Dog-N-Jog Event

This morning there was a 5k run and a 1 mile Dog-N-Jog event to benefit our local Humane Society. I did the 1-mile with my three-year-old American Eskimo, Abby. We'd never done a running event together before and we both had a lot of fun. Most of the participants walked it, but Abby wanted to go go GO! So we ran, took some walking (& sniffing) breaks, ran some more -- I rarely do a mile in under 10 minutes but the finish line clock showed 9'45". Maybe it wasn't quite a full mile, but for me it was still like flying. And Abby loved it - it was awesome!

Before the 1-mile started, they were announcing the 5K results. The winner was running with a dog - a Boxer, I think - and they finished in 20 minutes. This was the first year for the event and there were 175 people registered. It was a great event. I hope it takes off and they have it every year. I'm ready to do it again!

Congratulations! Sounds like a really FUN event!

Yay Deborajen and Abby! Sounds like you two had a fantastic time.

There was something similar here a couple of weeks ago for the local humane society. Chloe & I will do Woofstock: Bark in the Park in the early fall, one of their other fundraisers. Neither one of us are the running type: I have bad knees and she's just a walking brick. :D

I hope they raised lots of $$$ for the humane society.

That sounds like fun, Deborajen!

My dog's not up to running in his old age, so I've thought of doing our local humane society's event with one of my cats in a mesh backpack. Don't think the cat would enjoy it, tho. But the panicked claws digging into my back might bring on some extra speed!

And I'm impressed that a dog did a 5k in 20 minutes. Heck, I'm impressed by humans who can do a 5k in 20 minutes...

That's so cool, and I'm totally jealous! It sounds awesomely fun. I've always wanted to do a run with my dog, but we don't have one around here (that I know of). She can normally do a 5k pretty easily.

9:45 with all that sniffing means you were moving pretty fast. ;)