just adopted him and he is almost 2 years old. At just under 90lbs, he seems a bit husky. i took him for a 3 mile run yesterday and he did pretty well. his current 5k PR is unknown.
how fast can a moderately trained lab run a 5k? any dog PRs to share? all breeds welcome.
heavily depends on temperature/humidity outside as well as willingness of said dog to run a full 5k fast without stopping. Most dogs get a scent and are distracted.
Probably more of a 400/800 specialist. Too big to be a great 5K dog.
Festizio wrote:
just adopted him and he is almost 2 years old. At just under 90lbs, he seems a bit husky. i took him for a 3 mile run yesterday and he did pretty well. his current 5k PR is unknown.
What was the pace for the 3 mile run? And did he look relaxed?
I have a small female 4-yr old golden retriever (60 lbs) and she runs probably about 40 miles / week with me. During the winter (Texas winter, so nothing crazy) she can average maybe 7:30 pace for a 7-8 mile run, in the summer more like 8:30 pace. That said, I would be shocked if she could break 21:30 for a 5k. She can sprint, but won't do sustained speed. IF we found a 5k course lined with squirrels to chase, then I suspect she could go much faster (sprints for about 10 seconds upon seeing a squirrel), but I've yet to find such a course.
he was pretty relaxed, my guess is around 9:00 pace, just jogging.
i got no doubt that he can complete a 5k. he did take a poop about 100 feet into the run, but after that he did great. i'll just need to make sure he takes a pre-race dookie.
also, he didn't chase squirrels, but he did get distracted by other dogs a bit, not much though since he listens well.
Sounds like a good start. Maybe stretch up to 5M this weekend + start throwing in some easy speed work. Maybe 4 x 400m on long rest? If all goes well, I could see a match race in a few months between your dog and the guy from the latest "predict my 5k" thread.
White chocolate or dark chocolate?
Using track times, McMillan calculates my greyhound could run a 5k in 6:19...
When I was younger I had a dog that I used to take out for runs. She was a lab mix and maybe 60 pounds. In cool weather she had no trouble keeping up with me on a 4 mile run at 7:00 pace or thereabouts. And she had to run at least 6 miles total since she was always running back and forth ahead and behind me to investigate interesting things on the way.
I've referenced this story on here before, but my father-in-law's black lab and I did the first mile of a 5k in sub 6 min. After he refused to move, my father-in-law and the dog did the last 2 miles in ~45 minutes, with long swimming breaks. He still got 3rd place in his age group. Small race ... I think he couldn've maintained the 6 minute pace if we were chasing my wife on a scooter and she were holding a squirrel.
I would recommend something like our wirey pointer mix as much better running companion. 6 min miles for 6-7 miles no problem, in his prime and temps under 70. But he always prefered sprinting around the field while we did interals on the track.
I'm going to guess that if trained the dog would be capable of going faster than most people. My female lab can do 15 miles with me on a mountain bike at a 10-11 mph pace and she is waiting on me on all but the fastest descents. My last lab did 8k's in around 35 minutes and was definitely waiting on me the whole way.
I ran a 5k loop with my son's dog once, he managed a 7:30 pace but had to stop a few times to solicit pets from strangers.
On a sample size of 1, it's great for their health to run. My Portuguese Water Dog was running a hilly loop for an hour at 7:30/mile pace at age 8. She's 13 now and still looks hopeful when I get my running shoes out but I don't like to take her too far.
90 lbs is pretty big for a lab, so you might want to make sure their joints are decent. My old lab was a great runner (PR would be far faster than pretty much any human), but she was closer to the breed standard of 55 pounds and could keep up on runs for 13 years (the fourteenth year she still wanted to walk and go hiking). My labradoodle is about 75 lbs and he still drags me on runs. Most dogs can handle running way better than humans.
I wonder how fast he could run in the supershoes.
99 percent of Border Collies are the dog you want, if you want a 5K dog.
The remaining .9 percent is Australian Cattle Dogs.
Every other breed makes up the remaining .1 percent.
I know this isn't about running but walking, but it's really sad - my friend went on a dog walking website and met a family to walk their pug. She ended up having to carry the pug as it couldn't walk the loop she planned (it wasn't very far). I find it sad they breed these dogs to make them less physically able to walk.
Just made me look at this...dogs can scoot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlObpA8uQEU&ab_channel=Mr.Reckless
If he's black he's probably more of a sprinter.