05.17.2019 it's Freaking Friday

Yes...planning around work schedules takes creativity.  Relying on others for transportation brings in a whole new dynamic. 

My daughter is doing a community play and she has rehearsals Monday, Tuesday, Thursday from 6:00 - 8:30 PM for the next two months.  I was able to get in a swim after dropping her off last night before I had to pick her up.  It really isn't worth it to drive home and then come back out so either my wife or I stay in town on rehearsal nights.  Last night I did some 100m repeats at my planned sprint race pace with an extra 10 seconds recover time between repeats. 

.After I got home at 9:00 PM I start to pack for this weekend's race.  I had to repair my helmet that has the adjustment straps and most of the foam fall out.  I had to take off a lot of equipment on the bike that I won't be using for race day (i.e. water bottle holders, bento boxes, hand pumps, etc.), as well as pull out the racing wheels and pull off all the race decals from my race last Septemeber.  I laid out all my swim equipment, run equipment, bike equipment, etc.  This always takes forever because I have to mental imagine when every piece of equipment will be used and what order I will put it on or take it off in transition etc.  I like taking time to go through everything when I am packing but stayed up late last night (and still had more things to do this morning).   So...I took an extra hour of sleep this morning and skipped my 45-minute race prep bike ride this morning.  I might do some run stride this evening.  Something to flood the legs today would be good.  

Yes, my LG is in the same category as your well loved Giro.  It has never been in a crash, no cracks, etc.  I don't think my helmet is any type of safety risk, but it probably would not impress any officials inspecting helmets.  All the foam is velcroed in and there is a material backing to the foam that fastens to the foam with an adhesive.  Our garage gets over 120 deg F in the summer and that adhesive failed. I guess I will have to keep my helmet in a climate controlled environment going forward.  I took some fabric glue and put the backing back on last night in it is holding just fine.  The adjustment strap looks like the plastic tab that attached to the styrofoam helmet was hot glued on.  I guess 120 deg. F was too hot for the hot glue too.  The glue I used to reattached it is way better than what the manufacturer used. If the manufacturer can meet the safety ratings (which multiple stickers inside the helmet indicated that it did) then you would think the repair work would pass with flying colors, but inspectors despise repair work and any type of modifications or adjustments.   

I have been watching for the S-Works McLaren to come down on its price or to find a good deal on a WingSpan (or a good deal on anything)  The LG is going to have to do the job for now though.