Rob Murphy

Sandy Classic 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: 12.50 Month: 71.00 Year: 480.97
Race: Sandy Classic 5k (3.1 Miles) 00:18:27, Place overall: 11, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.500.003.110.0014.61

Happy 4th of July!

Weird race. A humid, rainy affair with a poorly marked course. In fact, my mile split was 3:53 which is a PR for me. My final time was about 40 seconds slower than my half marathon 5k split 2 weeks ago. Why? I have no idea as I felt I was racing pretty hard and I felt pretty good.

Still won the masters though. There's always that. Of course I didn't see a single competitor I was familiar with. The key to winning seems to be running local races when a circuit race is going on a couple miles away.

Kramer got beat by Miles Batty but ran a decent workout type time. I had a good group of my guys show up, many running their first 5k. 

PM: 8 miles in 61 minutes. 91 degrees. I did my best to seek out shade. 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From Bret on Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 08:25:29 from 96.228.167.228

Nice job Rob - your first sub 4 min mile!

Enjoy Independence Day!

From Jake K on Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 12:04:33 from 174.251.19.211

You finally beat Alan Webb's high school mile PR!

How fast did Kramer and Miles run?

From Rob Murphy on Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 12:17:04 from 24.10.249.165

Miles 16:20ish, Kramer, 16:40ish.

From Rob Murphy on Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 12:19:07 from 24.10.249.165

The funny thing is that they had a couple girls reading off the mile splits who saw nothing odd at reading off times in the mid 3 minute range.

From Jake K on Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 12:20:39 from 174.251.19.211

Maybe they usually time the Diamond League meets?

From Bob on Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 20:28:25 from 67.176.195.62

I like your race picking strategy!

From allie on Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 11:25:24 from 97.126.209.84

congrats on the mile PR. make sure to update your running accomplishments in the sidebar.

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