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Greenville,SC,

Member Since:

Feb 24, 2007

Gender:

Male

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Other

Running Accomplishments:

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5k- 16:01, 1/2 marathon- 1:11:37, marathon- 2:34:16, 50k- 3:58, 100 mile- 15:19

Former World Record holder in 100 x 5k relay

Ultra history:

8-100 mile, 1-100k, 9-50 mile, 2-40 mile, 14-50k-ish

12 wins, 5 CR's, plus four 2nd, five 3rd, 4th, 4th, 5th, 5th, 9th, 16th, 20th, 28th, 38th, and 62nd place, with 1 DNF

Short-Term Running Goals:

Goals

Enjoy running, stay fit (and maybe lose a few pounds). Play ultimate frisbee.

4 year coach of Langston Middle School- love it

Long-Term Running Goals:

Unretire at some point

Run a sub-6 hr 50 miler

Win a 100 mile ultramarathon

Personal:

I have five cute kids. And I have some rockin short green racing shorts- I wear them mainly because it embarrasses my wife so much. I like ultimate frisbee, trail running, reading, and cheering for the Denver Broncos! And I have the absolute best wife in the world. And I used to run for the now-disbanded national Team Pearl Izumi- Ultra!

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	47.00	Year:	202.50
Fastwitch Lifetime Miles:						82.50
Trail N1 Lifetime Miles:						86.50
Road N1 Lifetime Miles:						31.00
Trail M2 Lime/black Lifetime Miles:						297.00
Road M3 Grey And Yellow Lifetime Miles:						324.00
Road N2 Purple 2 Lifetime Miles:						222.50
Road N2 4 Grey Lifetime Miles:						59.00

Fri, Nov 18, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
3.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.50	6.00

Follow up article regarding possible war with Iran that was discussed on my blog on Tuesday.

Lunch- 3.5 ez, 2.5 xt. 6k race tomorrow, then FKT attempt on the Foothills Trail.

SC2 Miles: 3.50

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Rob Murphy on Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 23:34:17 from 76.27.122.13

To say that U.S. intervention in Korea/Vietnam/Grenada didn't make us any freer is virtually impossible. They were all three part of the larger Cold War policy of containing communism. Of course the theory behind containing communism was that its spread would eventually threaten the United States and its freedom. Since the United States did commit itself to aggressively confronting communism, it's kind of hard to say what would have happened if we hadn't. One thing I can say for sure is that the people of South Korea are freer today because of us.

I would hardly consider our humanitarian mission to Somalia in 1992-93 that led to the Black Hawk Down incident an "invasion". At the time I was stationed at Fort Benning - the same post where the Rangers who died were from. One of the most moving experiences of my life was attending the memorial service for those men . At the time I was as enraged as everyone else was and my attitude was "screw em - let them all starve". These men were in Somalia safeguarding international relief shipments so that they would get to the starving Somalis, not be hijacked by ruthless warlords. There was no imperialist motive - just the desire of a good and decent people (Americans) to feed starving people.

Ron Paul is right from time to time. The general principle that the United States should find alternatives to the use of military force is a good one I think. But he is also an ideologue and, like all ideologues (whether liberal, conservative, or libertarian), he tries to make the whole world conform to his ideology. In my opinion the world isn't that simple. I'm glad he's in the race and his voice needs to be heard. I believe that the Republican Party's aggressive interventionism needs to be tempered. But I also believe that there are times when we need to be prepared to use force for our own benefit and for others.

From Jon on Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 00:07:40 from 98.71.177.166

:)

From Jon on Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 00:30:07 from 98.71.177.166

Rob, my wife is onto us. She said, "Isn't Rob the one you have really, really long conversations with?"

From Jon on Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 18:47:21 from 98.71.177.166

By the way, Rob, here's a great message from MLK about policing the world...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzGZ3v-74Ro&feature=related

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