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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
4.780.004.78
Brooks Cascadia 7 Miles: 1.58NB 758s #2 Miles: 3.20
Weight: 195.50
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
1.580.001.58

Signed up for our company's Running 101 class again and tonight was the first workout.  60 sec walk with 90 sec jog for 20 mins.  Nothing big, but got the heart rate up and got me out for the first time in weeks.  Still fat, but working on it now...

Signed up for the Steelers 5k at the end of August.  This 101 class is prepping for The Great Race, so I'll probably shoot to do the 10k like I did last year. Hopefully, the free code will work for the 10k (like last year), instead of just the 5k that it's intended for. :-)

We've been getting some massive rain/thunderstorms coming through. Last night, then tonight about 15 mins after class, the rain starts and is going sideways! Coworker got 7" of rain over night last night, and the road I was on washed out about 5 cars behind me after traversing the 1+ foot deep torrent!

Brooks Cascadia 7 Miles: 1.58
Weight: 196.00
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.200.003.20

A bit rainy, but a nice jog this afternoon. Felt pretty good, but could feel a little twinge of a shin splint coming on towards the end...probably from my old running shoes (left my Brooks in the gym bag at work).

Going to try to attend both the Monday & Tuesday evening Running 101 classes since a friend is teaching the Monday night one.  Hope that will help to keep me going. 

NB 758s #2 Miles: 3.20
Weight: 195.00
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.780.004.78
Brooks Cascadia 7 Miles: 1.58NB 758s #2 Miles: 3.20
Weight: 195.50
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