Red Dog's Dog Days

04/08/2026

Many of you have heard about Rich Freeman. We have information from his obituary at Warren-McElwain: https://www.warrenmcelwain.com/obituaries/richard-freeman

01/13/2026

Billy Mills will be doing maintenance in both gyms on 1/20 (Tuesday, next week). We will not have our workout on Tuesday, but we'll be back on Thursday.

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12/24/2025

12/05/2025

Weavers 2025
Greetings to all Jolly Elves! Reaching out to let you know we again have an opportunity to "do good" and have fun this Christmas Season. Previous years went so well that an encore has been requested by Joe and Brady Flannery to again be the official Weaver's Santa this year. Our dear friend and favorite Santa, he of the "crimson suit, lush beard, and hearty laugh" needs help! Santa has gotten permission from Weaver's to offer parents, who bring their kiddos to visit him, a special photo in a custom digital frame that we will make available to the parents online within a few days of their visit. Although no cost to families, we will suggest a freewill donation (perhaps $5 per child), with all proceeds to be given to the Boys and Girls Club for the Don & Bev Gardner Center.

Santa asks for ELVES to be on hand to a) take the photos (a DSLR camera will be provided and poised on a tripod. ELVES just need to "click" a few times.), b) to help with the line, families, kids and, c) take donations and assist with card swipes, as this year we can accept Venmo, CC, as well as cash & checks.

ELVES may sign up for a single shift, but really, why not stay for two or more and “Elf” with a friend or two? One Elf can fill a shift alone but wouldn’t it be easier and more fun if there were two, three, or more ELVES at each shift? We found last year there was plenty of help needed! And, of course, more fun for the children, parents, and us.

If you want to dress up; Elves, Reindeer, Trees, Gifts, and Christmas sweaters are all appropriate. Maybe you own a Buddy the Elf costume and can wear that. There will be an elf hat available for use if needed while helping. Again, not required, just hoped. Assuming we get multiple helpers at a time, perhaps one could interact with the parents, one could handle donations, and one can click the shutter.

If you are interested, message the page and we'll put you in touch with Phil Bradley who is our contact for this.

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11/28/2025

Updates as of 11/28:

• We will have a Saturday Fun Run tomorrow, 11/29.
• Winter workouts begin at Billy Mills Middle School on Tuesday, Dec. 2.
• The City's construction on the Jayhawk Watershed will close one block of 9th Street between Louisiana and Indiana. The first Saturday Fun Run this will affect is Dec. 6.

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10/29/2025

Hey! interested in volunteering for a local run? The Kansas Half Marathon/5k is looking for volunteers for this weekend's events. Here are the details:

"We are still short about 50 volunteers and have some critical spots that need coverage – mainly at Aid Stations. If you know of anyone else who might be willing to help us on Sunday, we’d be appreciative if you’d share the link to the SignUp!"

SignUp.com makes it easy to coordinate school events & classroom activities, fundraisers, snack schedules, potlucks & more!

08/04/2025

We're coming to the end of the summer. With that, there are a few announcements and updates.

T-Shirt Night: Thursday, August 7 is our last weekday Summer workout. Summer T-shirts will be handed out at the 6pm workout in the north Lawrence High School parking lot. Park on the eastern half of the lot and T-shirt will be set up on the western half.

Join us after T-Shirt Night: After T-shirts are handed out, we'll meet at Black Stag downtown on Mass. They are putting together a buffet for us that will be $17.50 per person & $11.50 per grade school aged child and younger. Buffet will include meat, baked beans, and salad. Drinks will be separate and ordered at the bar.

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07/26/2025

7/26: today's run was the Buffalo Run. Next week is our last Summer Saturday Fun Run and T-shirt Day. If you complete 5 runs, you can earn a shirt like Otis. (Model is wearing an adult size small, highly altered.)

07/20/2025

Hey, keep an eye on the weather for the next couple of days. It's going to be hot, and we'll cancel if the heat index goes above 110°. If we cancel, it'll be texted out on the mobile alerts system.

More info about our weather policy is on our website:

If you haven't attended a workout before, joining us is simple. There's no cost to participate. Simply show up for any of the scheduled workouts and look for the check-in spot. During the Summer and Fall workout seasons you can earn a T-Shirt!

07/15/2025

Coffee group this morning

07/12/2025

Occasionally we share races and events with you all. Usually, they're ones being organized by our own Dog Days participants (e.g. the YoungLife 5k is organized in part by Paul, the Shamrock Shuffle is organized by Ellen).

Ellen's daughter helps organize the Rexy Run. Information here: https://runsignup.com/Race/KS/Lawrence/RexyRun

Gene Wee has organized and hosted the Thanksgiving Day 5k forever. The running community of Lawrence is grateful. More info about the race: https://www.runlawrence.org/TDay5k.html

Both of these races have also been added to the Dog Days calendar and will show on our events page: https://reddogsdogdays.org/events/