Wanted to report that I've been successful on getting the dog to run a 5k straight now. I figured out that she was so excited in the beginning that she was pulling and wearing herself out in the first click. Once I can get her calmed down and next to me, she can troop along for the full distance just fine. I have more work to do with her as she tends to ruin my first 1k lap time, and her weaving all over the sidewalk doesn't help much for the rest of the run either. While I'll run without her if I'm trying to break my personal record, we run well enough together that for most runs she is just fine.

Speaking of records, my fastest ever 5k (I've got records back into 2012) is 26:00. I've run a 26:03 and a 26:04 this year. The lower time I did by accident and had no idea I was that close. I'll make sure to beat it this year!