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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
7.400.007.40

Gotta get in my runs during this nice 50o weather since we're supposed to get rainy this weekend and even a little snow late next week!  I hope it isn't rainy and nasty next Saturday for the race!

I was planning on about 6 today since I'll do a fairly easy 3 or so tomorrow before my 10-12mi long run on Saturday.  Sleep last night was awful, but my work laptop was having serious issues and would be out of commission for an hour or more so I decided to hit the road.  I picked a 5mi route with an extra 1.25 or so going around the best ball field in the US - PNC Park, home to the worst baseball team in the US - the Pirates - 17 consecutive losing seasons.  We love 'em though!  I hopped on the TM to cool down and they had the BYU NCAA basketball game on so I decided to do just one more mile at 10:00 to watch for a few minutes.  I was dragging after that mile!  Guess I should have skipped that last mile since it made me late to a meeting...

Anyways, according to my Garmun, here's my splits:

1.08 - 9:39 (8:56)
1.71 - 14:56 (8:43)
2.31 - 20:11 (8:44)
1.30 - 12:16 (9:26)
1.00 - 10:00 (TM)

NB 758s #1 Miles: 7.40
Weight: 169.00
Comments
From Kelli on Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 21:56:27 from 71.219.89.82

ZERO SLEEP?????

Great run, fellow insomniac!

From baldnspicy on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:34:41 from 167.164.3.140

Sorry, forgot to put that in there. I was trying to figure out how much sleep I got when I was up and down all night, tossing and turning. Even though I got some, it wasn't restful and I felt like I hadn't gotten any at all.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 11:31:35 from 75.230.32.233

I love those splits. That garmun rocks dude!

From flatlander on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 14:07:47 from 198.207.244.102

yeah BYU! Are you a fan? If so you have seen a lot of bad March tournaments over the years. Maybe this year will be different, but they have to beat a No. 2 seed to keep going.

From Kelli on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 22:21:46 from 71.219.89.82

I think I should just put zero hours from now on, that is what it is starting to feel like!

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