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Location:

Lehi,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 29, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

2009 Provo River Marathon, 4:04:38

2009 Provo Canyon Halloween 1/2 Marathon, 1:27:22

2010 Ogden Marathon, 3:04:39

2010 Deseret News Marathon, 2:51:36

2010 Provo River 1/2 Marathon 1:19:01

2010 Top of Utah Marathon 2:52:24

2010 Just Cuz 1/2 Marathon 1:17:36

2011 13.1 LA 1/2 Marathon 1:19:43

2011 Timpanogos Half 1:16:51

2011 Treadmill Marathon 2:49:26 (pr)

Short-Term Running Goals:

2:45 Boston.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Elliptical Trainer 2017 Lifetime Miles: 107.00
Treadmill 2017 Lifetime Miles: 454.20
Race: Deseret News Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:05:56, Place overall: 25, Place in age division: 6
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Slowest Marathon I've done in 3 years, even slower than my epic blowup in St. George.  Am I angry or upset?  Absolutely not,  accomplished all my goals for today, have fun, chat with bloggers and get back to work in time for my meetings.

I was really up in the air on whether I should run this or not, I haven't done any marathon specific training since last fall, and I'm about 15 lbs overweight but when I saw what a large FRB presence there was going to be I decided yesterday to go register.  I saw that Jeff Loveless was shooting for a 2:57 which seemed dandy to me so I told him yesterday I would like to run with him.  I ran into a plethora of bloggers at the start line, Steve Anderson, Marlin, James, Sasha, Allie, Fritz (as he got out of his Cadillac Escalade limo 2 minutes before the start (JK).  The time flew, it was a bit warm for being up on a mountain but felt great while waiting.  5 minutes before the start Jeff found me so we were on target for our plan to run together.  I told him we should just shoot for around 6:20 for the first 3 downhill miles and make sure our legs didn't get distroyed.  We pretty much stuck to the plan, maybe a little faster but if felt comfortable and we just chatted the first 5 miles, at Little Mountain the uphill bothered my knee and I slowed down,  I didn't want to be responsible for Jeff not running a good time and told him he could leave me, so he did.  I took it easy up the hill, on purpose and just tried to keep an even effort, I could tell that even the slower pace coming down my legs were hurting already, which probably means you should just blow down the first part since it hurts no matter what.  Oh, I forgot at mile 4 Allie and a pretty serious group of Wastach runners blew past us, Jeff told me to go catch them I did but they were way to intense for me that early in the race so I slowed back down to Jeff.

Anyway, after Jeff left me I turned on music and just tried to have fun and not hurt, felt good but my legs did hurt from the lack of miles I've put in lately, at mile 13 the sun came out, I thought Oh great a 13 miles death march, then a mile later a gift from the heavens, rain!!  Ahh! such a wonderful thing, the rain and clouds made it perfect temps the rest of the race,  I just kind of plowed along, there was a guy on a Felt Bike and Felt Jersey that must have been cheering someone right behind me cause he kept passing me and then stopping at each mile marker and telling me good job,  I told him I felt like he was my personal cheer leader.  I slowed down at each aid station and savored the water, I smiled at all the people and high fived all the kids and just tried to tell myself it was all just for a good workout and feel like I was a runner once again.  At mile 17 the virtual 3 hour pacer dropped me, even though I pretty much knew a sub 3:00 wasn't happening at 13. 

The best part was that after mile 20 instead of what I'm normally used to, getting passed, I started passing people, it was amazing to actually feel like I was stronger at the end, even though splits would say different.  The few block on the parade route was fun, I gave lots of little kids high fives, it reminded me of a marathon sign I once saw "Worst Parade Ever" I think that about sums up Marathon watching for my wife.

Anyway, I had a fun day, now I get to work the rest of the day, my company is an "International" company, so we don't get Pioneer day off. 

This is exactly how I would run every marathon from now on (from a feel, standpoint) but next time I hope to be in much better shape so the time is better.  I may post splits later but I'm kind of embarrassed by some of them.

Great job to all the other Bloggers, sorry Jeff for not being able to stay with you.  You looked great.

P.S. I have a couple of watches for sale if anyone is interested.

Here are my splits for what it's worth.

6:24, 6:15, 6:14, 6:28, 6:32, 7:12, 8:09, 7:26, 6:38, 7:03, 6:47, 6:56, 6:55, 7:00, 7:00, 7:12, 7:10, 7:31, 7:14, 7:19, 7:54, 6:59, 7:27, 7:19, 7:20, 7:43, 1:50


Saucony Progrid Kinvara Miles: 26.20
Comments
From Teena Marie on Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:14:56 from 208.54.4.154

Sounds pretty perfect to me! Congrats! :)

From Carina on Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:39:39 from 204.15.86.83

Way to go! You did great and had a fun time doing it!!

From Rob Murphy on Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 12:32:00 from 24.10.249.165

So your company isn't down with Pioneer Day? Oh well, their loss. I'm just bummed that BY and his crew couldn't arrive in the Salt Lake Valley during the school year so we could get the day off. What a waste of a state holiday!

In Massachusetts they have Patriots Day to commemorate the Battle of Lexington and Concord which our founders had the good sense to fight in April so kids could get the day off of school.

Glad you enjoyed your run. Great post as usual Rob.

From Rob on Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 12:40:39 from 206.71.84.68

Thanks Teena and Carina (cool names together) it was a very enjoyable marathon for me!

Yeah! Rob, I don't get it, I think our Germany office gets a whole week off for Oktoberfest.

From Rob Murphy on Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 14:21:22 from 24.10.249.165

They should get all of "Oktober"! I mean, if you truly want to fest the right way.

From allie on Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 17:12:32 from 97.126.221.48

way to go, rob. it's so great you were able to run today and accomplish your goals. it was nice seeing you again and i'm glad you are healthy!

From Kam on Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 19:00:35 from 65.130.97.107

Good to see you on the course. Tell me more about these watches. My garmin is tired.

From Rob on Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 20:49:51 from 204.15.86.95

Thanks Allie, it is nice to be running again, albeit slow.

Kam, where you the guy standing with Andy? The watch comment was a joke referring to Fritz and Steve's race reports. Sorry for the false advertising. I guess I should stop making jokes, noone ever seems to get them.

From scottkeate on Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 09:18:34 from 216.49.181.254

Nice job, Rob! Great report! Looks like you had a healthy perspective and enjoyed the journey. What more can you ask for?

You'll need to hook up with our Utah Valley crew for a run or two before St. George.

From Lulu Walls on Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 11:31:08 from 155.100.212.98

I really like your attitude! Sounds like you had a lot of fun out there. That was an amazing performance for deciding to run just the day before!

From RAD on Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 20:32:11 from 98.202.23.178

Why didn't I recognize you when you ran past?!? I was there cheering and enjoying all the finishers until 3:40ish. I wish I could be embarrassed of those splits :) I have to agree that running a marathon and feeling good those last 6 miles is priceless and totally worth enjoying and not killing yourself in a marathon. But, I still somehow feel better the week after when I've killed myself :)

From Jake K on Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 10:29:21 from 155.100.226.54

Haha I love the "worst parade ever" slogan.

Glad you were able to do this, have fun, and finish strong!

From Marlin on Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 19:34:28 from 174.27.64.141

Rob, it was very nice to see you again at the start line. Great race and stay healthy my friend

From Fritz on Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 23:16:35 from 76.27.28.67

Nice job Rob. Looks like you ran a smart race and had fun doing it. I arrived in the buses like everyone else, slept in the weeds for 30 mins then spent the last 28 minutes before the race looking for my watch. I promise I would have rather been chatting with folks at the start line.

From Rob on Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 06:46:29 from 198.228.217.156

Well now I feel bad, you totally should have taken the limo. You should have come down and got the entire FRB group to help search for your watch. If someone found it and didn't turn it in, well that just wrong.

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