THIS WEEK IN TRI CLUB (JULY 3-9)! Congratulations to our inaugural IRONMAN 70.3 Pennsylvania - Happy Valley athletes and particularly Henry Graebe who completed his FIRST 70.3 distance event! And the event fun continues tomorrow with Kristie Bruno and Whitney Chadwick-Lessar both running in RUNegades' Patriotic 5K! A few notes before we get into this week's details (including the announcement of our next "club")... • Philadelphia Women's Triathlon, Help (still) wanted! We have achieved the minimum we were seeking for volunteers, so thank you for that! But we can always use more and the club will receive $30/volunteer, which goes directly back to our members through things such as our holiday party, annual membership meeting, and end of year member gift. The event is this coming Sunday, July 9. 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. Please consider volunteering; for more details and to join our volunteer group, click on this link... https://www.facebook.com/groups/msgators/posts/2274978746020218 • It's time for a new club!... The ICE CREAM CLUB is back! Based on the popularity of our first ever "club", we're bringing the Gators Ice Cream club back for another year! It'll be an expanded version of last year's club that was strictly tied to our Tuesday evening cycling intervals workout. That will still be a component, but you'll be able to earn badges for attending other workouts as well. The club will run from Independence Day/Tuesday, July 4 through Labor Day/Monday, September 4 and then sometime in mid/late September we'll have a Ice Cream Club Party! Stay tuned for all of the details coming in a separate post! • 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 TONIGHT at the club weekly swim workout! I will be coaching so you can stop by any time between 7:15pm-8:15pm to pick up yours. • 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/ 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/.../msga.../posts/2275611125956980/ This Week's Workouts and Events: Following is a summary of what is happening, now through Sunday, including 10 workouts. 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 Wednesday 7/12). • Monday 7/3, 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 7/3, 7:15pm-8:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (4 lanes): Swim workout coached by Don Mack • Tuesday 7/4: NO WORKOUTS due to Independence Day holiday! All will return on Tuesday 7/11. • SPONSOR EVENT: Tuesday 7/4: RUNegades Patriotic 5K (Pottstown). For details or to register... https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/Pottstown/Patriotic5K • Wednesday 7/5, 7:15pm-8:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (4 lanes): Swim workout coached by Logan Washburn • Thursday 7/6, 10:15am-11:15am, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (2 lanes): Swim workout coached by Ginny Angus • Thursday 7/6, 6:30pm-8:00pm, Reynolds Dog Park: Cycling out and back ride on the SRT coached by Ginny Angus. Note that if there are multiple pace groups, one or more will be "uncoached". • Friday 7/7, 6:00am, Steel City Coffeehouse, 203 Bridge St, Phoenixville: RUNegades group run • SPONSOR EVENT: Saturday 7/8: Kinetic Multisports' Diamond in the Rough Triathlon (Perryville, MD). For more details... https://kineticmultisports.com/races/diamond-in-the-rough-festival/ • Saturday 7/8, 7:30am-9:30am, Spring Valley YMCA Outdoor Pool: Uncoached group swim • Saturday 7/8, 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 7/9, morning: Philadelphia Women's Triathlon (Philadelphia). Also includes a Saturday 5K and kids' Splash & Dash. For more information... https://www.delmosports.com/events/womens-philadelphia-triathlon • SPONSOR EVENT: Sunday 7/9: Scoogie Events' Boogie with Scoogie (Lahaska, PA). Includes 8K, 5K races, 2 mi fun run, and kids' 1/2 mi run. For more details... https://www.scoogieevents.com/events-list/boogiewithscoogie2021-ecrz8 • Sunday 7/9, 8:00am-10:00am, Steel City Coffeehouse, 203 Bridge St, Phoenixville: RUNedages group run. https://runsignup.com/.../PottstownsTuesdayInTheParkIceCr... • Sunday 7/9, 11:15am-12:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (4 lanes): Uncoached group swim workout. "It's not about the event, it's about the adventure!" (Coach Brian) 💚🍺