Wendy Mastripolito

Perhaps I have been playing too much.. or just too damn lazy but either case.. here are the last couple of updates.. LATE AGAIN 10/28/09 Hello my little peeps.. this getting older stuff is rough.. sigh... so I dress in a normal sweater and pants to come to work.. you know .. normal clothes... and well I guess I have a heat flash?.... I instantly become 1000 degrees, like someone was holding a blow torch to my body.. like I was being boiled alive in my own clothes.. so now I'm screaming to get out of my sweater …. and pleading with my co worker to give me the shirt off their back.. and thankfully they have an extra shirt - go figure - in their desk.. (brand new)…whew....so I bring up this dilemma to my two "buddies" here and work… and this is what is said, “You are insane. Maybe if you left a tiny bit of room for air to pass between your clothes and your skin you wouldn't overheat? " Just call me the human torch.. 10/31/09 - Saturday It is time to play.. this is t...

I sent Santa a note: Dear Santa Claus, My name is Wendy. I am a girl and I am already 43 years old!! I live in the great city of Glenmoore . Of course, that's in Pennsylvania, United States, but I'll bet you knew that!! This year I've been so good that my halo is just a teensy weensy bit crooked! Santa Claus, some things I might like for Christmas this year are: - HOT TUB; - CASH; and, - SWIMMING POOL. Santa Claus, I almost forgot to say... Please santa I have been a really good girl and deserve a hot tub and cash this year. Love, Wendy ******************* AND HE WROTE BACK : #1, Rudolph Way North Pole, Canada HO HO HO Glenmoore , Pennsylvania United States Friday, November 06, 2009 Merrrryyyy Christmas Wendy!! Thank you for sending me your email all the way from Glenmoore ! The Net sure is wonderful because now I can get emails from Glenmoore and around the world in the blink of an eye. Even Rudolph gets emails... from pets! Why, here's Rudolph right now! HO!! Ho...

Last weekend, Joe and I traveled the 4-1/2 hours to New York to run a race called the Hairy Gorilla Half Marathon .. that would be 13.1 miles on hills and trails, oh and yeah LOTS OF MUD. The finisher medal would be a small stuffed gorilla...just remove the fact that we would be driving almost 5 hours up and then back to run.. you have to think of the WHOLE package .. the fun ride up in the torrential rain, the bumper to bumper traffic, booking a hotel right next to the Albany airport ..(hey, to my credit it was NOT even close to the tarmac!), and the 5 hour drive home after running for 2 hrs without showering… yeah.. it’s the WHOLE PACKAGE! We made it to our hotel by late afternoon on Saturday and got checked in and did our usual.. Joe hooks up the computer, curses that he cant get online, spends 10 minutes figuring it out.. I change and go to hot tub and pool and so on.. it’s a ritual by now.. and we love it. Joe actually did manage to slink down to the hot tub and pool and make an...

So I know... tanning.. tanning beds... BAD .. but sometimes a gal needs a little sunshine.. So on Wednesday, I thought I could use a bit of rays and stopped to tan....my tanning place has the beds you lay in… like a coffin...so I am in my coffin, looking forward to 10 minutes of peace and quiet.. and I feel something on the back of my leg.. I think to myself.. must be sweat… (you know when you start to sweat it sometimes turns to water and runs down the leg)… Well then I feel something near my back.. hmmm .. I must be sweating lots... then something moves on my arm.. WTF ! ....I jump up out of the coffin (mind you I am butt a-s naked).. thankfully in my own room.. and it’s a fly.. of course now I am swatting at the fly, my eye protection has fallen off and the ultra violet light is now piercing a hole through my skull.. freaking stupid... I finally lay back down..get myself comfy again ... and... ..the M-F-er comes back!!!... Now he is mad.. and he is trapped in the coffin with me .. ...

Been soo busy that I forgot to write..here are some bullets : Womans 5K for Breast Cancer was on Saturday, October 17 th – 40 degrees and pouring rain.... 5,000 woman had signed up but only 2,200 actually came out that day. It was soo cold that it took 10 minutes after the race to thaw out the toes. Great cause and thankfully I picked the actual run and didn ’t have to walk in the stuff.. I mean get done quick and change...something to be said about speed! http://www.womens5kclassic.org/ results: https://www.lin-mark.us/results_files/reswomen09.htm Truck is smelling like death again.. I guess something crawled up inside and died.....now WHY does it feel the need to die INSIDE my truck!!? I am sure it's a sight ...me gasping for breath... head out of window.... heading to work. Last time Joe and I could not find the carcass.. the smell appeared to emanate from the vents.. we checked every inch of the truck, inside and out.. NADA.. thankfully in the summer the heat mummified...

50 Miler Saturday, October 3, 2009 (click on Tussey Mountain title for link to website) A week ago I went up a mountain....10 hours later came down... this is that report Distance: 50.2 miles Time: 10 hours 3 minutes Total running time on Garmin : 9:36:36 (pace 11:28) withOUT breaks Total time for race 10:03 (12.03 pace) this is official time WITH breaks Difference of 26 minutes for breaks HR: Avg 155 Max 184 Leg 1 : Start: 7:00am Leg #1: Three Bridges, One Leg-Breaker Mileage/degree of difficulty: 3.2 miles; difficult Topography: Mostly gently climbing, with some steep ascents. Projected time: 7:35am Total miles 3 Actual Time: Time: 7:33 am Foggy and cold (46 degrees) at start. I was bundled up w/hat, gloves, jacket. I purposely lined up in back, no hurry, going to be a long day. As I looked around I noticed that no matter what happens today, I was here and I was attempting something that wouldn't have been possible three years ago, and I was excited. Bring it on! Then we we...

Saturday, October 3, 2009 (click on Tussey Mountain title for link to website) ..and the silence..... ..........yes.. but of course silly people..yes I'm doing a 50 mile ultra run... in a week.... now trying to figure out when I will scream mommy.......if you sit around and wait for death...you surely will die...... Course Elevation Chart Total : Leg 1 : Start: 7am Leg #1: Three Bridges, One Leg-Breaker Mileage/degree of difficulty: 3.2 miles; difficult Topography: Mostly gently climbing, with some steep ascents. Projected time: 7:35am Total miles 3 Leg 2 : Leg #2: Down to the Swamp Mileage/degree of difficulty: 4.0 miles; easy Topography: Downhill to level; gravel. Projected time: 8:15-8:21am Total miles 7 Leg 3 : Leg #3: Race to the Beach Mileage/degree of difficulty: 3.8 miles; easy Topography: Fairly flat; gravel and then finishes on paved road. Projected time: 8:55-9:07am Total miles 11 Leg 4 : Leg #4: Three Up, Three Down Mileage/degree of difficulty: 6.2 miles; difficult...