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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, May 03, 2012

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
2.75	0.00	2.75

I was wishing I had the external battery pack like RT has when I went running today...or that I had simply charged my Garmin. It read low battery, but usually I get my run in without it dying. I died before my 1.5mi turn around on the trail. It didn't feel like it, but it registered 8:21 for the first mile. I was feeling 10:00 pace. It was so hot and humid! I'm not ready for this weather yet.

After the Garmin died, I was so hot and thinking about Boston. I couldn't imagine running that far in crazy heat. As I was thinking that, I came around a bend in the trail and I see a small woman in a track suit standing near some trees getting professional photos taken with the Pittsburgh skyline in the background. Plus, there's a videographer from KDKA taking video up the trail where I was coming from. A group of people stopped from their run/walks standing there on the side of the trail watching her.

I figured this had to be the elite female Marathoner for the Sunday race. She looked really shy, though. She didn't seem to like the attention and all the looks. I thought that was really strange, but I kept running, wondering if I'd be on TV.

Walked past the newstand today (Friday) and see this article on the front page! A really sad story (with a happy ending), but that explains why she seemed so shy. Hopefully she will do well on Sunday!

NB 758s #2 Miles: 2.75

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From rAtTLeTrAp on Tue, May 08, 2012 at 10:27:46 from 24.18.125.122

Great article. It looks like she finished well in the top 10 ladies with 1:21:29. You should have crashed her photo session like Kim did in my finish pic at Big Sur :)

I just leave my garmin on the charger whenever I'm not using it so it's always ready to go. If your battery is going bad, I have a link on my blog for a dirt-cheap replacement(that actually fits inside).

From baldnspicy on Thu, May 10, 2012 at 13:35:04 from 167.164.3.140

Yes, she did very well. I could have crashed it, but they would have just not used that one. LOL

My battery still holds a good charge, I just leave the charger at home and bring it home every couple of runs to plug it in, charge, and backup the data. For collecting HR data and data points every sec, it lasts for several runs. Glad to know you have a link when I need it.

In your Marathon pics, I was looking for the solar panel powering your Garmin (or the pouch holding the batteries), but didn't see any wires so I knew you had come up with some solution. :)

From rAtTLeTrAp on Thu, May 10, 2012 at 14:07:24 from 98.247.27.122

If you set your garmin to do "smart" recording instead of every second it will last a lot longer on a charge.

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