The sixth marathoner - story of a dog who ran a marathon
A dog that ran a full marathon We've read many a time that dogs are man's best friends and this belief was reinforced again yesterday. Early yesterday morning, at about 04:40 AM, five of us started to run for a full marathon (42.2 kilometers). All of a sudden, we found that a dog joined us from nowhere. We thought that she would go away shortly but to our surprise, she didn't. She ran with us, ahead of us and behind us but she was there all along. The darkness of the early morning gave way to the Sunrise and then the daylight took its full effect. We didn't stop for a break until 11 kilometers. The 🐕 was there with us all along. It so became that we had to protect her from other dogs as we crossed one place and went to the other, for dogs are very protective of their territories. We found that we weren't carrying any biscuits with us. Meanwhile, we started offering her water in a water bottle lid. We didn't have any shop enroute as we were running o