New wheelset
A friend of mine at work (Kevin) was nice enough to lend me his HED ALPS wheelset for my OCR 3.
The wheelset is probably overkill for a my level of bike, but they sure are sweet. I cannot believe what a difference a set of wheels could make.
Here is a photo of my bike with the new wheelset:
Hopefully they will allow me to hang on just a little bit longer in the Criterium this weekend.
Rochester Twilight Criterium - Registered!
So a couple months ago I posted about the Saturn Rochester Twilight Criterium.
Well, today I actually registered for the race.
This will be my first official bike race and I don’t really know what else to say other than I am really excited. I am in group R2 which will begin racing at 4:25pm for a total of 30 minutes.
Here is a look at what the course looks like.
If you have never been to the Saturn Rochester Twilight Criterium then you owe it to yourself to come out and see it. It is some of the most exciting racing I have ever seen. From the Cat 5 racers all the way up to the Pros!
I have no delusions of placing in this race. My goal is to not get the whistle blown at me and ask to come off the course (meaning I am about to be lapped). I figure that is a good start. 
More details can be found on the Saturn Rochester Twilight Criterium website. Come on out and cheer us on! You won’t regret it!
Fly By Night Duathlon
So I just found out about this Duathlon today. It is held at the historic Watkins Glenn Raceway in Watkins Glen, New York.
You actually get to race your bike on the Watkins Glen race track! How cool is that? It is a Formula style Duathlon only. So that means you will be doing the following.
1.75 mile run –> 10.2 mile bike (3 laps of track) –> 1.75 mile run –> 10.2 mile bike –> 1.75 mile run
The running portion is done on the dirt roads of the infield of the track.
The cost is $60 and gets you entry to the track for all the day’s festivities:
| Timeline | |
| 8:30 am | Porsche Clash begins |
| 4:30 pm | Porsche Clash ends |
| 3:30-5 pm | registration |
| 5:30 pm | track opens for warmup |
| 6:30 pm | race begins |
| 8-9:30 pm | BBQ and awards |
The website states this is the last year for the Fly By Night Duathlon, so do not pass up a chance to race on the historic track.
More information can be found at their website -> Fly By Night Duathlon.
Biopsy results - NO CANCER!
I will keep this short and sweet …
The pathology report came back NEGATIVE! The cancer is NOT BACK! Woohoo!
It turns out it was follicular hyperplasia of my lymph node. My oncologist said it was nothing to worry about.
I cannot tell you how happy we are.
Rochester Spring Classic Duathlon
So this past Saturday was the Rochester Spring Classic Duathlon. Carrie, Darcie, Mackenzie, and myself all entered the Super Sprint version of the event. This involves a 2 mile run –> 10 mile bike –> 1 mile run.
This was Darcie & Mackenzie’s first Duathlon. I thought they did really well for their first time.
Carrie beat her time from last year by over 11 minutes! I beat my time from last year by over 8 minutes!
| Position | Bib # | Name | Gender | Class | Age | 1st Du? | Total Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | 180 | Darcie Zerniak | F | SS-F35-39 | 38 | Yes | 1:10:06.435 |
| 70 | 31 | Carrie Case | F | SS-F35-39 | 36 | No | 1:10:34.524 |
| 73 | 201 | Mackenzie Zerniak | F | SS-F19UNDER | 14 | Yes | 1:11:41.631 |
| 100 | 32 | Shannon Case | M | SS-M35-39 | 39 | No | 1:27:33.827 |
Here is a photo of all of us together after the race.
I’ll put the rest of the photos up in the Gallery later today.
Biopsy
So last month (April) I was having severe neck pain on the left side of my neck. I did not have a sore throat and it did not hurt much to move my neck, but if I touch the left side of my neck or pressed on it there was pretty severe pain. So I called my regular Doctor (Dr. Swanger) and asked if they could see me. They got me in that day and checked out my neck. They ordered two tests. The first was a complete CT Scan of my Neck, Chest, Abdomen, and Pelvis. The second was an ultrasound of the arteries in my neck.
The tests turned up nothing in my neck, BUT it did show an enlarged lymph node in my left armpit. We have known about this lymph node since October, but it only measured 1cm x .6cm then. We were not worried about it because it was so small. At the time of the CT Scan the lymph node had grown to 1cm x 1.2cm. This was still nothing to worry about I was told. A week later I had my 6 month checkup with my Radiation Oncologist (Dr. Constine). He was performing all the usual pokes and prods and stopped when he felt my armpit. He asked, “Did you feel that?”. I said, “Yes, I felt that.” He left the room briefly to make a phone call and then came back. He said he just spoke with my primary Oncologist (Dr. Freidberg) and they decided that they should biopsy the node. My guess is that they should not have been able to feel that node and it had grown since the previous week.
Dr. Salloum performed the biopsy. He is the same surgeon that did the biopsy in my neck two years ago. The biopsy went well and he even let my wife take a couple photos of the node after he removed it.
We should get the results back on Tuesday (5/22). Hopefully it turns out to be nothing.
Photos are included after the Read More link …
Help us fight cancer by supporting Relay For Life!
Can you believe that more than 1.3 million new cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed in the United States this year? Those are staggering statistics, but there is hope. Each of us can do something to save lives and help those already fighting this disease. That’s why I’ve decided to take action against cancer by supporting the American Cancer Society Relay For Life® event right here in my community.
Relay For Life is an overnight event that brings our community together to help support the American Cancer Society and its lifesaving mission to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. The Society works hard every day to prevent cancer and save lives by supporting groundbreaking research, affecting public policies that protect us from cancer, and educating people on how to prevent or detect cancer early. The Society helps people with cancer right here in our own community. And our efforts at Relay For Life can help the American Cancer Society to keep working toward a cancer-free future.
I want to invite you to show your support in the ongoing fight against cancer by joining us for this year’s event. Please click on the link below for more information, including details on the inspirational Survivors’ Lap and the moving Luminaria Ceremony. We hope to see you there! If you can’t join us, will you please visit the site and make a donation to support our efforts? Either way, you will make a real difference in the lives of people facing cancer – and in the lives of the people who love them. Thank you!
Toad’s Hope was put together by my wife and her co-workers to honor their friend - Lori ‘Toad’ Pulver. Lori was very passionate about the ACS Relay For Life and sadly passed away last year from cancer. Please help us honor Lori’s memory by making a donation by using one of the links below.
(These links are just a shortcuts to our ACS Relay For Life pages)
Link to the team page:
http://www.CyclingForCancer.org/ToadsHope/
Link to my donation page:
http://www.CyclingForCancer.org/ToadsHope/Shannon.php
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