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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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Last week was fast Sunday since we had a special meeting with Elder Richard G. Scott today for our stake.  There weren't any official business, just a special meeting.  Two weeks ago was Stake Conference, so it was a little strange they had scheduled this like this, but I wasn't complaining.  Great meeting and although the entire auditorium at the school was filled with portable chairs being brought in, I was a little disappointed by the turn out.  I guess I always expect more people to come to things like that.

I felt a little guilty though because I was getting text messages during the meeting from the runners I knew doing the Pittsburgh Marathon.  They had signed up at tweetmyrun.com and so since I had SMS notification on for their profiles when it updated their progress.  Pretty cool.  I didn't track anyone at Boston, but I'm sure theirs was much better.

Anyways, Burt got me all excited about a root beer float, but I didn't have any in the house.  No Coke/Pepsi, which is rare or I would have gone for a Coke float.  All I had was some ginger ale, but that wasn't going to cut it.  So, I was depressed all day wishing I lived closer to Burt so I could come over and get some root beer from him.  I could have dropped by my neighbors, but they'd have only had the beer, not the root, so that wouldn't have worked.

I had inboxed Rattletrap a good luck message on FB and was surprised to have him reply immediately!  Forgot he was a few hours behind, but wanted to get that to him before the race and before my meeting.  He was already up and going, getting ready for the big race!  When I saw his FB status at the 9mi marker and then at the end that he had BQ'd, all I could think about was an old 80's commercial of another incredible athlete that I admire:


I wanna be like Rattletrap too!!  :-)

Congrats to everyone that ran Marathons today or yesterday!  It was a big race weekend!

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Comments
From KP on Mon, May 03, 2010 at 10:20:45 from 65.208.22.25

are those gatorade bottles glass?!?! wow! times have changed, huh? nice commercial.

a beer float doesn't sound too bad. hmmmm... i might have to try that...

From rAtTLeTrAp on Mon, May 03, 2010 at 19:02:14 from 72.102.182.198

I can't see the commercial on my mobile. I'll have to wait until I get home for that. Thanks again for the FB message. All those little things like that contributed to a phenominal day!

A beer float? How about a scoop of lime sorbet in some corona? Maybe on a really hot day. Rootbeer and vanilla still sounds better.

From baldnspicy on Mon, May 03, 2010 at 23:06:02 from 72.77.121.216

KP - yep, I believe they are! Probably changed to plastic after a bunch of lawsuits from kids breaking them on the concrete court and cutting themselves.

RT - You'll have to check out the video - it's all about you! I don't drink so I don't know how a beer float would taste, but anything with lime sorbet would definitely pique my interest!

From rAtTLeTrAp on Thu, May 06, 2010 at 21:15:30 from 76.121.76.165

Sweet video!

From Burt on Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 09:59:04 from 68.225.214.248

Sorry I wasn't there for you.

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