Wendy Mastripolito

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...