I had almost forgotten about the Furry 5K but we did get our reservation in on time. Although Bogie is going on 12 years young, I think we shaved a few minutes off of last years time. Of course on both occasions, we were not in it for speed. This is a blast of a race with hundreds of well mannered dogs, loving owners, beautiful day and exercise!
We did things a little different this time around. We didn't pickup our race packets on Saturday but opted to arrive to the race about a hour before it started. Remarkably, we parked in about the same spot as last year, picked up our packets, took all the free shwag back to the truck and got a nice long dip into the lake before race time.
As you can see, bogie was really enjoying the pre-race soak idea!
The race starting line was a little different as well, most notably louder! There were a few beagles in strategic starting positions and they all started to yelp at the same time.
This drove many of the other dogs a bit crazy and we were in the middle of a little canine rave!
Just before the two mile mark, I went off the course to let Bogie get another nice soak in the lake. I really think that invigorated him for the remainder of the race because he jogged right along with me until the end!
Lots of folks gave Bogie compliments at the finish line and it was a very fun outing!
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