This just in!
Hear what it takes to swim across the English Channel. Buehler Masters Swim Team welcomes Barrington resident and English Channel swimmer, Doug McConnell on Saturday, December 7 at 8 a.m.
In August 2011, Doug swam the English Channel. He covered 21 miles in the rolling 63 degree water. The journey took 14 hours using 40,538 strokes. He is one of only 48 people over the age of 50 to complete this amazing feat!
Doug trains with the Barrington Masters Swim Team and regularly swims at Buehler. Join us in the Training Room on Saturday for his story and digital presentation, which will last about an hour. A proper English breakfast will be served.
Get ready to geek out over the 2013 Ironman World Championship! Sure... we know how it all plays out, but who doesn't like a good excuse to get together with friends and watch some triathlon?
Join us at Catherine Marsden's for an afternoon potluck and some Kona action on Sunday, December 8 at 3 p.m.! You should have received an evite and potluck signup sheet via email -- please RSVP and let us know if you'll be attending and what you might be bringing. Spouses and children are welcome to attend!
Y Tri Friends
Your generosity never ceases to amaze me! Whenever there is a need there are those who stand up and fill that need. I have recently been blessed to work with a group of people from the Wellness Place in Palatine. In case you do not know who/what they are let me explain. They are a not for profit group that provides services ( for free) to those who are on a journey including cancer. It can be the patient, their family members or their caregivers. I am new to understanding all they offer, but here are a few services they provide: counseling in groups or individual setting, resources, massage, nutritional information, exercise opportunities, art therapy and community. They also have various speakers usually on Tuesday evenings that are open to the public. So as I mentioned before they have some specific needs coming up on May 19. This is a popular day for many activities for Y tri members.
The activities is as follows: 4th Annual Wellness Place community cancer walk/run 1M/5K. Below I will list the opportunities to help as were presented to me.
Most of all they need people to register for the race and forms teams ( we could have a Y tri team )
Please consider what you might do to help that day if you can. You can visit WellnessPlace.org or call 847-241-5975 to register for the race. I will go ahead and be plan that enough people will sign up so we can have a team and I will make our team Buehler Y Tri. So when you register make sure to register as part of the team. Also, if you use code WPPOSTCARD you will receive $5 off the registration fee of $30. Opening ceremony is at 9.
Anyone that would like to help in any of the other listed capacities please call Christie Lane at 847-804-4141 and I will let the proper people know at the Wellness Place. I plan to help with set up and tear down and run the race. Anyone with me? Let's see if we can have a strong presence at this worthy event!!!!! Go Y Tri Support the Wellness Place!!!!!
We have a Y Tri team for the Wellness Place community run, When you register go to WellnessPace.org and choose to join a team. The username is clane68 and the password is buehlerytri. If you have difficulty registering please call Jan Atwood at the Wellness Place 847-241-5975. Our fundraising goal is very modest. Let's blow it out of the water!!!!!!
Sincerely,
Christie Lane, Ytri Club Member & Buehler YMCA Fitness Instructor
(For more information, or if you have questions, please contact Christie Lane at 847-804-4141. Her email is This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )
Did you know... Ytri is completely volunteer run? We're looking for a few individuals to help out in Key Volunteer roles! Key Volunteers will execute a variety of duties that keep the club running smoothly. We've heard from a number of you about these positions and we're working on getting back in touch with everyone, but it looks like we may have a few vacancies.
Interested in continuing interval training for cycling? Good News!
Ytri will be offering a second session of Performance Cycling on Tuesdays. There will not be a continuation of the Sunday PC class, as, we will be getting out on the road together for group rides on Sunday mornings. REGISTRATION FOR PERFORMANCE CYCLING ONLY TAKES PLACE ON OUR WEBSITE ONLY. There is no way to register for Performance Cycling via the front desk! Please make sure that you register via our online sign-up.
REGISTRATION WILL OPEN ON MONDAY, APRIL 29 at 5 a.m. We must have at least 10 people in class and participating at all times, or we will have to discontinue the offering of session 2 classes. Please look at the dates below to make sure they match your schedule before registering, and please make the committment to being there weekly. Those that were a part of Performance Cycling know that these workouts build, and in order to reap the benefits of this class, your body needs to adapt over time. We will again be offering both the spin bike options and trainer options. Be sure to sign up under the listing that matches your preferences.
If you are not a Y-member, please register via the online sign-up here on our website, but also email Kristan ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) so that she can make arrangements at the front desk for you to pay your $144.00 fee (which must be paid in full prior to the first class.)
The dates for Performance Cycling Session II are as follows:
May 7- Time Trial (note: if you time trialed for Sunday or Tuesday PC Session 1 class on your trainer, you do NOT need to time trial again. You can come to help out on this class, or can simply start Session 2 on May 14th. If you time trialed on Sunday on a spin bike and wish to register for Session 2 on Tuesdays, we need to make sure that you do not have the same bike # as someone else first, so you will have to come to this May 7th workout.)
May 14, 21, 28
June 4, 11, 18, 25
July 2, 9, 16
July 23- Time Trial
If you have any questions, please contact Kristan at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Happy Training!