This Saturday morning Ralphie and I woke up bright and early at 5:30am for our first group 5K run. It was an event that was held by the organization that I work for. Rarely are pets welcome at a 5K race, so I grabbed at this opportunity when I heard "pets allowed"!
It was an informal 5K run, not chipped timed. So I timed it on my iPhone. We all gathered at Starkey Park, which is a beautiful nature park located in a county north of me. Ralphie was very excited! He really would of loved to free run, but the park rules is to use a leash. Actually it was slightly longer than a 5K, it was two 1.9 mile loops, my iPhone calculated 3.66 miles. I wish I would of known we were going to run in sand though, about 50% of the run was on sand. I wore my good running shoes and what a mess they are now after running through sand. On a positive note though, it was mostly shaded because we were running through the nature trails where the trees served as a sun umbrella. It was a great time. Ralphie loves the outdoors and of course he did his share of sniffing throughout the run, making our running time slower. But I certainly cannot put all the blame on Ralphie for our time with his sniffing and poop break; I'm not a fast runner anyways. I welcomed the breaks during the run, knowing I can blame Ralphie for our slower pace per minute. LOL Actually, considering all that, our average pace was 12:19 per minute.
I wish more races welcomed dogs. It was a fun, invigorating more for the both of us! Love him.
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| Ready to start our first 5K run! |
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| After run...we're both happy! |
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| Love him! |
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| All tired out..."Let's go home Mama!" |
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