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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
3.100.003.10

I only had a short time today between meetings so I just ran on the treadmill.  Did the 5k program, started out nice and easy and had planned on running the full program at 9:13 pace.  It was easy so the last 1k (the first .33k was flat, the first .33k was uphill @ 4%, the last .33k was flat), I took it to a HNL and kicked it up to a 8:00 for the first 1/3, a 7:30 for the "hill", then to 6:53 for the final 1/3.  It was a good workout before tomorrow's longish run.

Commentary:  So, I'm wondering what you guys/gals think about fashion as it pertains to running.  For instance, my wife was "horrified" by my running outfit yesterday.  Basically, I choose my outfit based on what's on the top of the stack of clothes in my dresser drawer.  Yesterday, I grabbed shorts (the giveaway shorts from the Just a Short Run Half Marathon that are royal blue with florescent yellow writing on them for the sponsors), a mostly white running shirt with gray under the arms, and a part black and orange lightning design doorag.  My socks were white and then I had my red and gray shoes.  I figured the doorag is really just an accessory and I don't choose my watch based on color so why should I worry about my doorag?  Anything goes with white and gray, right?

This is why I only wear dark navy or black slacks for work.  I have 3 pairs of each color.  The navy is actually so dark that I had to write BLK and BLU in the waist band (yes, I'm a fashion loser) so I could tell which they were because unless they were side by side, you couldn't tell the difference - unless you were my wife.  I figure as long as I don't wear a black polo with my navy slacks I'm fine.  Trying to put a tie to a dress shirt can sometimes be a real challenge.  It usually takes me 3-4 tries on Sunday morning to get a tie that goes with my shirt.  If it takes me 5 times, my wife sends my daughter in to "dress her dad."  The only time I don't have the problem is when I dress in all black.  I then just wear my black and yellow Pirates tie and I'm good.

Why does fashion have to be so hard??  It's not like I'm trying to pick up chicks when I'm running and all sweaty anyways.  I wait until later for that...(just kidding).

NB 758s #1 Miles: 3.10
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Lily on Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 23:55:11 from 67.199.181.73

Don't stress and go with the flow

From baldnspicy on Sat, Jun 05, 2010 at 00:06:04 from 72.95.168.82

Thanks Lily. I'll have my wife look at your FRB picture to make sure your fashion sense is worth listening to. :-p

OH, and get this! I found out today that the Chamber Classic Half in October won't be put on this year! Yeah, I know, I can't believe it either! I emailed them since it wasn't on their calendar and asked. They said that they merged with another Chamber of Commerce and the joint management decided not to do it. But she invited me to run the 5k race in a couple of weeks. Like a 5k is close to the Half I was hoping to PR in this year. Bah!

Guess I'll try for the IKEA Half in September. :-/

From rAtTLeTrAp on Sat, Jun 05, 2010 at 00:11:37 from 72.102.25.226

Your fashion question cracks me up! I'm blue-green color blind so I suck at matching clothes too. Fortunately, I can get away with wearing jeans and just about any shirt with a collar at work. I stick mostly with blue, black and gray. If I really want to look nice I always have Kym do a quality check before I leave the house. Running clothes just don't matter unless you're single and looking. Or maybe if you want to "dress up" for a race :)

From Burt on Sat, Jun 05, 2010 at 00:40:26 from 68.225.214.248

First of all, I thought you were a nurse so you only wore scrubs. :P

Second of all, it doesn't matter what you wear running. I hardly ever match. But when I do, I'm ever so cute.

From flatlander on Sat, Jun 05, 2010 at 21:49:58 from 75.223.125.28

The day we have to start matching running clothes is the day I throw it all in and go backpacking. In my mind, it is the one safe venue.

From SlowJoe on Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 23:33:30 from 204.133.180.90

I'm with you on fashion Wes. Whenever I go to a race I always think everyone but me looks like a runner. They al have their fancy special running clothes to my 10-year-old t-shirts and cheap cotton gym shorts. So be strong with me and buck the trend!

From Steve on Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 20:55:27 from 71.245.43.13

In my experience runners wear whatever to run in, there is no fashion rules. I personally think that the weirder your clothes the better it is. My wife gives me a hard time when I wear or want to purchase strange clothes. Runners are free spirits that have no rules.

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