{"id":25171,"date":"2019-06-10T21:12:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T03:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/rocky-dog-trail-run-comes-down-to-the-wire\/"},"modified":"2019-06-10T21:12:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T03:12:00","slug":"rocky-dog-trail-run-comes-down-to-the-wire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/rocky-dog-trail-run-comes-down-to-the-wire\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocky Dog Trail Run comes down to the wire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.6374501992032\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-367217-566\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/DogRun-VDN-060719-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/DogRun-VDN-060719-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chris Dillmann \/ cdillmann@vaildaily.com | Runners and dogs begin the Rocky Dog Trail Run for the GoPro Mountain Games in Vail on Thursday.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Runners and dogs begin the Rocky Dog Trail Run for the GoPro Mountain Games in Vail on Thursday.<\/strong><br \/>Chris Dillmann \/ cdillmann@vaildaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/DogRun-VDN-060719-1.jpg\" alt=\"Runners and dogs begin the Rocky Dog Trail Run for the GoPro Mountain Games in Vail on Thursday.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/DogRun-VDN-060719-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/DogRun-VDN-060719-1-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chris Dillmann \/ cdillmann@vaildaily.com | Dave Graham, of Australia, and his dog, Ned bond before the Rocky Dog Trail Run during the GoPro Mountain Games Thursday in Vail.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>Dave Graham, of Australia, and his dog, Ned bond before the Rocky Dog Trail Run during the GoPro Mountain Games Thursday in Vail.<\/strong><br \/>Chris Dillmann \/ cdillmann@vaildaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/DogRun-VDN-060719-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dave Graham, of Australia, and his dog, Ned bond before the Rocky Dog Trail Run during the GoPro Mountain Games Thursday in Vail.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/DogRun-VDN-060719-1-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/DogRun-VDN-060719-1-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Ross Leonhart \/ rleonhart@vaildaily.com | Anthony Kunkel won the men's division of the Rocky Dog Trail Run on Thursday at the GoPro Mountain Games with his dog Winston.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Anthony Kunkel won the men&#8217;s division of the Rocky Dog Trail Run on Thursday at the GoPro Mountain Games with his dog Winston.<\/strong><br \/>Ross Leonhart \/ rleonhart@vaildaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/DogRun-VDN-060719-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"Anthony Kunkel won the men's division of the Rocky Dog Trail Run on Thursday at the GoPro Mountain Games with his dog Winston.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/rocky-dog-trail-run-comes-down-to-the-wire\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/rocky-dog-trail-run-comes-down-to-the-wire\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">VAIL \u2014 The running races at the GoPro Mountain Games kicked off Thursday with an exciting Rocky Dog Trail Run featuring humans and their canines running a 5K across Vail Mountain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The men\u2019s field featured multiple lead changes, potty breaks and a loose collar. Anthony Kunkel and his dog Winston ultimately pulled off the win, and Brooke Kish won the women\u2019s field with her dog Charlie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI think we did good. The women\u2019s winner was classic canine-cross style \u2014 the dog is just hauling and she\u2019s getting yanked around which is awesome. It\u2019s beautiful and takes training, but I was so happy that we could pull off the win with our style of running \u2014 he\u2019s a 27-pound dog,\u201d Kunkel said, adding the duo are two for two in this type of race, previously winning in Durango.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI entered into a non-dog race once and won it,\u201d Kish said. \u201cWe won\u2019t do that again because I felt guilty because we\u2019re dog-powered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Kish also has some tips for first-time racers. \u201cThe Non-Stop dog harness and the belt helps a ton,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Josiah Middaugh \u2014 an Xterra national champion, two-time USA winter triathlon champion and all-around stud \u2014 finished third in the men\u2019s category. He was running with a friend\u2019s dog, Remi, for the second time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cShe\u2019s a good running dog but ran out of gas after about 2 miles,\u201d he said. \u201cShe was more interested in the rivers than the running the last mile there. I had a pretty good lead and her collar came off three times in the last mile, she jumped in the river and I had to wrestle her out of the creek.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Both Kunkel and Kish said their dogs had zero potty breaks along the way. With runners responsible for picking up after their dogs, this saves precious time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cHe got like four before he started,\u201d Kunkel said. \u201cHe\u2019s just like me, he gets nervous before and then he\u2019s ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cYou never know,\u201d Kish said. \u201cOne race he went poop. The second race he went pee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">REST OF THE FIELD<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Also running the race Thursday was Dave Graham, in town from Queensland, Australia, with his dog Ned, competing in the DockDogs, Climbing Wall and Rocky Dog Trail Run this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI\u2019m just running this because I\u2019ve got fake legs because I used to do search and rescue and broke most of my body,\u201d Graham said. \u201cI told myself if I ever come to Vail I\u2019m going to do the run with the dog.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Graham and Ned are traveling the country competing in dog events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cHe\u2019s still having trouble with the accents getting along with the other dogs,\u201d Graham said joking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Stacy Lile also participated with her dog Boeing. She\u2019s in town with her family and company Junk, the official headband of the GoPro Mountain Games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\">This story is from VailDaily.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/rocky-dog-trail-run-comes-down-to-the-wire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Runners and dogs begin the Rocky Dog Trail Run for the GoPro Mountain Games in Vail on Thursday.Chris Dillmann \/ cdillmann@vaildaily.com Dave Graham, of Australia, and his dog, Ned bond before the Rocky Dog Trail Run during the GoPro Mountain Games Thursday in Vail.Chris Dillmann \/ cdillmann@vaildaily.com Anthony Kunkel won the men&#8217;s division of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 21:24:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}