Wendy Mastripolito

Tussey 50 Miler Saturday, October 16, 2010 Not sure HOW I managed it... but I did… I somehow convinced Joe that running 50 miles was a good thing and then I proceeded to only run 26.2… Distance: 50 miles JOE: 9 hrs 41 mins (for 50 miles) WENDY : 4 hrs 53 mins (for 26.2 miles) START: 7:00 am Leg 1: Three Bridges, One Leg-Breaker Mileage/degree of difficulty: 3.2 miles; difficult Topography: Mostly gently climbing, with some steep ascents. Cold (48 degrees) at start, windy (gusts 30 mph, sustained15 mph). I was bundled up w/hat, gloves, jacket. Joe’s plan was to run with me, well at least for the first half mile then he pulled away. Um ..what about the "we are running together" plan??? Joe is great hill runner and since the first three miles are basically up hill, I expected him to get a lead. I managed to run this first three miles better than last year, I felt good and was excited, maybe this year I can do A LOT better! Of course what I failed to mention is that I st...

Got to enjoy two great races this weekend… Philadelphia Cross Country 5K (3.1 mile) Open Race & the OctoRun 13K (8 mile) Cross Country 5K I really do have a love affair with cross country, perhaps it’s the feeling of being able to take off running across fields, frolicking through woods, and traipsing up rather large inclines… or maybe its because that’s where I started my running 25 years ago… in cross country… either case I decided on Saturday to run an open cross country race, hoping beyond all hope that I could beat at least one gal, and hopefully a young one… T his particular race was an "open" race, which meant no age group awards, only the top 15 girls will place and I would be competing with everyone from ages 18+ and up ... I soo love competing… something about just the idea of being able to do your best and being acknowledged that you did so… but then again nothing deflates it like when you see one of the area's top women runners, who happens to be in you...

Please dont hate me because I am beautiful… Ok so this has NOTHING to do with this posting… but I gotta have something..... can there just be one day.. just one day ....that I can live drama free….?! Rush rush rush… always in a rush.. .. life just needs to slow DOWN... a bit... sigh.. sitting in traffic... Do you ever sit in traffic and look over and see someone doing something that just totally, utterly amazes you..?? Because you cant believe they are doing it… !? YEAH... I have seen all types of crazy shit in the morning.. people putting on make up, reading the paper, SHAVING, god knows what they do at home because they are all on the roads doing it… and so this am was no exception on crazy… I came up to the traffic light at the intersection of 401 and have to wait for someone who is backing into traffic in front of me out of the gas station... they are backing OFF a rather large strip of grass OFF a curb.. ouch.. thats gotta hurt ...dude.. what AN IDIOT!!… HOW do you do that?..you d...

I thought I would share….here is the video of my second Ironman Triathlon that I did on September 25th…(140.6 miles).. did it in 15 hours and 26 minutes… it’s a 2.4 miles swim, 112 mile bike and then a 26.2 mile run… YEAH LONG DAY!.. Joe did an awesome job filming! It has sound… (btw I was LAST out of the swim.. but passed some people on the bike and run!)…I was a bit hungry afterwards.. just a bit.. CHESSYMAN VIDEO (Click Here)