Rob Murphy

Jupiter Peak Steeplechase

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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

Sat, Jul 30, 2016

Race: Jupiter Peak Steeplechase (15.3 Miles) 02:20:17, Place overall: 27, Place in age division: 2

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
2.00	0.00	15.30	0.00	17.30

You know what I'm glad about? I'm glad the Jupiter Peak Steeplechase is over for another year. I don't climb mountains particularly well and I'm not totally sure how this race ended up on my to-do list for three consecutive years. Every year I forget how long and hard that climb up Jupiter Peak is. You can go to mountaintrails.org to see a video of the course and what the climb is like (never mind - you can't).

Second in my age group again - this time to Bill Cobler who I beat Monday at Des News but who crushed me today by 4 minutes. I beat Taha Mahmood who beat me the last 2 years and I thought that would be good enough for the age group win but no dice. I ran the uphill slower this year and the downhill quite a bit faster.

My time was 2 minutes slower than last year but the course was .3 longer so maybe slightly better?

I'm tired!

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

Comments

From jtshad on Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 17:13:41 from 173.198.176.201

Congrats on a strong week of racing! Nicely done!

From Bret on Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 19:58:56 from 99.1.220.106

Hats off to you Rob. That's a really difficult race and to do it multiple years - following a speedy 10k on Monday - well done.

I recommend some rest!

From Steve on Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 20:47:47 from 66.87.150.171

Bill has been doing some good trail running this summer. That's where it's at.

From steve ash on Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 16:43:15 from 67.2.58.87

Very nice Rob:) Bill is pretty tough in his training as well as racing..

From Amiee on Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 17:55:51 from 24.2.77.1

One of these years you're going to do a steep trail run to prepare :) Nice work!

From allie on Sat, Aug 06, 2016 at 09:26:41 from 24.99.46.55

double dip race week! good balance of tearing up the downhill and uphill muscles.

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