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How to Run an Unprepared Half Marathon

btsinmd
btsinmd Posts: 921 Member
edited February 5 in Social Groups
Thinking about those members of this group running their first half marathon this month, here's Boogie, who ran alone and medaled in his first half marathon despite doing no training prior.

http://www.hlntv.com/article/2013/10/09/dog-runs-half-marathon-lost-animal-shelter?hpt=hp_bn17

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  • rduhlir
    rduhlir Posts: 3,550 Member
    I have read this story like 10 times today, and every time it brings a smile to my face.
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    I tried to respond, but the website crashed on me. LOVE this story. But...what was his final time???
  • rduhlir
    rduhlir Posts: 3,550 Member
    I tried to respond, but the website crashed on me. LOVE this story. But...what was his final time???
    I think he finished alongside the Grand Master finisher, didn't he?
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    I guess if you're the first canine unaccompanied half marathoner in the US, any time is a record. But if he crossed the finished with the Masters finisher, he did it faster than I will :)
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