How to enjoy the sun in Oregon

I planned to blog earlier but I still feel like crap, I'm wondering if it's not dehydration or an electrolyte imbalance. Since I'm avoiding sugar I can't figure out anything to drink except water and milk so I'm relenting on the anti-sugar thing and drinking Gatorade right now. Maybe Saturday was too much fun...

The alarm went off at 5:30am and I staggered out of bed, trying to get Bill up with me. He said something like, "Turn the light off, I'll get up by 6:30." The problem with that was I supposed to be there at 6:30 so the light stayed on and Bill got out of bed. The Western Oregon University Triathlon was held at WOU in Monmouth, Oregon which is about 20 miles north of Corvallis. It's strange that OSU, UofO, and WOU are all within a 60 mile radius, I guess if you need educated in Oregon you are most likely to live in the Willamette Valley.

WOU is much smaller than OSU, even the pool was smaller (tiny really) but the people were nice and the event was well run. Bill's heat was last so he helped me set up my tribabe stand and off he went to pre-ride the 10 mile bike course which is actually 10 miles farther than he's ridden his triathlon bike in the past month. I closed down my shop so I could watch Bill's heat do the 500 yard swim and he seemed to be fine in the water. He led his lane of 3 swimmers and the guy behind him stuck to his feet the entire swim and then went on to win the race (bummer for Bill).

I had to go back to my stand so I didn't see Bill again until after the race. He came back covered with sweat and quite red in the face but he was fine, he was 6-7 minutes off the winner's time and about 10th overall and 2nd in his division. It's likely his worst result in a sprint ever but he was happy with it as he hasn't trained since last September and was still competitive enough to be in the mix. I hope this motivates him to train more now, he defends his master's project next Friday so his schedule should open up quite a bit now.

After the race we went to Casey and Bridgette's for a party over in Salem. They have a beautiful old house and a 6 hole disc golf course on their property and host a huge bash every year. The weather was great, Lonnie brewed 2 kegs of beer, and everyone had a great time. I wasn't too energetic but I enjoyed watching some of the ultra cute kids and dogs while Bill ran around playing in a disc golf tournament all afternoon. We made it home about 7:30 pm so it was quite a long day but really fun. I can see summer just around the corner! We have similar plans for next weekend and the next 3 weeks after that so it's good we enjoy this stuff because we are going to be busy!

Trophies from disc golf tournament