[Music] Heather: Have you ever wondered if you are
faster than your training partner? Yes, me too. Today I'm going to find out who is faster,
me or Mabyn? Well, I expect you're wondering, who is Mabyn?
Mark: Well, step up Mabyn. A Wire Haired dachshund at just 3 years old which is 28 in human years.
Claim to fame his second cousin who won crofts this year. Disadvantage leg length, attention
span, and an odd attraction to shadows. Advantage, low center of gravity, so great for those
fast turns, and let's not forget reducing wind resistance. Training, 100 downward and
upward dog poses per day, chasing shadows, digging holes, and running from cows.
[Music] Taking Mabyn on, we have Heather, a retired
olympian with an impressive silver medal. Disadvantage well, apparently, she doesn't
like hills. Advantage, she's in charge and she knows the routes. Training, well GTN filming
although admittedly there's often more chat than action.
[Music] Heather: I expect you all are wondering how
we can make a fair test between myself and a sausage dog. Well, we have two races planned
today. We've got the sprint, basically a 100-yard dash. First to the line is the winner. Now,
we have a spectator as well. This is Taji, by the way. Then we have the endurance event.
That is going to be the challenge of who can cover the furthest distance in 30 minutes.
Mabyn will have a tracker on him, so will I. We'll both head out the door and see who
goes the furthest in the time allowed. [Music]
The scene is set. We're at the start. I have got a bit of assistance. I should say Mabyn
has some assistance in Mark. Mark: Yes, I am the bait. I'm going to be
down the other end calling Mabyn. I think you understand where you're going Heather
so hopefully, you're okay. Yes, Mabyn is going to be heading for me so I best get down there.
Heather: See you there. Whilst Mark walks down to the finish line, I should very quickly
explain this course. It is from here down to the cones in a straight line. I don't know,
it's around 100 yards. It is a sprint distance, at least in theory. Although I have chosen
the terrain to suit me because this grass is actually quite long and tufty and there's
a lot of cowpats to avoid as well which are going to slow down someone with little legs
hopefully giving me the edge. You ready? Three, two, one. Go.
Mark: Go on, go on, Mabyn. Go on. Here you come. Go on, Mabyn. You can do this.
[music] Heather: That's the first race done. Time
for our second race now, the endurance challenge. In order to track Mabyn's running, we don't
have a dog watch so we're literally going to put a watch onto his collar and when we're
both ready I'm going to press start on both watches. We're on open moorland here so he's
fine to run off the lead. Yes, we're just going to see who goes the furthest until our
30 minutes is up. [Music]
Heather: I'm not sure how well this has started because he's next to me at the moment. There
he is. Maybe it's not very bad, I'm ahead which means I've run further. Well, it does
for a moment. Here he comes though. Yes, I've got to keep up with that. I didn't plan this.
I think the sun is my advantage today because I am much better in the heat than a little
sausage dog. He doesn't have much ground clearance. Tell him that someone. It is hot.
[Music] Quick, stop the watch. Stop the watch. Stop
the watch. That is it. The endurance challenge over. We'll bring you the numbers in a moment.
It ended up much closer than I expected. I think Mabyn was a little tired after all the
excitement of being on camera and actually followed me much closer on my run than usual.
That said, I covered a distance of 5.7 kilometers in the 30 minutes of running across the hilly
Dartmoor terrain. Mabyn, in the same time, covered 5.9 kilometers giving him the win.
That brings it to one apiece. I think I should put my hands up here. I had the advantage
of knowing the competition rules. I think that is us done for the day. Yes,
the scores are on the board. It was a win for me at the sprint. My legs are a little
bit longer than this little chap's. When it came to endurance, he still wants to go running
now. Maybe he's a little bit tired from that but yes, he beat me hands down so it is one
apiece at the final. They say never work with children or animals and it's basically a child
and an animal here. I think we did a fairly good job. Hopefully, you guys enjoyed it.
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