| 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
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Today was my wife's graduation! 
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| Whoops, I've fallen off the horse again...Sorry, no time to Photoshop
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| Dang...where'd that horse go this time?? 
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| Found this one! Not exactly what I was looking for, but it will do for today (unfortunately). 
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| There she is, out grazing in the fields again!  Went to the track tonight just to get a couple of miles in so I didn't have to post another day of no running. My son came with me and rode his bike on the asphalt area around the track. The Track Nazi would have had his head for riding ON the track. I was only worried about the Nazi since there was a field hockey game going on at the stadium next to the track. Otherwise, I would have told him to ride in Lane 1, go as fast as he could, and skid. (JUST KIDDING!) Felt good to run again. When I was running, I was keeping about an 8:50 pace. I'd have to stop occasionally to help my son or run slow while he ran with me. There were several people there. Every time my son would see me coming up behind him while he was riding, he'd stop and put his hand out for me to slap. A couple of times, he'd yell out "Dad, you're an awesome runner! or Go Dad, you're a real runner!" It made me feel good since I was keeping it really slow most of the time. I did a couple of pickups for a lap or so to feel fast. Without seminary, I'm getting soft in getting up early. I should be getting up like I was to take my daughter to seminary and then just going for my run. I've got to get my act together. Summer is quickly approaching and running in the heat of mid-day is not much fun, but will be my reality if I have to run during my lunch hour at work. Not that I've had one for about 3 weeks due to work demands. Sigh...
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Pretty sad run today. I had to drop my daughter off at the church at
8am for the trip to the Washington DC temple youth trip, run, then off
to the house of a family moving in to help them move all their stuff
from a moving van into their house. Their piano was basically the worst
of it. Anyways, I dropped her off then went for a run near
there. We got to the church a little early (7:55am), which meant no one
was
there - typical Mormons, always running on Mormon Standard Time. I
don't know why I have such a problem with having people I know watch me
run, but I snuck in the back of the church, changed in the bathroom,
then came out to the car. We drove around to the front, we chilled for a
few minutes, then she hopped out of the car when a friend arrived. I
debated just getting out of the car and starting my run there, but I
couldn't bring myself to do it so I drove up the block and parked in a
parking lot and started my run from there going in the opposite
direction of where they'd be driving. I guess I don't consider myself a
"runner" since I couldn't just get out and start running. I get
embarrassed that way I guess. I've got many psychological issues, so
I'll just add this one to the list.
Run? What run...oh yeah,
sorry, here we go. The first half was pretty much downhill. Maintained
about a 7:50 pace, fairly easy with the elevation drop, but wasn't
pushing it since I wasn't feeling it this morning. I wanted to go about
5+, but I got to about 2.5mi (almost all downhill) and decided to turn
around and take a little shorter route back to the car. On the uphill, I
was struggling and walked a few times. Ok, maybe more than a few.
Average HR was in the 150s the entire run. It sure felt a lot harder
than that. Anyways, I was disappointed with this one. It shouldn't
have been that hard. Oh well, I got out and ran so I'm happy. After
this week, that's an accomplishment! Staying on that horse is
tough.
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