THIS WEEK IN TRI CLUB (JUNE 26 - JULY2)! We have a big final week of the Gators Surf & Turf Club culminating with the inagural IRONMAN 70.3 Pennyslvania over the holiday weekend along with two sponsor events taking place tomorrow/Tuesday and another next Tuesday, July 4th! Along with that we have many opportunities for you to participate in group swim, bike, and running workouts! A few notes before we get into this week's details... • Congratulations to the 13 Gators that completed either the Steelman Racing "Nockamixon Swim Challenge" race on Sunday and thanks to our 3 volunteers Dre Barber, Joe DeNicola, and Kristie Bruno who was the last one we saw before getting in the water and the first one to congratulate us when we finished! We also had two podium finishers including Ginny Angus in the 3 mile swim and Sean Lodge in the 2 mile swim! • HELP WANTED! We are looking for more volunteers for the Gators run course aid station at the Philadelphia Women's Triathlon on Sunday, July 9! Our minimum commitment is 10 and we're currently at 8. We can accommodate as many as 20 or more. This is a fun and rewarding opportunity and we encourage our members to volunteer in at least one event each year as a way to give back to the community where we benefit from many volunteers at events in which we compete. The club also receives $30 for each registered volunteer, funds that we give directly back to our membership through things such as our holiday party, annual membership meeting, and end of year member gift. Please consider volunteering; for more details and to join our volunteer group, click on this link... https://www.facebook.com/groups/msgators/posts/2274978746020218 • 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 this week from Don Mack at the Monday or Wednesday evening swim as well as at the Thursday (but not Tuesday) bike ride. • Join us at Firebirds Woodfired Grill on Sunday, July 16 for the long awaited Surf & Turf Club's "Prime Rib Party"! We'll celebrate Keith Ho's comeback and also celebrate the many Surf & Turf Club badges that have been achieved! We can accommodate at least 30 and at last count we are at 26, so don't delay... If you want to join in, please post a comment on the party details post... https://www.facebook.com/.../msga.../posts/2273136662871093/ • FINAL WEEK to become a members of the Surf & Turf Club... Through this Friday, June 30, you can earn badges for participation in ANY club workout (including those from our sponsors Mid-Atlantic Multisport, French Creek Racing, the RUNegades, and Keystone Running Store) as well as for participating in an event and for creating a post on our Facebook group. • And don't forget to log your Gators Surf & Turf Club Badges: You can continue to claim your "Gators Surf & Turf Club" badges through the end of June as you complete events and participate in workouts. To date 130 badges have been claimed! You can find the badge claim post here... https://www.facebook.com/.../msgators/posts/2243028729215220 • And our youth Gators are also in on the fun with the "Junior Gator Edition" of the Surf & Turf club! See Cindy Kelecic's post for more details... https://www.facebook.com/.../msga.../posts/2238635832987843/ 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/groups/msgators/posts/2275611125956980/ This Week's Workouts and Events: Following is a summary of what is happening, now through Sunday, including 13 workouts and our 9th consecutive week with a club social (Thursday night). 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 6/28). • Monday 6/26, 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 6/26, 7:15pm-8:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (4 lanes): Swim workout coached by Logan Washburn • Tuesday 6/27, 10:15am-11:15am, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (2 lanes): Swim workout coached by Ginny Angus • CLUB/SPONSOR EVENT: Tuesday 6/27, evening, Norristown: French Creek Racing's OWS Race #3. 1/2 mile and 1 mile options available. For details and to register... https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/Norristown/OpenWaterSeriesandVirtualTri • Tuesday 6/27, 5:40pm-6:20pm, Reynolds Dog Park: Uncoached Group Run workout on the SRT • Tuesday 6/27, 6:30pm-8:00pm, Reynolds Dog Park: Cycling intervals ride on the SRT coached by Ginny Angus • SPONSOR EVENT: Tuesday 6/27, 6:45pm, Riverfront Park (Pottstown): RUNegades' Tuesdays in the Park Ice Cream 5K and Kids Fun Run #2. For details and to register... https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/Pottstown/tuesdaysintheparkjune • Wednesday 6/28, 7:15pm-8:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (4 lanes): Swim workout coached by Logan Washburn • Thursday 6/29, 10:15am-11:15am, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (2 lanes): Swim workout coached by Ginny Angus • Thursday 6/29, 6:30pm-8:00pm, Reynolds Dog Park: Cycling out and back ride on the SRT coached by Dre Barber • CLUB SOCIAL: Thursday 6/29, 8:15pm, Phoenixville area: Gators Weekly Social. Location is not yet decided, but it will be somewhere in close proximity to our ride location. • Friday 6/30, 6:00am, Steel City Coffeehouse, 203 Bridge St, Phoenixville: RUNegades group run • Saturday 7/1, 7:30am-9:30am, Spring Valley YMCA "OUTDOOR" Pool: Uncoached group swim • Saturday 7/1, 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 7/2: IRONMAN 70.3 Pennsylvania / Happy Valley (State College, PA) • Sunday 7/2, 8:00am-10:00am, Steel City Coffeehouse, 203 Bridge St, Phoenixville: RUNedages group run. https://runsignup.com/.../PottstownsTuesdayInTheParkIceCr... • Sunday 7/2, 11:15am-12:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (4 lanes): Uncoached group swim workout. • SPONSOR EVENT: Tuesday 7/4: RUNegades' Patriotic 5K (Pottstown). For info and to register... https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/Pottstown/Patriotic5K "It's not about the event, it's about the adventure!" (Coach Brian) 💚🍺