Dog Accidentally Runs US Half-marathon, Finishes In Seventh Place

Kenneth Coo Published 11/17/2016

Ludivine only wanted to take a shit but she has taken a marathon instead.

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Early Saturday morning, Ludivine, a two-and-a-half-year-old hound dog, was let out of the house in Elkmont, Alabama, to do her business.
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She saw a bunch of people standing not far away so, curious, she went to them. It was a crowd of spectators of Trackless Train Trek Half Marathon.
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Ludivine proceeded to mingle with the runners, run the entire 13.1-mile course, cross the finish line in an unofficial 1:32:56, and have a medal draped over her floppy brown ears—all without her owner, April Hamlin, realizing she had wandered off in the first place. The incident was first reported in Canadian Running Magazine.
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“All I did was open the door, and she ran the race on her own accord,” Hamlin, 43, told Runner’s World, saying she received texts with photos of Ludivine from friends who were volunteering at the finish. “My first reaction was that I was embarrassed and worried that she had possibly gotten in the way of the other runners."; but Ludivine didn't get in the way of the runners- she became one of them. Quite an accomplishment for a little pooch.

1.
Early Saturday morning, Ludivine, a two-and-a-half-year-old hound dog, was let out of the house in Elkmont, Alabama, to do her business.
2.
She saw a bunch of people standing not far away so, curious, she went to them. It was a crowd of spectators of Trackless Train Trek Half Marathon.
3.
Ludivine proceeded to mingle with the runners, run the entire 13.1-mile course, cross the finish line in an unofficial 1:32:56, and have a medal draped over her floppy brown ears—all without her owner, April Hamlin, realizing she had wandered off in the first place. The incident was first reported in Canadian Running Magazine.
4.
“All I did was open the door, and she ran the race on her own accord,” Hamlin, 43, told Runner’s World, saying she received texts with photos of Ludivine from friends who were volunteering at the finish. “My first reaction was that I was embarrassed and worried that she had possibly gotten in the way of the other runners."; but Ludivine didn't get in the way of the runners- she became one of them. Quite an accomplishment for a little pooch.