BEST WISHES FOR A SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL EVENT... ... to all Gators who will be hotfooting it or otherwise competing this weekend! With it being a light weekend of events, we'll take the opportunity to share some of the highlights from last night's club 2023 planning meeting. First, thanks to all that participated and offered GREAT input; this includes Jennifer Gehret, Lindsay Inger, Deb Rocco, Ginny Angus, Don Schlichtmann, Sheri Kuss, Jill Basile, and David Stone! Some of the highlights... • Club Events: We have identified 22 key events for 2023 that will be our focus "club events". In order to maximize Gator participation, we'll be announcing them prior to November 1 so that you can include some of them in your 2023 planning. • More Social Events: We'll be adding more social events to the calendar with some as standalone events and some following club workouts. One of the first of these taking place in January (likely on Friday the 13th 🙂) will be a Gator bingo night that will include a "tri gear swap" for prizes, so start looking for those hidden gems in your multisport collection that you are ready to part with and might have value to other Gators. • Brian Kozera honors: We'll continue to honor Brian in a couple of soon-to-be-announced ways at the Spring Valley YMCA (thanks to Katie Koch for all of the support!) and with a special event. More details coming soon! • Workout participation incentives: Based on the success of the Gators Ice Cream Club where we rode a record number of intervals this past summer, we will be rolling out the Gators Pizza Club within the next week with some incentives for participating in fall club workouts. This will continue with another TBD club in the January-March winter timeframe and likely others to follow. • Club Sponsors: We have already begun 2023 planning discussions with our current sponsors and we may add a couple of new ones. Stay tuned for more on all of these and other topics coming soon! Regarding our weekend best wishes, as always, if you have ANY type of event and are not included in this post, PLEEEEAASE give yourself a shoutout in the comments so that we can also send good Gator vibes your way! A couple of reminders: • Party attendance: Don't forget to respond to our end of year party poll so that we can get an accurate headcount. It's posted under "Featured"/"Announcements". • Gator Gear order... Going once, going twice...!: Just a reminder that the Gator store will be closing on Sunday, so take advantage of this last time in 2022 opportunity to get your gear including the two new hoodie and half zip items. See Angela Epelbaum's post under "Featured"/"Announcements". Weekend Workouts: There are currently two options this weekend, one for our youth members and one for everyone. We do NOT currently have a ride planned; the Saturday weather looks awesome, but I'll be out of town, so I encourage you to consider coordinating a group ride. • Sunday 10/23, 11:15am-12:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA indoor lap pool: Uncoached group swim workout • Sunday 10/23, 2pm, Reynold's Dog Park: Junior Gator and Gator Tot Scavenger Run! See "Event" for details and to register... https://www.facebook.com/events/1291318088361312 Weekend Events: We have a sponsor event and one athlete with an event this weekend... Saturday, October 22: • SPONSOR EVENT: Scoogie Events, "Tapping of the Great Pumpkin" (Spring House, PA): The event includes 10K and 5K races as well as a 2 mile fun run/walk and the Lil' Pumpkin Kids Run. For more info... https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/SpringHouse/TappingoftheGreatPumpkin5k Sunday, October 23: • Hotfoot 8.8 (Fort Washington, PA): Gator Maureen Hoffman follows up on her recent Crest Best Run Fest performance by taking on this 8.8 mile running event. Go Maureen! Gator Done, have fun, then drink a beer! 💚BK🍺