BEST WISHES FOR A SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL EVENT... ... to all Gators completing a 70.3 mile joy ride/swim/run or overcoming other obstacles this weekend! For the first time ever we have 3 Gators competing in an IRONMAN World Championship event! And it begins today at precisely 10:31amEDT/8:31amMDT when the women's Gator green wave, including Ginny Angus (bib 1411), begins their swim! Then the fun will continue tomorrow at 10:47amEDT/8:47amMDT with the men's yellow wave with Jens Sydor (3176) kicking off followed at 11:06amEDT/9:06amMDT with the men's dark blue wave and Shawn O'Malley (4294) crossing the start line! So fire up your trackers and let's go! Regarding our weekend best wishes, as always, if you have ANY type of event and are not included in this post, PLEEEEAASE give yourself a shoutout in the comments so that we can also send good Gator vibes your way! Weekend Workouts: There are currently two options this weekend, including a just added group ride. • NEW: Saturday, 10/29, 9am-10:10 (and 18 seconds) am, Reynold's Dog Park/SRT: IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship Celebration Group Ride! Join us for a brisk and sunny (at least) 70.3 minute ride as we discuss Ginny's Friday event and end just prior to Jens and Shawn starting theirs! • Sunday 10/30, 11:15am-12:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA indoor lap pool: Uncoached group swim workout Weekend Events: It's not often that our Gator start list includes Utah and Virginia (and we even have Virginia racing in Utah!)... Friday, October 28: • IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship, Part 1 (St. George, UT): Go Ginny! Saturday, October 29: • IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship, Part 2 (St. George, UT): Go Jens and Shawn! • Virginia Spartan Super (Arrington, VA): Jon Crosby continues an amazing 2022 with the first of two weekend events with this one being of the "Super" variety that includes traversing a distance of 10K with 25 obstacles in between point A and point B... Go Jon, have an ABsolutely super time! Sunday, October 30: • Virginia Spartan Sprint (Arrington, VA): As the great 50s/60s Chicago Cubs infielder Ernie Banks would say, "Let's play 2!" Jon Crosby continues his weekend with the "Sprint" distance event that includes a 5K distance and 20 obstacles. Go Jon! Gator Done, have fun, then drink a beer! 💚BK🍺... and Go Phillies!