獵犬偷偷溜進馬拉松 輕鬆拿下第七名

Runners in Alabama may have bitten off more competition than they anticipated in a race earlier this month.

本月的一場半程馬拉松比賽中，參賽者遭到了一位不速之客的競爭。

A dog finished in the top ten in the Elkmont Half Marathon -- The Trackless Train Trek on January 16 and has become quite the Internet sensation.

1月16日，阿拉巴馬州的埃爾克蒙特市舉辦了這場半程馬拉松比賽。一隻獵犬因在比賽中名列前十，一躍成爲當之無愧的“網絡紅人”。

Ludivine, a bloodhound, lives nearby and after her owners let her out to relieve herself, she decided to join the race and ended up running the entire 13.1 miles.

這隻名叫露德溫的獵犬和她的主人就住在附近，主人放她出來方便時，她“心念一動”加入比賽，跑完了全程共13.1英里。

She competed without human or leash. "Her owner doesn't even run! That's what makes the story even better," race director Gretta Armstrong told CNN.

沒人牽着露德溫向前跑。此次比賽的策劃人格里塔·阿姆斯特朗接受美國有線電視新聞網（CNN）採訪時說道：“這隻獵犬的主人連跑都沒跑！這就使得這個故事更有意思了。”

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April Hamlin, the pup's owner, told CNN she lives on a nearby farm and didn't know Ludivine joined the race until a friend called to tell her about her unsuspecting celebrity pet.

艾譜莉·哈姆林是這隻汪星人的主人，她告訴CNN記者，自己住在附近的農場。朋友打電話告訴她這個消息前，她都被矇在鼓裏，渾然不知自己的寵物成了“明星狗”。

"Apparently she went to the race start and took off win the runners at the starting shot. She stayed with a few of the front runners, ran off to sniff some animal carcasses, romp in the water, and then back to the race. I understand she stayed on the course for 13.1 miles, finished seventh, and was the highest placed female," Hamlin told CNN.

哈姆林接受BBC採訪時說：“顯然，露德溫溜達到了起點。發令槍響起後，它和其他參賽者一起跑了起來。剛開始它與幾位領先的參賽者並列，但之後它就跑下賽道，一會兒嗅嗅動物殘骸，一會兒去玩水，最後又回到了賽道上。我聽說它跑完了13.1英里的賽程，拿下第七名，成爲比賽中名次最高的雌性生物。”

Ludivine finished seventh out of 165 runners in just under an hour and a half. Although not counted as an official participant in the race, the athletic dog was presented with a well-earned medal.

本次比賽共有165人蔘加，露德溫以不到1小時30分鐘的成績排名第七。儘管它不是正式報名的參賽者，但這隻頗具運動員風範的獵犬還是被頒發了一枚獎章，也算是實至名歸。

The course began in downtown Elkmont, Alabama, before winding through the rolling rural roads around the Alabama town, according to the race's website. Money raised from the race benefits the Elkmont High School cross country and track/field programs.

發佈比賽消息的網站透露，本次比賽的起點在埃爾克蒙特市市區，賽道穿過埃爾克蒙特蜿蜒起伏的鄉村公路。比賽募集的資金將捐給埃爾克蒙特高中，用於支持鄉村田徑運動項目。