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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
9.390.009.39
NB 758s #2 Miles: 4.77NB 758s #1 Miles: 4.62
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1.500.001.50

Well, just missed my double digits last week.  I could probably count some warm up in those miles and easily get my 10+/wk but I won't fudge it.  More motivation to do better this week.

Went to the track tonight with my brother in law, Brandon.  He's in from CA for a few days and so we took my son to the track so he could practice on a skateboard he just got.  It wasn't really running as much as jogging and talking with the occasional pushing Zayne or giving him some help/pointers.

This week is going to be one heck of a stressful week so I hope to get some miles in.

NB 758s #2 Miles: 1.50
Weight: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.270.003.27

Happy Birthday to my nephew, Steve, who is 4 today.

I couldn't manage a full 4mi to celebrate his birthday.  Fortunately, he isn't old enough to hold it against me yet.  :-)

NB 758s #2 Miles: 3.27
Weight: 0.00
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4.620.004.62

Boy it was tough getting up this morning to go run.  It's not that I didn't want to, I really did.  I just couldn't get going.  This week has been a tough one on all fronts.  BUT, I didn't run last night as I had planned, so I knew I had to go.  I was initially planning to see how I did on a 10k practice run today just to prove to myself I could do it.  I ran along the Ohio River, so it was flat and weather was just about perfect. Felt good for a couple of miles, but then the fatigue set in.  I jogged/walked the rest of the miles.  Still finished with a decent 9:24 pace.  I think my goal for the 10k coming up will be sub-58:00.

Huge congrats to my buddy, Greg, who won the Montour Trail Half today with a PR of 1:12:46!!  I really wish I had been up to running this one again.  It's a great course and the weather was excellent.  Next year, for sure!

NB 758s #1 Miles: 4.62
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