Alfie entered this fun run yesterday evening. He agreed to take me along too as doggies had to be on a lead. It was his first ever proper race!
We got to Bredasdorp Megapark in time to enter the race, and then went for a little wander around the venue to warm up, looking at hundreds of people of all shapes, sizes, and ages, and other dogs. Alfie had never seen so many people and dogs all in one place! He didn't know what to look at first. There were even some chickens and ducks there!
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| Filling in the entry form! |
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| Checking the details! |
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| The warm up! |
Eventually, after what seemed like ages to Alfie (and Steve!) we listened to the guy with the microphone telling us where we were to start the race, and the route. Then, everyone wandered over to the starting area.
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| There are a lot of people in there! |
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| Some need to rest their little feet before they start! |
Alfie lined up with everyone else and we waited about 5 minutes, then we were off!
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| In the starting area! |
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| And we're off! Well, Alfie is somewhere in amongst that lot! |
Alfie knew exactly what he had to do. He trotted along as if he had run races all his life, totally focussed!
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| The 1st kilometre! |
The route was through part of the town, past houses (where there were dogs barking their support at Alfie!) Then, through a wooded part with a stream running alongside, through sand, over rocks and around bushes and trees, and grass.
Alfie did notice, though, that some of the dogs cheated, and were given a lift up with their humans. Alfie asked me if I would like a lift up, so we could run faster, but I declined, telling him we didn't want to cheat, and those dogs only had little legs!
The last kilometre took us back to the megapark, and we crossed the finish line, which was just inside the building where we had registered for the race.
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| Coming back after 4 kilometres! |
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| The home straight! |
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| Determined to beat that dachshund! |
We crossed the finish line and were given our medal - sorry, Alfie's medal, and I was handed a drink at the Coca Cola truck.
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| Yay, finished! |
Such a proud dog! He would have loved to do it all over again! Next year, Alfie!
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| Well done, Alfie! |
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| Such a clever boy! |
Then, he drank a whole litre of water before we got back into the car for home!
He couldn't wait to get back home so he could tell Mango, Sid and Chilli all about how he won his medal!
