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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
9.850.009.85
NB 758s #2 Miles: 9.85
Weight: 0.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.130.003.13

Pretty slow pace (9:52), but I'm tired today.

NB 758s #2 Miles: 3.13
Weight: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.500.003.50

Running 101 class tonight. 

50m jog, then walk up/down flight of stairs x 3 reps.  
Then jog .5mi, short walk to recover, jog/walk 2 flights stairs x 4 reps.  
Walk .25mi to ramp, jog up/down x 3 reps.
Option to walk or jog .5mi back to point - three of us jogged it (9:00 pace)
Walk back to gym

Only did about 2.5mi so I hopped on the TM for a mile @ 1%.  Started at 10:00 for first .5mi then periodically increased to end at 8:00 pace for last .2mi.

Good workout.  Definitely the hardest 101 class yet with the stairs/incline.  Committing to start taking the stairs all the time now at work.  Luckily, my cube is on the 7th floor...I'll have to carry a towel for the meetings next week on the 17th, 21st and 30th floors.  Yikes!

NB 758s #2 Miles: 3.50
Weight: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.220.003.22

Not too bad this afternoon.  Meetings were light so I got out at 3pm and enjoyed the sun and mild weather.  Ran the river trail, running 1.5mi out; walking for a few mins; then running 1.5mi back.  HR stayed pretty low, but with so little sleep last night (insomnia), I wasn't expecting a stellar performance.  Something must be working though.  Could be some consistency and muscles getting stronger, but don't quote me.

1.0 - 8:56
0.52 - 4:32
0.2 - 3:17 (not including the 2mins spent helping an older couple fix one of their bikes that had a flat)
1.0 - 8:58
0.49 - 5:08 (walked a bit here)

I was really thinking of taking it slow and making this a 5-6mi run, but remembered that we've got the 5mi scout hike at 7am tomorrow.  I think I'll count the hike as my long "run" for the week.

NB 758s #2 Miles: 3.22
Weight: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.850.009.85
NB 758s #2 Miles: 9.85
Weight: 0.00
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