He may not have logged the fastest time or even gone the full distance, but residents of a Newfoundland town agree the goat who unexpectedly joined the local weekend half marathon was the event's undisputed champion.
Joshua, a goat who lives at Taylor's Pumpkin Patch in Conception Bay South, N.L., is shown in a Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, handout photo. He joined in at the T’Railway Trek half marathon race this weekend and was awarded a medal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Jeanine ScottHe may not have logged the fastest time or even gone the full distance, but residents of a Newfoundland town agree the goat who unexpectedly joined the local weekend half marathon was the event's undisputed champion.
She got wind of his unexpected participation at around 9:30 when she opened her Facebook and recognized him from the photos filling her feed. “I figured you know what, you don’t always see a goat at the finish line of a half marathon, so Joshua got the medal and he was sporting it quite well,” Scott said.
“That would make my day to run with a goat! I wouldn't even be upset if he was faster than me, which he would be,” one commenter wrote.The 10-year-old goat is now happily resting, exhausted from his big run, Taylor said.This week, Avery Haines follows migrants' harrowing journeys across the Darien Gap. Strict new rules to stem the flood of migrants through the notorious stretch of dense jungle appear to be working, but advocates fear it could backfire.
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