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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
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Time to come out of hiding...

NB 758s #1 Miles: 0.01
Weight: 170.50
Comments
From SlowJoe on Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 20:17:05 from 184.79.24.255

Dude! You were gone so long that Burt changed the meaning of BNS to "bleeding nipple syndrome!"

Welcome back, are you healed up yet?

From baldnspicy on Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 20:44:27 from 72.77.78.188

Yes, I know Burt has been speaking ill of the handicapped. He's just lucky I don't live near him. My kids will attest that my "transformer" boot can deliver a nasty pain when provoked. Nope, not healed yet. It's only been 5+ months so I think my expectations are just unrealistic. LOL!! Seriously, I'be been in a boot the last 10 weeks trying to get a stress fracture to heal. Its getting better very slowly and so I'm still not cleared to do any major walking, let alone running yet. I've just been packing on the weight, working a crazy number of hours and trying to keep myself sane. I'd have an incredible core if I had just worked on it since the foot problems started last year. There's always tomorrow... :-)

From seeaprilrun on Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 21:05:48 from 174.70.177.86

Wow. I didn't realize you had a stress fracture...metatarsal? 5 months? Oh...ouch. That stinks. Why is it taking so long? I hope you are done with it soon and can get back at it!

From baldnspicy on Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 21:58:10 from 72.77.78.188

Hi April. My problems started about 6-7 months ago with what I thought was my normal neuroma problems, but after several months of injections and PT, I was still hurting. An MRI later showed the neuromas were gone, but their pain had been masking the stress fracture. It's in my 3rd metatarsal, near the toe joint. I'm not positive why it's taking so long, but next Tuesday I hope to get some good news that it's actually improving. I'm still a few more weeks from going bootless all day, though. It's been terribly frustrating and has left me depressed, but one day I'll be running again. :-)

From seeaprilrun on Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 16:16:30 from 174.70.177.86

That really stinks. I am slowly beginning to run again after bilateral tibial stress fractures. I think I was a little luckier than you though..I ran in pain for about 3 weeks and then they were diagnosed with a bone scan. 5 weeks in the pool and x-ray shows good periosteal thickening at the sites, and I was given the green light to start carefully easing back into it.

From Burt on Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 19:28:21 from 206.19.214.144

Ollie ollie oxen free!

From Bonnie on Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 19:31:37 from 128.196.228.134

Spicy .. be careful with that foot. Dean has been out for over 1.5 years (yes, you read that right) - after a couple of stress fractures he ended up having something more serious. He is recovering now from surgery, and we are still not sure he will ever run again. It is definitely worth taking the down time and making sure you are healed. But 5 months sounds like an awful long time. Keep up the spirits!! you are still a runner!

From seeaprilrun on Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:45:06 from 174.70.177.86

I checked today to look for another entry. I hope you didn't just come out of hiding for one measly day.

From baldnspicy on Tue, May 03, 2011 at 01:32:51 from 72.95.164.253

Thanks Bonnie, your comment that I'm still a runner meant a lot since I've been wondering if I'll ever actually get back to it, so thank you!

April - I'm still here, but when I don't have anything to report, I just don't have any reason to post! I've got to get back into it though, so I'm going to keep posting as often as I can. I hope to get back to some core & weight work so I'll be ready in a few weeks when I'm out of purgatory.

I saw my race shirt from the Riverview Run in mid June the other day, so I've made that my goal for my post injury debut. I hope to be able to do a 5k by then!

From flatlander on Tue, May 03, 2011 at 13:05:47 from 198.207.244.102

Hey BNS, I saw you had made a comment on SlowJoe's blog and figured you must be back. Really sorry to hear about your injury woes and miss your humor. Hope you can find reasons to post even if you aren't posting miles. Stay strong.

From baldnspicy on Tue, May 03, 2011 at 15:22:24 from 72.95.164.253

Hey, Flat! Thanks, I hope the doc will be able to tell me something positive today so I can get back to running soon. I'll be around - I've been reading race reports off and on for the last few months, just not posting. You had quite the marathon race on New Years, by the way. Congrats!

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