Rode "Velo Venus" 100K permanent Saturday with one other LSR member. The ride started out with the temperature in the high thirties. The wind was not bad and after a short while I was warmed up and really enjoying myself. This is the first time I have taken this particular route down to Venus and it was quite nice; except for the dogs.  There were quite a few dogs that either were either not fenced or had figured out a hole in or under their fences. It made for quite an adventure at times. Mostly we set a moderately easy pace as I try to build up base miles again. We got a bonus mile or so with a couple of missed turns, but the turn I missed Bob caught and the turn he missed I caught. In my case it was chalked up to me just wanting to go a couple hundred extra yards to pick up another dog to get chased by.  All in all a good ride and I am looking forward to the Italy 200 on November 17.  
 
Carl