5K-9 and Family Fun Run
De Soto, KS
- 5K
- Road (Paved)
- Official race website
Following the De Soto Days festival, the annual family and fur-friendly 5K-9 & Family Fun Run is being presented by the local rescue Always & Furever Midwest Animal Sanctuary. Come out to see some adorable adoptable dogs, get some fun exercise, and help make a difference in the lives of … MORE
Local Historical Weather (Aug 31):
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |
| H (°F) | 85 | 87 | 86 | 83 | 74 |
| L (°F) | 63 | 58 | 58 | 67 | 66 |
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Puppies by the lake
So many puppies! New course this year, avoiding the hill on the way back to the school that a lot of people apparently complained about this year. They also measured … MORE
So many puppies! New course this year, avoiding the hill on the way back to the school that a lot of people apparently complained about this year. They also measured better, so now we get an actual 5k. It’s an out and back on a loop shaped course, so you’re doing 90% of the way around the lake then turning around and going back the other way. Pretty flat for an “around the lake” course. Hopefully they’ll stick with this one.
Raffles and adoptable dogs are waiting at the start. I love this race. I can’t support it enough, so I hate to say this, but the medal isn’t even something that can generously be described as mid. 20 years ago it would have been fine, but times have changed. It’s one step above the medals you pull out of the bargain bin at the medal shop. Hopefully they’ll follow the lead (Ha!….look what I accidentally did there) of local races like KC Pet Project 5k and up their medal game. I could absolutely up the Swag rating to 4 or 5 there.
Great race great cause great course
So full disclosure, I'm a sucker for animal rescue races, and at this one they let me take one of the dogs with me on the race. It was hot, … MORE
So full disclosure, I’m a sucker for animal rescue races, and at this one they let me take one of the dogs with me on the race. It was hot, I had body armor on, so I was super hot, but I didn’t care because I had a very energetic dog with me.
Now warts and all, this race starts late, and I do wish it was earlier so we could beat some of the heat, so I have to deduct a shoe for that. The set-up on the course was great with mile markers clearly visible and COLD water out there frequently. Plus, there were dogs at each water station who were up for adoption. CAN you PR here? Yeah you probably can. I was so far off my PR or even my normal splits you’d think I was injured on the course, but my good boy had lots of smells to investigate and I wasn’t about to say no.
Down to the lake, around it, back to the (high school I think it was?) starting point. Nice raffles and great energy despite an oppressive muggy heat this year that really took a lot of people by surprise. I’ll be signing up for 2024 as soon as the links are updated. Hope to see you there.