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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
0.500.000.50

I ran at most 1/2 mile.  I had some time at the end of the day so I headed down to the gym.  I walked for about 5 mins reading the news then started a jog but it didn't take long until I was reduced to a walk again.  This is really depressing.  I'm scheduled for a fitness eval at the gym on Friday and I don't know that I'll be able to run the 12:00 treadmill test.  Maybe if I take a handful of Aleve an hour before...sigh.

NB 758s #2 Miles: 0.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From seeaprilrun on Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 10:30:42 from 68.103.243.254

Hey baldy, I apologize for being a lame blogging friend. I checked in and read your month and have no idea what is going on with your foot? Alcohol injections? Like, mainline a shot of whiskey into your foot? ..and the beard, I agree, very child molester...I need to check in more often!

From SlowJoe on Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 16:58:18 from 214.13.130.104

Maybe the injections take a few days to kick in? Hope it starts looking better for ya.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 20:13:51 from 72.102.131.188

Hang in there man. It will get better, and if it doesn't you can always have them cut out that that picture I posted a while back :)

From flatlander on Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 20:22:02 from 198.207.244.102

Hang in there, hope you are feeling better today.

From Lily on Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 23:31:57 from 67.199.181.73

Hey ya Baldy. Just dropping by to say hello!

From Scott Wesemann on Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 13:16:48 from 66.239.250.209

Hope you're feeling alright.

From SlowJoe on Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 02:40:48 from 109.70.68.174

How is the foot feeling right meow?

From Burt on Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 13:22:21 from 206.19.214.144

What's the latest?

From baldnspicy on Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 21:15:01 from 72.77.120.222

Thanks everyone. I appreciate the posts. I'm still around, work has just been unbelievable and the times I have to get on the blog are when I'm reading from my aging smartphone and it doesn't work well with the site when I try to post! I do read your blogs when I can and the race reports...I just can't comment! Hopefully things will slow down some so I can get back to posting long, drawn out posts about nothing. :-)

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