Wow, it has been forever since I posted something. I will be posting more shortly. I just wanted to quickly talk about a 5k I am running tomorrow. It is called the Kaleo 5k (Kaleo means "strong voice" in Hawaiian). The race was started in 2009 to raise funds for a Sheriff's partner dog called Kaleo. He had cancer and the need $12,000 to save him. He survived and the following year they had the race again for another police dog named Dante who also came down with cancer. Now it is an annual run to raise money for retired police dogs and their care after their service to us. What a great cause! I met Kaleo this morning after picking up my race packet. He is one beautiful animal. He is a European Shepherd, maybe Belgium. He has a very black face and very wolflike. He weighs about 90 pounds. My picture doesn't do him justice.
http://www.ssdk9run.com/ There is a much better picture of him and his whole story at the website.
Excellent cause! I hope you had a good 5k also.
ReplyDeleteYes I did have a good run. I set a PR of 28:32. There was also a 1 mile dog walk and a 5k for dogs which they gave out medals to the top 3 finishers. There were so many different dogs there. Everyone walked around all morning with smiles on their faces. I had to run an additional 8 miles so I didn't stay long.
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