THIS WEEK IN TRI CLUB (JULY 17-23)! It's IRONMAN Lake Placid week! Several of us will be venturing there to support Ginny Angus who will represent the club in the event. Watch for lots of photos coming over the weekend! And get your IM trackers primed and ready for action on Sunday! And in the IRONMAN theme, we also have a Zoom meeting planned for Tuesday night where about 5 of our athletes that recently participated in the event will discuss their experiences and share the positives and negatives about the event; this is open to all Gators who are interested in learning about it (see "Events" for the link and to register to attend). This week we have our usual full workout schedule plus race #4 in the French Creek Racing OWS summer series taking place on Tuesday night! A couple of notes before we get 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 TONIGHT at the club weekly swim workout, after tomorrow night'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: 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. Also, in case you missed it, we recently posted our July-September weekly workout calendar; you can find it here... https://www.facebook.com/.../msga.../posts/2275611125956980/ 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 this Wednesday 7/19). • Monday 7/17, 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 7/17, 7:15pm-8:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (4 lanes): Swim workout coached by Dre Barber • Tuesday 7/18, 10:15am-11:15am, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (2 lanes): Swim workout coached by Don Schlichtmann • CLUB/SPONSOR EVENT: Tuesday 7/18, Norristown/Trooper: French Creek Racing's OWS Race #4... https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/Norristown/OpenWaterSeriesandVirtualTri • Tuesday 7/18, 5:40pm-6:20pm, Reynolds Dog Park: Run workout on the SRT coached by Karen Dunn • Tuesday 7/18, 6:30pm-8:00pm, Reynolds Dog Park: Cycling intervals ride on the SRT coached by Ginny Angus • Tuesday 7/18, 6:30pm, Rec Room/Conshohocken Brewing, 230 Bridge St, Phoenixville: RUNegades group run • Wednesday 7/19, 7:15pm-8:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (4 lanes): Swim workout coached by Logan Washburn • Thursday 7/20, 10:15am-11:15am, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (2 lanes): Swim workout coached by Don Schlichtmann • Thursday 7/20, 6:30pm-8:00pm, Reynolds Dog Park: Cycling out and back ride on the SRT coached by Don Mack • Friday 7/21, 6:00am, Steel City Coffeehouse, 203 Bridge St, Phoenixville: RUNegades group run • Saturday 7/22, 7:30am-9:30am, Spring Valley YMCA Outdoor Pool: Uncoached group swim • Saturday 7/22, 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 • CLUB EVENT: Sunday 7/23, Lake Placid, NY: IRONMAN Lake Placid • Sunday 7/23, 8:00am-10:00am, Steel City Coffeehouse, 203 Bridge St, Phoenixville: RUNedages group run. https://runsignup.com/.../PottstownsTuesdayInTheParkIceCr... • Sunday 7/23, 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) 💚🍺