THIS WEEK IN TRI CLUB (MARCH 13-19)... LET'S GO OUTSIDE 🙂... and WINTER GFC WEEK 10 ROLL CALL! Looking back and looking forward... There are two topics to cover before we get into the roll call and the weekly schedule... • March Madness... Outdoor cycling this week!: The stars seem to be aligning with a combination of decent weather (partly sunny, "feels like" temps in the low 50s/high 40s) and later sunset (7:11pm) for us to conduct our first outdoor coached cycling workout since last October this Thursday 3/16 at 6pm-7pm. It will be a simple out and back, all paces welcome ride where we'll go 30 minutes that way, turn around, and ride 30 minutes back, which will hopefully end us right about where we started. • Gatorthon... Gators (Almost) Done! What an amazing day that began at 8am with Diane Lynch Weiss, Andrew Slysh, and Katie Koch starting their treadmills, was highlighted by Keith Ho finishing one of 6 completed marathons and our youth Gators completing the first ever Gatorthon all kids marathon, included Cindy Kelecic and Kerri Brannen completing marathons in the middle, and ended with David Stone and Kristie Bruno bringing us home with the final two 26.2 mile finishes! Please check out the photo/video album. We also have done an outstanding job with our fundraiser as we have exceeded $1,000 in donations! As our stretch goal is $1,572 we're continuing to collect donations for another week, so if you have not yet contributed and would like to do so, that's great and thank you all of you that have shared the fundraiser info with your families, friends, and co-workers (and please check to see if your employer will do matching donations; many companies do offer this). In case you need it, here's the donations link... https://give.philaymca.org/fundraiser/4507405 Whether you were a runner, fundraiser contributor, or just stopped by to say hello and support our runners... THANK YOU for making Gatorthon VIII a great success!!! 💚💙 Gators Club Philly: If you have achieved a badge (note that Gatorthon counts as participating in an event), PLEASE go to the post at the following link and check yourself off; this is how we are tracking who is in "Gators Club Philly" as well as who is on their way to earning the "Rocky Victory Chomp" badge by achieving at least 7 of the other badges (and, remember, if you don't report it, it didn't happen 🙂)... https://www.facebook.com/.../msgators/posts/2179817945536299. 14 Workouts! This week we're again offering our full workout program including 14 opportunities to help you get fit; this includes 5 swims, 3 cycling opportunities, and, including our Tuesday run workout, the 3 RUNegades group runs, and 2 Keystone Running Store group runs, 6 running opportunities! Workouts Attendance Poll: To assist with workout planning, please check all workouts that you plan to attend. GFC Roll Call!: Last week was week 10 of the 13 week winter Gator Fitness Challenge, so it's time for the weekly "Roll Call"! If you completed either or both of the challenges for week 10 (Monday 3/6-Sunday 3/12), please post a comment with... • "SBR" if you completed the Swim/Bike/Run Challenge (45 minutes of each) OR... • "SCF" if you completed the Strength/Core/Flexibility Challenge (45 minutes total of any combination) OR... • "Both" if you completed both challenges This Week's Events: Following is a summary of what is happening, now through Sunday... • Monday 3/13, 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 3/13, 7:15pm-8:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (4 lanes): Swim workout coached by Don Mack • Tuesday 3/14, 10:15am-11:15am, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (2 lanes): Swim workout coached by Ginny Angus • Tuesday 3/14, 6pm, Spring Valley YMCA: Run workout coached by Karen Dunn. See "Event" for details... https://www.facebook.com/events/1148292265868449 • Tuesday 3/14, 6:30pm, Rec Room/Conshohocken Brewing, 230 Bridge St, Phoenixville: RUNegades group run • Tuesday 3/14, 7:15pm-8:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA Cycling Studio: Spin workout coached by Logan Washburn • Wednesday 3/16, 7:15pm-8:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (4 lanes): Swim workout coached by Dre Barber • Thursday 3/16, 10:15am-11:15am, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (2 lanes): Swim workout coached by Ginny Angus • Friday 3/17, 6:00am, Steel City Coffeehouse, 203 Bridge St, Phoenixville: RUNegades group run • Saturday 3/18, 7:30am-9am: Zwift Meetup - London "Greater London Loop" route coordinated by Don Mack, who will be riding with you. An invitation has been sent to all Gators Zwifters that are following Don. If you are not currently in the mix and would like to learn about Zwift and our meetups, please contact Don. • Saturday 3/18, 8:30am, 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 3/19, 8:00am, Steel City Coffeehouse, 203 Bridge St, Phoenixville: RUNegades group run • Sunday 3/19, 11:15am-12:15pm: Uncoached group swim workout "It's not about the event, it's about the adventure!" (Coach Brian) 💚🍺