Could a dog go under 2:00 hours.
Could a dog go under 2:00 hours.
Depends on the conditions. It would need to be cold.
I don't think so. Humans are actually better long distance runners than dogs are.
African dogs wrote:
Could a dog go under 2:00 hours.
well a great idea is born
How to breed a sub 2:00 hour marathon dog?
Which current breeds should we add to the mix?
A dog couldn't even "run" a marathon. Even the best can barely run 10 miles. They can certainly cover the distance, but not run it, and not even close to 2 hours. Most fatties would beat them.
A good running dog would break 2 hours with no problem. You guys must think dog breeds begin and end with the dogs celebrities carry in their purse.
I would say that any of the true long distance running breeds could threaten 1:20.
Have you ever seen how fast sled dogs pull a sled and for how long?
i'm not so sure...
i have watched the LA marathon several times
and each time i saw this small dog accompanied its owner across the finish line...
Can someone post about the speed and endurance of sled dogs? They are known for their endurance. There was a post on the front page a few days ago saying sled dogs could go 14 hours. I don't know how fast they go, so that would be good do know within the text of this thread.
"How fast can a dog team travel?
Although a team can hit speeds of up to thirty miles an hour for a short distance it is inefficient to go that fast for very far, so an efficient, competitive speed would be a constant eleven or twelve miles an hour."
http://www.ultimateiditarod.com/faq.htm#The
Dogs During the Race
Given this speed and the fact that they can run for up to 14 hours (thanks to LRC front page report of NYTimes article) I would think that they could go faster for only 2 hours and break 2 hours for a marathon.
It would be very easy to find a dog capable of going under two hours.
A team of dogs pulling a sled can do 40 miles in around 2.20
http://www.isdra.org/Events/Results/Print_Event_Results.asp?Year=08-09&EvID=8
I think it's safe to assume they could be even faster if left to run on their own.
There must be some dogs that can better 1 hour for a marathon.
A friend of mine in high school had his 2 dogs chase us in a car. They were just regular mid sized dogs but I don't remember what kind. They kept up chasing us for a mile going 30 mph. I was very impressived.
A running type of dog should be able to go much faster, or at least to maintain close to that pace for a marathon.
Anecdote:
My dog has done runs up to 16 miles in the winter, averaging under 7 minute pace. No, I didn't force her to do it, I just took her out for a run, going at whatever pace she wanted to go. I planned to turn around as soon as she started slowing up, but she never did, so I just decided to turn back at 8. She slept for an hour after we got home, and was promptly bouncing off the walls again. Breed: blue heeler.
Make no mistake, I have a 60lb German Shorthair and there is no doubt a well trained one could go under 2 hours. If it's cool, mine can run with a bike at 15-20 mph for half an hour, trot for a mile or so and then do a fartlek workout us people could only dream of. That evening, he'll be bouncing off the walls if you don't run him again. I heard it said on another thread,"Our world is slo-mo for them." I'm sure that's the case with many types of dogs.
Many people do field trials with them from horseback and they can run up to 50 miles in a day. If you adjust their diet accordingly, they can keep it up day after day.
Good question. A dog once started running with me in a workout. He did a mile with me in 5:10. His splits were all over the place though. He stopped to crap like three times, and one time a car went by and he tore off after it, then got tired and waited for me, then picked it up again...
Who knows. Dogs aren't slow, though.
Most dogs wouldn't get anywhere near it, maybe the Iditarod ones running in a pack, but running on a road might slow them down.
I have seen a dog run a mid 17 minute 5k with it's owner though and I thought that was pretty impressive.
One day we brought in 20 truckloads of hay from a field about 1km from the barn. On every return trip our neighbours dog would race the truck back to the field at speeds up to 55km/h. She would then amble around the field hunting mice while we loaded the truck, return slowly to the barn and wait while we unloaded and then set off again. She showed no signs of fatigue at any point. In fact she looked like she could have gone even faster. We couldn't go any faster in the truck.
She was mostly black and tan coon hound.
She wouldn't actually go running with a person though.
A fit Weimaraner, German Shorthaired Pointer, or Rhodesian Ridgeback would have no problem with a 10 minute 5K (yes, I said 10), but a marathon at 2:00 would be right on what I would say is the limit.
I've run with dogs quite a bit, and I've seen that for a 70-80 pound dog, getting down towards 5:00 pace requires a transition from an easily maintained trot to a much more tiring gallop.
Here's a definitive answer:
When I was in high school I used to train for distance running 5 days of the week, doing a full marathon distance once a week (with a 15-20 min break halfway for liquid and food and rest), not too fast, just to get used to the distance.
The distance was on country roads, measured by 2 different cars with the correct size tires on them.
My dog would run with me every time I ran the marathon distance. She was a mutt, a mix of collie and german shepherd, and had no problem at all keeping up.
I decided one day to ride instead of run because my shoulder was tweaked. Both I and my dog did it in just about an hour-and-a-half, with a 5-min break halfway for liquid.
She had ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM KEEPING UP, she ran in the dirt beside the road, she was fine at home, didn't puke, didn't pee, didn't fall asleep until about 2 hours later. She did stop maybe 4 times to grab a drink from the ditch. It wasn't too hot, it was late September in Ontario.
She DID eat like a pig AS SOON AS WE GOT IN THE DOOR! OMFG! Dr. Ballard's, smelled like liver. 2 of the tall cans, in less than a minute. Unbelievable.
A real running dog could easily do it faster, way faster. WAY faster. Her tongue was wagging the whole way, and she was looking at me the whole time--she wasn't running behind me, but BESIDE me!
The dog has to be in good shape, by the way--just like a person. Some dogs couldn't run 2.62 miles if their life depended on it. How long would it take a bulldog? Would it even survive?
African Wild Dogs (aka Cape Hunting Dogs) can run as fast as 60kph for 5km, and 65-70% of this pace for more than an hour ie. 35-40km/hr
so running 42.2km in <1:20 would be no problem.
Off the Grid wrote:
African Wild Dogs (aka Cape Hunting Dogs) can run as fast as 60kph for 5km, and 65-70% of this pace for more than an hour ie. 35-40km/hr
so running 42.2km in <1:20 would be no problem.
I'm thinking a dog could go <1:15 at St. George.