{"id":7080542,"date":"2026-10-09T01:40:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T01:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7080542"},"modified":"2026-10-09T01:40:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T01:40:42","slug":"our-6th-annual-hero-dogs-5k9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7080542","title":{"rendered":"Our 6th Annual Hero Dogs 5K9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hero-dogs.org\/HD5K92026photos\" type=\"link\" id=\"hero-dogs.org\/HD5K92026photos\">Click here<\/a> to view photos taken by photographers from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmpg.photography\/\">Central Maryland Photographers Guild<\/a>. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you to everyone who played a part in our 6th Annual Hero Dogs 5K9! Volunteers, sponsors, runners, and walkers all made this event a success! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.1428076382686937&amp;type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here<\/a> for more photos from participants!\u2063\u2063 <br \/>Congratulations to the top finishers:\u2063\u2063<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-overall-female-finishers\">Overall Female Finishers:\u2063\u2063<\/h5>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kate S.\u2063\u2063<br \/>Jackie B.\u2063\u2063<br \/>Rachel M.\u2063\u2063<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-overall-male-finishers\">Overall Male Finishers:\u2063\u2063<\/h5>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David L.\u2063\u2063<br \/>Jason S.\u2063\u2063<br \/>Babadamilola A.\u2063\u2063<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-top-under-18-finisher\">Top Under 18 Finisher:\u2063<\/h5>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"h-top-under-18-finisher-s-singh\">S. Singh\u2063\u2063<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our 6th Annual Hero Dogs 5K9 will be held on Saturday, May 16th, 2026 at <a href=\"https:\/\/congressionalcemetery.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Congressional Cemetery<\/a> in Washington, DC!\u2063 Registration will be open at 7am and the race will begin at 8am.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Register and find race information at <a href=\"https:\/\/runsignup.com\/Race\/DC\/Washington\/HeroDogs5K9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hero-dogs.org\/5k9<\/a>!<\/strong> \ud83d\udc5f\u2063<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A huge thank you to our event sponsors!<br \/><strong>Bib Sponsor<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lifeinmoco.com\/\">Life in Moco<\/a><br \/><strong>Gold Sponsor<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livewellanimal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Livewell Animal Hospital<\/a><br \/><strong>Gold Sponsor<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RBC Wealth Management<\/a><br \/><strong>Gold Sponsor<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/marylandgoldstarmoms.com\/\">Maryland Gold Star Mothers<\/a><br \/><strong>Gold Sponsor<\/strong>: Veronique &amp; Amit Singh<br \/><strong>Gold Sponsor<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glickmandesignbuild.com\/\">Glickman | Design Remodel Build<\/a><br \/><strong>Silver Water Station Sponsor<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keyfinancialgrp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Key Financial Group<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interested in becoming a sponsor? <a href=\"https:\/\/runsignup.com\/CreateRaceSponsor\/106932\/t\/SbEVSesDLsH6CfYuBdIAfAtmGcZtt2yi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here<\/a> for more details or email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hero-dogs.org\/our-6th-annual-hero-dogs-5k9\/mailto:hero@hero-dogs.org\">hero@hero-dogs.org<\/a> with any questions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hero-dogs.org\/our-6th-annual-hero-dogs-5k9\/hero-dogs.org\/golf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hero-dogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/HD5K9-2026-Save-the-Date.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30468\" style=\"width:491px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hero-dogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/HD5K9-2026-Save-the-Date.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.hero-dogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/HD5K9-2026-Save-the-Date-120x150.png 120w, https:\/\/www.hero-dogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/HD5K9-2026-Save-the-Date-768x960.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to view photos taken by photographers from the Central Maryland Photographers Guild. Thank you to everyone who played a part in our 6th Annual Hero Dogs 5K9! Volunteers, sponsors, runners, and walkers all made this event a success! Click here for more photos from participants!\u2063\u2063 Congratulations to the top finishers:\u2063\u2063 Overall Female Finishers:\u2063\u2063 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7080543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112427],"tags":[241208,6487,8425,5805,4721],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-7080542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hero-dogs-blog","tag-5k9","tag-6th","tag-annual","tag-dogs","tag-hero"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Our 6th Annual Hero Dogs 5K9 - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7080542\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Our 6th Annual Hero Dogs 5K9 - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Click here to view photos taken by photographers from the Central Maryland Photographers Guild. 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