Up a winding road, with smallish hills to a turnaround and a fast 2.5k back to the start by a beautiful greenspace...and puppys waiting at the end? What? How can … MORE
Up a winding road, with smallish hills to a turnaround and a fast 2.5k back to the start by a beautiful greenspace…and puppys waiting at the end? What? How can you not like this race. There were a lot of tents set up at the prerace with various pet themed goods and services, as well as, of course, critters needing adoption. It’s a great race for a great cause and it’s early enough in the year that it’s not muggy in the mornings yet but you don’t have to wear a bunch of layers. So much sweet spot going on. Even the elevation. Not a “boring” flat that gives you no real work, but not any killer hills that make you say “do I really want to do this race” already? Plus, sorry, animal people are friendly, and the energy is super high at this small race, and the RD has taken advantage of that with a nicely spread-out start/finish area to allow lingering with the various pups brought along (by the rescue or other racers) without having to crowd and tensions getting high.
This is also not an expensive race to sign up for, so there’s no need not to make it, and you want a practice race or two in before Garmin KS, right?
My only gripe is it seems to be the same day as KC Pet Project in 2024 and I liked being able to support both of them in person as opposed to virtual. I wish they’d coordinate with each other first.
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Up a winding road, with smallish hills to a turnaround and a fast 2.5k back to the start by a beautiful greenspace...and puppys waiting at the end? What? How can … MORE
Up a winding road, with smallish hills to a turnaround and a fast 2.5k back to the start by a beautiful greenspace…and puppys waiting at the end? What? How can you not like this race. There were a lot of tents set up at the prerace with various pet themed goods and services, as well as, of course, critters needing adoption. It’s a great race for a great cause and it’s early enough in the year that it’s not muggy in the mornings yet but you don’t have to wear a bunch of layers. So much sweet spot going on. Even the elevation. Not a “boring” flat that gives you no real work, but not any killer hills that make you say “do I really want to do this race” already? Plus, sorry, animal people are friendly, and the energy is super high at this small race, and the RD has taken advantage of that with a nicely spread-out start/finish area to allow lingering with the various pups brought along (by the rescue or other racers) without having to crowd and tensions getting high.
This is also not an expensive race to sign up for, so there’s no need not to make it, and you want a practice race or two in before Garmin KS, right?
My only gripe is it seems to be the same day as KC Pet Project in 2024 and I liked being able to support both of them in person as opposed to virtual. I wish they’d coordinate with each other first.