Wendy Mastripolito

Déjà vu Marathon November 9, 2013 147 total, 15 marathoners Time: 4:10:58 1 mile loop...26+ times.. I don’t know seemed kinda cool to me.. at least when I signed up for it way back in the summer when it was nice and warm.   It was 36 degrees when I arrived at the starting line of the Deja Vu Marathon and I was cold... I was cold to the bone cold... and really crabby about having to run long.. in the COLD.. did I mention I was cold?!    You will see in the race reports below I mention about being mentally tougher...    SCRATCH that out... My tolerance for adversity GONE... I don’t know, perhaps I am getting soft.. or maybe the old bones are just sick and tired of the FNING COLD. So step back a moment... yeah I said it right.. I would be running for about 4+ hours on a figure 8 loop to complete a marathon.. yeah that’s right.. thats 26+ laps and not so many people smile when they do that.. and there is a reason for that.  So lets picture thi...

Today would have been your 69 birthday... Happy Birthday MOM!... I love you!... and I miss you!.... it’s been over a year now.. and the days don’t ever seem as bright.. and the nights seem that much longer... but the legacy of your love prevails. Today would have been your day... you loved your birthday...the party and birthday cake ... and oh how I wish you could see your great grandson, Carter, what a beautiful happy baby, an amazing testament of how well you helped raise Heather.  Mom, he is beautiful, as Heather is, and she is such a great mom, you would have been soo proud to see...  and your grandsons... wow they have done wonders in their sports and in school, they are truly going to make a great impact in this world..mom you would be so proud.   But I have to say, you would be most proud of your son, your leaving us hit him so hard and he held it together and kept strong.. he kept strong for the family and mom he has starting to run... oh w...