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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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NB 758s #2 Miles: 3.10
Weight: 164.00
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Ran the gym's treadmill 5k program.  Previous best was 26:29 (8:30 pace) on 11/09/2009.  Today, I beat it with a 24:48 (8:00 pace).

NB 758s #2 Miles: 3.10
Weight: 164.00
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Wow...Embarrassing week!  I guess I'd better go running during seminary tomorrow!  Camping got canceled for tonight due to thunderstorms (that have yet to materialize...grrrr!), so we'll be going early tomorrow and plead with the camp director to let us in early.

Guess after last night, I won't be getting an updated picture with the Stanley Cup like last year:

I guess I'll write the team and thank them for saving me $5 since that was the required donation last year to get a picture.  Thanks for donating to my next race entrance fee fund!

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Going back and filling in the blanks....

My lawn tractor's starter died on me on Tuesday.  I tried finding one at a decent price locally, but had to do eBay, which I confirmed would be shipped out on Wednesday.  My daughter's first semi-formal dance was tonight and the going away party for our good friends was on Saturday afternoon.  I was bummed (as were my daughter and wife) that the tractor had to die this week, after some good rain when the lawn was super long and would look awful in the pictures for both events.  Plus my son and I were headed up to the Fathers & Sons camp out, so I'd be lucky to get the part by Saturday, install it and mow it before everyone got there.

I was shocked when the part came at Noon today!  I got that sucker installed and the lawn mowed by 3pm when we left for the campout.  The pre-dance pictures turned out awesome and so beautiful with a freshly mowed lawn!

The only bummer part is that I wouldn't be there to interrogate the poor guy.  I had all my gear out and ready to go:  Confederate flag doorag, long goatee, rifle out with cleaning equipment, and a nice sharp Bowie knife ready to pick the raw meat out of my teeth.  He's a lucky guy, that's all I can say.  I told my daughter to let him know I'll be waiting next time and that he'll need to arrive extra early so we can have our chat before they need to leave....

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Campout was great, but a bit cold at night.  Got ready for the party and my wife's graduation gift, the party animals.  We had 11 one month old goats come and play for an hour or so.  We got to feed them from bottles.  My wife was in heaven and all the guests loved them.  Great night and a great end to an extremely busy and stressful week for me.  Glad it's over!

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