4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles CA
Sunday, October 26th, 2025
🐾 Race Notification
- Registration Status: DOGGIE DASH 2025 IS SOLD OUT!
- Onsite Registration: THERE IS NO RACEDAY REGISTRATION
🎃 Event Overview
Join us for our 8th Doggie Dash - the Howl-o-ween Doggie Dash 5K! Run (or walk) with your pup (or without) to help LA Frontrunners raise funds for The Rescue Train & Angel City Pit Bulls! There will be two separate 5Ks - one for humans only and one for pups with their human! All the details are below. Pets are such a vital part of so many of our lives, so come race your heart out or take a stroll, and help us support two organizations whose missions are to care for pets in need and to make sure those who are struggling are able to care for and have their pets in their lives.
📍 Location & Date
- Date: Sunday, October 26, 2025
- Location: Griffith Park, 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, CA
- Start Times: Humans only 5K at 7:30 AM: Pups and human 5K at 8:30 AM
- Finish Area: Park Center grassy area in Griffith Park
🏃♂️ Course & Race Info
- Start/Finish: Park Center grassy area in Griffith Park (diagonally across from the Griffith Park Visitor Center/Ranger Station)
- Course Description: 5K is one loop around the golf course, packed dirt and flat
- Distance: 5 kilometers = 3.1 miles
- Race Categories: Two footers only for the first 5K: pups on leash with their human for the main event
🐶 Race Schedule
- 7:30 AM: Humans Only 5K - for two footers only, no pups allowed
- 8:30 AM: Pups & Human 5K - one pup per human, race limit is 100 entries
- Water Stop: Available halfway through the 5K for both participants
- Costume Contest: Of course there's a costume contest! With prizes!
💖 Beneficiaries
- The Rescue Train: A unique, no-kill, animal-welfare organization based in Los Angeles. Since 2004, dedicated advocates have saved thousands of animals from suffering and euthanasia. Click HERE for therescuetrain.org.
- Angel City Pit Bulls: Takes in dogs from local shelters, focusing on those with excellent temperaments. Great companions as running partners or therapy dogs. Click HERE for angelcitypits.org.
🏆 Awards
🐕 Pups & Human 5K Awards
- Awards Categories: Based on the weight of the pup
- Overall Pups: Top 3 winners across all divisions
- Division Awards: Categories include: TOY, SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE, XL
🏅 Human Only 5K Awards
- Overall Awards: Top 3 overall males and females
- Age Group Awards: Top 3 in various age groups up to 80+
🎟️ Registration & Packet Pick-Up
- Status: DOGGIE DASH 2025 IS SOLD OUT!
- Race Day Registration: There is NO RACEDAY REGISTRATION.
- Packet Pick-Up: Race morning starting at 7:00 AM
📜 Past Results & Free Photos
🏳️🌈 About LA Frontrunners
Los Angeles Frontrunners (501c3) is a running and walking club for members and friends of the LGBTQ+ community. In addition to running, walking, more running (and lots of eating), LAFR raises funds and collects goods to donate to local charities. Past beneficiaries include: The Rescue Train, Westside Food Bank, SRLA, PAWS/LA, Life Worth Saving, Friends of Griffith Park, InsideOut Community Arts, Friends of Project 10, Angel City Pit Bulls, The Breakfast Club at St. Thomas the Apostle, and the Don Thompson Scholarship at the USC Film School.
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