Rob Murphy

Top all-time run today. I ran the Fairyland Loop from Sunrise Point to Fairyland Point in Bryce Canyon NP. 5.8 miles each way. The Fairyland Point parking lot is closed with lots of snow so no one was coming the other direction. Only passed 2 people on the way out so I felt like I had an entire national park to myself. Once I got to Fairyland I sat for a few minutes, ate a cliff bar and drank some water and did some contemplating. Then I headed back. 

Really nice to get away for a couple days. Track season starts this week and I will only have one day/week off between now and mid-May with just a couple exceptions and on those Saturday's I'll have practice.

I put some pictures on my twitter. @murphy_rob

Rest day. Pretty sore.

4 miles and some weight lifting. Pretty hard lifting as a matter of fact.

AM: 2 mile walk around Sandy during first period.

PM: Another 2 mile walk to clear the head.

I thought a lot about the passing of Ed Whitlock. Every now and then someone will die and I'll think "there goes another person I wish I had met" and that is certainly true of Ed Whitlock. Just knowing he was out there running his 2:50 marathons in his 70s and circling his cemetary every day was an inspiration to me.

I'm struggling with consistency. Work, coaching, family stuff, and fatigue are working against me. 

I'd love to do more trails but that sort of running is so time consuming.

Managed 7.25 miles on the treadmill. Averaged 7:20. Then swam a few laps.

PM: 2 mile walk.

PM: 4.25 miles circling the neighborhood after work. I was, like Bob Seger, strung out from the road.

Track meet tomorrow.

3 miles between track meet events.