Wendy Mastripolito

So yeah.... its been a few months since I posted..but it's not for the lack of trying.. These last few months have been a mishmash of mayhem with over half of my immediate family's birthdays happening in a condensed time frame (mom’s, dad’s, Joe’s, Heather’s, Joe's mom's, sister-in-law’s, 2 nieces, and my birthday), our anniversary, Thanksgiving, Christmas, working, school, training (kinda training), and a couple unexpected mom hospital visits...so yeah the writing suffered... a bit.. Eventually, I will finish my Tussey 50 miler story and my ramblings about attending the lung cancer conference (realizing I was sitting in the wrong conference for an hour), and oh yeah the hysterical breakdowns about Anatomy class and … so…. Life goes on.. and then someone shows me a website that not only takes mayhem to a whole new level, it compounds the already obsessive, compulsive disorder as well.. Welcome to Pinterest … http://pinterest.com/ (If you are even slightly crafty, lo...

Teacher: love your sandals but aren’t your feet cold? Wendy: Thanks, a little...but I need to air the feet out….. Teacher: oh…? Wendy: (I better explain this one)… see I run a bit on the weekends… Teacher: Oh yeah they are cute... You know this fellow teacher I was talking to is training for the Philadelphia marathon ….. AND SO IT BEGINS…………………….. Teacher: ......he runs all these miles and 6 miles at a time on the elliptical, and .. Wendy: yeah, I ran the Wineglass marathon on Sunday. Teacher: .....um, like did you run the whole 26 miles? THANKFULLY.. SHE DIDN’T ASK HOW MANY MILES A MARATHON WAS…… Wendy: ...Yeah the whole 26 in the cold and rain.. it was not fun. Teacher: How are your knees? I used to ice skate but cant now because I have knee problems… OMG WHY DOES EVERYONE ALWAYS GO FOR THE KNEES!?? Wendy: knees holding up, but the body is old, usually stiff and achy. Teacher: I guess you must really love it, I heard people do it because they get all those endorphins and...

MISERY – wasn’t there a Stephen King novel called that? Sunday, October 4th Way back in the spring, I came across an ad for a delightful marathon that would take place in the finger lake area of New York. The thoughts of walking hand in hand with my guy amongst cobblestone streets in the crisp autumn foliage, smelling cider and tasting wine… caused such a rush of elation that I signed us both up for the wineglass marathon. The course was said to be relatively flattish, down hill and then the thoughts of running fast times and of grander and glory then followed..... I have now realized I am delusional and so glad that joe is happy about that.. Perhaps, the forecast of 42 degrees and rain should have sent up a red flag or a giant flare or something.. I mean why would anyone purposely drive 10 hours (5+ hours up and 5+ hours back ) to run for 4 hours in the cold rain?. Ok... so perhaps we were a little stressed in having to get mom home from the hospital and make sure she was ok prior to...

Yeah its been a while since I posted.. not that we haven't done anything interesting.. I mean we ran for 12 hours on September 4 th ... Labor Pains Ultra Trail Run .. Joe completing 50 miles and I completing 35 miles and spraining my ankle. And yeah.... I started back up at night school again...Anatomy and Physiology... two hours on Tuesday nights and three hours on Thursday nights..ask me anything about plasma membrane and I bet I can tell you... oh and then we ran the Philly Rock and Roll Half Marathon on September 18 th and lets see... yeah just spent a full filled weekend on September 24 th and 25 th running three 5K's. Its almost like old times! Kimberton 5K - Saturday, September 24 th @ 9am VERY excited to be able to run the Kimberton 5K with my dad and my nephew James. I did this race 5 years ago (in 2006) and at that time it was my 2 nd race ever… I had just started running and couldn't remember why I wanted to do it but did it and won my first medal ever, pl...

Not sure how I'm going to piece all these stories together.. but if they fall out of order, just pretend you live my life... it will all make sense.. somehow.. Saturday, September 24 th @ 5:30pm SO I thought how cool a trail 5K at my local park, 10 mins from home and at 5:30pm, how could I resist? Um.. I didn't resist that is.. there was a slight problem though... the bum ankle was still bum and well it was on trail, so uneven terrain, and well I guess I better wrap the bugger up so I don't break it.. and off i go.. for my second race of the day! I gotta admit the day started off great.... with the Kimberton race.... but got even better with the Warwick Race.... The Warwick course was rerouted because parts of the course were washed out from all the rain. So as they were showing us the new course...was wondering if they provided a guide with that... .. Run down this way and then go that way, turn around this tree, turn around this bush, down by this pasture and back.. an...

OK.. so it's not like me to make grumbles about a race.. . because I can appreciate what everyone does.. especially if its for something as important as Cancer... BUT then again...when i see something that is such a disorganized mess... i gotta wonder if my funds really do go to where they are suppose to... for cancer research. Sunday, September 25 th DARK AND EARLY .. yeah.. 4:30 am up and getting ready to drive into Philly to run the Philadelphia Zoo 5K... I was VERY EXCITED for this race..! It was for cancer (so a good cause) and we were allowed free admission to the zoo after the race.. it was a win-win!.. BUT OMG what a DISORGANIZED f- cking mess this event was! I have been to a LOT of races and this one almost makes the number one spot for disorganized mess. Let me bullet point a few things… But before I do let me tell you what most runners like to do: 1) Get their racing bib 2) Get their t-shirt 3) Take their t-shirt back to the car 4) Find the potty 5) Warm up oh yeah.. ...

Destination: Indian River, Delaware Objective: 2 weeks camping at the beach with the family Sunday, July 24th So the caravan is off… YAHOOO….!!!! We are on our way for our ANNUAL 8th Family Camping Vacation at the Beach extravaganza...!! Jump up.. Jump down.. JUMP UP AND DOWN!! Each year is a “fun” filled adventure of family drama and togetherness. And like a kid at Christmas, I don’t know what I am going to get! So off we go with wide eyed expectations and anticipations.… Mom, Dad, and my oldest nephew (James) in the lead vehicle pulling MY camper and then Bessie (pup), Fernando (our 21 year old feline), and I in the trailing vehicle… WE ARE ON OUR WAY!! WAHOO!!… DELAWARE BEACHES LOOK OUT! So kinda bummed that I was unable to pull my own camper this year.. .. but due to some unfortunate events, like people playing smash up derby on my truck (someone smashing into the side of my truck and then two weeks later someone else smashed into the back of my ...

Friday, July 15, 2011 OMG.. I AM SOO EXCITED ….! I just got done picking up my race packet for my 24 hour race. They took my vitals: weight, blood pressure, internal body temperature, heart rate and respiration. They needed numbers to compare to in case, well.. I didn’t look to good on the course tomorrow. I can’t believe I’m doing this… !! Lone Ranger Website : The Stroehmann Back on My Feet Lone Ranger Ultra Marathon has become one of the most popular Ultras in the country. It’s for experienced runners who want to test themselves to see how many 8.4-mile laps they can do around Philly's Schuylkill River Running Loop in 24 hours. See the course here. The race will be capped at 300 runners and starts at 10 am on Saturday, July 16th, 2011 in front of Lloyd Hall (One Boat House Row) and ends at 10 am on Sunday, July 17th. Each time you pass The Beneficial Bank Starting Line, your time and mileage will be recorded. There is no minimum or maximum number of loops Lone Rangers have to ...