Individuals prefer to say that huge issues are available small packages, and in terms of Jellybean, a nine-pound chihuahua who runs marathons, that positively appears to be the case.
The operating pup is six years outdated and has accomplished six marathons beside her proprietor, Andrew Owens. He says that she’s trying to break some data in 2025 for canines operating each half- and full marathons.
Owens adopted Jellybean in 2020, and although he says she wasn’t certain what to make of operating at first, she grew to take pleasure in it.
No less than, that’s the way it appears.
“We simply did a little bit bit as a result of I didn’t wish to harm her. We did a half mile, after which she began operating round at residence. I believed, okay, I can take her on longer distances.”
They prepare each weekend, operating between 20-30 miles collectively or with a bigger group of pals. Owens says he retains a detailed eye on her to ensure they’re not overdoing it.
As soon as these distances stretched to the size of a half-marathon, after which a full, he began taking her alongside to the races he entered.
As of now, her report for marathon occasions was on the Garmin Kansas Metropolis Marathon, which they accomplished in 3 hours and 47 minutes.
“Jellybean doesn’t appear like the everyday half-marathoner, not to mention a marathon finisher. However as she sprints previous runners or crosses the end line, she challenges each stereotype and assumption. Jellybean reminds us that potential isn’t outlined by appearances. It’s about coronary heart, dedication, and the work we’re keen to place in.”
He believes that seeing his little canine fortunately operating greater than 26 miles at a stretch conjures up the opposite runners – and perhaps the folks on the sidelines, too.
“Runners at races say ‘No means, he carried the canine, that canine’s not going to make it,’ after which folks will come up after and say, ‘Did that canine do all of it?’ and I’m like ‘Yeah, she did each single step,’ and so they’re like ‘No means…if that canine can do it…’”
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