THIS WEEK IN TRI CLUB (December 20-26), GFC WEEK 11 ROLL CALL, and It's "3 minute Plank Week"! Great news! In case you haven't noticed, it's already staying light outside longer! In fact today's sunset is 3 minutes later than it was just 13 days ago. Winter officially starts tomorrow and that is our shortest day of the year with 9 hours, 21 minutes, and 39 seconds of daylight... But after that our days will get longer all the way until June 20 when we hit our peak at 15 hours, 5 minutes, and 20 seconds with a sunset at 8:37pm. So it's a great time to begin thinking about 2022! With that in mind, in case you did not catch the post last night, we have launched a short 10 question, won't take longer than 5 minutes to complete, survey and are asking each Gator to provide their input to assist our new group of officers by letting us know what is going well, what we could be doing better, and any ideas you have. And we'd also like to get an idea of who has which events planned for 2022, so there are a couple of questions on that topic as well. The survey will be open until the end of December, so if you have not already done so, please take a few minutes to provide your input... In fact, why not do it right now? 🙂 Here's the link... https://forms.gle/c3dvrnyTzi7o3yQ97 GFC Roll Call!... This week's Gator Fitness Challenge "Roll Call" covers week 11 (December 13-19) that ended yesterday... Only 2 weeks to go! If you completed any of the three challenges, please post a comment... • "SBR" if you completed the Swim/Bike/Run Challenge (30 minutes of each) AND/OR... • "SCF" if you completed the Strength/Core/Flexibility Challenge (30 minutes total of any combination) AND/OR... • "Plank" if you completed the progressive Plank Challenge that started in week 1 at 15 seconds then has increased 15 seconds each week and last week's plank was 2 minutes and 45 seconds • "All 3" if you were a week 11 superstar and completed all 3 challenges! And this week is "3 Minute Plank Week"! Whether or not you've been completing each week's progressive plank challenge or not... Who is up for the 3 Minute Plank challenge?? It's all about getting us ready for next week's monster 5 minute plank! Workouts: "Yes, Virginia, there are tri club workouts this week!" (and next)... Here's what is on this week's schedule... • Monday 12/20, 7:00pm-8:00pm, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (lanes 1-4): Swim workout coached by Dre Barber • Tuesday 12/21, 10:15am-11:15am, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (lanes 5-6): Swim workout coached by Don Schlichtmann • Tuesday 12/21, 7:15pm-8:30pm, Spring Valley YMCA Cycling Studio: Spin/Strength workout coached by Logan Washburn • Wednesday 12/22, 6pm: Run workout coached by Karen Dunn... Watch for an "Event" coming soon! • Wednesday 12/22, 7:30pm-8:30pm: Zwift cycling meetup... Join us for our weekly club ride! This time we're riding the 10.4 mile "2015 UCI Worlds Course" in Richmond, VA! If you are following Don Mack in Zwift, you are already invited. If you are on Zwift and are not following Don, but would like to participate, post a comment and we'll get that resolved. • Thursday 12/23, 10:15am-11:15am, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (lanes 5-6): Swim workout coached by Don Schlichtmann • Sunday 12/26, 8am-9:20am: Zwift cycling meetup... Join us for this special Sunday edition! We'll be taking on the 18.7 mile "Road to Ruins" route in Watopia. If you are following Don Mack in Zwift, you are already invited. If you are on Zwift and are not following Don, but would like to participate, post a comment and we'll get that resolved. • Sunday 12/26, 11:15am-12:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA, Indoor Lap Pool (lanes 3-6): Uncoached group swim workout Have a great week! 🐊