Rob Murphy

Pocatello Half Marathon

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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: 36.00 Month: 91.25 Year: 1700.95
Totals
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
37.5513.100.000.0050.65
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Sun, Aug 29, 2021
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.300.000.000.0011.30

AM: 9.3 miles on the Pipeline Trail. Used my watch for the first time in a while and averaged 8:28 which isn't too bad these days.

Ann jetted off on here solo trip to Spain this morning so just me and Andy around here for a while.

PM: 2 miles easy.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Mon, Aug 30, 2021
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.006.50

PM: 6.5 in Millcreek.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Tue, Aug 31, 2021
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.250.000.000.007.25

PM: 7.25 miles in The Gully. Hot, 92 degrees.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Wed, Sep 01, 2021
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

PM: 4 easy miles.

Word came down from the  district today that we teachers are now required to remove everything from our classroom walls that may express an opinion of any kind or not directly related to our curriculum. So down comes my Steve Prefontaine and Kipchoge posters and my banner from NXN in 2008. The pride sticker on one of my file cabinets as well.

The general understanding is that some parents and state board of education members are upset about teachers expressing overt support for LGBTQ students but they realize that banning statements of empathy or support for that group could be problematic so they're just going to ban expression by teachers not directly related to the curriculum of any kind.

I might not make it 30 years. I hear the Amazon warehouse is hiring.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Thu, Sep 02, 2021
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.006.50

PM: 6.5 on the Pipeline Trail.

New revelation today: We teachers may now longer display personal items or family photos in our classtoom anywhere besides our desk. So down comes Abby's 2 preschool drawings of our family that I've had on the bulletin board next to my desk since 2004.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Sat, Sep 04, 2021
Race: Pocatello Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:28:30, Place overall: 6, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.0013.100.000.0015.10

Spur of the moment went up to Pocatello to run the half marathon there for the first time since 2012 (I think). Training has been inconsistent lately with no long runs and virtually no sub-8 minute miles so I wasn't expecting much other than I was willing to die rather than go over 1:30 :-)

The winning time was a pedestrian 1:25 which I'm 100% certain I can still do fairly easily with just a few weeks of real training. I'm thinking about registering for next year's race with the goal of winning unless Jeff Shadley comes out of retirement.

Splits: 6:40, 6:36, 6:41, 6:59, 6:51, 6:24, 6:48, 6:39, 7:05, 7:07, 6:40, 6:41, 6:40

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Totals
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
37.5513.100.000.0050.65
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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