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She managed to sneak out of her backyard and into the starting area of the local half marathon, _Runner’s World_ [reports](http://www.runnersworld.com/running-with-dogs/hound-bandits-half-marathon-in-alabama). Then, she proceeded to run the race. All 13.1 miles of it. “All I did was open the door, and she ran the race on her own accord,” the pup’s owner, April Hamlin, told _Runner’s World._ She said she was surprised because Ludivine is “actually really lazy.” Even though the pooch strayed from the course a few times to sniff around, she still managed to cross the finish line moments after the runner who placed sixth — technically making her #7\. She even got a medal: “Ludivine is taking her newfound celebrity in stride,” Hamlin [told](http://www.buzzfeed.com/juliareinstein/half-marathon-dog?bffbmain&utm%5Fterm=.srJz2eeQ2M#.ulX9QKKDQg) _BuzzFeed_, “and has not let fame go to her head.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4192354/dog-runs-half-marathon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4192354/dog-runs-half-marathon/"},"headline":"Dog Sneaks Into Half Marathon, Places Seventh","datePublished":"2016-01-25T17:23:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:10.338Z","description":"She completed all 13.1 miles","url":"https://time.com/4192354/dog-runs-half-marathon/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53c2ac85843bc4af/69887a7acf40a83b48c419fe/elkmont-half-marathon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53c2ac85843bc4af/69887a7acf40a83b48c419fe/elkmont-half-marathon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"elkmont-half-marathon","caption":"Ludivine is seen in the Trackless Train Trek Half Marathon in Elkmont, Ala. on Jan. 23, 2016.","creditText":"Gregg Gelmis—WeRunHuntsville","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4192354/dog-runs-half-marathon/","name":"Dog Sneaks Into Half Marathon, Places Seventh"}}]}] ```