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December 21, 2024

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Location:

Venice,FL,USA

Member Since:

Oct 31, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5k:
21:01, (6:46 pace) 11-19-11.
20:08, (6:29 pace) 9-1-12 (Part of a Mini-Triathlon Relay).
19:17, (6:12 pace) 11-17-12.
19:19, (6:13 pace) 11-23-13.
19:30, (6:17 pace) 1-4-14.
20:34, (6:34 pace) 9-13-14
19:49, (6:23 pace) 10-25-14
19:32, (6:17 pace) 11-22-14
19:40, (6:19 pace) 12-19-14
19:49, (6:23 pace) 1-31-16

8k:
34:42, (6:57 pace) 3-17-12.
32:11, (6:28 pace) 3-16-13.
32:32, (6:33 pace) 3-15-14.

34:00, (6:50 pace) 3-14-15.

33:09, (6:40 pace) 3-11-17.

32:56, (6:38 pace) 3-17-18.

10k:
44:18, (7:08 pace) 4-14-12.
41:22, (6:39 pace) 12-15-12.
42:11, (6:47 pace) 4-13-13.
41:06, (6:37 pace) 12-8-13.

42:03, (6:46 pace) 3-5-16

44:35, (7:11 pace) 8-26-17
12k:
53:53, (7:14 pace) 3-24-12.
49:20, (6:37 pace) 3-1-14
15k:
1:18:16, (8:24 pace) 2-26-11.

1:04:37. (6:56 pace) 2-20-16

1:08:25 (7:18 pace) 2/22/20

Half Marathons:

1:37:57 (7:28 pace) 1-26-20. Fort Lauderdale - A1A
14 Marathons:
1. 4:12:08, (9:37 pace) 1-9-11. Disney.
2. 4:18:18, (9:51 pace) 10-30-11. MCM.
3. 3:42:26, (8:29 pace) 1-14-12. Charleston.
4. 3:13:15, (7:22 pace) 10-7-12. Steamtown.
5*. 3:12:26, (7:20 pace) 1-19-14. Louisiana.
6*. 3:14:06, (7:24 pace) 4-21-14. Boston.
7*. 3:19:38, (7:37 pace) 7-19-14. U. of Okoboji.
8*. 3:16:27, (7:30 pace) 2-22-15. Mercedes-Benz
9*. 3:30:38 (8:03 pace) 5-15-16 Sugarloaf

10. 3:24:21 (7:48 pace) 11-5-16 Savannah RNR

11. 3:27:37 (7:56 pace) 5-12-18 Brookings

12. 3:46:02 (8:38 pace) 10-7-18 Towpath

13. 3:35:11 (8:13 pace) 9-12-21 Med City

14. 3:45:45 (8:37 pace) 4-16-23 Coastal Delaware

* = These 5 races were run at 67.9 seconds per pound. If I want a PR, I need to weigh less than 170 pounds.

Short-Term Running Goals:

2024 GOALS:

to not get fat

Long-Term Running Goals:

Continue running as often as I can, as far as I can, as fast as I can. Teaching my kids (by example) the rewards that come from putting in the work. Very slowly get to 50 states.

Personal:

I'm married, with two sons, 18, and 19.

I started running because someone dared me to.

I ran my first race 3 days after my 40th birthday. (Disney)

My profile picture story: http://www.melissajill.com/blog.cfm?postID=1492&boston-marathon

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Miles:	This week:	17.50	Month:	51.70	Year:	773.95

Fri, Mar 04, 2022

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
4.00	0.00	4.00

4 on the trails.

So I have this situation.- Maybe someone on this Utah-centric blog can help me out with this. We have been planning another family snowboard trip to Park City for a long time. We fly out 3/15. We fly back 3/21 (We land back in Tampa at midnight!). Since we planned the trip, my youngest (John) has done very well in performing a musical piece on a 4 valve Euphonium. Specifically this one:

https://youtu.be/wRUETWKxLT4

He has done so well that he was invited to compete in the state competition in Fort Pierce (other side of the state) on 3/22. That's right, we land at midnight 3/21, drive home to Venice by 2 am-ish, then load him on a bus to Fort Pierce on 3/22 at 7 in the morning. This is a big deal for a freshman. I'm proud of my boy for choosing such a difficult piece, and doing so well. But I look ahead to state's, and he's going to do this coming off a week with no practice? Not a recipe for success.

We have looked at all of the options for flying out and back with a Euphonium, and those are all pretty much out because we can not keep the horn safe loading on the plane. This leaves us with a short term rental for the horn while we are there.

So, does anyone have access to a horn, or a location I can have my son play a horn, for an hour a day from 3/15 to 3/21, within a reasonable distance from Park City? Or advice for what to do?

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Comments

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Mar 05, 2022 at 07:26:25 from 67.177.30.39

What's a reasonable distance? The high school where I teach is a 45 minute drive from PC. I could talk to the band director if you want.

From Tom K on Sun, Mar 06, 2022 at 14:03:33 from 47.201.50.24

There is a short term rental place in park city that hasn't responded yet. Their website looks like they rent guitars and such, not much in the way of brass instruments. A perfect solution would be if your band director has an unused horn, or a kid taking a week off from playing. 45 minutes each way every day, after snowboarding all day sounds like a lot. Please talk to your band director. I'm in a spot here. Thanks, Rob.

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Mar 07, 2022 at 08:52:39 from 163.248.33.245

Hey Tom. Are you more interested in just finding a horn for him to play or a place to practice? Or both?

Sorry for the delay getting back.

From Tom K on Mon, Mar 07, 2022 at 15:32:35 from 47.206.202.65

Okay, we just got off the phone with Riverton Music in West Jordan. They will rent us a horn for 1 week. We will pick up the horn on the ride out to PC, spend a week snowboarding and annoying / entertaining our neighbors in Canyons resort with some awesome baritone-ing, then drop the horn off on our way back to the airport. Thanks for looking into this Rob.

From Tom K on Mon, Mar 07, 2022 at 15:37:16 from 47.206.202.65

The second after we booked the horn rental, we got a reply e-mail from the very nice band director at park city high school, saying he has an extra horn, and we can use the school's practice space, if we need it.

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Mar 07, 2022 at 17:10:10 from 163.248.33.245

That's so cool. I'm glad it worked out.

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