That is the three days later shot of the mold testing kit from Home Depot that we set up Friday afternoon. At least we are now being taken somewhat seriously in our complaints and a couple environmental services are being brought in for further testing and remediation planning. It makes me really glad that somebody though about the people who would be working in this environment when they decided to rush the move to the new facility. I do enjoy the stressed look that the owner gets on his face when I start loosely tossing around the word "lawsuit" . . .
I ended the week with a little testing at the ESP labs. My fitness is at a level where I am going to start lobbying the ACA to create a separate category for me. Mike suggested that I find an activity that suits me better, like gardening or electric motor repair. Results were pretty much as expected and I am looking forward to a big block of training prior to State TT in a couple weeks. The racing weekend was cut short by cancellations due to weather with the Sloppenberg course turning to much the consistency of peanut butter, extra chunky. We did get to race on Saturday at the Louisville Crit which is one of the more amusing courses as it is essentially a donut with maybe half a corner in it.
Chuck, Zac, and I lined up for another well attended local race with talent a plenty. It was nice having extra teammates in Scott and Randy. I got things started early with an attack approximately half a lap into the race. I spent a couple laps dangling, waiting to be caught by the field, but hoping that riders would come across in smaller numbers. The break sort of formed a few laps in, but didn't solidify for a few laps more. At some point, the gap to our group of five or so came down to about five seconds and a couple more riders jumped across including Tom Zirbel and Zac. I didn't suck it up and go harder like I should have when the break surged and I slipped out the back, joining the second group, but Zac did a good job of hanging in as the group proceeded to lap the field. Once the break had caught the field, the Natty Grocer squad got to the front to control the pace. At that point, I had a nice conversation with Mike at the back, but made the mistake of not moving up before NG got off the front and the swarming occurred. Chuck and Zac did their thing at the end and Zac got the win over a very impressive group in the break.
Since Sunday was an open day on the calendar thanks to the weather, a few of us got out for a longer ride in the hills. We headed up Squaw Pass only to be greeted by some nasty looking clouds towards the top. As the first few rain drops fell, I thought turning around would be a good idea. The weather back towards town wasn't much better, but we dodged the storms pretty well, only having to pause under a bridge on the Cherry Creek trail for a few minutes. About five minutes after I got home, the hail started coming down and then all hell broke loose. That was about the time we would have been mid race out on the Koppenberg course. Route map and profile below . . .
The program said 5 hours easy on Monday so I went out towards the hills early, hoping to avoid the weather. I hit Golden Gate and took it easy, just spinning in lighter gears which is a change of pace from the usual big ring efforts. My legs felt pretty crunchy from the days prior. I thought about turning back at the first summit, but talked myself into the next one. I paused for a Poptart at the "top" and somehow talked myself into going on to Peak to Peak. The smart thing to do would have been to turn around at that point since it would have left me with only the two smaller climbs to get back to Golden, but I took a left on Peak to Peak and headed to Blackhawk, rode up to the casino parkway, down to the I-70 path, up Floyd Hill, over whatever hill that is on US40, down Lookout, over Dinosaur Ridge and home. The clouds looked very threatening in town and I bet on the southern route home for staying dry-ish. I guessed right and didn't get rained on until about five minutes from home, but the roads were already wet. Route below . . .
Yeah, that was an "easy" day . . . much harder than planned but I think I will have some more weather induced recovery days this week than planned. I wanted to get some work done in the backyard, but with the rain, I really didn't feel like it so I did my best to hold down the couch with Dempsey. The weather didn't stop the neighbor from going to town on his project.
It is still firmly in the category of WTF?!? Now it has "windows" that are trimmed out, but not glazed. I'm assuming that if it is a shed, it will have some sort of frosted something or other so there is light inside, unless he is running electrical to it from the house. I did some more poking around the Denver Zoning Code and I believe there is a 20' setback requirement from the front of the property . . . nope, doesn't seem to have that. There is also an 8' height restriction for sheds. I wonder how far he will get before the City makes him take it down . . .
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