BEAVER FREEZER!!!

Wow what a fun race...Cold wet and slick out....I loved it!!!! I tend to do better in the cold that in the heat. Got to Corvallis the night before and got to the packet pick-up at 7:45 PM ( it closed at 7:30) after begging to get my stuff I found a friendly ear and she got me my packet and walked me through the next day. I slept ok but not great. I tell you I thought over transition crap about 10 times and never did decide what to do for the shoes on the bike until 5 minutes before the race. Lucky for me my cousin Lynn and her girlfriend Tressa and her son Marty came up to watch and root me on. That was great,Lynn finsished a half ironman last year and was a great source of inspiration. Then at the least minute when I was in the water Isis and Jennelle showed up and yelled good luck. There were 4 people per lane and I was going first and each would follow in 5 second intervals. My swim must be getting faster as I lapped all three of them. I swear the lap counter had me do another lap after I was done but that's cool. I ran out and it was cold, I think it was in the mid forties but ran to the bike and decided to grab my shoes and just run to the bike mount and slip the shoes on there. The problem was I had my speedplay pedals with my sidi shoes and they do not walk well and I had no cofidence yet in the put the shoes on on the fly.,,,all in all a great Call l that transition went fast. Out on the course felt great I was working hard so the cold was a non issue. No socks...No problem. I started catching the swim heat from before me and I think I passed most of them ( they had a 15 minute head start). Came in and dropped the bike and grabbed my shoes with my Yanz laces and they worked great. The run was ok, I think I needed a pinch more energy......Ran fast but not real fast. My back felt pretty tight. Caught a guy and jetted past him to the finish and then realized he still had another lap on the three lap circuit so guess I did not need to do that but that's ok. So My heart rate was a solid 174-176 the whole race. Time was about 1 hour 12 minutes ( unofficial) I did not stick around for the final heats as we went to the coast for a some time off. When I get the official times I will post them.. All in all I do not care except for interest sake, I ran a solid first race of the season and had a blast.

side note: Moonpies goggles, worked like charm!!!
Jetdrvr computer did not work at all as I bumped the magnet in the car ( it works but i did not realize it was bumped until on course....)