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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
3.101.254.35

First day back after being down sick for a couple of days.  I'm still not 100%, but getting there.  I'm still stuffy, a tickle in the throat and fatigue, but I had to get out today.  Beautiful day.  I decided to hit the track since I wanted to see how the Garmin did on tracking distance and pace on an oval track.  Plus, I figured if I started to feel bad I could always pack it in and not be worried about being miles from home.

I started out running 1.75mi at about a 9:15 pace to warm up.  Nice and easy, nothing too "fast."  Then I got this crazy idea to see if I could beat my current track mile PR.  Well, I did it, thanks to the Garmin and the immediate feedback on what my mile pace was.  :-)  I ran it in 7:54 which is pretty darn good for me.  I took it easy for a few laps then decided to see if I could run a 400 in sub-7:00 pace.  I did that as well, just squeaking by at 1:44.95.  Jogged another mile or so and called it a day.  Track was busy and I was getting tired of weaving in and out of walkers.

Tomorrow, I'm shooting for a 7-8 miler, fairly slow.

NB 758s #2 Miles: 4.35
Weight: 168.00
Comments
From KP on Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 21:43:41 from 98.81.22.248

I wanna go "fast".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pMokiWXu5k

From baldnspicy on Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 23:08:24 from 72.95.167.6

Haha! Great clip, KP. Very inspirational!

From SlowJoe on Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 13:28:05 from 131.59.200.80

Nice job, it gets addicting trying to get cool paces on the Garmin, doesn't it?

From flatlander on Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 19:00:25 from 76.31.26.153

So how accurate was the Garmin? They get criticized a lot, but since they beep at the same place every day on my run I have always claimed they are pretty accurate. But I've never tested it on a track.

From baldnspicy on Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 01:30:30 from 72.95.167.92

Joe - yep, it is addicting! Normally, I wouldn't worry too much about it and just enjoy the run, but at the track, it's sure nice not to have to worry about pressing buttons or wondering what your speed is.

Flat - I should go there when no one is around since I was having to weave in and out of people. I did notice as I was looking at each lap in the software, that placed over Google Earth, it wasn't showing exactly on the track the whole time. It seemed to be just wide of the track for about half the lap (looking at the elevation, I was surprised to see some, so this variation in the actual path would explain it.

I'd have to go to the track and actually run lane 1 for a mile and see how it measures out. Thanks to our lovely government, we get sub-par GPS accuracy anyways. I'll let you know when I go and do this so I can report back. I'd be interested to know as well.

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