Wendy Mastripolito

So what’s a Mastripolito to do on a “peaceful” Saturday morn at Mount Krumpet? Get out the paint gear and gettum painted (the outside of the house that is) ... in the garage and find the right brushes, paint, gloves, ladder, back in the garage for painting shoes and old painting clothes... and that’s odd... hey Joe I think someone may have lost a dog or something...noticing that the SAME car pulled into our cul-d-sak... 10 times... and well.... set up the paint stuff... and gotta getter done... lovely day to paint...  ....you know sitting way up here on mount Krumpet you can hear everything in the valley, in the woods... and those damn dogs in the distance barking and barking and ...here comes that damn car again... ...  I march myself down to the street in my rubber duckies & painting gear and stop the lady who is on her 15th time down our road.. What's you looking for I ask...?   She stops and explains that her older neighbor's 2 dogs bolted out the back d...

Today is Throwback Thursday and is also approx the 7 year anniversary of my running journey.. well let me correct that.. the start of my running journey as an "ADULT". I did run a few years in high school.... but then took a little break of some 20 years or so...just to catch my breath..... This week marks a great time in my life. Here is an exert from the beginning of the madness.. that first week of running...back in 2006... I knew NOTHING of the world that I have lived in these last few years... The Quest  Fall 2006   A flyer appears in my mailbox. It’s a 5K run on September 30th to benefit our local firefighters. They are offering medals for the top three placers, hmm, medals....oh I likely medals... I carefully reread the flyer,  3.1 miles... in 4 weeks... oh heck yeah I so can do this.. no problem!  I skip across the room and excitingly show Joe the flyer.   "Do you think a month is enough time to get ready to run this 5K?.. (how can ...