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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
3.520.003.52

Today was a struggle.  I had planned on a 6 mile "long run" and that just wasn't happening.  I got up later than I had wanted to (tough night), then was delayed actually getting out.  It was 10:30am before I left and it was warming up fast.  It was 83* when I left and only getting warmer.  I've got a pretty good "nerd tan" going on except for my legs which have a little bit of color on them from my running, so I need to round things out some.  I ran for the second time this season half naked.  I'll let you guess which half. 

The legs were lead and I had to walk a few times on a fairly flat course (after the 1/2 mi hill).  I got in my 6 runs this week, so I'm stoked!  I got a little sun but not enough in the 30 mins or so I was out.  How am I supposed to look good in my FRB singlet if I don't get a good tan going on?  I can't run in t-shirts all summer then do the singlet thing in Sept and look like an idiot!  I'm sure I looked impressive, a middle aged bald dude with a pudgy stomach, flabby pecs and fat bouncing up and down on his back.  The only thing that saved my ego was that 90% of the people on the street were overweight, many were smokers, and a lot looked like they should lay off the beer too.  One day I'll have a six-pack if I can just lose this fat!

After the run it was a day of moving stuff and getting the garden boxes ready to go.  Now, I'm ready to collapse into bed so I can get up early enough to get to church on time.  Nite all!

NB 758s #1 Miles: 3.52
Weight: 166.00
Comments
From flatlander on Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 18:07:48 from 198.207.244.102

Big day, good job. You bring up a philosophical question: At what speed should you switch to a singlet?

From baldnspicy on Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 23:19:47 from 157.154.3.140

An excellent question, Flat. I've started a discussion: http://fastrunningblog.com/forum/index.php/topic,1415.0.html

I'm sure we'll get an answer...

From Steve on Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 06:05:05 from 71.245.45.161

Great job getting runs in for 6 days. Everything feeling good? Good luck with the tan, you have some time and the warmest/sunniest part of the summer is yet to come.

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