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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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NB 758s #2 Lifetime Miles: 596.90
Brooks Cascadia 7 Lifetime Miles: 165.17
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Rest day

Went to a Pirates game tonight since my son had won a contest for the summer reading program at the library.  Free tickets, early entry to the park, balloon artists, games, prizes (we won 16 free tickets between all of us), t-shirts, Pirates backpacks filled with books, note pads, etc.  The Pittsburgh Parrot came and hung out with us, one of the pitchers, Ross Ohlendorf came and spoke to the kids.  We got pictures with him and had him sign the kids jerseys.  It was a very fun pre-game activity.  They must have had several kids not show up.  There was maybe 50 people there max, which was nice.

I ate a ton of wings and an ice cream cone.

Zayne getting his jersey signed  (That's Spongebob on his head)


Zayne with Ross


Annalee with Ross (That's "Tina the llama on her head")

Annalee with the Parrot

Oh, and yes, we lost.

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Comments
From SlowJoe on Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 07:02:48 from 109.70.68.174

Those are awesome balloon hats, very detailed. I'm always glad the Pirates are in the NL Central so the Astros don't look as bad. I definitely miss going to baseball games from when we lived in Houston.

From flatlander on Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 13:09:41 from 198.207.244.102

Fun times. The 'Stros pulled one out late last night, 3-run dinger from C. Lee in the seventh to win 3-2. Had a rare night when I didn't have to work after getting home, so I turned on the TV. It was fun to catch a decent game like that. Sorry the Pirates lost but today is a whole new day.

From baldnspicy on Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 22:40:19 from 72.77.116.121

Thanks, Joe & Flat. We had an awesome time even if the game was incredibly slow. Flat, we don't even get a twinge of emotion when they lose, only when they win. At the 8th inning they always do a "in game update" with one of the newscasters doing the scores from around the league. It was pretty sad when he announced that we'd be hosting the Mets the next night and that it would solidify our 18th losing season. Guess he had no confidence we'd win tonight. Just went and saw we lost 7-2. Nope, no twinge. :-( There's always next season.

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