May 17 ride reports anybody?

[SandyLS]

13 flat miles for me after work.Average speed 14.9. (A pretty good speed for me). Does anyone know if you can delete rides from Bike Journal? Somehow I managed to log tonight's ride 3 times. Oh well, if I can't delete the duplicates I'll just have to do the same ride two more times without logging to make up the difference.

[Lise]

13 flat miles for me after work.Average speed 14.9. (A pretty good speed for me). Does anyone know if you can delete rides from Bike Journal? Somehow I managed to log tonight's ride 3 times. Oh well, if I can't delete the duplicates I'll just have to do the same ride two more times without logging to make up the difference.

Get out there right now! You've got 26 more miles to ride tonight, missy!

[makbike]

I was finally able to commute to work on my bike since the arrival of spring. My three little orphan kittens are now eating canned food and I no longer have to tote them to work to feed them formula. These past five weeks of caring for them has been grand and I don't regret a single minute but it sure felt good this morning riding to work instead of driving.

I watched the clock and promptly at our release time (3:30) I was out of the school building and in the parking lot wondering which way to go. I decided to head to the next little town and make my way back toward my school. At the split point (go straight to school or hang a right for additional miles) I decided I was having too much fun to cut the ride short so I took the right and headed off for some additional miles. I haven't been on my bike since the 8th due to all the rain here and I was worried that I may have lost some of my strength and endurance which has had me worried given my Tour de Cure ride is this Saturday. Did I lose too much to complete the 62 mile course? After I took the right and journeyed on I felt it was safe to erase any of my doubts, at least for the time being. I put in a brisk 32 miles this afternoon and am so looking forward to my ride to the American Diabetes Association on Saturday.

I'm hoping the weather will cooperate tomorrow and after I clock out at the clinic I would like to get in at least 20 miles. I'm taking a vacation day on Friday so that I can rest up for Saturday's ride. Oh the joy of riding. Just 10 more working days and I'll be free for the summer. How nice it will be to ride whenever I want and not around my jobs.

[DrBee]

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About the schnoodle breeding--why do you have to sign a contract that you won't let them breed? L.

I would guess because they don't breed true. They're a hybrid, of sorts. A backcross or 2nd generation of hybrids (F2 - remember that from biology class) would not be a 50/50 schnoodle, labradoodle, or whatever.

[Duck on Wheels]

That's what I was thinking about as we "climbed one hill". So when we next were in a recovery break, I asked what would happen if two schnoodles bred. Would you get 50% schnoodle pups, 25% schnauzer, and 25% poodle? Or maybe just a random mix of traits? That's when he said he didn't know because the question was moot. You had to sign this contract not to breed them. But my bet is that it's not the pup quality that's in question here, but the breeders' income potential. They'd rather have a monopoly.

[DrBee]

I agree - I think the breeders want to keep everything "pure" so they can keep the monopoly. A papered hybrid dog. Gotta love it.