BEST WISHES FOR A SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL EVENT... ... to all Gators in your racing and training this weekend! It's a light weekend of racing with just one Gator and one Gator sponsor with an event on our official "Who's In?" event calendar. We do also have a handful of Gators participating in the kickoff of the French Creek Racing OWS 6-event race series that begins next Tuesday! Fast Feet, Fast Feats: Before we cover who's doing what, let's have a round of applause for a recent set of accomplishments... Over a 40 day period between mid-March and late April our awesome club running coach, Karen Dunn, participated in 3 widely different running events and managed to achieve a top 3 finish in each event! • Saturday, March 18: Haddonfield Adrenaline 5K (Haddonfield, NJ): In a very competitive field Karen placed 1st of 44 in her age group with a sub-20 minute run! You can see her cross the finish line at the 5:12 mark on this video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXBPrctH0GM&t=309s • Saturday, April 22: Hyner Trail Challenge (Hyner, PA): Karen ran in this 50 mile event as part of her buildup to August's Eastern States 100 miler. Karen was the 2nd overall female finisher and 21st overall of 330 in this grueling 5+ hour running event! • Thursday, April 27: Penn Relays (Philadelphia, PA): Just 5 days after the Hyner ultramarathon, Karen came back to run a leg of the women's masters 4x400m relay on a Greater Philadelphia Track Club team that placed 2nd of 8 teams completing the 1,600 (about a mile) in 4:41.47! Way to go, Karen!! Weekend Workouts: We have four workout options over the weekend... • Saturday 5/6, 8:30am, Keystone Running Store, 200 E. High St, Pottstown: Group run... https://www.facebook.com/groups/479291044416772 • Saturday 5/6, 10am-Noon, 1400 S. Trooper Rd, Norristown: French Creek Racing OWS swim training. Club discount available. For more details... https://runsignup.com/.../Norristown/OpenWaterTrainingSwims • Sunday 5/7, 8:00am, Steel City Coffeehouse, Phoenixville: RUNegades Sunday bRUNch group run... https://www.facebook.com/.../1249068715.../1249068749027154/ • Sunday 5/7, 11:15am-12:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA indoor pool: Uncoached group swim Weekend Events: So, who's doing what? 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, May 6: • SPONSOR EVENT: Kinetic Multisports' "Smith Mountain Lake Triathlon" (Huddleston, VA): Kinetic continues to roll out triathlons on almost a weekly basis. In just 2 short weeks they'll be close to our home with the Independence Triathlon on Sunday, May 21 (club discount is available for ALL Kinetic Multisport events). • White Lake Half Triathlon (White Lake, NC): French Creek Racing's John Kenny will be taking on this classic 70.3 distance event! Go John! Sunday, May 7: • NYRR Newport 5K (Jersey City, NJ): A couple of weeks ago Joe DeNicola ran the Jersey City Marathon and he loved the experience so much that he decided to return for another 3.11 miles. Go Joe! Tuesday, May 9: • CLUB EVENT: French Creek Racing's Open Water Race Series, Race #1 (Norristown, PA): The 6 event series that runs from May through August kicks off! There are two distance options, 800m and 1,600m (1/2 and 1 mile). At last count we have 5 Gators participating in race #1, all at the 800m distance including Chris Acosta, Kristie Bruno, Jennifer Gehret, Don Mack, and David Stone. If you are interested in this series, you can simply swim or make it an evening by riding from the Reynolds Dog Park to the venue (about 5 miles/15-20 minutes), swim, enjoy the "burgers/beer/etc" post-swim spread, join the Gators intervals ride, and then return to the dog park (and possibly finish "Tri Tuesday" with a short brick run). Go Chris, Kristie, Jennifer, Don, and David! Have fun, Gator Done, then drink a beer! 💚BK🍺