The Weekly Tri

THE WEEKLY TRI!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Don’t worry, I didn’t forget about this periodical in all the hubbubbbb (too many bbbb’s, get over it).  But this is going to be quick.

 

THE WEEK THAT WAS:

-I don’t even remember.  A lot of people tapered.

-Dave Bierschenk (I can never spell that, I apologize now) successfully defended his thesis from a hoard of pussycats (aka professors).  They tried to scratch holes in it and rip it to shreds, but he said, “NO WAY PUSSYCATS!  THIS IS MY THESIS!  GO BOTHER DOMINO’S PIZZA FOR A CHANGE!”  This means that young David has completed his rite of manhood and will be crowned in a coronation ceremony this upcoming leap year.  For more information, visit Dave.

 

THE WEEK TO BE:

-News flash: USAT Collegiate Nationals are on Saturday.  22 brave souls will race under the colors of the NUTri flag in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.  If you haven’t known about this, you should ask yourself if you can read.  THIS IS REAL.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

-Load the trailer tonight 5-8pm at SPAC.  If you don’t bring it, we won’t pack it.  Plain and simple.

-Meet at the SPAC parking lot at 10:00am tomorrow morning for departure.  DO NOT FORGET THE $150 IN CASH!!!!  You don’t bring it, you don’t come.  Plain and simple.

-If you’re not coming with us this weekend….have a lovely weekend.  Should be nice outside.  Play kickball.  Kick the ball, run around bases.  Plain and simple.

 

SHOUT OUT OF THE WEEK:

LYNNE KIESLING.  IT WAS RICHARD III PEOPLE, COME ON.

 

sweet home alabama (you had to know that was coming),

clh

 

The Weekly Tri

THE WEEKLY TRI!!!!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

This is TWT coming at you LIVE in the spring quarter of 2011!!!  That is correct peoples.  Spring.  Quarter.  Which brings with it fond memories of Dillo’s Days, sunshine, and beet juice.  More importantly, this is triathlon season.  The season of triathlons.  The winter of our discontent has been made glorius summer by this son of triathlon (shout out of the week for anyone who can  name that line, who says it, and what the context is).  Get ready to go fast, kick ass, take names, and avoid gnomes.

 

THE WEEK THAT WAS:

-This was the color of the water in the Caribbean where I went.  Yes, it was warm and salty.  But that was then, this is now.

 

THE WEEK THAT WILL BE:

-Nationals.  Need I say more?  I don’t think so.  4.9.11 is days away.  Holy moly.  Tranny practice on Saturday at 11:00.  Wetsuit workouts and swim practice this thursday and next monday.  We leave in 8 days.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

-As most of you probably noted, Brad sent out the MECTC 2011-2012 schedule this week.  Look at those races as you start planning your summers and keep them in mind.  Especially those of you staying here in Evanson/Chicago over the summer.  We need people at those races if ya’ll want to go to Nationals next year.

 

SHOUT OUT OF THE WEEK:

MITCH LEE.  HE GRADUATED.

 

 

running down a dream,

clh

The Weekly Tri

THE WEEKLY TRI!!!!!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Got a lot to talk about this week, so I’m gonna get out of the way here.  There is actually a lot of important stuff in this email (BWW fundraiser, DM, open exec meeting, plenty of others), so please bear with me.

 

THE WEEK THAT WAS:

-Nathan fought someone.  With his fists.  And his abdominals.  AND WON!!!!!  In his own (very modest) words: “To be totally candid about it I didn’t fight very well.  The other kid was very new and a brawler and I let him determine the character of the fight– you’ll see in the video [which will be on youtube for those who couldn’t go this past weekend], most of my technique went out the window after he charged me and he just kept charging.  I think I won on conditioning.”  I have to just underline that the man WON.  HE KICKED THAT OTHER KID’S TOOSH.  I like Nathan Garrett.  A lot.  In a manly way.

-For those that don’t know, Bradley Randall Scott Sherman (or is it Scott Randall?….either way) is on the NU cycling team.  You wouldn’t know it looking at him, but he also rides a bike.  And this past weekend, he did so competitively.  Allow me to quote from a few of his texts from the weekend.  It started off well for Young Sherman: “Just killed it on the ttt [team time trial] i ended up pulling the team for about half the race.”  But it started to go downhill from there: “23rd out of 88 officially.the bitch is you work so much harder when you are alone but it is so hard to claw back onto a wheel that is ahead of you.”  And finally: “It was stupid…they did a horrible job”.  So from good, to bad, to worse, Young Sherman rode and rode.  And you thought you had a bad weekend.

 

THE WEEK TO BE:

-NU Dance Marathon is this weekend.  Several folks are dancing for a whollopping 30 hours without rest or respite.  But not Mitch, even though he takes salsa lessons.  This means 2 things for all of you:

1 – if you’re running anyways…why not run while supporting a good cause?!  Dance Marathon’s annual 5k/10k race is this Saturday, March 5!  Run or walk one of two distances!  10k starts at 7:30; 5k starts at 8:30; check-in starts a half-hour before each in Norris!  check out ALL THE DETAILS athttp://nudm.org/2011/02/10/2011-nudm-5k10k/ Paying online saves you $10! All proceeds to DM’s beneficiaries!  There will be prizes and food too!  We’d love to see you there!  This is a great idea for those of us that have to run on Sat. anyway.

2 – Visiting hours are: Friday from 8pm to midnight; Saturday from 9am to 9pm; $5 donation per visitor

-Buffalo Wild Wings fundraiser next Tuesday 3/8/11.  WE WILL BE EATING BWW AND THE MONEY WILL GO TO THE CLUB.  Bring EVERYONE!!!!!  Valerie has flyers and either her or someone on exec will be contacting you with those this weekend.  Basically, all you do is go to BWW with a flyer and they pay us.  THIS IS A POTENTIALLY HUGE MONEY MAKER.  Do. It.  Drag your awkward roommates, suitemates, hall mates there.  force feed them.  Send it out over listservs, get people there.  Peer pressure is in action right now.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

-VERY IMPORTANT: Exec is meeting tomorrow at noon on the south side of the ground floor of Norris (usually over by the bookstore-ish).  THIS IS AN OPEN EXEC MEETING.  If you are interested in what we do, how we do it, how this club is run….come!  If you’re an underclassman and have no idea what the hell we do…..come!  If you’re an upperclassman and you just want to make fun of me….come!  This is also a great chance to bring something to our attention or speak your mind candidly if you so feel.  Give feedback, see what we do, eat some crepes.  If you don’t see any of us down there right at noon, just wait a little, we’ll show up.

-Kelli Marks is doing one of the coolest things since Nathan rode his bike from IL to CA (yes, that actually happened).  She is also riding her bike across the whole country, building affordable housing while she goes.  This is all happening this summer, but she’s starting to fundraise for it now.  This is incredibly cool and I encourage all of you to ask her about it or just google ‘bike and build’ to see what she’s doing.  You will be impressed.  Her personal fundraising page is:http://bikeandbuild.org/rider/4596.  If you have any questions at all, feel free to email or ask her about it.  She’s extremely passionate about this and very excited already.  GO KELLI!!!!!

-In addition to the DM 5k/10k on saturday, Sven has brought to our attention that there is an indoor tri in Skokie at Lifetime Fitness (my parents are members there, it’s sweet!) on Sunday.  It’s only about a 15-20 mintue drive west of here.  See his earlier email about it if you’re interested in going.

 

SHOUT OUT OF THE WEEK:

KENDYL MINOR.  SHE GOT A JOB STUDENT TEACHING AT MATHER HIGH SCHOOL!!

 

tryin’ to understand: how we’re gonna get there if we’re both tryin’ to drive,

clh

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THE WEEKLY TRI!!!!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Remember that one time when I humbly asked that all emails sent out over the listserv be forwarded to an exec member first so as not to spam?  Then remember when BOTH KELLI AND I DID EXACTLY THAT WITHIN 3 MINUTES OF ONE ANOTHER THIS WEEK??!?!??????  Man, those two are total losers.  Ugh.  Smelly, smelly, losers.  With bad teeth.  And weird grins.  ew.

(I take full responsibility for these descriptions and they are made in jest, I do not and will never say any of those things about Kelli Marks.  She’s smells like peaches mixed with almond butter (assuming that that concoction actualy smells good)).

BUT SERIOUSLY!!!!  THOSE TWO!!!! ugh.

enough self-deprication.

 

THE WEEK THAT WAS:

-Anna Bisaro has a twin sister.  Her sister goes to Purdue.  At first glance, that would make her an evil twin.  However, she has been working for the good guys.  Apparently this human who shares 100% of her genetic makeup with one of our favorite people has access to super secret Purdue varsity athlete nutritional facilities.  That includes access to a chock-full of Gatorade recovery drinks, electrolyte drinks, etc.  AND SHE STOLE SOME!!!!!  (cue evil, but inspirational music) She sent it to Anna for us to use.  Talk to Anna if you want to drink electrolytes that have literally been taken away from Purdue atheletes.  We have their electrolytes.

-Huge props to the NU women’s swim team and our very own Jenny Wilson on their 8th place finish at Big Tens last week in Bloomington.  FYI, the Big Ten Network is airing the converage on Saturday 2/26 at noon if you want to watch!

 

THE WEEK TO BE:

-Chicago Restaurant week is happening in case any of you didn’t know.  That means really fancy restaurants are doing relatively cheap prix fixe meals.  Go eat.  I’ve been once and I’m going twice more.

-This just in from Nathan “Abdominal Muscles” Garrett: Come broaden your athletic horizons!  A few people have mentioned interest in live boxing and I have a match this Saturday the 26th 3pm at Ultimate Fitness, located at 823 Emerson.  Tickets are $12 with a student ID, $15 without.  You can buy them at the door or reserve them by emailing nathangarrett2012@u.northwestern.edu There are 12 fights, and I will not know until about 2:45 whether I’m boxing at 3 or as late as 4:30– so if you’re coming, come for the show.  Usually there is something for everybody from nice technical fights (aka girls having a tea party in the ring with dollies) to brawls (aka punch-the-other-guy-in-the-face-til-he-spits-out-his-teeth-and-throws-up boxing).  Good seats will be taken by 2:50.  Wear purple!  **Not for weak stomachs.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

-If you are going to Nationals.  You NEED TO BE DRIVER CERTIFIED.  End of story.  We’re getting down to it folks.  Get certified.  Also, individually, look at the Google doc spreadsheet and fill out whether or not you have a bike, wetsuit, etc.  6 weeks.

-NU Tri is doing a fundraiser at BWW in Evanston on 3/8/11.  Look for some emails from Valerie and exec coming up.  Basics: invite as many people as you can, and a percentage of food purchases on that day will be donated back to the club.  This means you get to eat, and you get to go to races for cheaper.

 

SHOUT OUT OF THE WEEK:

KELLI MARKS.  FOR SMELLING LIKE PEACHES AND ALMOND BUTTER.

 

don’t turn off the lights, i don’t want to be in the dark tonight,

clh

The Weekly Tri

THE WEEKLY TRI!!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

We are now a week out of Snowpocalypse, and the high temp today is 33, tomorrow is 37.  Just so you all know, Puxsutawney Phil did NOT see his shadow last week, so an early spring has been predicted.  If you have no idea what that is, look it up, excellent trivia knowledge.

 

THE WEEK THAT WAS:

-Swim meet went off without a hitch.  Some very big times and people just plain swimming fast and having a ball.  Good times.

 

THE WEEK TO BE:

-You should have all received an email from Nev about this, but there will be a St. ValenTRIne’s day party at Tracy’s next Saturday 2/19.  RSVP to her email.  Ladies, look at your man, now back at me, now at your man, now back at me.  I’m on a horse.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

-I’m gonna keep beating this dead horse: if you’re going to Nationals….you need to a) register; b) pay; c) make sure that you have a wetsuit and a bike to ride, especially if you don’t already own those; d) contact someone on exec to help you if you need help with any of a, b, or c; e) take performance-enhancing substances and train like none other; f) don’t actually take said substances; g) GET EXCITED.  8 weeks.

 

SHOUT OUT OF THE WEEK:

Green Team

 

i need you to make me feel like i’m the only girl in the world,

clh

 

 

The Weekly Tri

THE WEEKLY TRI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Apologies friends, TWT was neglected last week due to extenuating circumstances.  They were out of my hands.  I’m very sorry.  I humbly apologize.  And apparently humility isn’t one of my strengths.  I just took a personality assessment for my psych of personality class and I’m in the 1st percentile for modesty.  That means, compared to other males roughly my age, 99% of them are more modest than I am.  Turns out I’m a jackass.  Feel free to disagree.

 

THE WEEK THAT WAS:

-Ummmmmm, it snowed a little.  X-country skiing should definitely happen.  Class was canceled yesterday!  That was SO FUN!  My car is dug out but my alley is completely impassable, so I’m still stuck anyway.

-Alissa Ferry can climb stairs.  Incredibly fast.  She tends to not brag about it, so I will for her.  She climbed up all 80 floors of the Aon Center in 14:44.  4th place overall female.  That’s 5.43 floors/minute.  That’s insane.

 

THE WEEK TO BE:

-Super Bowl XLV.  Packers vs. Steelers.  Cheeer for the Packers, if for no other reason than to raz Lynne.  Come on over to Mitch’s place on Sunday at 4:30 (kickoff at 5:30) and eat, drink, and socialize.  Email Anna Bisaro with any questions and to RSVP.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

-If you are coming to Nationals and you a) haven’t signed up; b) haven’t paid up; c) haven’t gotten driver certified; d) haven’t gotten REALLY PUMPED YET.  DO THOSE THINGS.  Talk to Brad or Rich for instructions.  9 weeks.

 

SHOUT OUT OF THE WEEK:

JACK FROST.

 

baby it’s cold outside,

clh

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THE WEEKLY TRI!!!!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Evanston has officially become an ice rink.  It is slick out there, just ask the several members of our team that have fallen down in the past few days.  Do try to stay on your feet though.  Although Superman dives will receive extra points.

 

THE WEEK THAT WAS:

-The team that went to Dayton KILLED.  And then ate their prey.  HUGE STATS!  Including, but not limited to: third place co-ed team overall, first place female team (by a long shot), top female run split, and few others.  Kendyl already sent out an email update about it, so read that for the whole scoop.  Brad (as usual) had some excellent one-liners.

THE WEEK TO BE:

-Remember when I said Evanston was an ice rink?  Well, there is an ACTUAL ice rink on campus.  We’re gonna skate at it on Friday from 3-5pm so come join us!!  It’s free if you have skates, $3 to rent.

-Anyone want to go out to brunch after either a run on Sat. or a brick on Sun?  Le Peep is obviously the go-to.  AKrush has a coupon.  Email her to organize all of that.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

-Nationals team.  MANDATORY MEETING Thursday 1/20/11 after swimming.  We’ll be going over registration, transportation (some very good news there), lodging, and some other misc. advance planning.  BE THERE.

SHOUT OUT OF THE WEEK:

BRAD’S REAL FRIENDS, THE DRAGONS IN CRAPPY SCI-FI BOOKS

 

we’ve been on the run, driving in the sun, looking out for number one,

clh

 

 

The Weekly Tri

THE WEEKLY TRI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Here we are.  We are here.  Are we here?  We here are.  Does anyone actually read or appreciate my humor?  The world will never know.  All I know is that we are here.  Wherever we are.  Right now.  So live in the moment and let tomorrow deal with itself.

 

THE WEEK THAT WAS:

-Sororities rushed each other on the quad.  Red-Rover style en masse.  Rushed right at each other.  Then, right before impact, a bunch of girls peeled off to the left and started talking about how cute the freshman second from the right with the blue top on was.  Then another gaggle of girlies started cheering and then a skit spontaneously occurred.  Meanwhile, the boys were up north scheming on how best to mistreat and ridicule their young pledges.  *the Northwester Triathlon Team is not responsible for these comments.  They are made in pure jest.*

-You can pay 1 dollar for a burger?  WHAT????  That happened.  I missed it.  We’ll do it again soon in case you missed it like I did.

 

THE WEEK TO BE:

-Ice skating at Norris next Fri afternoon, 1/21/11.  COME SKATE AND FALL AND LOOK FOOLISH AND ENJOY THE WINTER WEATHER.

-If you’re coming to Nationals (either sprint or Olympic), MANDATORY MEETING!  Thursday 1/20/11 after swimming.  You’ve been warned at least twice now.

-Guys, there’s a RACE THIS WEEKEND.  Give it up to all the people going to the UDayton Indoor Tri!!  If you’re on that trip, Brad’s in charge as I’m sure he’s told you.  Talk to him with questions.

-MLK Day on Monday.  NU has some pretty sweet stuff happening.  Check it out.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

-If you’re baller status, don’t drive a maroon Dodge Neon.

 

SHOUT OUT OF THE WEEK:

THE ENTIRE PANHELLENIC SYSTEM OF RECRUITMENT

 

Don’t you let regret take place of the dreams you have to chase,

clh

 

 

The Weekly Tri

THE WEEKLY TRI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Welcome back.  It is 2011.  That’s 11 years post the y2k crisis and the computers are still working, so I’m thinking that was just a hoax.  I could be wrong, but it seems pretty obvious that y2k was a total, complete, and utter hoax just to get people to stock up on Nabisco products.  Don’t get me wrong, Nabisco products are excellent products.  Many a time I’ve found myself enjoying a Ritz cracker or an Oreo cookie and thinking to myself, “Gosh, this Nabisco product is just super tasty!”

 

THE WEEK(S) THAT WERE:

-Christmas came and went, New Year’s came and went, I turned 22.  More importantly, people are starting to get nicked up here and there especially with the increased volume of training.  Reference the email that Brett sent out yesterday about recovery.  We gotta stay healthy friends.

 

THE WEEK TO BE:

-Norris has an ice rink.  I want to skate on it.  I want to skate with you all.  Socially.  How about Friday the 21st in the afternoon?  Anyone want in?  I’ll remind you about it again, but I think anyone that wants to show up should come.

-Events: http://www.norris.northwestern.edu/csi/programming/chillfest/ this is all the stuff that Norris is organizing that week.  WE COULD and SHOULD take advantage of these things.  I especially like the Shedd aquarium trip and 2nd city.  And who doesn’t like Wiked?  It’s Mitch’s favorite musical!!!  Are people interested in doing these things together?

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

-If you’re going to nationals, check your email after you read this for registration info, etc.

-If you haven’t responded to an exec member about whether or not you’re coming to Nationals, YOU NEED TO NOW.  We need hard numbers so we can get transportation, lodging, etc.

 

SHOUT OUT OF THE WEEK:

KELLI MARKS – SHE’S BACK FROM BARCELONA!

 

life goes faster than you think, so don’t blink,

clh

 

 

The Weekly Tri

THE WEEKLY TRI!!!!!!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is December.  The quarter is all but gone.  Finish those finals, get those grades, EDUCATION!  Follow the light at the end of the tunnel that is blinking red and green, because Christmas is just around the corner.  So here it is, TWT, reading week style.

 

THE WEEK THAT WAS:

-Turkey Trots: these are the people that I know of that tried to preeminently burn some calories on Thanksgiving morning:

Andrea Krushefski finished the 5 mile turkey trot in Austin, TX in 48:10.

Carl Herndon finished the 10k North Shore Turkey Trot in Highland Park, IL in 50:27

Joe Doering was in Iowa somewhere. 5 miles in 34:59

-Merchandise is in.  Pick it up from Mitch or buy more for your family for gifts.

-The alumni/parent email was sent this week, I also forwarded it to each of you, feel free to forward it to others too if you’d like.

 

THE WEEK TO BE:

-Exec is meeting in the next week to discuss Nationals submissions.  Thank you all that sent us a paragraph, they are inspirational, hilarious, and heartwarming.  We have a really hard job to do now.

-Tonight is the swim test, be in the pool.  Saturday is the run test, if anyone wants to join me, I’ll be driving up to my alma mater, New Trier High School, to run on that track.  Because no one likes ETHS.  Email me.

-White Elephant/Cookies/Cakes/Christmas cheer event on Friday night at 9.  Email A-Krush if you haven’t gotten an evite yet.akrush@u.northwestern.edu.  Make sure you bring a WRAPPED GIFT.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

eh, maybe not.

 

SHOUT OUT OF THE WEEK:

JOE DOERING, because when he was 5 years old, all he got for Christmas was a noodle and a pair of floaties.

and

NATHAN GARRETT, because he takes fish oil every day, which makes you better at swimming

 

walking in a winter wonderland,

clh