THIS WEEK IN TRI CLUB (JUNE 19-25)! Have you seen the light? If not, this is the week! There is more daylight over the next 7 days than in any Monday-Sunday week all year! Take advantage of it by getting outside and participating in one of the 14 group workout opportunities that are being offered by us or one of our partners! This includes the start of a new Saturday swim series in the Spring Valley Y's outdoor pool! And we also have a fun sponsor event on Sunday! A few notes before we share all of that workout wonderfulness with you... • Congratulations to Benjamin Fong for completing his FIRST TRIATHLON at the Hammonton Triathlon over the weekend! Benjamin was inspired by his daughter, Austen, who completed her first triathlon just 7 days earlier at the Scoogie Events' "Kids Rock Spring Triathlon"! • Get your 2023 club members t-shirt! We're now distributing 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 Tuesday or Thursday bike rides and at the Thursday night club social (location is not yet decided). • Private Peeing at Steelman Racing's Nockamixon Swim Challenge! We have a fantastic turnout expected at next Sunday's OWS race with 13 Gators currently on our start list! And I understand from race director, David Michener, that if we can get to 15 we'll have our own private Gators port a potty! Registration re-opened this morning so if you'd to join in and help us get on the port a potty podium, here's a link to the event registration site (and don't forget to use our club discoune code "GATORSRULE2023" to save a few bucks!)... https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/Quakertown/SteelmanRacingNockamixonSwimChallenge • 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'll also announce our next club. Space is limited so don't delay if you want to join in, please post a comment on the party details post... https://www.facebook.com/groups/msgators/posts/2273136662871093/ • Becoming a members of the Surf & Turf Club is easy peasy... 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 121 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. This Week's Workouts and Events: Following is a summary of what is happening, now through Sunday, including 13 workouts and our 8th 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 (the next is Wednesday 6/28). • Monday 6/19, 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 6/19, 7:15pm-8:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (4 lanes): Swim workout coached by Dre Barber • Tuesday 6/20, 10:15am-11:15am, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (2 lanes): Swim workout coached by Ginny Angus • Tuesday 6/20, 5:40pm-6:20pm, Reynolds Dog Park: Run workout on the SRT coached by Karen Dunn • Tuesday 6/20, 6:30pm-8:00pm, Reynolds Dog Park: Cycling out and back ride on the SRT coached by Don Mack • Tuesday 6/20, 6:30pm, Rec Room/Conshohocken Brewing, 230 Bridge St, Phoenixville: RUNegades group run • Wednesday 6/21, 7:15pm-8:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (4 lanes): Swim workout coached by Logan Washburn • Thursday 6/22, 10:15am-11:15am, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (2 lanes): Swim workout coached by Ginny Angus • Thursday 6/22, 6:30pm-8:00pm, Reynolds Dog Park: Cycling out and back ride on the SRT coached by Don Mack • CLUB SOCIAL: Thursday 6/22, 8:30pm, Phoenixville area: Gators Weekly Social. Location is not yet decided, but it will be somewhere in close proximity to our ride location. • Friday 6/23, 6:00am, Steel City Coffeehouse, 203 Bridge St, Phoenixville: RUNegades group run • NEW!: Saturday 6/24, 7:30am-9:30am, Spring Valley YMCA "OUTDOOR" Pool: Unocached group swim • Saturday 6/24, 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 • SPONSOR EVENT: Sunday 6/25: Steelman Racing's Nockamixon Swim Challenge (Lake Nockamixon, Quakertown, PA) • Sunday 6/25, 8:00am-10:00am, Steel City Coffeehouse, 203 Bridge St, Phoenixville: RUNedages group run. https://runsignup.com/.../PottstownsTuesdayInTheParkIceCr... • Sunday 6/25, 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) 💚🍺