The race goes through Lambeau Field

Chuck Woodworth is on the clock. He's in a race against time.

A musician, motorcycle enthusiast and car salesman from Pekin, Ill., he's also a passionate Packers fan.

He has glioblastoma, which he described as "a very aggressive, very fast-growing kind of brain tumor. They're never benign, they're always malignant."

It's rare. There's no cure, only surgery and treatment.

That's why Chuck, 53, and his wife, Ann, plan to be at Lambeau Field on Sunday to watch the Packers play the Carolina Panthers.

"We understand that our time is now limited," Chuck told the Pekin Times last month.

"And everybody's is. We just know it is now," Ann added. "That's the difference. It puts a clock on it. Everybody has a clock, you just don't always see it."

Someone who has such a tumor and has surgery and treatment usually has 12 to 15 months to live.

"There have been people that have lived two, three, five, seven, and even 10 years (after surgery)," Chuck said. "They're rare, but they are out there."

"He's not average either," Ann said.

Most Packers fans aren't.

-- Jeff Ash, jash@greenbaypressgazette.com