K9 Candy Cane 5K Fun Run

 On Sunday, December 8th, Brent and Diesel completed the K9 Candy Cane 5K Fun Run! I am so very proud! Both Brent and Diesel's very first race!!

It was amazingly cold that morning - noted at 24 degrees when the race started. Brock and I were bundled up to see Brent start and as soon as he was on his way, we ran back in to the heated gym to stay warm!

Compare pictures in the beginning of the race when Diesel was pulling Brent...

And then to the very end when Brent was pulling Diesel!

Brent finished better than he thought - official time was 0:27:16.8 - and one third of that was pulling a dog! Brent finished sixth in his age division and thirtieth overall (out of 300 people)! Not bad at all for your first race and no practice outside!

The thought was that Brent and Diesel would run and I would walk with Oscar and Brock, but it was just too cold to have him out there that long. Perhaps next year we'll try. The best part was they had a photo session with Santa at the end and we received a printed picture for free!! Look at these runners! So proud!

(Scanned picture, so the quality isn't the best)