The 7th Annual Humane Race is now in the record books.

Click here to see over 2,300 photos !!

It was a bit warmer than previous years, but the cloud cover helped keep it from being too hot for the dogs and their companion runners. The sun peeked out during the prize ceremony, so all in all, a great day.

The new downtown location seemed to be a big hit with most participants and the party atmosphere at the bottom of Spring Street was fantastic.

Let us know what you thought of the new format at:

There were a record 213 total registered human participants. We've revised the number of registered participants up by 10 after discovering 10 registration forms where people entered multiple family members on a single form.

As for canine participants, the initial count is 92, another record, blowing away the previous number of 75. Way to go, pups!

And last, but certainly not least, we have learned that the 2009 running of The Humane Race raised over $12,000 to help support The Berkshire Humane Society.

Thanks to all our sponsors, volunteers, Williamstown Police Dept., and everyone who participated. See you next year!

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Where are the Finishing Order and Times?
If you are looking for the finishing order and times, please remember that The Humane Race is now a Fun Run. This means that, although we make a timing clock available at the Finish Line, we are not timing the race nor are we posting times or finishing order.

This is because the Williamstown Selectmen and Williamstown Police Dept. asked us to convert the event to a Fun Run to ensure that participants were not so concerned with winning the race that they might endanger themselves when crossing public streets in traffic.

We apologize if you find this change disappointing but we hope to grow The Humane Race in our new, more visible downtown Williamstown location and we hope that this trade-off will make the sacrifice worthwhile. Thank you for your understanding.