BEST WISHES FOR A SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL EVENT... ... to all Gators who will be running for the roses, running for 100 miles, running to South Philly, or otherwise competing this weekend! This is another spectacular weekend with 20+ Gators, Junior Gators, and Gator Tots participating in 9 events across 5 states! The weekend also includes the Spring Valley YMCA's "Healthy Kids Day" on Saturday morning, a club social on Saturday night (if you purchased tickets to this sold out event), and three club events including two sponsor events! Keep reading to learn more! Also, in case you missed the announcements (posted under "Featured"), congratulations to our April Gators of the Month, Ginny Angus and Sonny Dayrit! We're working on lining up interviews with both. Weekend Workouts: • Sunday 5/1, 11:15am-12:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA indoor lap pool: Uncoached group swim workout • Group bike ride or run? We do not have anything scheduled for this weekend, but we highly encourage you to share on our Facebook group any rides or runs that you are doing where you'd like some company! Weekend Events: Here's where we'll be having fun as we Gator Done... Saturday, April 30: • C&O Canal 100 (Knoxville, MD): This is such a monumental event that the only thing there is to say is GO Andrew Slysh! Andrew will be taking on this 100 mile running event that begins Saturday morning and continues well into Sunday. • Kentucky Derby Festival Mini-Marathon (Louisville, KY): Cindy Kelecic returns to her old stomping grounds to participate in the half marathon event that helps to kick off the Kentucky Derby Festival. Go Cindy! • Tri-State New Jersey Spartan Beast (Vernon Township, NJ): For Jon Crosby this will be another two event weekend starting with the 21K (that's a half marathon of running!), 30 obstacle event. Go Jon! Sunday, May 1: • CLUB/SPONSOR EVENT: Scoogie Events' "Peace Valley Duathlon" (Doylestown, PA): We have 3 Gators participating in this event that includes short course (2 mi run/5.5 mi bike/2 mi run) and long course (5k run/11 mi bike/5k run) options including Lindsay Inger, David Stone, and Megan Stone! • CLUB/SPONSOR EVENT: Scoogie Events' "Kids Rock Duathlon" (Doylestown, PA): In this event that is paired up with the Peace Valley Duathlon, we have 3 youth Gators participating including Jack Epelbaum, Belle Stone, and Lily Stone; the three age group options include 6-9 and 10-12 (both do 0.5 mi run/1.5 mi bike/0.5 mi run) and 13-15 (1 mi run/3 mi bike/1 mi run). Go Jack, Belle, and Lily! • CLUB EVENT: Broad Street Run (Philadelphia): At last count we had 15 Gators on the start list including Sarah Barkley, Holly Beauchamp, Amelia Blythe, Kristie Bruno, Sonny Dayrit, Sara Dansbury, Gleb Epelbaum, Christa Kachline, Sean Lodge, Paul Kratzinger (welcome back to racing!), Michael Metry, Shawn O'Malley, and Logan Washburn! Additionally, Joe DeNicola (already completed) and Susan Flavin (completing it next week) are doing the virtual version since they will be back in NYC for another event! • TRI for Life (Landisville, PA): This sprint tri event includes a 300m pool swim, 16 mi rolling hills bike course, and a 3 mi run. Carla DelFico will be participating. Go Carla! • Five Boro Bike Tour (New York, NY): They've seen most of it by foot, but this time Joe DeNicola and Susan Flavin complete a 40 mile tour on two wheels starting in Lower Manhattan and ending in Staten Island. Go Joe and Susan! • Tri-State New Jersey Spartan Super (Vernon Township, NJ): Jon Crosby completes his two events in two days weekend with the "super" version of a Spartan event that includes a 10k course and 25 obstacles. Go Jon! Have a great weekend, have fun, and Gator Done! 🐊