[image] Pic pulled from the classic, “American Flyers” scene with the secret training partner… Did your unknown sprint power save you from a nasty pooch? How about those pesky diving birds? Any old beast can qualify, especially if you hit some power PR’s along the way. Share your harrowing st…

[image] Chased by a dog on the second sweet spot Interval, :joy:

[image] Endurance ride. The ‘fenced dog’ was barking at me while at stop light. Turned right and its a solo endurance ride, so I was slowly building speed when he emerged from a hole in the fence :joy:

:joy: it definitely makes the ride a bit interesting. I just sprint until they realize they won’t catch me. 550 watts for 20 secs :v:

[Screen Shot 2021-02-03 at 6.36.36 PM] Border Collie mod sweet spot interval

This was not a dog. I kid you not, this was an astonishingly aggressive sooty grouse :rofl: . Pecked the heck outta my leg. [Screen Shot 2021-02-03 at 4.30.00 PM] [image]

Squirt the dog in the face with your water bottle :blush: I’ve also killed a bird while riding before…flew right into my helmet…feathery mess.

I got a snake mushed in my rear wheel/ spokes. That was also terrible

I was behind a guy like you on a single track section of a trail…just far enough behind…lol

[image] ChefAcB: I got a snake mushed in my rear wheel/ spokes. That was also terrible Rattlesnake run over by a guy three bikes ahead of me on a narrow bike path, he called it out but I also ran over it :scream:

Last time I got chased by a dog was circa 12 years ago, going up a steep long climb in Ireland on a heavy hybrid with panniers. It certainly gave me the motivation to get to the top :joy:

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