THIS WEEK IN TRI CLUB (MAY 22-28)! Today we take a deep breath in between an amazing and busy weekend and a rare Tuesday night club event. It was a weekend where we saw 23 successful event completions and received 14 podium awards! This gives us a chance to offer some congratulations... • Congrats to youth Gators Adrish Ghosh and Luke Reph who completed their first official events as Gators at the French Creek TriFest Splash & Dash! • Congrats to Mike Jurski who completed his first triathlon as a Gator and also won his age group! • Congrats to Jill Basile who won her age group at Amy's Ride/Run/Walk 5K (our 14th podium of the weekend)! • Congrats to FIRST TIME TRIATHLETE, Seth Benjamin, who completed the Upper Dublin Triathlon! And not only did Seth finish, but he also ranked highly finishing in the top 1/3 in the swim, the top half in the bike and run, and in the top 100 overall out of 250+ athletes! Way to go, Seth, we look forward to watching your triathlon journey continue! Log your Gators Surf & Turf Club Badges: With all of this activity, just a reminder to continue to claim your "Gators Surf & Turf Club" badges as you complete events and participate in workouts. To date 74 badges have been claimed! You can find the badge claim post here... https://www.facebook.com/groups/msgators/posts/2243028729215220 It only takes one badge to get an invite to the July Prime Rib Party! You can earn badges for participation in ANY club workout (including those from our sponsors Mid-Atlantic Multisport, French Creek Racing, RUNegades, and Keystone Running Store) as well as for participating in an event and for creating a post on our Facebook group. 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 really does help us plan, so PLEASE take 1 minute to mark the workouts that you plan to attend. This Week's Events: Following is a summary of what is happening, now through Sunday and keep in mind that French Creek Racing is now offering open water swim workouts 3x/week and Mid-Atlantic Multisport is offering a Wednesday night OWS several times a week... • Monday 5/22, 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 NOTE: Confirm this is on before you go; it could be canceled due to the Tuesdays in the Park event. • Monday 5/22, 7:15pm-8:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (4 lanes): Swim workout coached by Ginny Angus • Tuesday 5/23, 10:15am-11:15am, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (2 lanes): Swim workout coached by Don Schlichtmann • CANCELED: Our Tuesday evening Gators run workout and cycling intervals workout are canceled this week due to the Tuesdays in the Park club event. They will return next week. • CLUB/SPONSORS EVENT: Tuesday 5/23, 7:00pm, Riverfront Park, Pottstown: RUNegades' "Tuesdays in the Park Ice Cream 5K" and "Kid's Fun Run"! Join us for the kickoff of this 4 event series! A club discount is available for all running the 5K event that includes free ice cream and a beer coupon at the end. There are also prizes for all youth participants in the FREE Kid's Fun 1 mile Run. Learn more and register here (use code GATORS15 to get the discount)... https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/Pottstown/PottstownsTuesdayInTheParkIceCream5kSeriesKidsFunRun • Wednesday 5/24, 7:15pm-8:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (4 lanes): Swim workout coached by Don Mack • Thursday 5/25, 10:15am-11:15am, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (2 lanes): Swim workout coached by Don Schlichtmann • Thursday 5/25, 6:30pm-8:00pm, Reynolds Dog Park: Cycling out and back ride on the SRT coached by Don Mack • Friday 5/26, 6:00am, Steel City Coffeehouse, 203 Bridge St, Phoenixville: RUNegades group run • Saturday 5/27, 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 NOTE: Confirm all weekend events due to the holiday weekend. • Sunday 5/28, 8:00am, Steel City Coffeehouse, 203 Bridge St, Phoenixville: RUNedages group run. https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/Pottstown/PottstownsTuesdayInTheParkIceCream5kSeriesKidsFunRun NOTE: Confirm all weekend events due to the holiday weekend. • Sunday 5/28, 11:15am-12:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA Indoor Lap Pool (4 lanes): Uncoached group swim workout. This workout is a "GO". "It's not about the event, it's about the adventure!" (Coach Brian) 💚🍺