THIS WEEK IN TRI CLUB (November 9-15) and GFC WEEK 4 ROLL CALL! We're now through the first four of 13 fall GFC weeks and we have an amazing 59 athletes that have completed at least one GFC challenge and this includes the following 27 that are a perfect 8 for 8 so far... Brittany Acosta, Chris Acosta, Jill Basile, Amelia Blythe, Kerri Brannen, Sonny Dayrit, Karen Dieciedue, Allie Doyle, Angela Epelbaum, Susan Flavin, Keith Ho, Brian Kozera, Sheri Kuss, Kristen Lourie, Don Mack, Shawn O'Malley, Ralph Owens, Jennifer Raab, Matt Ritter, Jens Sydor, Chris Townsley, Joyce Williams, and Beth Wysoczanski plus the following Jr. Gators/Gator Tots... Jack Epelbaum, Juliana Kelecic, Katie Kelecic, and Hailey Raab!! The motto of the GFC is "It's never too late to start!" so whether you are on the list above or haven't completed a single challenge (this is the week), we welcome you to participate! And we'd also like to announce the next winner of a pair of Gator arm warmers in the GFC "We're All Winners, But Five of Us Got Something for It" contest... Ralph Owens!!! Congrats to Ralph! Who will be this week's winner? If you completed at least one of last week's two weekly GFC challenges, it could be you! If you are participating in the fall edition of the Gator Fitness Challenge, each Monday we'll post a "Roll Call" where you can comment back about your results for the week, in this case Week 4 that ran from Monday 10/26 through Sunday 11/1... Your reply can be as simple as "SBR" if you completed the Swim/Bike/Run Challenge (30 minutes of each with caveat that you can substitute additional run or cycling due to the currented limited swim options) or "SCF" if you completed the Strength/Core/Flexibility Challenge (30 minutes total of any combination) or "Both" if you completed both; and feel free to get more creative with your responses if you'd like. Note that we do have a downward trend since week 1... 100 challenges completed in week 1, 93 in week 2, and 78 in week 3... This week besides getting out to vote, we are also calling on you to get out and Gator Done on the GFC challenges so that we can reverse the trend! Also, this serves as your "This Week in Tri Club" post with a rundown of the week's club activities. We do not have any events that we're aware of on our athlete event calendar (let us know if we're wrong), but we do have some later in the month including the YMCA's Gobble Wobble 5K and several athletes taking on IRONMAN races plus the Gators Indoor Tri is scheduled for Sunday, December 13 (see "Events")... More to come on all of that soon! Just a reminder to please observe social distancing before, during, and after our workouts and always have a mask with you as those are the best way to ensure that we can continue to offer club cycling, running, and swim workouts. Here is what is on the calendar for this week; to assist us with planning, please use the workout attendance survey under "Announcements" and at this link to let us know whether or not you plan to attend any events... https://www.facebook.com/groups/msgators/permalink/1534056313445802 • Monday 11/9, 7:00pm-7:50pm, Spring Valley YMCA: Tri Swim workout led by Don Mack • Tuesday 11/10, 10:15am-11:00am, Spring Valley YMCA: Tri Swim workout led by Don Schlichtmann • Tuesday 11/10, 7:00pm-8:00pm, online: Zwift Richmond, VA "Virginia is for Gators" meetup where we'll complete the 2015 UCI Worlds course... See "Event" for details... https://www.facebook.com/events/1285191981866580 • Wednesday 11/11, 6:30pm, Spring Valley YMCA Spin Studio: Spin/Strength workout led by Logan Washburn • Thursday 11/12, 6:00pm: Run workout led by Karen Dunn. Watch for an event posting with details regarding location and workout! • Friday 11/13, 10:15am-11:00am, Spring Valley YMCA: Tri Swim workout led by Don Schlichtmann • Sunday 11/15, 11:15am-12:15pm, Spring Valley YMCA: Tri Swim uncoached group workout. The entire pool is ours... Let's take advantage of it! Have a great week!