The Beaver Freezer Triathlon is a sprint triathlon consisting of a 500yd swim, 12 mile bike, and 3.1 mile run. The course includes a swim in the Dixon Recreation Center pool or Langton Hall pool located on the Oregon State University campus. The transition area is in the Dixon Parking lot on 26th street. The bike ride takes you through some of the historic college district and out through the country roads of Corvallis. With a few gentle hills, this ride is PERFECT for beginners and FAST for experienced athletes. The run is a fun 3 loop course around the heart of the OSU campus, finishing in the middle of the Memorial Union Quad. 
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SWIM  500 yards
The swim leg will consist of 20 lengths (10 laps) in a 25 yard pool. Swims will be held in both the Dixon Recreation Center pool, as well as the Langton Hall Pool. A locker room will be available for participants before and after the race. 
BIKE    12 miles
Turn-by-turn Directions:
  • Head north on 26th street from transition
  • LEFT (west) onto Campus Way
  • RIGHT (north) on 35th Street
  • LEFT (west) on Harrison Blvd. Continue until 53rd St/Walnut Blvd/Oak Creek intersection
  • RIGHT (north) up Walnut Blvd for about 1 mile
  • TURN AROUND at MLK Park and heading back south to the 53rd/Walnut Blvd./Oak Creek intersection
  • RIGHT  on NW Oak Creek Drive. Continue on Oak Creek (including a slight right turn at the intersection Cardwell hill and Oak)
  • Follow Oak until Turn around #2 at NW Tanager Dr and proceed back to Harrison Intersection
  • Continue STRAIGHT (east) through the intersection. You will now be on Harrison Blvd. At this point, you will follow your tracks back to transition.  
  • RIGHT (south) on 35th Street
  • LEFT (east) on Campus Way
  • RIGHT (south) on 26th back to the transition area
RUN    3.1 miles
The run is around the heart of the Oregon State Campus among the beautiful brick buildings and old growth trees. Participants will enjoy a 3 1/4 loop course where their spectators can see and cheer them on multiple times before heading to the finish. The course is mostly flat and fast with one hill (you get to conquer it 3 times). Participants will pass the Memorial Union 4 times (1st time as racers leave transition, and 3 more times for each of the 3 laps).

From transition, participants will head up the walking path to Jefferson and begin lap 1. They will head north on 26th street, east on Campus Way, south on 15th street and west on Jefferson Way. On the last 1/4 of a lap on 26th, racers will take a sharp right turn into the Student Memorial Union Quad, finishing just beyond the center!

TRANSITION AREA

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