Sharon Becker, Deb Dailey and Jenny Parker are visiting from Michigan. While on vacation together they saw a flyer for the 5K and decided to enter the race.
Butters the Chihuahua stays warm before the race. His owner, Shelley Schreiber, studio manager of Orange Theory Fitness on University Parkway, said he would get first place in the race.
Four-legged and two-legged friends ran together to raise money for charity.
The 2016 Doggies for Duchenne 5K benefitted the Humane Society of Lakewood Ranch and Another Day for Gray. More than 170 runners and about 40 pups participated in the race.