Dog runs 1/2 marathon

Awwww, adorable!
I did a trail run a few weeks ago that was pup-friendly. The dogs got bib numbers and even medals, it was awesome. I snapped a few pics of some of the dogs who ran with their owners, in my album here.

There's a 10K race we do every year, where a guy brings his dachshund, and wears a t-shirt that says (on the back) "Yep. You were just passed by a wiener dog!"

Last year, Eric finished just behind the guy and went over to chat with him. While they were both huffing and puffing and speaking in two-word phrases, the dog was bouncing around, jumping and acting like he wanted to go again.

If it is a female dog you would have been...ahh never mind :P

B1tched??  Would it be b1tched?  I think it would be b1tched. 

I don't think it would be b1tchin' to be b1tched.

  Wattayasay, COJ'ers?  Is it b1tched?  Or would it be Beeeee yotched?

Bripod - 2011-05-23 1:08 PM

rrobinette - 2011-05-22 7:06 AM My boxer ran a 5k with me a few years ago...she was one of about 3 dogs...she wore my bib number on her pink bandana and timing chip on her collar....she loved it.  I was surprised (and it was approved to have dogs participate as long as they start in the back of the pack) several ppl scolded me for having her run "that far"...3 miles are you kidding me?  These were ppl that we were passing so whatever... Dogs are meant for moving...I love to see ppl out running with their dogs....

They'd really hate my wife then, who just a few weeks ago took our dog on an 18-miler. Sure the dog konked out right after they got home, but a short dog-nap later and she was chasing our other dog around the house again as usual! Plus she took her on the first 10 miles of her 20-miler yesterday. Our dog loves it and yips/whines/begs/wags/jumps on my wife every morning when she can sense a run coming up! The only reason she went on the first 10 miles instead of the last 10 miles is because my wife thought that if she left without her that she might start barking and wake the whole house up to show her discontentment

Same here, prior to injuries (mine, not his), my beagle regularly joined me for my runs, including the longer ones getting up over 13 miles, and he still found the energy when we got home to get into trouble.

As with people, if the dog is in shape and ready for the run why not?  After all there are things like the Iditarod where sled dogs race over 1100 miles in 9 to 15 days, slow ones are doing over 70 miles a day and the fast ones over 120 miles. All while pulling someone part of the time.  The fastest finisher was in 8 days 19 hours and 46 minutes.  That's faster than a 12 minute per mile pace for the whole race, including rest periods.

I can't imagine anyone getting mad about a dog running 3.1 miles - my lab does that several times a week. 

I commented on the Dozer story over on the main board.  The race he "ran" started 0.1 miles from my house.  When I finished, I was walking home and saw him go by around mile 12.5 to 12.8.  I actually tried to catch him, as it was clear he wasn't with anyone, but he avoided me and I was too tired to chase him.  I'm glad I missed, he has since raised over $4k for cancer research. 

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