Dogging runners’ footsteps with great ease, LUDIVINE, THE BEAUTIFUL bloodhound finishes 7th in Alabama half-marathon.
A bloodhound joined a half-marathon race in Alabama. She finished seventh, but made a podium-worthy impact on racers and spectators. She went to the race start and took off win the runners at the starting shot. She stayed with a few of the front runners, ran off to sniff some animal carcasses, romp in the water, and then back to the race. She stayed on the course for 13.1 miles, finished seventh, and was the highest placed female.
And the LUDIVINE did this without her owner, April Hamlin, even knowing she’d left the yard. In fact, April didn’t know Ludivine — who is just over 2-years-old — had achieved 7th place until a friend volunteering at competition sent her pictures of the proof.
Ludivine ran it Saturday morning. She followed her nose out the backyard and all the way to the starting line of the INAUGURAL TRACKLESS TRAIN TREK HALF MARATHON, about a quarter-mile away. She hung out with the others for a while, and when the starting shot went off, she started running like everyone else.
“She stayed with a few of the front runners, ran off to romp in the water, and then back to the race.”
After 13 miles of keeping up with the other runners, Ludivine crossed the finish line and, as if knowing she’d completed a half-marathon, slowed to a walk. And even though she wasn’t an official competitor, organizers recognized her achievement anyway.
CONGRATULATIONS TO LUDIVINE FROM THE MYBOYSAY BLOODHOUND LOVERS NATION!!!
