Beware of Dog

I actually meant to post this last Wednesday but have just now gotten to do it. A friend of mine I ride with, we'll call him "Doug" and I have had two run ins with dogs since we started riding together. One such occassion resulted in Doug doing a flip over his handle bars and a slight scratch on the ankle. So we decided not to go that route again.

So here we are riding along minding our own business. We were on about mile 9 and just cruising along chatting when this dog comes charging out to the road. We was a pretty good size pitbull looking mix and he wasn't stopping at the end of the yard. So we put the hammer down. I had to slow so that I wouldn't hit the dog and Doug sped up to get away. Then once the dog moved in front of me I had to speed up because when he found out he couldn't get Doug he came after me. We made it out without a scratch but I was huffing and puffing for another half mile.

So here I go last Wednesday on my own planning on getting in 20 miles. I decided that just in case the dog was there again I would start off at a good clip and be going fast enough when I reaced the house it wouldn't matter.

I make the turn and I just poor it on. I'm peddling and peddling and just really giving it all I've got. Well. . . . . .I started about 3/4 mile to early. I misjudged where the house was and I was wore out by the time I got to the beasts yard. Fortunately he wasn't there.