Wendy Mastripolito

Today's Pain is tomorrow's Gain. My mantra during my long run. Although life has been getting in the way of training; too much homework, too much work-work, too much of not enough good stuff.  You know the drill, I set upon myself to go out this past glorious Sunday and get a nice solid 3 hr run in.   So you think, heck the girl does this all the time, what's the difference?!  Well the difference is, just because a person is trained to withstand a 3 hr run doesn't mean their body will want to do a 3 hr run!!!  Lol!   I am not sure where the breakdown happen but I am thinking it was somewhere between the tribal dance and run happy songs.   I went from cheerful glee to wanting to throw myself down on the pavement.  I get that.  I have to get through that.... but I just couldn't figure out why my heart-rate monitor kept reminding me that I was too high... to high for what?  Surely ain't too high in happiness!!!!   JEEZ.. he...

So as you all know.. or maybe you all kind of know.   I went for my Cycling Certification last Saturday.   WELL… let me tell you when I get something in my head, I really should just get it out!!!.. LOL...   I have always loved cycling and have a bike trainer at home that I trained for triathlons on and well I kind of thought it would be a really great idea to… I don’t know.. add cycling instructor to my resume… ?! NOW before you all go laughing because of how much is already on my plate, there is a good reason I am thinking this will benefit me.   (1) I will be able to teach something I love.   (2) I can train and stay in shape while “playing”. (3) I could do it part time and make a little extra cash. SO let’s go back to Saturday the day of the certification seminar.   The morning was all lecture followed by a nice hour lunch, a 2 hour practical where we would pick a song and be tested on our ability to lead a class and then an hour to ta...

What do runners do to try and build up their core??  Of course they do, they take a Bodypump class.. and of course they take the class on the day there is a huge launch party, because hey there could be free gifts!!   And of course why would we look at actually WHAT Bodypump was prior to attending the class??!  That would just be silly, right?! So yes.  I convinced my running buddy Denise to join me during this awesome sounding Bodypump event going on at my local gym this past Saturday. BUT Let's back up a few weeks. About three weeks ago I started on a strength training program that I myself just whipped up in my fantastic mind of minds and the goal was to build my upper body strength, my core strength and flexibility and become a faster runner!  YES! WELL, like most everything I do... I almost always OVERDO... it's just a given and so for three weeks along with my running training plan for my spring marathon, I have incorporated 3-4 day session...