THIS WEEK IN TRI CLUB (AUGUST 14-20)! It was an emotional weekend that included a Sunday morning tribute to Brian Kozera at the Spring Valley YMCA that was attended by about 15 Gators. Afterwards many of us repeated what we did last year shortly after learning about Brian's accident and we walked together around the Y's outdoor track; this is likely to become an annual tribute. Also, I mentioned during the tribute an event that used to take place called the Top of Delaware at the Newark Reservoir. It included a steep grassy uphill finish line. One of the many memories of Brian was he and Kristin pushing Avery's stroller up the hill to finish the duathlon. Fortunately we have a short video capturing it; you can check it out here... https://www.facebook.com/groups/msgators/posts/725302364321205/ There is an additional tribute taking place this week at Mid-Atlantic Multisport's weekly Wednesday evening OWS. Thanks to Bill Hauser for making the workout available to all Gators for free! If you do not already have a season pass and you plan to participate, you can do so by registering here and using code GATORS... https://sites.google.com/midatlanticmultisport.com/openwater/training-swims?authuser=0 There were also a couple of great accomplishments over the weekend... • Congrats to Jennifer Gehret on completing her first Olympic Triathlon at DelMo Elite Sports' "TriAC" in Atlantic City! • Congrats to Karen Dunn on completing the 103 mile 😮 Eastern States ultramarathon! New Evening Ride Start Time - 6:00pm: For the rest of August our Tuesday and Thursday evening rides will start at 6pm due to earlier sunsets. Gators Coached Run Workouts Update: Regarding the Tuesday 5:40pm run workouts, they are discontinued due to the earlier ride start time and we are working on a new plan for coached run workouts and will communicate it soon. In the meantime, we encourage you to take advantage of the 5 weekly RUNegades and Keystone Running Store workouts. Wednesday night swim workout: Due to the special Mid-Atlantic Multisport OWS on Wednesday, this week's workout at the Spring Valley YMCA will be an uncoached group swim. Our recommendation, if you can, is to join us at Marsh Creek for the OWS. A couple of notes before we ge.t into the schedule details... • The ICE CREAM CLUB is back! Based on the popularity of our first ever "club", we've brought the Gators Ice Cream club back for another year! It's an expanded version of last year's club that was strictly tied to our Tuesday evening cycling intervals workout. That is still part of it, but you can also earn badges for attending other workouts. The club runs from Independence Day/Tuesday, July 4 through Labor Day/Monday, September 4 and then sometime in mid/late September we'll have a Ice Cream Club Party! Stay tuned for all of the details coming (sooner or later) in a separate post! • Get your 2023 club members t-shirt! We're continuing to distribute long sleeve navy blue tech t-shirts to all current members! You can get yours all week; just find me at the Monday and Wednesday swim workouts and the Tuesday and Thursday cycling workouts. Workouts Attendance Poll: To assist with workout planning, please check all workouts that you plan to attend. This helps us plan, so PLEASE take 1 minute to mark the workouts that you plan to attend. This Week's Workouts and Events: Following is a summary of what is happening, now through Sunday, including 12 workouts. And keep in mind that additionally French Creek Racing is now offering open water swim workouts 5x/week and Mid-Atlantic Multisport is offering a Wednesday night OWS several times a month for season pass holders and is also offering single-session passes (the next is this Wednesday 8/16). • Monday 8/14, 6:30pm, Keystone Running Store (200 E. High St, Pottstown): Group run. For details, go to Keystone Running Store's Facebook page... https://www.facebook.com/keystonerunningstorepottstown • Monday 8/14, 7:15pm-8:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (4 lanes): Swim workout coached by Don Schlichtmann • Tuesday 8/15, 10:15am-11:15am, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (2 lanes): Swim workout coached by Don Schlichtmann • NEW START TIME: Tuesday 8/15, 6:00pm-7:30pm, Reynolds Dog Park: Cycling intervals ride on the SRT coached by Ginny Angus • Tuesday 8/15, 6:30pm, Rec Room/Conshohocken Brewing, 230 Bridge St, Phoenixville: RUNegades group run • Wednesday 8/16, 7:15pm-8:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (4 lanes): Uncoached group swim workout • Thursday 8/17, 10:15am-11:15am, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (2 lanes): Swim workout coached by Don Schlichtmann • NEW START TIME: Thursday 8/17, 6:00pm-7:30pm, Reynolds Dog Park: Cycling out and back ride on the SRT coached by Don Mack • Friday 8/18, 6:00am, Steel City Coffeehouse, 203 Bridge St, Phoenixville: RUNegades group run • Saturday 8/19, 7:30am-9:30am, Spring Valley YMCA Outdoor Pool: Uncoached group swim • Saturday 8/19, 8:00am, Keystone Running Store (200 E. High St, Pottstown): Group run. For details, go to Keystone Running Store's Facebook page... https://www.facebook.com/keystonerunningstorepottstown • Sunday 8/20, 8:00am-10:00am, Steel City Coffeehouse, 203 Bridge St, Phoenixville: RUNedages group run. https://runsignup.com/.../PottstownsTuesdayInTheParkIceCr... • Sunday 8/20, 11:15am-12:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (4 lanes): Uncoached group swim workout. "It's not about the event, it's about the adventure!" (Coach Brian) 💚🍺