The Ghoulie Mentor Group - Full (Page 42)

wgraves7582 - 2010-05-12 7:56 AM Well it is Wednesday and our son's good buddy is going in to have surgery to remove cancerous material in his knee area.  He is 13 y/o and I guess they call this Soft Tissue Cancer and it is not a good thing.  So far it is just in the knee area and has not spread so we are praying that they get it all and his recovery time is short with the required radiation treatments.  I just shake my head at the thought of that for a 13 y/o having to endure that.  His name is Cory and if you could pray for him as well I would greatly appreciate it.

wgraves7582 - 2010-05-12 7:56 AM Well it is Wednesday and our son's good buddy is going in to have surgery to remove cancerous material in his knee area.  He is 13 y/o and I guess they call this Soft Tissue Cancer and it is not a good thing.  So far it is just in the knee area and has not spread so we are praying that they get it all and his recovery time is short with the required radiation treatments.  I just shake my head at the thought of that for a 13 y/o having to endure that.  His name is Cory and if you could pray for him as well I would greatly appreciate it.

kali0824 - 2010-05-11 10:20 PM Hello Ghoulies!  Sorry for the lack of communication...I was on vacation in St. Maarten, but I am back now and training with a vengeance.  A little too much vegeance because I am so sore I can barely move (thanks to lifting weights...BodyPump to be exact). 
My hubbie told me that for every pound I lose, I lose 2 seconds off my mile time.  Has anybody heard this? 

kali0824 - 2010-05-11 9:20 PM Hello Ghoulies!  Sorry for the lack of communication...I was on vacation in St. Maarten, but I am back now and training with a vengeance.  A little too much vegeance because I am so sore I can barely move (thanks to lifting weights...BodyPump to be exact). 
My hubbie told me that for every pound I lose, I lose 2 seconds off my mile time.  Has anybody heard this? 

ironannekidd - 2010-05-12 6:03 AM

http://running.about.com/od/howtorun/tp/runfaster.htm

Down near the bottom of the article under Lose Weight

How was your vacation?

Sulcus - 2010-05-12 8:21 AM

I've heard and probably need to staple it to my forehead for those unmotivated days that I have. 

Did you get to both sides of the island?  St. Maarten is where I got my wife's engagement ring so it holds special memories, even though we were only there for one day on a cruise.  It's also where I nearly lost my breakfast as a primary grinder with some gorilla across from me on the Canadian equivalent of Dennis Connor's Stars and Stripes.  When the crew encourages you to drink beer at 9 in the morning while you've caught the wind, just remember that you have to finish it before you begin tacking again because those boats were not built with cup holders!  I fell for it two out of the three legs and El Presidente beer and I are still not on speaking terms.

wgraves7582 - 2010-05-12 6:56 AM Well it is Wednesday and our son's good buddy is going in to have surgery to remove cancerous material in his knee area.  He is 13 y/o and I guess they call this Soft Tissue Cancer and it is not a good thing.  So far it is just in the knee area and has not spread so we are praying that they get it all and his recovery time is short with the required radiation treatments.  I just shake my head at the thought of that for a 13 y/o having to endure that.  His name is Cory and if you could pray for him as well I would greatly appreciate it.

wgraves7582 - 2010-05-12 7:56 AM Well it is Wednesday and our son's good buddy is going in to have surgery to remove cancerous material in his knee area.  He is 13 y/o and I guess they call this Soft Tissue Cancer and it is not a good thing.  So far it is just in the knee area and has not spread so we are praying that they get it all and his recovery time is short with the required radiation treatments.  I just shake my head at the thought of that for a 13 y/o having to endure that.  His name is Cory and if you could pray for him as well I would greatly appreciate it.

ironannekidd - 2010-05-13 6:51 AMGood morning everyone!

What's on tap for today?

wgraves7582 - 2010-05-13 7:35 AM

Well I didn't come on last night but I can update this morning

The surgery did not have to be as invasive as they first worried and it finished 1 hour sooner than planned.  All good signs.  They meets with pathologist??? Monday for further diagnosis/planning.
Please keep them all in your prayers still - thanks

Sulcus - 2010-05-13 8:30 AM

Now that it has stopped raining, I have some running to catch up on and some regularly scheduled swimming.

In other news, I did my first hill repeats on the trainer last night.  They hurt! 

wgraves7582 - 2010-05-13 7:35 AM

The surgery did not have to be as invasive as they first worried and it finished 1 hour sooner than planned.  All good signs.  They meets with pathologist??? Monday for further diagnosis/planning.
Please keep them all in your prayers still - thanks

MarlaS - 2010-05-13 10:47 AM Speaking of cancer, there's a 24-hour bike ride called 24 Hours of Booty (gotta love the name!) that's sponsored by the Lance Armstrong Foundation to benefit the LAF and local cancer charities in Columbia, MD (DC suburbs), Atlanta & Charlotte. You can actually ride as much or as little as you want - main thing is to be there, to show support, and to raise a minimum of $200 to participate. I'm forming a team of friends/family from my daughter's soccer team, and we'd love to have any of y'all join us on the ride - it sounds like a ton of fun, too. If you're interested, there are links to join the team & find out more about the ride from my page - http://www.24hoursofbooty.org/goto/Marla .

Marla

ironannekidd - 2010-05-13 11:03 AM

That is AWESOME!!!

I thought about doing it with you until I saw the date. I have a HM the following week.

MarlaS - 2010-05-13 11:06 AM

BUMMER - you're so close, I was hoping your interest might be piqued! Let me know if you change your mind - cool thing about it is that you can ride as much or as little as you want - it's less than a week after my 2nd tri, so not sure how much riding I'll feel like doing myself, but it sure sounds like a helluva good time.

ransick - 2010-05-13 1:24 PM