.

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AM: 7 mile walk around Dunedin.

PM: 2 easy treadmill miles, vigorous weight training.

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AM: Doctors appointments etc with mom. Last day here in Dunedin.

PM: 22.5 miles on the spin bike.

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AM: Grandeur Peak plus a little extra.

180 push-ups

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PM: 1 mile swim.

 

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AM: 33 mile bike ride. Was planning to do a lot more but my left shoe broke. I'm a little cranky.

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From Bill Mandler on Sat, Aug 09, 2025 at 10:07:02 from 65.130.13.226

Wow, that would make me "cranky" too!

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AM: 7 miles up and down Grandeur Peak. Nice and cool early this morning.

Teachers start back tomorrow and I'm eager to get back at it. The time off is nice but I always love the freshness of a new year.

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PM: 15 miles on the bike after dinner.

The annual post-summer reality of adjusting my workouts to having to go to work at 6:30 AM and hot afternoon temps is upon me.

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Noon: Weights in the school weight room which is getting quite deluxe. Lots of cool new equipment.

PM: 10 eliptical miles, 1 mile row.

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PM: 21 miles on the bike around the neighborhood. Averaged 16.4 mph. 98 degrees at the start.

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AM: 21 miles on the bike.

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AM: Drove up to Evanston, Wyoming and rode 50 miles on a mix of road and gravel. Far less traffic in Wyoming because nobody lives there. All those cows and sheep are represented by two United States senators though. Same as California.

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From Jason D on Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 10:03:05 from 198.111.39.124

I imagine the gravel roads in Wyoming are pretty pristine, eh?

From John Marshall Harlan on Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 20:32:15 from 73.228.106.104

Yep, and if you want to get away from cars, that's the place!

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Decided to do nothing today. Instead of going to the gym I am going to meet Ann for an adult beverage after our respective workdays end.

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PM: 9.5 eliptical, 1 mile row.

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PM: 21 miles on the bike. 97 degrees at 7 pm.

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PM: 24 miles on the bike. More leisurely than yesterday. Afterwards my watch said "recovery zero hours".

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PM: 1.5 eliptical miles, weights.

Heading up to Lander, Wy tomorrow to scope out my race route. The plan is to ride the whole 45 mile course.

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Noon: Started at Lander City Park. Headed out of town for ten miles of paved road then hit the gravel of Coalmine Road to the town of Hudson, Wyoming. Turned around at 22.5 miles and returned the same way.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/opinion/trump-defunding-medical-research.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gk8.DcOg.maPLrZn-Ed3I&smid=url-share

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AM: Walked 4 miles, biked 24 miles around Lander. Did the first 10 and last 10 of the race course again.

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Nothing today but a fair amount of walking.

I feel myself slowing down just a little bit. I'm more tired after a day of teaching than I used to be. To be expected I guess.

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PM: 10 eliptical miles. Listened to Terry Gross's Fresh Air interview with Sam Phillips and Johnny Cash on the early years of rock. You all should too.

Lots of stuff going on.

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PM: 22 miles on the bike around the neighborhood.

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PM: 10 hard eliptical miles.

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AM: Rode my bike to work - 15 miles.

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AM: Up and down Grandeur Peak plus a mile on the Pipeline Trail. 150 push-ups.

PM: 21 miles on the bike. 16.3 mph.

That's what we used to call a "double". 

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AM: 7 miles up and down Grandeur Peak.

I was thinking that the Grandeur Peak hike from the Church Fork trailhead is clost to a perfect anti-aging workout. Here's why...

1. It takes me about 90 minutes to hike up. My heart rate stays in the low 120s the whole way making it a perfest aerobic workout.

2. The trip down is great for bone density and eccentric muscle development.

3. The nature of the terrain makes it conducive to developing and maintaining balance.

4. Using poles in the winter gives you a good upper body workout as well. In the summer, I try to drop down in the trail and do 25 to 30 push-ups every half mile or so when there's no snow.

5. The creeks, foot bridges, waterfalls, and just the general awesomeness of the Wasatch range induces a sense of awe which is great for mental health. You just have to remind yourself to lift your eyes from the ground in front of you every now and then.

If I can keep doing this every week for the rest of my life, I might not die!

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From Vis on Sat, Sep 06, 2025 at 23:01:23 from 64.255.81.16

I love this, Rob.

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AM: 51 miles on the bike in 3:14. Average heart rate was 104.

Three day weekends are nice. Here's to Labor Day! 

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PM: 9.5 eliptical miles, 1 mile row.

 

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PM: 21 HOT, HILLY miles in Sandy after school.

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PM: Rode 45 miles in 2:37. 12 miles on hilly gravel from Boulder Wyoming to Boulder Lake. 

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PM: 9.6 eliptical miles.

6-3. Ugh!

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PM: 18 miles on bike.

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PM: 9.25 eliptical miles.

Seeing as how I have a bike race on Saturday, I probably should have gone for a short ride but I chose to go to the gym with Andy instead. I feel like I need to support his recent conversion to caring about fitness.

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AM: Easy 30 minute bike ride. Couple hills, couple sprints.

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Race: Wyo 131 Gravel Bike Race - 45 mile event (45 Miles) 02:44:16, Place overall: 17, Place in age division: 3
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First bike race in the books. This was a 45 mile (actually 44 point something) out and back course with 2000 feet of climbing. Although I did 3 minutes faster on the way back, I have much to learn about bike racing, pacing, what kind of pain I can tolerate etc. Still, I passed 5 people on the return and nobody passed me.

Man does this sport skew old! Guys from their 40s to 70s abounded. I suppose because it's expensive and easier on your body?

I really enjoyed this and was actually sad when the race ended. I'll be back.

In other news... Jack Daniels died yesterday at 92.

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From Jason D on Sun, Sep 14, 2025 at 17:29:01 from 73.161.42.48

Glad you enjoyed it! If no one passed you, then you did just fine.

For my mountain bike race this year I am in the 40-49 category and it is WAY faster than the 39 and under category. I regularly (turned 40 last January) get beat by guys in their 50s who look like they couldn't possibly beat me. They wouldn't last more than a few miles running even at an easy pace with me though!

Your years of aerobic base will help you tremendously. It is a matter of getting used to saddle time and some of the nuances of bike racing. It is a lot of pieces to fit together and has far more variables than running and isn't just about raw fitness, which I think arguably running races are (mostly).

From John Marshall Harlan on Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 07:31:16 from 163.248.33.245

Those are good thoughts Jason. I got beat by lots of people who, judging by the looks of them, I wouldn't have thought would beat me at anything related to endurance. I spent the last few miles riding with a guy who was downright chubby.

I got him in the end though.

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PM: 2 easy miles, weights.

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PM: 6.5 miles in The Gully.

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PM: Went to the gym with Andy again and did 10 miles on the eliptical.

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PM: 21 miles on the bike.

Going to dinner with Andy now for his 20th birthday. His actual birthday is Saturday but he's working that day so we're going tonight. Andy is trying to join the Marine Corps and I am very proud of him for that. Can't say I'm too thrilled with the current CINC and how the military is being politicized these days but, as my grandma used to say, this too shall pass.

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PM: 6.5 Gully Long Run. Saw two coyotes and listened to my governor, Spencer Cox, on the Ezra Klein show. 

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Lots of walking, 10 minutes on the eliptical, strenuous weight training.

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AM: 7 miles up and down Grandeur Peak. 

180 push-ups.

Ran into the best wrestler in Alta High history and former student of mine, Matt Findlay, near the summit and had a great chat. He was a four time state champion in high school and is now a doctor in his first year of residency in neurology at the University of Utah.

What's up with the price of mayonnaise?

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From Bob on Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 09:18:21 from 12.104.218.248

Hi Rob, good to see you still hammering away out there. What's up with anything these days?! I always wanted to try making my own mayo, but probably doesn't keep as long.

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Lots of walking - over 20,000 steps.

Parent-teacher conferences this week so working way late. Friday off though. Yay!

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PM: 9.5 eliptical miles and a 1 mile row.

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More parent-teacher conferencing. Did manage to walk 8.6 miles throuought the day and did 200 push-ups.

Andy did well on the ASVAB today so if he passes his physical tomorrow he will be joining the Marine Corps. I'm proud but trepidatious. 

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PM: 9.5 eliptical miles.

Andy passed his physical today so it looks like he's leaving us. I guess that's the idea right?

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From Bret on Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 07:02:40 from 170.85.56.115

Good luck to Andy!

From Rob Murphy on Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 08:16:59 from 73.228.106.104

Thanks Bret. Wish his mom luck as well!

From jtshad on Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 11:21:07 from 75.174.17.28

Good luck to Andy, we will be praying for him.

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AM: 2 easy miles, weights.

Noonish: 15 mile bike ride.

I just read an article on ESPN.com in which Aaron Rodgers called himself an historian. I admire his confidence.

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AM: 50 mile bike ride from Park City to Coalville and back along the gravel Union Pacific rail corridor. 

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AM: 4.5 miles on the treadmill.

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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.

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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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61st birthday today. Here's what I plan to do...  Attend a 504 meeting, write two letters of rec for students, teach 3 U.S. History classes, stay late for students to re-take tests they sucked on last week, do 61 consecutive push-ups, listen to all of Jeff Tweedy's new triple album, hike/run up Grandeur Peak, do whatever activities my family might have scheduled although Ann is working a long day and my kids probably forgot it's my birthday.

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From jtshad on Wed, Oct 01, 2025 at 10:00:33 from 174.27.49.78

Happy birthday! I hope you had an awesome day!

From Vis on Wed, Oct 01, 2025 at 21:47:30 from 64.255.81.16

Happy Birthday, Rob. Sounds like a great plan for the day. Maybe eat something you love.

From Rob Murphy on Thu, Oct 02, 2025 at 10:40:09 from 163.248.33.245

My daughter got me a carrot cake from Harmons!

From Jon on Thu, Oct 02, 2025 at 21:32:02 from 108.81.183.172

Happy birthday, Rob.

From Jason D on Fri, Oct 03, 2025 at 20:06:34 from 73.161.42.48

I thought your birthday was October 1? Happy belated either way!

I hope the carrot cake was good. We carrot cake people know a good dessert!

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Oct 04, 2025 at 19:00:31 from 73.228.106.104

You are correct Jason. I posted it on the wrong day.

Thanks everyone!

From Jason D on Sun, Oct 05, 2025 at 12:12:23 from 73.161.42.48

:-) Got a mind like a steel trap . . .

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PM: 6 miles on the Pipeline Trail with Andy.

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AM: 7.5 miles on the tredmill - all running!!!

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AM: Went to the gym with Andy before he left for work. 2 eliptical miles plus weights. Andy did an hour on the treadmill plus some pull-ups and other "Marine type" exercises. I've been thinking about maybe slapping him or smacking him around a bit when he doesn't work hard enough seeing as how or new Secretary of "War" wants to bring that back. It pays to be prepared right?

PM: 6.5 miles up and down Grandeur Peak.

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PM: Sore a bit from yesterday. 6 mile walk in the afternoon before meeting with Andy's rectuiter.

Andy leaves us October 26! We all went to dinner and Abby and Ann cried.

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PM: 24 miles on the bike. it was sunny and mid 60s so need to take advantage of that while it lasts.

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PM: 7.5 miles running on the treadmill. Felt pretty good.

ICE raid at our local Home Depot today. 

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PM: 6.25 miles around the Foothill Loop with Andy.

 

 

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PM: 1 mile jog, heavy lifting, 1 mile jog.

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AM: 7 miles up and down Grandeur Peak plus a little extra.

PM: Lots of walking with Andy. 32,000 steps today!

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AM: Walked to the gym with Andy. He lugged a 30 pound pack. Then I supervised a circuit workout for Andy of pull-ups, push-ups, crunches, and squats plus one mile on the treadmill. Walked home.

PM: 30 miles on the bike. Averaged 16.2 mph. Sunny and cool.

Ann made white chicken chili, one of my favorites. So I'm enjoying that now with a pint of Guinness. Decided to go to Dunedin for Thanksgiving so I might just go and register for THE Turkey Trot.

Also, let's not forget that Conner MF Mantz, formerly of this blog, broke the American record for the marathon today!

A good day.

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From Bret on Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 07:22:38 from 170.85.57.25

Been telling everyone before the Chicago race to look out for Conner to be the first American and to get the new record!!

Enjoy THE Times Turkey Trot in Clearwater! - I think I ran the very first one in like 1978 or so when I was 12 years old and ran that one year after year while we lived there and in town for the holiday - and then all of my kids began doing at least the 5k every year so much so that it became a family tradition. They have one in Atlanta but it is not the same.

From Tom K on Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 07:56:02 from 47.206.202.65

A $50 5k? Harrumph!

Wait, is that what 5k's cost nowadays?

From Rob Murphy on Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 08:10:08 from 163.248.33.245

Bret - You are correct, there are turkey trots and there's THE Turkey Trot.

Tom - It was $30.00

From Jon on Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 20:48:46 from 108.81.183.172

I remember seeing Connor when he was 10- fast even back then. Too bad he doesn't FRB now.

Rob, is this Dunedin FL? NZ? And why is it THE turkey trot?

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PM: 1 mile swim, hot tup.

Fair amount of walking with Andy. He did Grandeur Peak again today.

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PM: 7.5 miles on the treadmill averaging about 6.2 mph. Just trying to get my hips, knees, and connective tissues used to running.

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AM: 6.5 treadmill miles.

Used one of my 180 banked sick days today to hang out with Andy. Only a few more days before he leaves us.

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PM: 6.5 miles in the Dimple Dell Gully plus a half mile swim.

Watched Shohei Ohtani and the greatest single game performance in baseball history.

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From Vis on Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 20:53:43 from 69.130.108.99

That was two unbelievable games in one.

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Noon: Waited until it warmed up some and rode my bike for 30 miles.

Walked to Beans and Brews with Abby for coffee this morning. Ann was out protesting most of the day.

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AM: 7 miles on the treadmill. 2 miles at 8 mph.

Things I'm excited about in the coming week...

Only 3 days of school, Fall Break, Andy's last week at home, the new Springsteen biopic based on Warren Zane's great book, the Bucs vs. Lions on Monday Night Football.

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From jtshad on Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 06:57:20 from 75.174.2.115

Please give Andy our love and prayers as he starts this new adventure in his life.

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PM: Seven miles in the gully with Andy. We wore heavy packs.

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PM: 1 mile jog, weights etc.

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PM: 7 miles running on the treadmill.

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AM: 6.5 miled up and down Grandeur Peak with Andy.

I've been doing quite a bit of training with Andy the past few weeks and I think I'm in the best all-around shape of my life. I attribute it to never doing the same thing two days in a row.

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From jtshad on Thu, Oct 23, 2025 at 17:23:15 from 75.174.2.115

Well done, especially for us old guys!

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AM: Gym workout with Andy. Walked there and back.

PM: 18 mile bike ride.

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AM: 7 miles on the treadmill at the gym. Andy did 6.5 miles in 60 minutes not pushing that hard. He leaves tomorrow at 3 pm.

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AM: Left early to do Grandeur Peak by myself. 6.5 miles up and down. Drizzly and chilly which matched my mood. Only saw a couple other people.

I let Andy sleep in because this was his last morning at home. When he wakes up tomorrow morning he will be going over 50 hours without sleep. We went to brunch when I got home. Very nice. Then we just hung around the house and took care of his truck and other last minute things. Packed the small handfull of items he can bring, said goodbye to some neighbors, and went to the hotel by the MEPS. I hung around the hotel for a while and even did a decent workout with him in the hotel gym, a very good one. 

PM: 1 mile treadmill jog etc.

Tomorrow I will go to the MEPS at 10:30 to watch him swear-in and give him one last hug. Very thankful that tomorrow is a teacher work day with no students.

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From Bret on Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 06:21:57 from 146.75.232.0

Thoughts and prayers are with you and Ann and of course Andy as he sets out on this new journey.

From Vis on Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 18:32:17 from 64.255.81.16

I echo Bret’s sentiments. I feel like I know your kids because of the blog.

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 18:46:48 from 73.228.106.104

Thanks so much for this! He lands in San Diego in about an hour and then people will be screaming at him all night. He'll be expected to scream back. Andy is quiet and soft spoken so I worry about that a little bit.

From Jon on Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 20:13:46 from 108.81.183.172

Marines?

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PM: 6.25 miles around the Foothill Loop. After a rainy/chilly day it turned out to be a beautiful, sunny afternoon. Needed.

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PM: 7.5 miles on the treadmill.

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PM: 24 mile bike ride. Really nice for October 31.

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PM: 42 miles on the bike on an unusually warm (actually not that unusual anymore) November 1. Found a new great place to ride out at the deserted office parks by the airport. No traffic, nots of bike lanes.

The office parks are deserted because it's Saturday.

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AM: 6.5 miles up and down Grandeur Peak. 150 push-ups.

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PM: 7 miles on the treadmill. 6 x 1/4 mile at 8 mph.

Lots of pull-ups.

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PM: 15 mile ride in Green River, UT.

Romantic dinner with Ann after at the Tamarisk Restaurant. Lol.

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PM: 42 mile ride northwest of Fruita Colorado out to the Book Cliffs and back. Borderline EPIC.

We got three letters in the mail yesterday. One from Andy's company commander, one from his senior drill instructor, and a form letter from Andy addressed to "beloved family".

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PM: 7.5 on the treadmill including 2.5 at 8 mph. Ready for a blistering Turkey Trot.

We got two letters from Andy today!

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Comments
From jtshad on Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 06:27:12 from 65.129.136.246

I hope that Andy is doing well!

From Rob Murphy on Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 20:04:50 from 73.228.106.104

The food is mush and he's getting yelled at but other than that he seems like he's figuring it out.

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PM: 2 miles easy and some weights.

Had to/got to give a speech at the Alta Veteran's Day Assembly today. Spent a lot of time working on it this week.

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PM: 9 eliptical miles.

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Comments
From Bob on Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 07:51:04 from 12.104.218.248

Hey Rob, I'm sure you've already been asked this but who is the gentleman pictured on your blog?

From Rob Murphy on Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 10:46:52 from 163.248.33.245

Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan aka "The Great Dissenter". He was the 1 on many 8-1 rulings.

From Bob on Sat, Nov 15, 2025 at 10:40:46 from 73.176.100.100

Ah thank you. Going to look him up.

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PM: 8 miles on the treadmill.

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PM: 6.5 miles in the gully. Cloudy and blustery but not that cold. I mostly had the trails to muself. Not many people like that type of weather but I do.

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AM/PM - 52 miles on the bike out by the Great Salt Lake/Utah State Prison. 16.1 mph.

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6.500.000.000.006.50

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AM: 6.5 up and down Grandeur Peak.

Had brunch after with Abby for her 25th birthday. Ann is in San Diego for a few days with a couple friends. 

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From jtshad on Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 16:43:36 from 75.174.60.125

Please wish Abby a happy belated birthday from the Shadley's.

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0.000.000.000.000.00

AM: Spent my morning brainstorming ideas about how to teach my 6th period class without losing my mind. 

This will be a rest day...hopefully a long walk this afternoon.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

PM: 8 miles on the treadmill mostly between 7 and 7.5 mph.

Had dinner at the Mumbai House with Abby. I'm getting more into Indian food thanks to her.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

PM: 2 treadmill miles. Weights.

Watching Ken Burns American Revolution series.  It points out that in England in 1760, the richest 2% of the population controlled 67% of the wealth and that America was settled by people who resented that exclusion. In the U.S. today the richest 2% control 61% of the wealth.

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From jtshad on Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 13:58:55 from 65.129.144.81

Astute observation of how history repeats itself and power/money protects power/money.

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

AM: Grandeur Peak plus a little extra. 

150 push-ups.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.800.000.000.008.80

AM: 1.25 mile warm-up, 7.3 miles in 60 minutes, .25 mile cool-down.

Swim, hot tub after.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.006.50

AM: Grandeur Peak again. It was nice to rise out of the sludge/pollution of Salt Lake City. It was not nice to decend back down into it.

200 push-ups.

Going the see the Jazz play the Lakers at 6 pm.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.500.000.000.008.50

PM: 8.5 miles on the eliptical.

Before Andy left for Marine Corps boot camp I had a conversation with him about the Uniform Code of Military Justice and how it's his responsibility to disobey illegal orders. I specifically made him promise me that he would resist any order to use force against American citizens whe aren't threatening him. This was something that was taught to me in basic training, at Officer Candidate School, and at the Infantry Officer Basic Course.

Appatently this is controversial now.

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0.000.000.000.000.00

Nothing today, working and flying... hope to get lots of steps in at the various airports.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

AM: 2 mile jog.

PM: Race packet pickup for the Clearwater Turkey Trot tomorrow and I have to say, it wat the most unpleasant and incompetnt such experience I've ever had. 50/50 on whather I'm even going to run the race in the morning.

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Race: Clearwater Turkey Trot (3.11 Miles) 00:21:22, Place overall: 74
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.003.110.005.11

AM: Ran the Turkey Trot. Very happy with my time. Warmish and 97% humidity.

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From Tom K on Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 11:44:53 from 65.141.240.114

Great race! It would have been better to have the race at dinner time. It's already getting cooler around here.

From Jon on Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 17:40:05 from 108.81.183.172

Wow, that's humid.

What made the packet pickup so bad?

From Bret on Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 15:59:28 from 146.75.222.0

Nice race Rob!

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0.000.000.000.000.00

Walked 11 miles total 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

AM: 4 mile jog around Dunedin. Weights at the community center.

My son Andy has hand foot and mouth disease and is temporarily (we hope!)  out of action at Marine Corps boot camp in San Diego. Bummer because he won't get to graduate on time with the platoon he started with and will have to join another platoon mid-cycle.

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From jtshad on Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 09:59:54 from 65.129.144.81

I hope Andy gets better soon and can make an effective transition to a new platoon.

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.250.000.000.009.25

PM:9.25 eliptical miles.

During World War II, in accordance to the laws of war and human decency, when the United States sunk a Nazi or Japanese ship and found survivors clinging to wreckage in the ocean, we would rescue those survivors. This is one thing that set us apart from the Japanese in particular.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

PM: 8 miles on the treadmill.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.500.000.000.008.50

PM: 8.5 miles on the treadmill. 7.3 in 60 minutes plus a warm-up and short cool-down.

Watching as much of Ken Burns American Revolution series as I can this week.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

PM: 2 mile neighborhood jog. Weights in the garage.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

AM: 4 eliptical miles, weights.

The mighty Furman Paladins have advanced to the Final 4 of the NCAA Division I soccer tournament!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1731.4015.006.220.001752.62
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