*Hello Gators,* There have been a flurry of events posted to our Facebook group and there are (many) more to come... The purpose of this email is to make anyone that is not part of the Facebook group aware of these events and also to give you a brief summary. So here's what we have on the calendar in terms of special events and club races between now and mid-May... - *Saturday, April 14, 8am-10am,* Lower Perk Valley Park (101 New Mill Rd, Oaks; note that we are NOT starting from our usual dog park location): *"Run Bike Cubed" workout...* This will be a workout led by our Head Coaching team of Logan, Maribeth, and Brian that will include brief intervals of biking followed by running... Great opportunity to work on your transitions! Here's a link to the Facebook group event (which you will only be able to access if you have joined the group)... https://www.facebook.com/events/973607386127466/ - *Wednesday, April 18 and Monday, April 23 both at 8:30pm-9:30pm: Indoor OWS Simulation... *These are two opportunities for you to work with our Head Coaching Team on your open water swim skills before you actually get outside and into the open water. Event links... - Wednesday, April 18: https://www.facebook.com/events/549078648810098/ - Monday, April 23: https://www.facebook.com/events/594617920887896/ - *Saturday, April 21: CLUB EVENT... SRT 50K Relay*... We will have about 20 Gators participating on various teams in this local event... If you are not racing, come out to support the team (and maybe get in a bike ride or your own run at the same time)! Event link... https://www.facebook.com/events/449424622159715/ - *Sunday, April 22: CLUB EVENT... Valley Forge Revolutionary Run... *We have about 8 Gators participating in this 5 mile running race through Valley Forge Park. Event link... https://www.facebook.com/events/122328591943965/ - *Saturday, April 28, 8am-11am: Blue Marsh OWS and Bike Ride... *Our first scheduled group open water swim and "Cujo Loop" bike ride at Blue Marsh Lake! Event link... https://www.facebook.com/events/459737674481762/ - *Monday, April 30, 7pm-8:15pm: Bike Maintenance and Tire Changing Clinic... *Club sponsor Indian Valley Bikeworks' Jason Meyers will conduct this very practical event just in time for the start of the outdoor riding season! Event link... https://www.facebook.com/events/900044070178465/ Besides all of these, we are also planning several other special events that will be posted soon including... - Triathlon Season Kickoff / Shoelace Changing Ceremony... Tentatively planned for Tuesday, May 1 at Tropical Smoothie Cafe. - French Creek bike/run course preview rides/runs... We're tentatively planning two of these for the first half of May. - Sunday, May 6: CLUB EVENT... Broad Street Run - Tuesday, May 8: CLUB EVENT... French Creek Racing OWS Race #1 of 6 - Tuesday, May 15: CLUB EVENT... Chester County Running Store's Tuesdays In the Park Ice Cream Run 5K... Free entry for all Gators!... https://www.facebook.com/events/2095914133984597/ - "Finish Line Photo Practice"... Stay tuned for more info! - Saturday, May 19: CLUB EVENT... French Creek Racing's ToughKids Philly Triathlon - Sunday, May 20: CLUB EVENT... French Creek Racing's French Creek Triathlon And we also will continue with our usual indoor swim workouts (Monday and Wednesday evenings, 8:30pm-9:30pm and Tuesday and Thursday mornings, 10am-11am) and we've now moved our Tuesday and Thursday evening bike rides outdoors! Through April we'll start at 6:15pm from the Reynolds Dog Park and then we'll move to a 6:30pm start time sometime in May. Here are event links to both series (note that the series are set up to run from now through the end of September; you can indicate "Going" on a week by week basis by clicking on the box for each date)... - Tuesday nights: https://www.facebook.com/events/408658302934782/ - Thursday nights: https://www.facebook.com/events/965460433630154/ We hope to see you often! *Don*