Wendy Mastripolito

What more can I say???!... Joe just lit the road on fire today at the Shamrock Half Marathon (13.1 miles) in Virginia Beach... time 1.43.54 (7.54 pace)..... Not many things can stun me... but this does... HE NEVER RAN a day in his life until this past year (except for football practice in high school)... I AM SOO PROUD!! CONGRATS JOE!!!! The race started at 7am and it was another cold morning.. 32 degrees at the start... BUT NO WIND!.. the first time EVER running in Virginia Beach where there was no wind! ( I asked Joe why he cant take a picture with my feet in it..) (see Joe.. I do have FEET) At the start, we stayed together for a couple of miles and then he pulled away... he looked great.. I tucked into a comfy groove of my own..... I was slightly concerned when the 1.45 pace group passed me and I was AHEAD OF THEM.. yikes.. then when I hit the 5 mile marker around 40.32 or so.. I was thinking.. UM ... just a bit too fast since I still have 8 miles to go....but I went with it... Whe...

This weekend was the A nni versary of Joe’s first race ever ... last year at this time Joe ran his first running race ever.. the Shamrock 8K ... ...this year he ran it again and sliced approximately 8+ minutes off his time and beat me by over TWO minutes... JEEZ US!!! The race started at 8am and it was a cold 35 degrees.. winds around 10-13 mph....we opted for long sleeve shirts but shorts... there was a bit of muscle freeze while standing waiting to start..BOY CANT WAIT FOR SPRING.. UM it is Spring... We carefully placed ourselves upfront in the 7-8 min miler section... so did a lot of people (HOW should I say this nicely)... People that should NOT be up there.... After the start....the front group had to weave in and out of people who were "not out to win" that for sure.. and some were even walking! WHAT ARE THEY DOING LINE UP FRONT!!!?? ...EXCUSE ME.... (WTF you doing uphere?)... SORRY ...(GET the F@$%^ out of the way)... PARDON ME... (MORON).... lightly phusha outta t...

Note to Joe: "SEE THIS HONEY... This is what you are going to be looking at this weekend trying to catch me at the Shamrock 8K in Virginia Beach.... " 3 days... and C-O-U-N-T-I-N-G.. You all can keep tabs on us here under the results tab: Shamrock Website The 8K (4.97 miles) is on Saturday, March 21st @ 8am The Half Marathon (13.1) is on Sunday, March 22 nd @ 7am (results should be ongoing and usually are posted within an hour of the race)

You know whats really great having a brother who is again playing Rugby at age 40? ....That the parents will now consume all their resources on thinking he is a nut case ...and so on ....instead of thinking I am! .....AWESOME!!! .... Thanks Baby Brother!..... You ROCK!

GREAT time this past weekend... my SUFFER BUDDY....... “Denise” and I drove the 6+ hours up to Vermont in order to run up and down mountains on little tiny snowshoes.... And to think we missed out on the beautiful 70 degree weekend in PA to do so. It was my second year for this race and Denise’s first.... and I was anxiously looking forward to showing Denise the fun that I had experienced last year... I told her about the vast amounts of snow, the quaint Vermont chalets with little white lights, the charming General Stores that sell real Vermont Syrup in super nifty maple leaf bottles, the moose crossing signs, and of course the really narrow pitch black mountain roads. .. (where Da snow?) I call Denise my "Suffer Buddy" because she is the only person I know who I have managed to convince to do all the crazy shit I do....to go out and buy snowshoes even though we hardly get any snow in our part of PA.. to ride 6+ hours in a car and then PAY to be able to run up and down mou...