Wendy Mastripolito

Heather and I ran the Women's by the Bay 5K last Sunday.. placing 2nd overall Mom & Daughter team! (they combined our finishing times and the top three combined times get awards).. oh yeah and I beat her to the finish! Our journey started early.. we were up by 4:45 am.. no wait let me rephrase that.. I was up at 4:45 am...and by 5:30 am we were on our way to Havre de Grace, Maryland....for our MOM/DAUGHTER RACE.....no problem.. if you were the 23 year old sleeping for the hour and a half drive... So we get there around 7:00 am which secured us a good parking spot and gave us a chance to get our race packets and bib numbers without waiting in lines... my bib number was lucky number 13.. I needed to warm up a bit and told heather that I was going to take a bit of a jog about to wake up the muscles... asked if she wanted to come along... I don't think she needed to answer.. but the look said it all.. OK, I will be back.. she was going to nap in the truck a bit.. must be nic...

I just couldn’t get to updating the blog this week.. or last week.. it's just that.. I am the only person I know who can run three marathons, a 50K trail race, a full Ironman Distance Triathlon, plus countless other races in one year... and CAN NOT ....CAN NOT....make 120 visits to her local YMCA..... So does NOT get reimbursed for the healthy lifestyle program.. reimbursement of $100... how is that possible!?????....... Stick.. pick up sticks.. If I pick up one more stick I will scream.. I was stick picker upper last weekend so Joe could mow.. I think an entire tree regurgitated on the lawn.. and don’t even tell me to hire someone.. have you seen anyone willing to be paid $10 to pick up sticks ... I THINK NOT... this ole back no likey this kinda work..a week after the fact I still have to hold my back when bending over to pick up the dog.. Turkey crossing - That’s an AWFUL BIG BIRD WENDY... . coffee in hand looking out of window into back yard..... I think it’s a buzzard.... BU...

OMG.. well it looks like AFTER THE fact that they decided to go with 10 year age groups (so 40-49).... instead of 5 year age groups (40-44 and 45-49) for the race... so AFTER the fact they changed it.. Unbelievable.. I would have NEVER known had I not just rechecked results today.. as of yesterday they were still listed in 5 year age groups... that was two days AFTER the race... I guess I ain't seeing no award!!!... OH well..ALSO of interesting note is that a group of the top runners ran the wrong way and cut off ONE MILE off the course… but they were still counted in results!! THEY RUN A mile less and they still get to place!!...OK.. that seems fair... UGH ARGH... NOT!!!....THEY are soo unorganized… SO NO PLACEY FOR ME ANYMORE!! I went from 2nd in my 5 yr age group to 5th in the 10 year age group..! They shouldnt change it AFTER the fact... if they were going with 10 year age groups they should have stuck with that in beginning... thats kinda like..SUCKS! Dorchester County YMCA -...

Tummy bug I have absolutely ZERO..ZIL..ZING,... NADA.. NOPE.. NUNNA.. nothing left....I was actually quite proud of myself... that I finished today's race..actually running... going into the race I knew...but I wanted to see how far I could get. The body felt... felt as though someone sucked every bit of life and energy out of me... For those following my drama... I had developed some sort a TUMMY BUG on Wed, accompanied by a brain splitting headache and a whole bunch of other NOT so fun delights.. and although I felt better in a day...my stomach just wouldn't settle.. SO for the last three days... anything I have put in the body...HAS LEFT...AND QUICKLY....like my wonderful Lasagna carb meal last night...which didn’t even wait an hour.... oh and whats with NO PORT-A-Pots on the course...!! ??? NOT COOL! Nothing really hurt... but really.... how could I hurt when I can't MOVE fast enough to feel hurt!!! ....UGH ARGHH... I guess snails can hurt too...ok so..susie the snail h...

Oh yeah baby....I am #100...that is my bib number for tomorrow’s half marathon (13.1 miles) in Cambridge Maryland... Joe is #99... How cool is that!? Tomorrow Cambridge is also celebrating their 325th Anniversary and they have a whole day of celebrations and a block party starting at 4pm...thus the special gold seal you see on my racing bib. Not sure what the weather is going to do.. big storm coming.. GEE GO FIGURE THAT!....now that’s really usual... um..NOT!...the weather people state: Windy with a steady rain early then remaining cloudy with a few showers. High 57 (suppose to be around 51 and rain @ 8am when we start).. JUST LOVE THIS.. winds out of the north... 20-30 mph... Yup... that should make for some really fast times... UMMMM...NOT!... I don’t think the wind will get that high in the am... they are only calling for around 13 mph then... I’ll take that.... I guess the higher winds will be later? ....So what's that mean for our bike ride? We brought the bikes.. thought we ...

This is me in LOTS-A-PAIN coming into finish at the Ocean Drive 5K.....

Listed below are the race stories from the two 5K (3.1 mile) races that I did this week... Sunday, March 29th & Saturday, April 4th... I need a nap! Ocean Drive 5K Sunday, March 29th 4:00am: Rise and “shine”... yes on my day off I get up at 4am so I can drive the 2 hours to Cape May/Sea Isle City, NJ to run a 5K.. ok before you go calling up the men in the little white jackets... there is SOME logic to my madness.. I am the driver taking my friend Denise to run a Marathon. The Marathon runs from Cape May, NJ to Sea Isle City, NJ.....and so while I was down there.. I thought .. WHAT THE HECK.. run the 5K.... So you are probably wondering why... I am not running the marathon.. I mean seems kinda odd huh? ....That I would pass up this good ole opportunity to thrash around my legs a bit ...Well .....somehow over the last few months I fell in love with short distance and now have an aversion to anything over 13 miles... KIDDING... I am just trying like hell to be good... I think I over...

I was reading something the other day.. and have been thinking about it.... a really great saying...about attitude.... ....is that 10% of life is made up of what happens to you and 90% of life is decided by how you react. 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it…..So I dwell on this a bit… so when I react with, "I am going to kick you’re a-s because you are a f- moron..." ....what does that mean...????? That... A) I am a realist or B) I have an attitude problem Life is great… (I hope to post the story about the Ocean Drive 5K and Kutztown's 5K this weekend...