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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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Brooks Cascadia 7 Lifetime Miles: 165.17
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Lack of a car while it's in the shop kept us from going to the track again.  I'm OK with that since my legs are slightly sore and I know I'll get in a run of some kind tomorrow during the lunch hour.

With all the mileage this week, I figured I'd check the Boston Speed Predictor.  Here's what it said:

The slowest you can run and still qualify for the Boston Marathon is 3:20:59. This is a 7:39 per mile pace. If you train at 5 miles per week, you need to run a 5 K in 17:40 which is 5:41 per mile pace.

Just about there... ;-)

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Comments
From flatlander on Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 23:37:48 from 76.31.26.153

Good to see you back at it. I guess the philosophy behind that quote is that if you log big miles you can sustain a somewhat faster pace so you don't need to necessarily be fast at shorter distances? I have seen it before, just never really understood it.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 15:39:47 from 24.22.239.183

a 17:40 5k sounds painful. I think you're better off upping your weekly mileage :)

From baldnspicy on Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 23:00:14 from 72.77.76.40

If a 17:40 sounds painful, all I need to do is get up to 150 miles per week:

The slowest you can run and still qualify for the Boston Marathon is 3:20:59. This is a 7:39 per mile pace. If you train at 150 miles per week, you need to run a 5 K in 21:24 which is 6:53 per mile pace.

From Steve on Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 00:23:16 from 50.29.199.45

Looks like you are doing well! Keep up the good work!

From flatlander on Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 00:26:29 from 198.207.244.102

OK, I think I have this figured out. The theory is that the more miles you log, the longer you can sustain a higher heart rate, meaning that even if you don't have a blazing fast 5K time, you don't have to add as many seconds per mile to your 5K pace in order to get to a sustainable marathon pace.

From Burt on Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 14:54:50 from 206.19.214.144

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

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