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The Latest News
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From
Wayne 4/9/07: Race season
is upon us! We hope the winter has been good to you. If you're like
me you're grudgingly pulling your running shoes out of the closet, dusting
them off, and hoping it rains to put off running one more day. If you're
anything like Jim, you've already worn out the running shoes you got
for Christmas. Either way, happy racing this season!
From Wayne 10/25/06:
First here are some recent race results. Laura Griffin:
1st place age group, Oyster Festival 10k (50:34) We will be set up at the Wilmington Battleship 1/2 Marathon on Nov. 12. If you will be running, please stop by and see us. As always we will have a pre-race prayer. I'll especially be looking for all the Wilmington area runners! Check out the Blue Ridge Relay report on this website. That was the 208 mile relay race several of us did on September 8-9. Our team picture was featured in a national publication called 'Runner's Journal'. Ron has scanned the article onto the website as part of the pictures and stories section for the Blue Ridge Relay, so be sure to check it out! Finally, Christmas is just around the corner. PBFL Racing shirts and cycling jerseys make great gifts for your favorite athlete. Drop us an e-mail and we can get jerseys out to you in a couple days. Act quickly though, as sizes are limited at the moment. As always, run and be
thankful for the many blessings God has given. From Jim 10/23/06: PBFL Racers make national magazine PBFL Racers were pictured (all wearing "Fueled by God" jerseys) in this months issue of Running Journal. The picture and article on the Blue Ridge Relay can be found on page 40 under the Ultra category. It's pretty cool to see God work this out. Nobody sent in a picture and we had no idea the picture was in the magazine until one of our team members got his issue in the mail. God decided to use us and our shirts to make some more people think about Him. Pretty cool! The Blue Ridge Relay (blueridgerelay.com) was a 208 mile relay race through the Blue Ridge mountains that the team competed in on Sept. 8-9. Pictures of the race and team members running are now on the website. Hope everyone is enjoying the cool training weather. For all of you that are training for the Thunder Road Marathon keep up the good work!
Jim Rhodes As we wind down racing season here are a couple of results from your fellow Playbook for Life Team members. Blue Ridge Relay- 208 mile
endurance relay through the Blue Ridge Mts. Sept 8-9 Hit the Brixx 10K Wilmington YMCA Triathlon-
1500m swim, 15K bike, 5k run We will also have 3 or 4 runners in the Charlotte Thunder Road Marathon, December 9th. If you are interested in training together for this send us an email. There has also been some interested in the PBFL runners pacing togther for the first 13 or 14 miles. So if you are interested in that and want to find someone of similar pace, send us an email. Finish Strong! From Jim 5/9/06
Good News from White Lake! Close to sixty people participated in pre-race prayer over the weekend and we had some great fellowship competing and racing. The weather was great and all six PBFL members finished with no major injuries. Praise God! Playbook for Life member Brandon Summey competed in the Charlotte Mtn. Bike series last Wednesday at Col. Francis Beaty Park and took 2nd place despite some mechanical problems. Good luck the rest of the season Brandon! If you have any results of your own please email them to us so we can tell everyone about them. Happy training... Serving Him, From Wayne 3/29/06 Well isn't it about that
time to start up again!!! Then again, some of our diehards like Ron
Horton in Charlotte never stop. Anyway, the weather's turning nice and
we've got some stuff planned. First of all, let me remind you that we
only have a few cycling jerseys left in stock. If you haven't gotten
yours contact us quickly. The reorders will take several weeks, if not
months, so don't wait. You can click here
to see photos of the jerseys. From Wayne 1/5/06 - A Great New Year:
I was listening
to Dr. D James Kennedy speak on the radio this week and he said something
I personally had never heard but is true and encouraging so I thought
I would pass it along. Congratulations go out to Jim Rhodes and sister Katie Rhodes. They both placed first in age group in the New Year's 15k Trail Run in Charlotte. Even bigger congrats to Jim who won the door prize...a year of free coffee! Keep in mind that many NCTS triathlons close out early. Get your registration done quickly so that you're not disappointed. As of right now PBFL Racing has set four eastern NC tris as team tris for this year. They are White Lake Half and White Lake Sprint, Wilmington Azalea Festival, and Wrightsville Beach YMCA. Plan to join us for those if you can. Also look for central and western NC official PBFL Racing team tris to follow shortly. Here's today's good news..."See, I am coming soon and my reward is with me, to repay all according to their deeds. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End." Rev. 22:12 Be blessed this year, and
happy racing! From Wayne 12/29/05: Merry Christmas I went for a run tonight
for the first time in two months. I'm in the middle of soccer season
and well, priorities I guess. It was cold, dark and raining. But through
it all I just kept thinking how great God is in his giving, and his
grace, and his love. I mean, not just anywhere on Earth can someone
go for a run without fearing for their life. Not just anywhere do people
have enough to eat to even think of having energy to run. Not all who
are willing are able bodied. Let's just give thanks to God for even
the smallest oppotunities He gives. In all things, give thanks. From Wayne 12/8/05: I went
for a run tonight for the first time in two months. I'm in the middle
of soccer season and well, priorities I guess. It was cold, dark and
raining. But through it all I just kept thinking how great God is in
his giving, and his grace, and his love. I mean, not just anywhere on
Earth can someone go for a run without fearing for their life. Not just
anywhere do people have enough to eat to even think of having energy
to run. Not all who are willing are able bodied. Let's just give thanks
to God for even the smallest oppotunities He gives. In all things, give
thanks. From Wayne 10/23/05: Hi everyone, From Wayne 8/7/05: Well, it's been a great summer for Playbook For Life Racing, but it's not over yet. We'll talk about that in a minute. First some congratulations are in order to the following racers: Laura Griffin-1st
place women, Beaufort 10k For all of our Wilmington area racers: We'll be set up at the UNCW Welcome back 5k on Saturday August 20th. You can visit the Wilmington Road Runners calendar page for info on registration and time. We had a great showing at the Tri-Span 5k,10k with five runners placing. Let's do it again on the 20th. Remember to show up early for pre-race prayer. Playbook For Life Racing
made a good showing this past week in the Giordana Crossroads Classic
Criteriums in the Charlotte area. A criterium is a cycling race that
circles a loop usually less than a mile in length and typically in the
downtown area of a city. Though we raced hard, and believe me when I
say hard, we couldn't bring home the bacon. Those guys were fast! The last thing on today's agenda is the most important. The Playbook For Life cycling team is looking for two more top sponsors. Our new team cycling jerseys are top of the line, made and printed in Italy. These are the most professional jerseys you will find. In order for a non-profit organizataion like ours to afford these types of uniforms we are asking for Christian business owners to help. In return we offer you lots
of premiums: Keep racing and keep cool.
But most importantly remember this. Don't glorify Christ first in your
racing.....Glorify Christ ONLY! From Wayne 7/11/05: Hola corredores (hello runners) First of all we'd like to
welcome some new members to our team: Thanks for being part of our team, but more importantly thanks for being part of God's team. We hope that Playbook For Life Racing will be a blessing to you, and that you in return might be a blessing to others on the race course. Some updates on recent races.
Katie Rhodes, Vicenta Ramirez and
Billy Kish all finished 2nd in their age group in the
Tri-Span 5k/10k this past Saturday. Look for a photo of these three
on the website soon. Also, Stan Harts finished 3rd
in his age group. Congratulations to these four. Some upcoming races we'll be at include the five nights of criteriums around the Charlotte area the first week of August. Check out www.charlottesportscycling.com for more info. We may possibly be at the Mission Man Triathlon in Burlington the end of July. Our webmaster, Ron Horton, will be there so look for him if you're planning on racing that one. Well, that's it. Happy training
and stay cool. (90 degrees sure beats snow, though) From Wayne 6/29/05: For all
our cycling enthusiasts, Congratulations to Justin Nash of Monroe for finishing 1st in age group in the Lamplighter 5k. This is important. If you
have pictures of yourself racing send them to us. Well, happy racing everyone. Congrats to Catherine Baldwin, 2nd place Athena, Latta Plantation Tri Super, Huge, Massive Congratulations to our webmaster Ron Horton. Saturday he and his group of racers did the Over The Mountain Tri. Ron beat his last year's time by 20 minutes....but that wasn't enough for him, oh no. He then went and ran a marathon that evening, finishing around 1am. If anyone wants to pass on a message to Ron, like "way to go" or "I wish I could do something like that" or maybe the inevitable "you're nuts!" just send us a mail and we'll pass it along to him. We'll be set up at the Kure Beach Tri this Sunday morning. If you're racing it stop by the booth and say "hi". Happy racing, From Wayne 6/20/05: It's quite early for announcing
a mission trip for the summer of 2006, but we'd like to go ahead and
get some response. If you are even remotely interested in participating,
please reply. The number of riders will probably be limited to about
fifteen or so. The sooner you let us know that you're interested the
better. Here are the details: This past Saturday was a
great race day for PBFL Racing. We'll get to that in a moment. First
we'd like to welcome our newest members to the team: Hello Everyone around the
state, From Wayne 5/30/05: Hello Everyone, We would like to congratulate
the following members for their recent performances: Send us an e-mail telling us about your recent performance in a race and we'll put the word out for all to see. If you place or P.R. that's something worth sharing. Happy Racing!
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