Aquadeath

This post is titled aquadeath for two reasons:
1) Yesterday was the grandaddy of swim days. 2000y in the morning then another 5300y in the evening. Man was my back itchy from the chlorine afterwards!
2) This morning I got out early for a run. Since Amy and I moved to Golden I've been hunting for trails so yesterday I searched around on Google maps and zeroed in on a trail that ran along the south side of Clear Creek. Went up there this morning, found the trail, ignored the no trespassing sign, and was on the trail. 1:00 into it I was walking along a landslide retaining wall with a 50" cliff on my right side. Got through that and was able to run aside from the other retaining walls I encountered. It seemed like the trail was a really old aquaduct. Maybe it's what used to pump the water into Coors. Man that aquaduct has provided some enjoyment to people round the world.
Anywho, it was a bad ass trail that hugged the north side of Lookout Mtn along Clear Creek. Then came the crazy secntion. The dirt ended and the trail continued on a wooden structure straight outta The Goonies.
There bere pieces of wood every 5 feet with boards laid down to connect them that you could walk on. I walked on the ice covered boards for a few hundred feet then did the prudent thing and turned back.
I told Matt Balzer about the trail a swim practice and he goes "You mean the Aquadeath Trail." Apparently the trail is well know to the School of Mines guys.
VeloSwap is this Saturday. We've got a booth to sell some wares so come on by.
Sweet bikeBounce listing of the day is this Giant TCR Advanced. Too bad it's a size Small.