THIS WEEK IN TRI CLUB (December 27-January 2), GFC WEEK 12 ROLL CALL, and It's "5 minute Plank Week"! Another amazing year has almost come to an end... Some additional craziness and a few steps backwards along the way, but as a team we accomplished A LOT this year providing lots of motivation to do even better next year! And to wrap up 2021, this Friday we are including a Facebook Live opportunity for you to participate in the 5 minute plank "countdown to 12:00" (Noon)... Who is up to the challenge?? A few reminders/notes before we get into the GFC roll call and what's going on this week... • Member Survey: We'd like to get your input... After an initial flurry of responses, things have slowed down... If you have not already done so, please take a few minutes to provide your input... In fact, why not do it right now? 🙂 Here's the link... https://forms.gle/c3dvrnyTzi7o3yQ97 • 2022 Gators Registration: Registration for the club for 2022 remains open... See the post under "Featured" (from December 8) for details and a link. • Winter Gator Fitness Challenge Registration: Post a comment if you are "in" for the Monday, January 3 to Sunday, April 3 thirteen week winter Gator Fitness Challenge and your name is not one of the following who are already registered... Chris Acosta, Sarah Barkley, Don Mack, David Stone, Chris Townsley, Rachel Truckley, and Beth Wysoczanski . We'll again include the SBR Challenge (Swim/Bike/Run; 45 minutes of each per week) and the SCF (Strength/Core/Flexibility; 45 minutes combined total per week) and we may also bring back the Plank Challenge. • Hat and Visor Pickup: First come, first serve, if you have not already received your new Gators hat or visor, please catch up with Don Mack who will be participating in the following workouts this week and will have the hats and visors... Monday/TONIGHT's swim workout, Tuesday night spin workout (just at the start), Thursday morning swim workout, GFC Roll Call!... This week's Gator Fitness Challenge "Roll Call" covers week 12 (December 20-26) that ended yesterday... This is the final week of the fall GFC! If you completed any of the three challenges, please post a comment... • "SBR" if you completed the Swim/Bike/Run Challenge (30 minutes of each) AND/OR... • "SCF" if you completed the Strength/Core/Flexibility Challenge (30 minutes total of any combination) AND/OR... • "Plank" if you completed the progressive Plank Challenge that started in week 1 at 15 seconds then has increased 15 seconds each week and last week's plank was 2 minutes and 45 seconds • "All 3" if you were a week 11 superstar and completed all 3 challenges! And, as mentioned above, this week is "5 Minute Plank Week"! Whether or not you've been completing each week's progressive plank challenge or not... Who is up for the 5 Minute Plank challenge?? You can do it on your own or you can do it with us as part of our Friday 12/31, 11:55am-12:00pm Facebook Live event! Watch for an event to be posted soon! Weekly Workouts: Once again we do have a full slate of workouts planned this week. Here's what is on the schedule... • Monday 12/27, 7:00pm-8:00pm, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (lanes 1-4): Swim workout coached by Dre Barber • Tuesday 12/28, 10:15am-11:15am, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (lanes 5-6): Swim workout coached by Don Schlichtmann • Tuesday 12/28, 7:15pm-8:30pm, Spring Valley YMCA Cycling Studio: Spin/Strength workout coached by Logan Washburn • Wednesday 12/29, 6pm: Run workout coached by Karen Dunn... Watch for an "Event" coming soon! • Wednesday 12/29, 7:30pm-8:30pm: Zwift cycling meetup... Join us for our weekly club ride! This time we're riding a couple of laps of the 7.8 mile "Lady Liberty" route in New York City! • Thursday 12/30, 10:15am-11:15am, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (lanes 5-6): Swim workout coached by Don Schlichtmann • Thursday 12/30, 7:15pm-8:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (2 lanes): Swim workout coached by Don Mack • Friday 12/31, 11:55am-12:00pm: "Happy New Year 5 Minute Plank Challenge" via Facebook Live... Watch for an event to be posted soon! • Saturday 1/1: Happy New Year! There will be no Gators Saturday morning Zwift meetup this week... We'll resume our Saturday morning series on January 8. • Sunday 1/2, 11:15am-12:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA, Indoor Lap Pool (lanes 3-6): Uncoached group swim workout Have a great week! 🐊