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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
Thu, Oct 20, 2011
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.870.004.87

 

Went out for a nice 9pm run - 42F, drizzly with wind gusts of up to 30mph.  Wind wasn't as much fun, but otherwise, my ideal running weather and in the dark is even better!  Shorts, long sleeve tee, and light cotton gloves. Great run tonight. The first 1/2mi is uphill and I took it easy with the cooler weather and just warming up.  It felt like I was doing about 10:30-10:45 but read an even 5:00 so faster than I had thought or felt.

The rest was somewhat flat with some mild grades.  The last 1/2mi is downhill coming a different way.  I liked the course I took, but I only noticed one maybe 1/4mi where it was blowing with me.  I could tell because my hands started to sweat and I considered taking the gloves off.  Then it started blowing in my face or to my side and I reconsidered.

The last mile or so my (healed) left foot started hurting again.  The downhill pounding at the end didn't help even though I was holding back.  I'll ice it tonight, throw some Tiger Balm on and it should be better tomorrow...I hope! 

9:15, 8:32, 8:45, 8:35, 7:01 (0.87)

NB 758s #1 Miles: 4.87
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From rAtTLeTrAp on Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 14:32:01 from 24.22.239.183

Nice run. I hope the foot isn't serious. Don't worry about it too much. I still get little phantom pains in my tibia and I've knocked out a few marathons since that injury.

From SlowJoe on Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 20:58:40 from 75.109.104.60

Hope all is well with the foot. Better rub some 'tussin on it for good measure.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 21:50:14 from 24.22.239.183

That's what Chris Rock would do :)

From flatlander on Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 16:41:33 from 76.31.26.153

Nice last split there. We don't have anywhere close to those temperatures yet, still in the 60s for our lows.

From Burt on Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 22:24:33 from 72.223.91.148

I would have died in that weather.

From baldnspicy on Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 23:16:40 from 72.77.72.110

Thanks guys. The foot comes and goes and I've just learned I have to deal with it and take it easy. It's coming...but so is the Dirt Monster.

The weather is nice, but that winter snow may begin in the next week.

Burt, even your prickly self could stand for some freezing weather: http://windowsillcactus.com/cold_hardy_cacti.shtml

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