BEST WISHES FOR A SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL EVENT... ... to our NYC Marathoners and anyone else competing this weekend! Before we get into this weekend we'd like to recognize other event completions over the past week. • Congrats to Joe DeNicola for successfully completing the Trail of Two Cities 5K in Ocean City, NJ last weekend, which was warm enough to be a beach weekend! • Congrats to Carla DelFico who finished as the FIRST OVERALL FEMALE... PODIUM!!... at the Skeleton Skurry 5K in Limerick! • Congrats to Chris Acosta, Chris Reiter, Deb Rocco, and Don Schlichtmann who competed last night in the weekly Gators Team Time Trial bike race on Zwift! The team traversed the 15 mile "Douce France" course in under 40 minutes, which is close to a 23mph average! This weekend features two athletes in a 5K event on Saturday and 3 Gators running in perhaps the largest marathon in the USA on Sunday (including a first timer)! Before we get into more details about this weekend's events, we need your status for two upcoming events: • Gators End of Year Shindig (Friday 12/8, 6pm-11pm): An event is now posted along with instructions about how to get your tickets for our end of year party taking place at the Lost Planet Brewing Co. in Royersford! We need to get a headcount to provide Lost Planet and for planning purposes. Please indicate "Going" if you will be there or "Not Going" if you cannot attend. Spouses/significant others are welcome to attend; if you will be joined by a non-Gator significant other, please indicate this with a comment on the event so that we know to count you as 2. The fee for the party is $25/person and includes dinner and dessert (see event for the menu). There will also be a cash bar and our usual array of raffles (and possibly an end of year member gift for all in attendance). Click here for more details including instructions on how to get your tickets... https://www.facebook.com/groups/msgators/posts/2374757726042319/ • Annual Member Meeting / Awards & Recognition Night (Tuesday 12/19, 7pm): Our 10th annual event will take place at the Spring Valley YMCA followed by the Meeting After the Meeting at the Railroad Street Bar & Grille. During the meeting you can learn about what we accomplished this year, get a sneak peek at next year, and possibly win one of our fabulous raffle prizes! Click here to access the event... https://www.facebook.com/events/284089404598530 Weekend Workouts: This weekend we have three workout options including a swim and two sponsor-led group runs featuring a special RUNegades event on Sunday. • Saturday 11/4, 8:30am, Keystone Running Store, 200 E. High St, Pottstown: Group run... https://www.facebook.com/groups/479291044416772 • Sunday 11/5, 8:30am, Lower Perkiomen Valley Park: RUNegades AltraFWD Experience Run and Leftovers Race Course Preview... https://www.facebook.com/events/635744968628967 • Sunday 11/5, 11:15am-12:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA indoor lap pool: Uncoached group swim workout Weekend Events: Here is our weekend race roster. As always, if your name is missing from our best wishes list, PLEEEASE post a comment so that we can send Good Gator Vibes your way! Saturday, November 4: • Penn Relays 5K (Philadelphia, PA): This event, which will include Carla DelFico and Whitney Chadwick-Lessar, features a start and finish on the historic Franklin Field track with a run through Penn Park. Go Carla! Sunday, November 5: • New York City Marathon (NYC, NY): Fire up the trackers! We will have three Gators (and a past Gator) running in this year's marathon! Sara Dansbury makes her marathon debut and Susan Flavin and Joe DeNicola make it two years in a row, this time running with past Gator, Allie Doyle! Go Sara, Sara, Joe, and Allie! Have fun, Gator Done, then drink a beer! 💚BK🍺