Dog Days of Summer Endurance Run

The Dog Days of Summer is a timed race held in August in the SW suburbs of the Chicagoland area with three (3) different time options. In our inaugural year, we have a 4 hour, 6 hour and 12 hour timed race run on a 1.3 mile loop that you repeat as many times as you can in the time allowed. The races will take runners on 1.3 mile paved loop around Community Park at Grande Park. The course will be well marked and manned with volunteers at important areas and well lit. Runners will travel in the clockwise direction starting at the back of The Ridge Gazebo. The course is completely flat and wide open so runners are visible in all areas of the course.

Participants will get to enjoy an pet-inspired theme with animals available for adoption as well as food, drinks, music and a lively atmosphere.

​The race has been organized to benefit the Rover Rescue foundation. As the name implies, there will be dogs of all kinds at the race for you to see, pet and love and even possibly adopt. Rover Rescue is a network of volunteer foster homes and does not have a central shelter. There is no application needed to complete. All you need to do to meet a dog is to contact or speak with the person listed at the end of the dog’s biography which is usually the foster home. This person will help you decide if the dog would be a good match for your family and if so then set up a time for your family to meet the dog.