The One Breath From Death - Look What God Can Do
Fifth Annual Century
Ride
Saturday, April 16, 2011 @ 7:30 a.m.
Clearwater, FL
The 5th
Annual
One Breath From
Death – Look What God Can Do
Century
(This year it’s metric century-62
miles)
Shorter distance cutoffs will be
available.
April 16, 2011
Start and finish at
Taylor Park
1100 8th Avenue Southwest
Largo, FL 33770-316
7:30 a.m.
Refreshments at Taylor Park after the
ride.
Full celebration after the ride at the Brubaker’s
1319 Summerlin Dr.
Clearwater, FL 33764
Swimming & Food
The event is to celebrate God sparing Bob’s life on April 6, 2005
when he was one breath from death (lung collapse, pneumonia, and a rare lung
disease) – see his story at
www.bobbrubaker.com
Please RSVP – via email
Hope you can
join us for this event - Fifth annual century in celebration of God sparing Bob
Brubaker’s life on April 6, 2005.
Just so you
know: Bob was dying from pneumonia caused
by a rare lung disease called diffuse pan bronchialitis. Bob was sent to
National Jewish Medical Center in Denver, CO where he received treatment. In the
midst of the doctors “making him very sick in order to make him better,” he went
through an open lung surgical biopsy. The following day his chest tube was
pulled and his lung collapsed sending air through his body and closing off his
airway. Finally a doctor inserted a new chest tube that saved Bob’s life but the
air that had escaped his lung traveled throughout Bob’s body, causing him to
swell to five times his normal size.
God showed
Himself great in not only sparing Bob’s life, giving him a great witness in the
midst of his recovery in the hospital, but the root cause of Bob’s illness was
discovered. He went through rigorous
treatments and has since completed a marathon, a half ironman triathlon, and
four full ironman triathlons since his one breath from death experience.
For complete details of his story see Bob’s website:
www.bobbrubaker.com and follow the link.
In 2006 a group
of riders joined Bob for weekly rides to encourage his return to cycling and
triathlons. As they rode together, Bob learned of the desire in many from the
group to complete a century (100 mile) ride so they organized the first One
Breath From Death – Look What God Can Do Century. Since 2006, the ride has moved
to various locations but the purpose is the same - to celebrate God’s goodness
in sparing Bob’s life “Look What God Can Do.” Bob has learned to take every
breath as a gift from God, and encourages others to recognize God's blessings in
their lives as well.
Thank you for
being part of our annual celebration.
Godspeed,
Bob and Jan
Brubaker