Dog Runs Half Marathon
Just when she thought her dog was a lazy bum, this owner found out she actually had an endurance athlete in the family, her dog Ludivine. The pair comes from Elkmont, Alabama, and last week Ludivine’s owner, April Hamlin, let her out to pee, and she found herself at the starting line of the towns half-marathon.
All I did was open the door, and she ran the race, Hamlin told Runner’s World.
According to another runner, she did stop to investigate a dead rabbit around the 2-mile marker, but quickly returned to the race.
Her owner says that she frequently lets her dog roam the small town of 400 people.
Looks like Ludivine had her owner fooled, as she was out “roaming”, she was stretching her glutes, strengthening her core, working on fartleks, and tapered just in time for the race.
She ran the entire half marathon and finished 7th overall with a time of 1:32.56
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Feature image via Elkmont Half Marathon
