Wendy Mastripolito

IM TRAINING HAS BEGUN . .....(actually its been going but officially this is my first official week.. I had a nice almost month and half of base, coming off a not too shabby 2011 season and now I'm ready).. 2/19-2/25 Totals Swim: 4 hrs (4.5 miles) Bike: 5 hrs (80 miles) Run: 3 hrs (16 miles) TOTAL: 12 hrs Special Workouts for week: **2 mile swim work out **10 mile hilly repeats **30 mile bike trainer Realized I need extra carbs because my blood sugar tanked during my run, and yeah MAYBE this is no time to diet... special run of the week was a 4:20am 2 hour run before work, where I ran the same hilly mile loop.. lets say 10 times in 2 hours..CRAZY... temperature was low 40's, rain, and dark. Headlight kept bonking out and paperman almost ran me over, oh yeah and the whole I should probably have had more than one glass of carnation instant breakfast before I ran for 2 hours.. yeah thanks... intelligent . Gelled at mile 8 but couldn't recover the sugar drop.. By the time I...

Dead f-cking last. ….A place I thought I would NEVER be. …..A place I’m glad God ALLOWED me to be. …..A place that has CHANGED…..ME. Last October…. October 23rd 2011 to be exact, I ran the Tussey Mountainback 50 Miler in State College, PA. It would be my second time completing the course and my 5th ultra run. Joe also ran but cleared the mountain in about 9 hours and some change… ….ME, well just say, I was the person with whom the medical vehicle followed. The person that everyone whispers and says, “Thank God I am not.. THAT person”. It took me almost 12 hours to finish.... So let's be honest here… “Wendy, how DO you feel about that?” Well let me tell you…..…… God… its been a little while since we talked.. I know we used to talk a lot but ever since mom got sick, I kinda been a little angry about that… so I’m really sorry that I’m calling on you now but we need to talk… ….I don’t need to win…. I don’t even need to make the time cut off ….but I do need you to help strengthen my min...