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ryanp100 - 2010-07-12 2:15 PM Okay, back from the doctor. First, thanks for all the well wishes! I sincerely appreciate it! I've got good news and bad news. Good news is that it's a grade 1 shoulder separation and nothing is broken. It's a pretty common injury and the doc thinks it should resolve itself in about 4-5 weeks. It's still super sore and I've got a pretty limited range of motion. The bad news is that he didn't prescribe me any good drugs Birdy said he "has some connections" or something to fix that...

Mett - 2010-07-12 9:11 PM Had a great weekend of swimming. Friday I made it 500 yards in one shot and I forgot to time it. I did use a buoy but I have never made it that far without stopping. Today I went out and did it again, I made it 500 yards in 11:30 mm/ss. It felt awesome. I also went out for a run on the trails, I was planning on 2 miles and ending up walking 2 as well due to taking a wrong turn in the woods. I tried to run as much as I could but I was crazy exhausted.

Mett - 2010-07-12 9:11 PM Had a great weekend of swimming. Friday I made it 500 yards in one shot and I forgot to time it. I did use a buoy but I have never made it that far without stopping. Today I went out and did it again, I made it 500 yards in 11:30 mm/ss. It felt awesome. I also went out for a run on the trails, I was planning on 2 miles and ending up walking 2 as well due to taking a wrong turn in the woods. I tried to run as much as I could but I was crazy exhausted.

fattyfatfat - 2010-07-12 11:10 AM hey trev you see this

ashort33 - 2010-07-12 8:22 PM

Nice job Mark!  Keep up the good work!  One day you will look back and say, "I had trouble swimming 500?!?!" 

DougRob - 2010-07-12 9:16 PM Well, it looks like I have tendonitis in my left achillies. I have a bump about 4 cm up from my heel. It is tender to the touch and a little painful when I start to exercise, but the pain goes away after a little while. I have not changed footwear recently, but I do have very flat feet and thus over-pronate.

I think I need to see my doctor to get a diagnosis.

This might have something to do with my crumbling running.

gdale - 2010-07-12 8:54 PM Allow me a few family bragging moments...

Last week we were in the DC area to get Jeremy's prosthetic ear.  He was so happy to get it and has enjoyed showing it off.  He has also been thrilled not to have to wear a strap over the top of his head to hold his glasses up.  Here is a pic...



On Sunday, my middle son Tommy did his first Triathlon.  It was supposed to be 50 yard swim, 2 mile bike, .25 mile run.  Not sure all the distances were accurate because they were a little disorganized but Tommy had a great time.  He was pushing hard all the way...would have been first out of the water but was going in the wrong direction running up towards the beach.  I guess he has sighting issues just like his dad!  Here he is with his finishers medal...



There are a couple of more pics of Jeremy in my album and several more pics of both of them on facebook if you are interested.

Finally, my wife got the best news today.  Her father has been battling esophogus cancer for the past 9 months or so.  His treatments ended a couple of months ago and today he got the results of a PET scan that showed no signs of cancer!  He has been through a lot and it was great to hear that he is over the hump and on the road to recovery.

TrevorC - 2010-07-12 10:59 PM

Very cool george on all 3 accounts!!!
Who is the autographed picture over Jeremy's shoulder? Looks like George W almost

gdale - 2010-07-12 9:54 PM Allow me a few family bragging moments...

Last week we were in the DC area to get Jeremy's prosthetic ear.  He was so happy to get it and has enjoyed showing it off.  He has also been thrilled not to have to wear a strap over the top of his head to hold his glasses up.  Here is a pic...



On Sunday, my middle son Tommy did his first Triathlon.  It was supposed to be 50 yard swim, 2 mile bike, .25 mile run.  Not sure all the distances were accurate because they were a little disorganized but Tommy had a great time.  He was pushing hard all the way...would have been first out of the water but was going in the wrong direction running up towards the beach.  I guess he has sighting issues just like his dad!  Here he is with his finishers medal...



There are a couple of more pics of Jeremy in my album and several more pics of both of them on facebook if you are interested.

Finally, my wife got the best news today.  Her father has been battling esophogus cancer for the past 9 months or so.  His treatments ended a couple of months ago and today he got the results of a PET scan that showed no signs of cancer!  He has been through a lot and it was great to hear that he is over the hump and on the road to recovery.

gdale - 2010-07-12 9:59 PM Hey Sam and Tony - do you guys know about Tri Team Z??  They were at our race this weekend and they had like 90 people there!  Some did the sprint, some did the half, some did both.  They had three huge tents, a huge cookout for the athletes, their own massage person, and lot of people chearing eveyone on.  There were people from the FOP to BOP.  Seemed like a nice group of people.

gdale - 2010-07-12 10:54 PM Allow me a few family bragging moments...

gotta run - 2010-07-12 10:40 PM

George: Thank you for sharing your family's good news with us. Both of your boys look so happy and proud in those pictures - it's really wonderful to see.

TrevorC - 2010-07-12 9:22 PM

Weird story. The guy actually used to be part of our team a couple years ago. We got a note from our coach wondering if anyone has seen him. he supposedly was as our race last weekend, and now vanished....not sure what'll happen.

On an unrealted note, I went for a short run at luch todaydowntown around the river. Saw a body get pulled from the river. It was weird. seeing the yellow body bag and the stretcher for it. Crazy.