Prayer Request, Race update, (January 2012)

Prayer/Praise:
-Please be in prayer for the Wounded Warrior Paratriathlon training camp March 15th - 17th. We are looking for several FCA Endurance team members to sign up to volunteer. This should be a great opportunity for us.
- Continue to pray for teammate Mike Roby and his full time ministry with FCA Baseball. God has been doing a great work there!
- Pray for Janie Hebebrand as she continues to heal from shoulder surgery.

Race and Ride Updates:
- The 2012 events page is empty. We need your race schedule!!! Please email them to scott@rungeorgia.com so we can fill up the schedule and show how FCA Endurance is representing in Georgia!!

New Year’s Resolution Run
A few teammates spent New Year’s day running in the Resolution Run 5K in McDonough. Chad Rutledge, Lisa Hobart, along with Doug and Donna Delzell started off the year having some fun on a very hilly 5K course. There was a great turnout for this race and the team was able to encourage many first time runners along the way. Several runners that they talked to had not yet heard of FCA Endurance and was interested to know that there is a Christian group of athletes that are in the area willing to help others get involved. We look forward to reaching out to more individuals in some more of the local races to promote Jesus Christ through Team Endurance!

Disney Marathon and Half- Marathon
Doug and Donna Delzell went down to Orlando where Donna ran the Disney half marathon (her second time going 13.1!) and had the time of her life. She has taken on running over the past 3 months and enjoys the fun of the race and is not much one for worrying too much about who she beat along the way. Her Disney experience was fun and exciting the weather was perfect as well! She hopes to keep signing up for races to help keep her motivated to maintain a healthier lifestyle while enjoying being out on the course where all of the fun is taking place. While Donna took time to rest up the next day in preparation for some fun time at the theme parks Doug teamed up with his sister – law Brenda Hall to run in the inaugural Marathon relay where he ran the first 13.1 and Brenda ran the last leg. Doug as always loves the atmosphere of the Disney run and was excited to see a few other FCA Endurance members out on the course. Doug was able to run a strong race and complete his 13.1 portion with a time of 1:43. Doug’s greatest reflection back on the race was just as the sun was rising there was a good bit of fog on the ground up to everyone’s knees and he had the vision as he was running in heaven. Of course we all know heaven will be much better than Disney!

Please see the events page for recent and upcoming races.

Update:
- Group runs:

• Every Tuesday we meet at the Kroger parking lot on Price Quarters Rd (Eastlake) at 5:30 PM for team sponsored runs with both a 6 mile and 4 mile option.

• Every Thursday we meet at Eagles Landing High School at the Track for speed work. The workouts are posted each week on the Team Facebook page.

• Stay tuned as in just a few more weeks the weekly Monday and Wednesday training rides will begin again. The rides will again start and finish at the Trek store in McDonough. More information coming in the weeks ahead as we approach Spring.

- Group rides will once again leave the Trek store in McDonough at 6pm. This year we will be offering two ride's. One will be the "gold" group which will be it's normal 22+ avg. and the "maroon" group which will be a 18+ avg. See this link for more info.

If you are a facebook user please visit our team page: FCA Endurance- South Metro Atlanta Team. There is an open forum where you can list local runs/rides as well as pictures from team events.

Please keep an eye on the new calendar added to the bottom of our web page. We will keep the calendar updated with training events and team meetings.

Please visit our news page to read more.

-Check out our most recent newsletter click here..
-Please click here for more information on the FCA Endurance Ride.
-The team has added a run speed workout to our calendar. We meet every other Tuesday at Eagles Landing HS track for an hour session of running intervals. For dates or other info please feel free to email Mike Roby at mroby@fca.org. This is open to anyone interested.

A story about us:
-Here is a copy of what is coming out in the March edition of STV (Share the Victory) magazine that is a national publication for the FCA ministry. Great article tying us and Tri the Parks together.

Brenda featured in Iroman Kona article

In just three years in our sport, Brenda Herrington (W40-44) is making some noise. Florida was only her second attempt at this distance and her time of 10:14:57 shows she has what it takes to mix it up with elite gals in Kona....

Click here to read the entire article.

For any questions or information regarding rides, runs or the calendar please feel free to email Mike Roby at mroby@fca.org.