Rob Murphy

SLTC Winter 5k

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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, Jan 25, 2020

Race: SLTC Winter 5k (3.11 Miles) 00:19:20, Place in age division: 1

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.00	0.00	3.11	0.00	7.11

I made it out to the Salt Lake Track Club's Winter 5k after taking last year off. My goal was to break 20 minutes for the first time in forever and I ran 19:20 - so that's good. Splits were 6:16, 6:10, 6:13, 43. Makes me think I can break 19 minutes again because I wasn't really racing that hard.

I thought I won my age group so I have awarded myself 1st place here on the blog. Bill Cobler beat me by 1 second even though he finished a couple minutes behind me. Decided to do the awards based on chip time rather than gun time and apparently Bill had a hard time making it to the start on time. It's frustrating to lose to a person when you finish a few hundred yards in front of them.

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

Comments

From Bret on Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 12:04:56 from 107.77.90.60

USATF rules require gun time to determine place on a certified course - or so I was told when I had a chip time that appeared to have won my age in a race here in ATL. My time was about a minute faster than the gun time winner.

Ohh yeah - great race time BTW. :). Impressive that you felt like you could have gone faster. Well done.

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 12:19:23 from 67.177.30.39

Hey Bret. Here's an observation. In addition to the normal age-related decline, I'm noticing that it's harder all the time to really "go to the well" in racing. I used to vomit after 5k's in high school! I'm not really willing to do that anymore. :-)

Thoughts?

From Bret on Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 12:23:54 from 107.77.90.60

Totally with you on that Rob. I would much rather feel like I have given a good effort but with enough to feel like I could have done more.

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 12:25:45 from 67.177.30.39

Of course I was also more prone to eating cheeseburgers 45 minutes before racing in high school.

From jtshad on Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 13:51:19 from 75.174.5.48

Great job on the race and the time. Frustrating to get beat by a person you do not know you are racing, thus the gun time requirement for awards.

5K's have always been a bit hard for me (as a marathoner) to dig that deep for the short distance and fast times.

From Eva Splaine on Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 15:05:03 from 108.61.201.170

That is SO exciting Mr. Murphy!

I kind of know how you must be feeling coming back from an injury and surgery.

I am sure that you will be able to break 19:00 minutes this year; but don't stop there. I think you could break 18 as well.

GO FOR IT! :)

From Kenny the Apache on Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 16:21:00 from 65.48.74.201

Nice effort and time Rob!I have always been interested in trying out one of these Winter Series races, possibly next year!

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