THIS WEEK IN TRI CLUB (AUGUST 15-21) Last night our club officers and head coaching team met to discuss our path forward, mostly focusing on the short term (with plans to focus on the longer term afterwards). We decided to proceed with our weekly workouts for two primary reasons... 1) To provide some options for you to gather with other Gators. If you are not up to participating in the workout, you can definitely stop by just to be around other Gators. Yesterday morning, Chris Acosta put together an impromptu run at the Y and about a dozen of us gathered for a moment of silence and a few shared their thoughts plus their was a bunch of hugging and some tears shed and then we walked/jogged/ran together on the track. For me personally this gathering was very helpful. Thanks to Chris for arranging this and leading us through it. We think that our workouts this week may be a good meeting spot and could be helpful. 2) Brian would expect us to move ahead and continue to hone our skills, many of which he taught us. Continuing to use all of the things that we learned from Brian is one of the best ways we can honor him. In addition to this week's workouts, we also discussed having a gathering at some point this week at the Spring Valley Y. We are meeting again tonight to discuss it further as we are awaiting information about services for Brian so that we can plan around them. Our current thought is that we might have a gathering at the Y on Wednesday or Thursday night. We will share additional information as soon as we have it and that should be sometime between tonight and tomorrow. If you are would like to speak to one of our leaders one-on-one during this difficult time, please reach out to any of our officers... Jill, David, Rachel, or me... or our coaching team... Logan, Dre, Ginny, Don, or Karen. Here's our schedule for this week... In addition to the plethora of scheduled club workouts, our club sponsors French Creek Racing and Mid-Atlantic Multisport offer many opportunities for outdoor swimming including both OWS and pool. For more information... • About French Creek Racing's options/schedule (club discount available): https://frenchcreekracing.com/ • About Mid-Atlantic Multisport's options/schedule: https://sites.google.com/midatlanticmul.../openwater/home... Weekly Workouts: All of the following take place over the next 7 days (NOTE: For scheduling reasons we will NOT offer a run workout this week or next; we are likely going to offer a SwimRun workout the last week of August, so stay tuned for details about that coming soon)... • Monday 8/15, 7pm-8pm, Spring Valley YMCA Outdoor Lap Pool (4 lanes): Swim workout coached by Dre Barber • Tuesday 8/16, 10:15am-11:15am, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (lanes 5-6): Swim workout coached by Don Schlichtmann • Tuesday 8/16, 6:30pm-8pm, Reynold's Dog Park/SRT: Cycling Workout - Intervals coached by Ginny Angus. Only 3 chances left to become a member of the Gators Ice Cream Club! NOTE: Starting next week 8/23, our start time will be 6pm. • Wednesday 8/17, 7pm-8pm, Spring Valley YMCA Outdoor Lap Pool (4 lanes): Swim workout coached by Dre Barber • Thursday 8/18, 10:15am-11:15am, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (lanes 5-6): Swim workout coached by Don Schlichtmann • Thursday 8/18, 6:30pm-8pm, Reynold's Dog Park/SRT: Cycling Workout - Out and Back coached by Don Mack. NOTE: Starting next week 8/25, our start time will be 6pm. • Sunday 8/21: SPONSOR EVENT: Steelman Racing's "Open Water Classic" (Lake Nockamixon). Club discount available. • Sunday 8/21, 11:15am-12:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA, Indoor Lap Pool (lanes 3-6): Uncoached group swim workout "Have fun, drink a beer!" (Coach Brian) 💚🍺