"After a day on the lam, Boogie Butts of Evansville, Ind., was apprehended Saturday after he sneaked onto a half-marathon course and led authorities on a 13-mile chase among 2,000 race participants.
However, in an interesting twist, Butts was awarded with a medal for finishing the race after he was released to his family on Monday."
See, see, see, this is why finishers medals have no meaning.
Story here.
I saw this and laughed. I think this was the HM Andrea did.
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Smaller By The Day
The dog's name should be, "Bandit".
Improvements
Weight 100 pounds lost
5K 31:02 Sept. 2012 / 23:36 Sept. 2013 (Same Course)
10K 48:59 April 2013
HM 2:03:56 Nov. 2012 / 1:46:50 March 2013
MARATHON 3:57:33 Nov. 2013
Uffda
+1. Nice!
- Andrew
Drink up moho's!!
He only did 13 miles though, I say he has to forfeit the finishers medal since he did not start it correctly.
delicate flower
He ran a 2:15! That it awesome.
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It would be even worse if he was wearing headphones.
#artbydmcbride
Gun time! ...if he had a chip........
Runners run
Where does the 2:15 place him in age-graded time?
In dog years?
And I assume with no fuel either!
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” - T.S. Eliot
Runs4Sanity
Actually supposedly he started with the runners around mile 3-4 so he didn't do 13 but ran maybe 10 and I still beat him! I'd have to say not bad for an 8 year old lab, 100 lbs and supposedly hardly ever exercises, most labs I see are fat and lazy. Of course this guy got clipped after the race apparently..... but I am pro neuter/spray.
*Do It For Yourself, Do It Because They Said It Was Impossible, Do It Because They Said You Were Incapable*
PRs
5k - 24:15 (7:49 min/mile pace)
10k - 51:47 (8:16 min/mile pace)
15k -1:18:09 (8:24 min/mile pace)
13.1 - 1:53:12 (8:39 min/mile pace)
26:2 - 4:14:55 (9:44 min/mile)
Nice. My dog pushed open the back window of my truck yesterday and decided to run around inside Meijers. All she got was a cookie and I received stern looks from onlookers.
Well done! Now, was it goal A, B or C?
PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013
Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013
18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010
Boogie died of a heart attack Wednesday morning, being an 8 year old lab, 100 lbs and apparently not exactly active I wondered if that distance was going to hurt him. He looked a bit overweight in some of his pictures, I am sure my boy Rocky could do 13 miles right now with a bunch of people but I know it would not be good for his health yet, he's only up to 4 miles. RIP Boogie