BEST WISHES FOR A SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL EVENT ... to all Gators making history over the next few days! Before you "do it" you have to "try it", so our theme for the weekend is "Just tri it!" as we're conducting the first ever "Gators DIY Tri" on Sunday! And it'll be a busy weekend as we also have Saturday's club event, French Creek Racing's "River Day SwimFest/SwimRun event that will include at least 3 Gators! Additionally, three virtualized events that have been taking place will wrap up this weekend with possibly some Gators getting it done in each of those plus an adventuring Gator will once again be outside the white lines! With all of the changes, our event start lists are a bit of a moving target this year, but here's who we currently have on our "Who's In?" calendar; please post a comment or send me a message if anything has changed (including event type changes, cancellations, additions, or virtual event completions)... Ongoing: • Tri the Wildwoods virtual triathlon (August 22-September 12): Congratulations to several Lady Gators who completed this event last weekend including Karen Dieciedue, Meg Huang, Beth Kramer, and Diane Lynch. Anyone else complete it or doing so this weekend? • Virtual Boston Marathon (September 5-14): Karen Dunn will be completing the virtual version of this year's 26.2 mi race this weekend! • Queen of Prussia Virtual 10K run (September 6-13): Maureen Hoffman is planning to complete this event! Saturday, September 12: • River Day SwimFest/SwimRun (Norristown, PA): Club sponsor French Creek Racing is offering this event that includes multiple OWS options including a 5K, 1 mi, and 1/2 mi plus a swim/run event that includes a 5K run sandwiched between two 1/2 mi swims. Our Gator participants include Chris Acosta (5K OWS and SwimRun), Hannah Ludescher (5K swim), and Don Mack (SwimRun)! Sunday, September 13: • Gators DIY Tri (Blue Marsh Lake, PA): At last count our start list includes... SPRINT TRI: Ralph Owens, Matt Ritter, and Randell Torres; OLYMPIC TRI: Jill Basile, Angela Epelbaum (and Gleb), Paul Kratzinger, Kristen Lourie, and Joyce Williams; HALF IRONMAN TRI: Chris Acosta (busy weekend!), Brian Kozera, Sean Lodge, Shawn O'Malley, and Jon Wesler; OWS: Sheri Kuss, SWIM/RUN: Gina Stango; CYCLING: Rachel Truckley, OTHER EVENTS: Tiff Pfluger, and Don Schlichtmann with support from Don Mack, Don Schlichtmann, Andrew Slysh, and Jeffrey Stango! • USA Triathlon "Way Over Yonder" Tri (Hewill, NJ): Chris Townsley is participating in this off road Olympic distance event that includes a 1,500m swim, 18.6 mi mountain bike, and 6.5 mi trail run! Go Gators! Have a great weekend!