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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
6.350.006.35

Whew, just squeaking this one in before midnight!  Didn't get a chance to run during work, so I had to wait until I got home, but I got home late and didn't eat dinner until about 8pm so I knew I wouldn't be able to go run for at least 2 hours or I'd be hurting.  Finally headed out about 10:45pm.  I wasn't exactly sure how long this route was, but it's from near my house down to where I park for work and back.  I knew it was a little more than 3 miles each way, but thought it was closer to 3.25.  Turns out it was only 3.17 so my turn around split of 28:21 wasn't quite as fast as I thought it was.  But even at 8:56 it wasn't that bad considering the hills.  The return trip was slower at 9:48 pace, but not too bad considering I walked twice for about 15 sec.

I'll tell ya, I don't know if it was the yummy lasagna, the asparagus, or the super late start time, but this run felt awesome!  I was honestly dreading going out, and was trying to pick a route that wasn't very hilly (impossible in Pittsburgh), but was well lit.  This route was hilly, but I know the street well and although it goes through a relatively depressed part of the city, it's well lit. 

If I feel this good come race day, I may just have to push my "training run" and run a new PB!  I finished these miles and could have gone further.  Now, I'm really excited about the race on Saturday!

NB 758s #1 Miles: 6.35
Weight: 170.00
Comments
From RivertonPaul on Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 11:58:17 from 67.42.27.114

Best of luck for Saturday.

From Burt on Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 13:50:43 from 206.19.214.144

I'm excited that I know where you live now. Oh wait, near where you live :)

I looked at the elevation profile. There's more downhill on the way out than coming back. I'd rather run it the other way around.

From SlowJoe on Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 14:05:40 from 131.59.200.82

Yeah, I'd bet that PR is definitely going down. There should be an application on this site where you can wager on people's races.

From Burt on Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 14:12:09 from 206.19.214.144

No way SJ. Because then you'd throw a race, and I'd have to say, "Say it ain't so Joe."

From baldnspicy on Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 14:38:42 from 167.164.3.140

Thanks Paul!

Burt - if you go to that spot and yell really loud, I'll hear ya. I might ask you to grab a gallon of milk at the Giant Eagle that's right there before coming up though. I'd prefer running it the other way around, too, but didn't feel like driving to the other end in order to do that. :-)

SJ - that would be interesting, wouldn't it? Anyone wanting to put money on my run this weekend, just let me know.

Burt - I can hear you saying that with the appropriate twang and wink. Nicely done!

From flatlander on Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 15:00:09 from 198.207.244.102

Good run, cool route. Did you whistle when you ran past the cemetery at midnight?

From baldnspicy on Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 01:07:49 from 72.77.119.141

No, flatlander, I switched to Thriller on the iPod and did the Thriller dance which is why I was slower than I had thought. Being an undead is more of a workout than it looks!

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