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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
6.040.006.04

Nice run in the sun.  I only had about 90 mins to work with between the time I could sneak out of work and my (dum dum dum dummmmm) podiatrist appointment.  So I did my 6 mi route from my house.  Some hills in there, which was good.  No real problems with my hamstrings but the feet were hurting again by the end, so it's good I have my appointment today.

Got home, stretched well and showered then off to get another round of cortizone shots.  So far, they had helped some, but the pain pops up on different runs.  A few 9 mile runs, I don't have any pain.  Other 5-6 mile runs I start hurting around mile 3.  She did the "test" and they appear to be smaller, which is good, but are still irritated. Shots hurt like heck again, but hopefully it will solve my problem...well, one of them at least.  :-)

Splits:  9:17, 7:58, 7:53, 8:52, 9:00, 8:00

Here's a shout out to my UT bloggers.  My daughter is going to EFY in Provo the first week of July.  We will be driving out on about the 10th.  We don't have any family/friends in the area anymore and are looking at places to stay.  If someone would like to put up a poor blogger and his wife and 2 kids, that would be cool.  I'll even pay your entrance fee to a race out there.  :-)  Figured I'd throw it out there...

NB 758s #1 Miles: 6.04
Weight: 163.50
Comments
From SlowJoe on Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 20:35:11 from 184.79.24.255

Looks like a strong run - glad to hear there is progress with your foot.

From baldnspicy on Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 23:37:55 from 72.77.121.216

Thanks Joe. It was a good run but it sure felt a lot harder than I thought it should have. My legs were tired and sluggish. They may have been taxed from the trail work. Those were some seriously steep, slippery slopes.

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