Well, as you can see I did start to make changes there. You can see the skyblue writing. When I started with the Word documents, I basically left the ones on the pages as the originals. Made it a lot easier to find them to refer back.
Yes, I am customizing the races somewhat. I will put some major updates onto the races page soon, now that I'm further along.
With regards to your template, without specifically using it, I've basically been using the races from the Waves campaign as references, so I have been referring to it. I've been aiming to get as close to the PHB style as I can, however, now that most of the races are more detailed, I might start introducing a couple of the headings you've got to add more specific information where it will be most useful.