BEST WISHES FOR A SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL EVENT... ... to all Gators who will be feeling the Love this weekend! With the addition of the youth Gators "Bike 5KO" on Saturday afternoon, we now have 3 club events taking place this weekend and with the increasing participation in all three we have now blasted past 350 event completions and planned starts for 2022! So even though it may be a bit cool and blustery over the next couple of days, let's get out and celebrate Kristen, celebrate spring, and celebrate things to come in what promises to be a fantastic race season! Before we cover this week's starts, a few notes... • Congratulations to Dre Barber who was announced last night as our female Gator of the Month for March! Be sure to check out the video announcement by Dr. Michael Connelly pinned under "Featured". And watch for another announcement of our March male Gator of the month coming soon! • An updated April-June weekly workout calendar has been posted under "Featured" and "Files". The post includes a summary of what will be changing and what will stay the same. • Sponsors Document: Be sure to check out our 2022 sponsors document that is posted under "Featured" for a while and you can always find it under "Files". It features all of our club sponsors' contact information, offerings, and discount codes. And contact Sheri Kuss or Jeff Moyer if you have any questions about our sponsors program! • Next week we have our annual Infinit Performance Nutrition one day Gators sale (30% off sitewide; Wednesday 3/30) and our Tri for the Y indoor triathlon (Sunday 4/3). You can find information about both under "Featured" and "Events". Weekend Workouts: With all of the club events this weekend, we are offering just a single club workout... • Saturday, March 26: There will not be a Zwift meetup due to 5KO. • Sunday, March 27, 11:15am-12:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool: Uncoached group swim workout Weekend Events: We have four events with over 40 Gators participating! Saturday, March 26: • CLUB EVENT: 5KO (Reynolds Dog Park/SRT, Phoenixville, PA), 9am: Overcome your FOMO for KO and join us for the 3rd annual 5KO event honoring Kristen Oswald (organized by Tiff Pfluger)! It is open to all ages, so if your kiddos want to join, bring' em (and post a comment to let us know about it. The start and finish lines will be Kristen's bench and tree and there will be a 💚KO sign at the turnaround. And if you cannot make it in person, you can do it virtually. At last count there were 24 Gators planning to participate including Brittany Acosta, Chris Acosta, Sarah Barkley, Holly Beauchamp, Jason Brannen, Kerri Brannen, Jon Crosby, Angela Epelbaum, Susan Flavin, Keith Ho, Brian Kozera, Sheri Kuss, Diane Lynch, Don Mack, Jeff Moyer, Andrew Slysh, Gina Stango, Jeffrey Stango, David Stone, Chris Townsley, Rachel Truckley, Logan Washburn, and Joyce Williams! See "Event" for details and to indicate "Going"... https://www.facebook.com/events/493339212154376 • CLUB EVENT: Bike 5KO (Reynolds Dog Park/SRT, Phoenixville, PA), 2:30pm: This newly added event for our youth Gators (organized by Cindy Kelecic and Angela Epelbaum) will take place in the afternoon at the same location as the 5KO run. At last count there were 9 youth and adult Gators planning to participate including Angela Epelbaum, Jack Epelbaum, Cindy Kelecic, Juliana Kelecic, Katie Kelecic, Brian Kozera, Belle Stone, David Stone, and Lily Stone! • Rock N Roll Washington DC: We're also extending outside of PA as Lynn Seuberling takes on this half marathon event! Go Lynn! Sunday, March 27: • CLUB EVENT: CGI Racing's "The Love Run" (Philadelphia): This popular event with a start and finish line at the Philadelphia Art Museum includes a half marathon and a 7.6K run and is back for the first time in 3 years! The 9 Gator participants on our start list include Amelia Blythe (running her 1st half marathon!), Joe DeNicola (running his first half marathon since last weekend), Susan Flavin (ditto Joe), Jennifer Gehret (running her first half marathon in a long time), Paul Kratzinger (he's back!), Don Mack, and Shawn O'Malley (and his wife, Kari) running the half and Lindsay Inger and AJ Kruppa (and his wife, Suzy) running the 7.6K. Go Gators! Have a great weekend and Gator Done! 🐊 💚KO💙CO