Description
Finished your run/walk? Submit here
Rules:
RULES: Run/walk 5k (3 miles) in nature. Registration opens by Sept 9, 2024. Finish your run/walk by October 31.
PRE-REQUISITES: None
- PRE-REGISTER and pay now, using this form.
- Complete your 5k nature run/walk any time between now and the end of October.
- Show proof (such as a GPS fitness tracker or phone map, a stopwatch, a video clip, a photo, or a witness statement) to a certified Canine Conditioning Fitness Coach (CCFC), or by uploading your proof on this website.
- When you’ve finished your run/walk, let us know by clicking the purple button lower on this page.
- You will then be mailed your Equinox Explorer 5k swag that you selected (certificate, ribbon, rosette, patch, T-shirt). Good work!
QUESTION: Do we have to complete it in ONE walk?
ANSWER: Fitness is for everyone. If your dog is unable to complete the walk in one shot, he may do multiple shorter walks.
RACE DIRECTORS: Want to host a live Equinox Explorer event? Pre-purchase ten or more titles for 10% off, and we’ll mail you a package with the ribbons and medals.
How to Earn this Title:
1
Run or walk 5 kilometers (3 miles) with your dog in nature.
Proof can be a photo, video, stopwatch, GPS, written statement from a spectator, etc.
FAQs:
QUESTION: Do we have to RUN?
ANSWER: You can run or walk. You and/or your dog should be exerting yourselves with effort. If either the person or the dog is only capable of a slow walk, then they should do the slow walk. Fitness is for everyone.
QUESTION: My dog is very old and walks slowly. Can he still do it?
ANSWER: Fitness is just as important for senior dogs as for younger dogs, and we applaud your attention to his health. Go get ’em!
2
Show your tricks/exercises to a Certified Fitness Evaluator
Join one of our free Facebook Spark Teams and post videos (or photos) of your tricks/exercises there. Each team is coached by a certified evaluator.
Prefer to work with evaluator in person? Click here.
3
Submit the form above
Once a certified evaluator has OK’d your tricks/exercises, submit your application using the form above. You can choose your certificate and swag items.