BEST WISHES FOR A SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL EVENT... ... to all Gators who will be competing in a race half full or any other event this weekend! 1/23 Let's Go! weekend #3 and a half has arrived and we have at least a couple of athletes in action! We will begin this weekend with a Friday evening Gators Pizza Club celebration and then continue with several workout options on Saturday and Sunday plus a chance to continue the weekend festivities on Monday evening with the inaugural group run from the all new location of our club running sponsor, Keystone Running Company! Aside from the small matter of an athletic competition in another sport, you could say this is a "giant" weekend... G-A-T-O-R-S... GATORS! As always, we do our best to track all of your events, but if we missed an event in which you are participating, we'd like to know about it. If you have an endurance sports event of ANY type, PLEEEASE let us know about it so that we can send good Gator vibes your way. Before we get into this weekend, here are a bunch of events being planned between now and the end of April that you can add to your calendar... • TONIGHT/Friday, January 20, 6pm-8pm: Gators Pizza Club Pizza Party! See "Event" for details... https://www.facebook.com/events/711461480548942 • Wednesday, February 8, evening: Annual Training Plan and Training Peaks Seminar. Watch for an Event with more details coming soon! • Sunday, February 19, 1pm-4pm: "I Don't Need It, You Can Have It" Bingo! This will be an opportunity for you to both give and receive! Bring your no longer needed, but still useful endurance sports items and then play Bingo for the chance to win someone else's stuff. In addition to the bingo we'll have a 50/50 as well as some raffles. Please reply to the headcount poll that Jill posted last night and watch for an Event coming soon! • Wednesday, March 1 (tentative): Endurance Sports Nutrition Seminar. Watch for an Event coming soon! • Sunday, March 12: Gatorthon! Start putting your marathon relay teams together! I know that the youth Gators are already working on their team. Event coming soon! • Saturday, March 25: 3rd Annual 5KO! We'll celebrate Kristen Oswald's birthday by running, jogging, or walking a 5K (or any distance that you choose) on the SRT starting at Kristen's bench and tree. Event coming soon! • CLUB EVENT: Sunday, March 26: The Love Run! We have a discount code for the half marathon from our club sponsor CGI Racing (SPRINGVALLEYGATORS10) and, if you aren't quite ready for the half marathon, there is also a 7.6K event! • Sunday, April 16: Tri for the Y Indoor Triathlon... It's back! And this year will be extra special! More details coming soon! • CLUB EVENT: Saturday, April 22: Schuylkill River Relay... Relays always end up being a great time, especially this 50K event that includes 3 person and 6 person teams (and even a solo option)... Who has a team? Who needs a team? Also, a couple of reminders... • 2023 member registration is open! See the post under "Featured"/"Announcements" for all of the details and be sure to register by January 31 in order to avoid a disruption to your membership. • Who's In 2023? is in progress! I hope to distribute it shortly. In the meantime, please see the post under "Featured" / "Announcements" and leave a comment with any remaining January and February events! Weekend Workouts: We have three workout options over the weekend plus a special workout on Monday... • Saturday 1/21, 7:30am-9am: Zwift meetup • Sunday 1/22, 8:30am, Steel City Coffeehouse, Phoenixville: RUNegades group run! Continuing the kick off of our new relationship with the RUNegades, all Gators are invited to participate in this weekly run! • Sunday 1/22, 11:15am-12:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA indoor lap pool: Uncoached group swim workout. • SPECIAL WORKOUT: Monday 1/23, 6:30pm, Keystone Running Store (200 E. High St., Pottstown): 5K Group Run led by the RUNegades! Weekend Events: This weekend we have two athletes in NYC and two athletes continuing an extended run challenge... All weekend and beyond: Sarah Barkley and Kristie Bruno are continuing the RUNegades "Resolve to Run Winter Challenge"! Sunday, January 22: • NYRR Fred Lebow Half Marathon (Central Park, New York City): Our two "to NYC and back" runners, Susan Flavin and Joe DeNicola return for another prance through the park! Go Susan and Joe! Have fun, Gator Done, then drink a beer! 💚BK🍺 💙HOme and HOpeful💙