TNT 2010 Season Update 2

Where to start. First of all thank you to all that have donated so far. For those of you who sent checks, they should post soon. We are really close to making the minimum and for that I thank you for that. I cannot every say thank you enough for your belief and support in this cause.

The TEAM is continuing to work hard and all of us are dying to get outside. There will be an outside ride this weekend. I don't think if the weather continues to cooperate we will be staying in doors after this weekend. Riding a bike is fun, riding a stationary bike is not so much. It is necessary and pays dividends, but it does not bring the same satisfaction. The TEAM is starting to come together and we are having some fun. That will grow when we are outside and seeing new sites.

I got in a 10 mile ride last week. I was going to stretch it out to 20 as it was feeling pretty good, and then I got a flat. I had the necessary items to change it, but it was a rear flat and I have trouble getting the chain on right for some reason after I take the rear wheel off. I called Jenny and she came and picked me up and I changed it at home. I hurt my foot walking my bike a short distance, but it is recovering. I hope to get out again this week and get a full 20 in this time.

I have given up beer totally for the month of March, and I am glad to say that I have only missed it a couple of times. I can also gladly say March is almost over and it will taste good to have a beer on April 1, and a couple watching the Wild game on April 2. I have not been able to shed any pounds doing this for some reason as I had hoped, but I am still lacking motivation when I go to the gym. The pounds should drop when we get outside and increase the mileage.

I also have expanded my workout to include Yoga. I did not know if I would like it or not, but I find that I feel really good after I do it. My hip flexors have been really tight so far this season and a couple of Yoga sessions a week have all but eradicated the back pain I have had from this issue. Would have thought I would need to check in my "Man Card" to admit doing Yoga, but I like it.

Thanks for your continued support as I chase what makes me happy and helps others. The latter being more important.

My Story Is Not Unique

I am thankful for the title of this entry. I was talking with a cancer survivor and they informed me that they no longer felt like their story was unique. To me that is a wonderful thing! I am glad that this person survived cancer! I am glad that the survival story is loosing it's unique qualities, not that surviving cancer is a minor thing, but that in more people are surviving.

I have mulled this comment over for the last few days, and it is truly one of those things that makes me glad to do what I do. I needed to find something in my life that brought me happiness. Albeit twisted to find happiness in enduring miles in water, on bike, or on foot. If what I do funds through your generosity an increased uniqueness in the survivability of cancer I am benefited in two ways. I am happy moving forward, (preferably on a bicycle), and I am happy to know more cancer survivors.

My own story is not unique, but in it, I am. I have found contentment in who I am in all my insecurities. I still have fear, I still feel small in this world. Neither of these are bad if I push past them and still attempt something that I am interested in and find enjoyment and growth in.

In summation, being unique is a quality we all posses. There are commonalities that we all have just by being human. There are differences in how, and why we are the way we are. By setting aside our own uniqueness, and working for a common goal, success is inevitable. I thank you for working towards the common goal of making cancer survivor stories all the more common!