Well this morning I went out for one of my normal weekend 30 mile rides (its the weekend for me, I work 4-10's) and about half way through thought, why dont i stretch this out a little and do 40 miles (which would break my distance record, im new!) Then I thought, why not a little more, so I stretched it out to a little over 50 miles!
when i got back to the car I figured out that my average speed for the ride was 17.75 which is also a record for me. All in all a great ride in the Texas country side. Well all except for the 4 dogs i had to dodge in the first 10 minutes of the ride. I got seriously chased by 3 of them. The first one was the worst though because:
A) it was a pit bull
B) it started coming at me before i got to him, whereas the others just chased after i passed and
C) He just about bit my shoe

Sidebar one: has anyone ever kicked a dog that was attacking you mid-stroke?
Sidebar two: I got my Sidi's and Keo classics last week and on two of my three rides, the screws on the right cleat have come loose. Can I over tighten them? I really don't want to damage my new Genius' by over-torquing so how tight should I go/what should I do?