![Saturday morning at 9:30 I rolled out of bed - grabbed my water bottle - and got on my bike. My friend George was already outside of my apartment and our plan was to ride from my place to the Pleasant Hill trail in the Tuskegee national forest — mostly down Wire Rd, past The Torch truck-stop and then a short ride on a highway shoulder until reaching the trail-head.
After a short ride on the trail the asphalt made the first part of the ride home seem not as bad as the ride there — until two dogs ran out from someone’s front yard and started chasing me at full speed. After about two-minutes of the dogs lunging open mouthed at my ankles, they were pooped and just gave up. We stopped for a short break once we were a few minutes out of reach — and started the slow crawl home. I think I stopped four times on the stretch between Shug Jordan and Glenn. I’ve never cycled 30+ miles before — but I think if I made this a regular part of my weekend I might be able to ride through Bartram and Pleasant Hill before heading back to Auburn. Might have to look into getting a dog whistle too.
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Saturday morning at 9:30 I rolled out of bed - grabbed my water bottle - and got on my bike. My friend George was already outside of my apartment and our plan was to ride from my place to the Pleasant Hill trail in the Tuskegee national forest — mostly down Wire Rd, past The Torch truck-stop and then a short ride on a highway shoulder until reaching the trail-head.
After a short ride on the trail the asphalt made the first part of the ride home seem not as bad as the ride there — until two dogs ran out from someone’s front yard and started chasing me at full speed. After about two-minutes of the dogs lunging open mouthed at my ankles, they were pooped and just gave up. We stopped for a short break once we were a few minutes out of reach — and started the slow crawl home. I think I stopped four times on the stretch between Shug Jordan and Glenn. I’ve never cycled 30+ miles before — but I think if I made this a regular part of my weekend I might be able to ride through Bartram and Pleasant Hill before heading back to Auburn. Might have to look into getting a dog whistle too.
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