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Location:

Bliss,ID,USA

Member Since:

Jan 04, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Recover From Injury

Running Accomplishments:

In late 2008 I decided I needed to get in better shape and started running again.  I ran my first formal road race ever, a half marathon, in late 2009.

(unofficial) Track 1 Mile - 7:32 (4/24/2010)  6:56 (9/27/2010)

5k - 27:31 - Riverview Run on 06/11/2010
22:39 - Gatorade Steelers 5k on 09/04/2010

10k - 50:43 - Riverside Run on 04/10/2010

Half - 2:02:58 - Just a Short Run on 03/27/2010
1:51:47 - IKEA Montour Trail Half on 09/11/2010

Short-Term Running Goals:

2011 Races:

Sept 25 - The Great Race 10k (59:15)
Nov 5 - Dirt Monster 5mi (52:59)

2012 Races:

June 8 - Riverside 5k  (27:49)
Sept 2 - Gatorade Steelers 5k (route) with Steve!  (27:39)
Sept 30 - The Great Race 10k (route)  (53:48)
Nov 3 - The Dirt Monster 5mi (52:55)

2013 Races:

May - Pittsburgh Marathon (started, but DNF about the half way point)
June - Riverview 5k  - Bummed I missed signing up for this one. It's one of my favorites!
Sept - Gatorade/Steelers 5k. (Signed up!)
Sept - IKEA Montour Trail Half  (prob not, but leaving it on here)
Sept - The Great Race 10k (My Running 101 goal race)
Nov - Dirt Monster 5mi (Gotta do it again no matter what!)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Finish recovering from my injuries and build mileage.  That is all.

Personal:

My name is Wes, I'm married with two wonderful children. The nickname BaldNSpicy came from the fact that I have been balding for a (long) while now and spicy for my love of very spicy foods (Thai and extremely hot wings are my favorites).  If eating doesn't bring me near tears and leave me sweating, it's not worth eating.  :-)

Oh, and I'm also known for my doorags.

Favorite Quotes:

"Running without hills is like motorcycling without corners." - rAtTLeTrAp

"Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit.  You are what you do repeatedly." - Shaquille O'Neal

"A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else."  - John Burroughs

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
NB 758s #2 Lifetime Miles: 596.90
Brooks Cascadia 7 Lifetime Miles: 165.17
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.080.009.08

I'll blog my run after I actually get my run in tonight, but I downloaded the SportTracks software and it's pretty sweet.  It gives the same picture as the connect.garmin.com software as far as the points on the map, but I wanted to post a picture of what the Garmin recorded for my 1/2mi Lane 1 track Garmin test and what looked like.  The little "blip" on the first corner is correct, I forgot I had to go around a walker.  If you shift the whole oval of what the Garmin recorded just a bit, it's fairly close to being on Lane 1.  Not perfect, but the fact that the 1/2 mi mark is just shy of the start is pretty darn impressive, IMO.  I'll blog more later, but here's the pic:



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Oh well, I tried to get google maps to zoom in on the stadium and track, but it's there near the marker, you'll just have to zoom in some to see it. Not that anyone probably really cares, but hey, it's my $$$ that's going to it, so I might as well be proud of it...even if I can't use it when I want to. :-)

I finally got out at 11:30pm tonight.  Didn't really feel like going since my legs were feeling pretty lead-ish.  But I went, hoping to do 10.  The first couple of miles felt great, but it started to go downhill from there.  I ran the river trail so I knew it would be flat.  I decided I'd turn around at 4.5 miles.  I averaged 9:25 or so if I remember right.  I was getting my dreaded foot pain about mile 4, so that's why I didn't stick out the rest of that 1/2 mile to make it 10.  I was just happy to get back without having to walk much.

I have my next round of injections in two weeks :-( next week, I think, so hopefully that will help more than the first round.  Haven't seen much improvement at all with a single dose of cortizone.  It's now 2am so I'm off to bed.  Nite all!

NB 758s #2 Miles: 9.08
Weight: 164.00
Comments
From Burt on Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 19:53:22 from 206.19.214.144

Sweet!

From flatlander on Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 19:58:57 from 198.207.244.102

You're right, that is a nice high school track that you paid for and then got ordered into an outside lane.

From Burt on Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 20:11:34 from 206.19.214.144

Ha! Good one. You better use that Wes.

From baldnspicy on Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 21:21:11 from 72.95.170.250

So, flat...are you going to represent me when I sue for partial custody based on regular financial support? OK, enough messing around...it's almost 9pm and I've got to go make some quick dinner so I can get kids in bed and go log some serious miles. Maybe I can reduce my stress level from 99 to something more manageable. I hate water cooler rumors that are coming true. Sigh.

From seeaprilrun on Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 21:45:10 from 72.205.231.223

hmmm I have a 205 and it does pretty good on the track--usually giving me either .25 or .26 for the distance. Looks like you are having fun playing with your toy!

From KP on Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 21:50:54 from 98.81.22.73

that's a high school track???

very nice!!

my local high school track is locked up like ft. knox; couldn't run there if i wanted...

From flatlander on Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 09:52:06 from 76.31.26.153

Sorry about the water cooler rumors. Hope they stay as rumors.

From baldnspicy on Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 10:41:41 from 167.164.3.140

April - yep, I've got a 305 and it works really well. I should have noted, and I'm not sure if you have the option on the 205 or not, but in recording data on the 305, I can have it do "smart" recording or record every second. It says that the memory's limitation is 3.5hrs if recording every second, so for longer runs they advise having it do the smart recording. I never run that long, so I have it set to every second, which I figured would be more accurate. That could account for the accuracy on the track, but I didn't test that out. Maybe I'll switch it to smart and take my chances on Lane 1 again tonight and compare the data.

KP - yep, it's a nice track, very well maintained, and is generally open to the public. The gates are rarely locked, but they do turn off the lights at 9pm I think. I haven't run there with the headlamp...if I'm going to run in the dark, I might as well enjoy the streets or the river trail. There are people there from early in the morning until late at night walking it, especially during the spring/summer. Track season is really the only time it's not available to the public.

I'm now known as the Gangster Dad since twice I've dropped my daughter off at the stadium to watch the HS football game, then went and run at the track for part of the game. I always wear a doorag, so I guess I look like a "G"..."OG" is really more accurate, but either is fine. I really need to try harder to embarrass her. Now all her friends think I'm cool. That's all fine and dandy now, but they'll see a different side of me when they come to pick up my only daughter for a date... I may lose some coolness at that point. LOL

Thanks Flat...I hope they stay rumors too, or atleast don't affect me when they do come true.

From SlowJoe on Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 10:47:47 from 131.59.200.80

Looks like you ended up getting in some great miles - nicely done.

From baldnspicy on Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 18:31:57 from 72.95.170.250

Joe - thanks! I think my weekly mileage fluctuates with my stress level. Unfortunately, so does my sleep. And my eating. And it goes on and on. :-)

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