In the second year of the RYR Endurance Race Weekend, we were thrilled to make a sizable donation to the Wendell Foster Center from the proceeds in memory of Georgia Claire Powell.  With a full year of planning and positive feedback from our inaugural weekend, the second edition of the RYR Endurance Race Weekend this year was a huge success.  Participation increased from 134 in 2024 to 234 in 2025 – a 75% increase.  Athletes from 18 states and Northern Ireland came to our beautiful community for a great cause.

We heard of many personal bests from participants.  With our marathon course being certified, 3 runners met the stringent Boston Marathon qualifying standards.

This year, thanks to our sponsors, volunteers, and participants, we donated $13,567 to the WFC in memory of Georgia Claire Powell.

We also thank the County and City Parks departments for providing a wonderful venue for our races.  

We thank all of our volunteers – nearly 70. It takes a lot of volunteers to host six rac...

Recently I (Dean) began meeting with a small group of fellow triathletes once a week before work for breakfast and to chat.  One of the guys shared two news stories from Sports Spectrum.  I was unfamiliar with the website.  The website motto is “Where Sports and Faith Connect.”.  One of the stories was about a University of Kentucky basketball player in the SEC tournament on a Saturday night preaching at church on Sunday.  The other story was about the University of Tennessee coach giving glory to God after winning the SEC championship.  I am going to start following this site for inspiration from other Christian athletes. 

What inspired my friend to share the stories was the question, “Am I bold enough to share my faith in Jesus to the world?”  This became the first planned meeting topic after several weeks of just chatting.

During the breakfast meeting, the guys all shared their successes and failures of demonstrating their faith in public.  The following are thoughts that came to ...