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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
3.000.003.00

Didn't have any of my techno gadgets so I just went out for a short run.  It was hot and very humid at 1:30pm today when I went out.  I really need to think about getting up earlier and going out before the temp peaks for the day.  Thunderstorms tonight, so that will be fun.

NB 758s #2 Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Burt on Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 19:36:13 from 72.223.80.161

The hotter the better, I say.

From Steve on Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 19:48:41 from 50.29.198.85

This week should be nice and hot if you are looking for hot weather again! I think here we are looking at 94 this week. I was talking to my wife and we are trying not to kill to many weekends but what did you think about the Steelers 5k?

From baldnspicy on Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 20:11:47 from 72.77.105.53

Burt, the "at least its a dry heat" may apply to AZ, but not PA!

Steve, the Steelers 5k is nice and flat. It's a good race for sure if the weather cooperates. Got anything good out your way? I am happy to come your direction.

From Steve on Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 20:18:11 from 50.29.198.85

I haven't looked around much, but we have been talking about getting to Pittsburgh sometime so this may be a good opportunity.

From baldnspicy on Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 16:21:04 from 167.164.3.140

Sounds good! So it's Sept 2, it looks like. Should be a good race for us. It's fairly popular because it's so flat and...well, it's the Steelers. Finishing on the warning track is pretty cool, then just hanging out in the stands watching everyone else finish.

If that works for you, we'll start planning for it. I may start planning anyways with a little run this evening since it's been way too long. :-)

From Steve on Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 18:43:58 from 50.29.198.85

Sounds like a nice run on a nice long weekend. We need to register and then find a place to stay and find someone to dog sit then we will be in good shape. I am going to pencil it in. My wife seemed to be into it as well.

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