THIS WEEK IN TRI CLUB (JULY 24-30)! EDITOR's NOTE: Apologies for the lateness of this week's post! Hopefully you remembered that we offer a Monday night swim and that Keystone Running Store offers a Monday evening group run. I'm back in the backseat of David Stone's SUV with he and Kristie Bruno on our way home from a fantastic weekend in Lake Placid. Hopefully the posts, photos, and videos were able to give you a sense of it. We've communicated with IRONMAN's staff and it seems likely that we can take the VIP Hosts volunteer role for the entire day at the 2024 event if we have enough Gators there to cover it. More coming on that in a separate post. And once again, congrats to Ginny Angus on securing a slot to Kona! This week we have many workouts to choose from plus the next edition of the RUNegades' Tuesday In the Park / Ice Cream 5K / Kids Fun Run tonight. Additionally on Saturday we'll have a Steelman Tri course preview ride and our partner club at the Spring Valley YMCA, the Masters Swim Team is also conducting the Swim-A-Thon on Saturday morning. So there are two options for you to choose from and we have a very light event calendar this weekend, so hopefully many of you are able to select one or the other. Additionally our youth Gators club is offering a Friday night movie and a Saturday afternoon bike ride (see details below)! Besides all of that we plan to resume the Thursday night get togethers this week following the club ride (at Lock 29 in Phoenixville starting around 8:15pm); you can participate whether or not you do the ride. XO💚KO💙 Also, whether or not you had the chance to know Kristen Oswald, please think about her on Friday, July 28, the fourth anniversary of her way too early passing. When you are at Longford Park/Reynolds Dog Park, stop by and sit on her bench and admire her tree. Kristen, we love you and miss you! 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 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 at tonight's club (Ice Cream Club tiers) intervals ride, at Wednesday night's swim workout, and also at Thursday night's club out and back ride. Workouts Attendance Poll (EDITOR'S NOTE: Poll will be added later this week or next week; too hard to do it from the road! 🙂): 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 14 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 on Wednesday 8/9). • Tuesday 7/25, 10:15am-11:15am, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (2 lanes): UNCOACHED group swim workout • SPONSOR EVENT: Tuesday 7/25, Riverfront Park, Pottstown: RUNegades' Tuesday In the Park / Ice Cream 5K / Kids Fun Run... https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/Pottstown/TuesdaysInTheParkJuly • Tuesday 7/25, 5:40pm-6:20pm, Reynolds Dog Park: Run workout on the SRT coached by Karen Dunn • Tuesday 7/25, 6:30pm-8:00pm, Reynolds Dog Park: Cycling intervals ride on the SRT coached by Don Mack • Wednesday 7/26, 7:15pm-8:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (4 lanes): Swim workout coached by Don Mack • Thursday 7/27, 10:15am-11:15am, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (2 lanes): Swim workout coached by Ginny Angus • Thursday 7/27, 6:30pm-8:00pm, Reynolds Dog Park: Cycling out and back ride on the SRT coached by Don Mack • Friday 7/28, 6:00am, Steel City Coffeehouse, 203 Bridge St, Phoenixville: RUNegades group run • SPECIAL EVENT: Friday 7/28, 7:00pm, Ursinus College, Collegeville: Youth Gators "Movie on the Lawn Night". See event for details... https://www.facebook.com/events/603053391966264 • SPECIAL EVENT: Saturday 7/29, 8:00am-9:30am, Spring Valley YMCA Outdoor Pool: SVY Masters Swim Team "Swim-A-Thon". This is an annual fundraiser for our SVY Masters Swim Team, equivalent to our Gatorthon. Please consider swimming and donating; donations will also be accepted if you are unable to swim, but would like to contribute (watch for a separate post covering that). • SPECIAL WORKOUT: Saturday 7/29, 8:00am, Lake Nockamixon Marina (1542 Mountain View Dr, Quakertown): Steelman Triathlon Course Preview Ride/Run. Join us for a chance to see the swim venue and transition area as well as an opportunity to ride and/or run on the course! Watch for a separate event post! • Saturday 7/29, 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 • SPECIAL WORKOUT: Saturday 7/29, Reynolds Dog Park: Youth Gators Ride and Run workout. See event for details... https://www.facebook.com/events/657269629640832 • Sunday 7/30, 8:00am-10:00am, Steel City Coffeehouse, 203 Bridge St, Phoenixville: RUNedages group run. https://runsignup.com/.../PottstownsTuesdayInTheParkIceCr... • Sunday 7/30, 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) 💚🍺