DOG ENTERS MARATHON, COMES IN 7TH

April Hamlin, of Elkmount, Alabama, let her two-year-old bloodhound named Ludivine out in the yard to take care of business. Instead, the dog took off and joined participants in the Trackless Trek half-marathon that was happening in the town. Ludivine ran the course and ended up finishing in seventh place overall in an impressive time of just under 1 hr., 33 minutes. Hamlin said she only became aware of Ludivine’s escapade when her friends started sending her photos of her dog at the finish line: “She’s laid back and friendly, so I can’t believe she ran the whole half marathon because she’s actually really lazy.” Organizers of the race marked Ludivine’s achievement by awarding her a special medal.
* If that dog is really lazy, what does it make me?
* I haven’t run a total of an hour and 33 minutes since the new millennium started.
* Maybe one of the first six runners smelled like bacon?
* That’s a pretty good race time, considering all the stops for peeing.
* Yet something else a cat would never do.
* Uh oh, you know what’s next: here come the hard asses from Animal Control.
* Elkmount, Alabama? Sounds like they have a fairly active rutting season down there.
* That could be why the dog kept moving. It didn’t want to be mounted by an elk.