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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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No miles, but after hiking Timp, we visited with one of my wife's friends from BYU and her family.  They had a membership at Lifetime Fitness so we went to the pool there.  Annalee convinced me to do an hour water aerobics class.  I was the only dude in the class.  It was a great workout.  This was the first time I've done water aerobics and I was surprised it was such the workout.  The instructor was obviously a runner, and probably a darn good one at that, based on her legs.  I didn't have the guts to go up and talk to her, but she did say I did really well as I walked by.  LOL

She did apologize for her comment though.  When we got in the pool, we got in the 5' 6" deep area.  It was deeper than it should be for Annalee, so the instructor told her to move down to the 4' 6" deep part.  After the first half of the class, she told Annalee that the rest of it would be done using the water weights and so she could go back down to where her boyfriend/husband was.  She looked at me and I said, "um....daughter, maybe?"  And she turned totally red and apologized.  A couple of the other ladies immediately said how they thought she was my girlfriend since she had big sunglasses on and they couldn't tell how old she was.  I thought it was a compliment, but I am not sure it was.

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Comments
From flatlander on Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:22:59 from 198.207.244.102

Not sure what it means either. I think you have to just turn around and walk away, because anything you say is going to be wrong.

From Kelli on Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 14:59:20 from 71.219.99.30

That is too funny!

From Lily on Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 15:32:59 from 67.199.181.73

Stop looking so young then Wes.

From Mattrow on Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 14:44:59 from 192.107.247.6

Funny.

Water workouts are hard. When I was In cross Country in high school my coach had us do a water workout. That was the hardest workout I have ever did.

From baldnspicy on Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 02:10:59 from 208.53.211.139

Oh yeah, water workouts are totally tough! I'm too wimpy to do them more than once a year or so. :-)

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