Hello Gators, In case you are not part of our Facebook group, following is the contents of our "This Month in Tri Club" post that went out this morning... Gators, come out to play! Oh what a month we have in store for you!... Outdoor workouts, club events, a bike maintenance/care/tire changing clinic (This Wednesday 4/3!), our first Blue Marsh OWS, the introduction of the "duathlon workout", and two special events related to smiling and shoe laces! Before getting into the special events, a few comments about our workout calendar as we transition to the April-June schedule... WHAT'S STAYING THE SAME? Monday night run workouts (6pm) and all indoor swims... Monday/Wednesday nights (8:30pm, coached), Tuesday/Thursday mornings (10am, coached), Tuesday early mornings (5am, uncoached), and Sunday mornings (8am, mostly uncoached). WHAT'S CHANGING? Tuesday nights will be outdoor intervals (6pm first two weeks, 6:15pm last three weeks), Thursday nights will be outdoor SRT out and back ride (6pm first two weeks, 6:15pm last two weeks), Saturday mornings will be outdoor group ride (locations/times announced week-to-week). IMPORTANT APRIL EVENTS/ACTIVITIES... WEDNESDAY 4/3, 7pm: BIKE MAINTENANCE/CARE/TIRE CHANGING clinic conducted at the Y by Jason Meyers <https://www.facebook.com/jason.meyers.35325074?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARDvJYzhPn4Z55fHHk1Cd1ISGWwU4B-Kt3cu9fYRgh5k231tblEcQfCBDG03E2UpKaQPyy_eFxT2Xhbo&dti=216774858507294&hc_location=group> from our club sponsor Indian Valley Bikeworks! See "Event" for more details... https://www.facebook.com/events/2246791118975207/ <https://www.facebook.com/events/2246791118975207/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A4%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22%5B%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22group%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22surface%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%5D%22%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D&source=4&action_history=%5B%7B%22surface%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22surface%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%5D&has_source=1&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARCjUhGNzas8a6TK-zm9RFh_phDeOkEvnA6L7HQ9L7kBVHrRINTV7Xsg4Iwn97z-qzuu3Wi_6YwH3ED4&fref=gs&dti=216774858507294&hc_location=group> MONDAY 4/8, 8:30pm: INDOOR OWS clinic led by Logan <https://www.facebook.com/logan.raewashburn?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARDyl-m6eCCVyz7lWx8E-ejIBegQdNumF9sUAH60p7vwgRQeuKk8EkOognIwflFP6pZm5nb_H9tAefrB&dti=216774858507294&hc_location=group> and Dre <https://www.facebook.com/dre.barber7?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARDeTooPlC5kUW8UKh9IaTR7mow9ZAPh7Xx0HVJp6wVychQg5ilAlmHB5xWgdTWQ35-dP2RLZR45V2gc&dti=216774858507294&hc_location=group>... NOTE: There is a good chance that this event will be moved to Monday 4/22... Stay tuned! See "Event" for more details... https://www.facebook.com/events/331661254146014/ <https://www.facebook.com/events/331661254146014/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A4%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22%5B%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22group%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22surface%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%5D%22%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D&source=4&action_history=%5B%7B%22surface%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22surface%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%5D&has_source=1&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARAzmk4eVsMoLfytrfHEdxQVoacn2W85AoZZXFuYPJwxj0NO_MYvzWiQ77mY_dO5EtiohL__du5rjk1v&fref=gs&dti=216774858507294&hc_location=group> THURSDAY 4/11, 6pm: DUATHLON WORKOUT! This will be a first for us! We'll meet at the Dog Park and then participants will run 1 mile (1/2 mile out and back), ride 10 miles (5 mile out and back), and then end with another 1 mile run... We'll monitor your bikes in the parking lot and we'll record your times... And if this type of event is popular, we'll offer more of this type of workout so that you can try to beat your time! More details coming soon! SUNDAY 4/14: CLUB EVENT... TRI FOR THE Y INDOOR TRIATHLON! Join us as a participant and/or volunteer for this family friendly event! THURSDAY 4/18, 6:15pm: FINISH LINE PHOTO PRACTICE and SHOELACE CHANGING CEREMONY! We'll end our bike ride a few minutes early so that we can work on the perfect finish line photo! And then we'll meet (likely at Tropical Smoothie Cafe) for the unofficial beginning of the triathlon season... i.e. The "Changing of the Shoelaces" ceremony where we (or at least I) switch from our/my regular running shoelaces to elastic shoelaces, thereby guaranteeing another year of fast transitions! SATURDAY 4/20, morning/afternoon: CLUB EVENT.. SRT 50K RELAY... We have 30+ Gators participating! See "Event" for more details... https://www.facebook.com/events/157975341813180/ <https://www.facebook.com/events/157975341813180/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A4%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22%5B%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22group%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22surface%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%5D%22%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D&source=4&action_history=%5B%7B%22surface%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22surface%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%5D&has_source=1&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARBPC6-Y8Sb-0B-vqEYfFHR688AqGrv9_-W1sTnwSTMXvCxDq1BPfvEoGO6kZybn3lkvDMFCf-vuevP-&fref=gs&dti=216774858507294&hc_location=group> SATURDAY 4/27, morning: BLUE MARSH OWS/BIKE RIDE #1... This is the first of 6 planned Blue Marsh uncoached group workouts we have on the calendar... It's a perfect opportunity to prepare for early season events such as the French Creek Triathlon, Devilman, and IRONMAN 70.3 Virginia! Have a great month!