A relaxed, light-hearted video of me & my Whippet, Fiver, taking on the 5KM course at the Garmin UK Trail Running Festival 2022.
The festival was held in the magnificent park & grounds of St Giles House at the village of Wimborne St Giles in East Dorset.
There were a number of races including a half marathon, 10KM and Junior race but Fiver & I decided to go for the 5KM (the shortest distance!) as it was Fiver's first time competing in a proper dog racing harness.
The video starts off with a very brief look at the history of St Giles House and that of the Ashley- Cooper family. The house is the ancestral seat of the family which is headed by the Earl of Shaftesbury.
After a look at Fiver's racing harness and a brief bit of background history of my own (somewhat modest!) running career, the video goes on to record our performance in the race itself.
I had a Gopro 8 attached to my chest & I was holding a Gopro 10 in my hand and the image stabilization just about coped with my running style!
Even though there were not many runners in the race, we deliberately started at the VERY back as our objective was to just go at a steady pace & have fun. Trying to run, talk, film and control a dog at the same time was always going to be a challenge itself!
We still managed to finish ahead of nearly a third of the field and indeed I came second in my age category (men aged 60 and above!).
A slightly different video to that normally seen on his channel - usually it is me and Logan (my other Whippet) out on a countryside walk - but in some ways it felt like we were out in the countryside with the lake & woodland tracks.
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Негізгі бет THE GARMIN UK TRAIL RUNNING FESTIVAL 2022 (DAVE & HIS WHIPPET, FIVER, TAKE ON THE 5KM COURSE!)
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