Running for 7 Days in the Country of Georgia - RACING GEORGIA 🇬🇪 EP 3
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- The race got off to a bit of a rocky start. But I still managed to finish in second place, and it was now time for stage 2. I'm in the former soviet republic of Georgia competing in a 7-day stage race with Racing the Planet. We're running 250 km through a remote region of the country while carrying all of our food and supplies for the week on our back. And now on day two, the competition is starting to heat up.
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Jeff is now officially a cat person
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Amaxing epi Jeff. I donated my left kidney a few weeks before Matt did in '21 as well, so his story hit home big time. I spent the following year proving to myself that I could still do all the things I was able to do before donating and, similarly, feel more alive than ever with a full slate of races going into this year. Thank you so much for the extra attention to bring awareness to the reality that healthy people can continue to lead healthy lives post kidney donation...it is so much appreciated!
I’m glad the interviews are back! They were a highlight of the Namibia series, can’t wait to meet some more inspirational characters.
Totally agreed! I still have shivers when thinking back at Vladmi, the blind brazilian runner from Namibia!
Matt is an inspiration! Thanks for sharing his story.
This is exactly what I'm talking about Jeff. You bring net gain to the races and the racers you film. Matt's story is amazing and I was one of those people who thought if you donated a kidney that meant you had a downgraded life. What a great story. My allergies started acting up during that story so I have to go back and watch it again I think:) You are all warriors! Between the river crossings, the dogs, the mud....warriors. Very well done!!
Other than the fact that I’m subscribed to your channel, I think I was meant to see this video. I’m a barber and a client of mine has been talking to me about needing a kidney. Recently I’ve been going back and forth with the thought of donating and honestly scared of what that might change in my life. But after listening to Mike share his story…I think I’ve made my decision. Thank you for this video.
Thank you to Matt for partnering with the National Kidney Registry and donating. I've gotten one transplant due to complications at birth and chances are I'll be on that list sooner or later, so I am so appreciative of all the people who are willing to have that surgery and give a life. To a fellow ultrarunner with one kidney to another, God bless and keep up the awesome work!
You are officially the bravest person I know. I can’t imagine how scary those dogs are.
Once again, you are really setting the bar on quality and story telling. You are producing the best trail running/ultta/fast packing films. And what an inspiration Matt is.
Jeff, thank you for highlighting Matt's amazing story and selfless act of kidney donation! I myself am a runner with one kidney (I was born with only one kidney) and it hasn't slowed me down a bit! This is an amazing series and all the participants are truly inspirational. However, I have developed some dog barking PTSD from watching these videos! hahaha Can't wait for the next adventure! Keep up the amazing work! Thank you!
My favorite parts of your series is when you feature stories from inspirational people. In your Racing Namibia i was inspired by Vladmi and Dr. Rob. In this one, Matt is truly a gem by proving that we can do more. Seeing the 🇵🇭 also made me smile.
Another amazing episode, Jeff!
Matt, you are an incredible example of humanity at its best. Hats off to you!
Cheers from Brno (CZ)!
What a beautiful human being Matt is! True inspiration
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Felt a little bad for laughing at the cut from "chance to clean off the shoes" to *slogging through more mud*
We are waiting 👋🏻
Great quality as usual. Wonder what your HR data was like when the dogs got round you. Petty high i should imagine.
I can't make it better than the previous comments. Just amazing!
Great production, and I'm loving the narrative with the dogs. I hope it doesn't end in tragedy or any other wildlife related hilarity.
Fortunately, no dogs or humans were harmed in the filming of this series!
I think I said this also on Ep. 2....Your calmness with those dogs is impressive, wow.
Jeff, I salute you! The dogs would definitely be getting to my mental fortitude; and then there was the snarling one in this episode! But I'll also say, when those 4 little boys lined up to be filmed by you, my heart melted.
All that said: since you & Audrey love travelling and aren't shy of a long-haul flight, come down to NZ your next BC winter and soak up some sun, get some stones from doing the Tarawera Race and explore the high dessert of Tongariro and the sand dunes of northland in NZ. I won't suggest south island as a destination as having been to B.C. myself, there isn't anything on S.I. that you can't 'supersize' in BC or Alberta ;-)
Thank you! That particular shot you’re referring to actually was filmed by Michael Murphy, the race videographer.
New Zealand is definitely very high on our list, along with the Tarawera race!
Great series, Jeff! Incredible filming and storytelling, and your accompanying music fits perfect. Those dog encounters are no joke. While I was watching I was thinking that you should pick up a rock. This is what I do when I encounter street/stray dogs during my travels. When I wrote my book on travel running tips, I actually included a section on how to deal with dog encounters, and one of those tips was to pick up a rock. Anyway, awesome work on not just your filming but your running too. Thanks for sharing and I’m looking forward to the remaining episodes!
Thank you Jeff for making videos like this, where you highlight the people and places you run through. Thank you for sharing Matt's story and brining the issue of kidney donation to more people.
since discovering your UTMB film with audree, I’ve binged watched most of your videos because a) storytelling is awesome b) cinematic c) inspirational - especially the Namibia and this series. The interviews! d) I really enjoyed the UTMB film - showed the highs and lows and the beauty of the alps. lastly you guys have inspired me to go back to running and hopefully one day do a trail run competition. Thanks for sharing amazing work Jeff! (and audree!)
God bless that guy who donated his kidney…
Those dogs gave quite the adrenaline rush I imagine. Thanks for sharing Matt's story with us. I'm really enjoying this series!
Inspirational stuff and great content. Wow, not a race for anyone with a fear of dogs - must be especially scary when there’s a whole pack of the blighters. Nice to see a South African competing there 🇿🇦 🙌.
Thank you Jeff! In stride with everyone else I am really enjoying the series. Wonderful filmmaking with some running, fog and dogs added to the adventure!
Dude those dogs... one bite in the achilles.... I had one challenging me on a run yesterday. Time to carry some dog spray now.
This video show why i love cats🤣
Nice job, take care yourself! And we waiting new starts from you!
What an amazing story and shots Jeff, and colour grading is on another level, that greens looks like something from magic anime movie.
I have ran in this region myself several times, as in many other parts of Georgia, climbed big mountains where you had a camp (Didi Abuli / Patara Abuli) - but have never encountered that many and such an aggressive dogs. To be frank you were quite lucky to have avoided dog bites, considered that at some point they have surrounded you and could easily attack from the back.
my personal golden rule avoid as best as you can sheep herds, I usually detour for couple hundred meters, be non aggressive BUT confident (also poles do help to gain confidence) try to be friendly while avoiding to look in their eyes - and never show your back to them
Truly enjoying this series! Much like your other ones, 10/10! There were some points I was truly worried for your safety with this dogs!
This is such a unique series, I love it, and I want to do one of these races now. I'm really impressed that there is drone footage in here, it would be hard just enough to film! That's an interesting technique you picked up with those dogs, maybe they are used to people throwing rocks. I would be yelling at them, it's usually the best way to convince them I'm bigger than they are. They definitely don't seem to want to get too close to you either.
Wouldn’t call this an ad for this race 😂 Loving the series style content Jeff!
what a unique and stunning voice Matt has!!! 😳😱😲 if he isn‘t yet paid for working with his voice he absolutely should. Just wow! Thanks for another amazing film!
Love the inclusion of the times here. Just amazing and inspiring videos!
Amazing story ❤. Well done with the run 🏃🏻♂️ an those dogs 👍👍👍🍾
As someone who’s not a fan of mud of herding dogs, this was rough, I’ll stick to watching it and not running it. Love the videos Jeff.
Another incredible interview with a life giver.
These dogs though...i can't!!!
4:20 is Jeff's favorite time🍁😤
This just have to be in textbooks on how to create good content. Amazing, loving every second of it. Thank you for your job!
Ugh those dogs would cause me so much anxiety; you stayed chill the whole time. Looks like a great experience though!
Great video series. Thanks for sharing!
Those damn dogs…
Knowing there are next episodes in the series is kind of a spoiler for how the dogs encounters will have paned out 🙂
Amazing series. I`ve watch the namibia series first. Just amazing. But this one, its insaneeeee! Running alone in a field where you probably encounter agressive dogs, thats just balls of steel.
I`m blown away... no one got bit?
Great series as always! Thanks for letting us tag along. And I'm glad you figured out the "pretend-stone-technique". It saved my legs more than once crossing Turkey, Georgia, Armenia and beyond on foot.
What an adventure! The landscape is breath taking but the dogs are terrifying. I admire your optimism each time you got lost. It would bum me out so bad. Much respect to Matt as well. His story is a great feature in this film.
Thanks so much!
Very nice impressions of the race, but alone with the dogs would have been the sheer horror for me.
Excellent content!!!
Thanks Alfredo!
Great content, I don't see how any of your equipment can dry out. well done.
Excellent video Jeff..runner,film producer and humanitarian..👊
Holy cow the dog situation in Georgia is SO BAD! I ran the trail marathon in Vietnam mountain range up north and some of the dogs being let loose scared the bazooka out of me. Though they were no where near as aggressive as these ones in the video.
Love getting to know the other runners, great ep!
Just beautiful Jeff! Those dogs though! Looked scary at times. Thanks for sharing Matt's story too - very inspiring.
Awesome content. I'm looking forward for the next stage. And as always, your video production quality is out of this world
Running multi stage ultras without completely wrecking your feet is one thing, but also travelling through mud and water without developing massive blisters; how?
Thanks!
great episode! loved your story telling. PS i'd be so intimidated by those dogs (huge dog lover as well). it's so impressive how calm you guys stay!
What a heartwarming story, what an incredible dude! ❤ Can’t wait for the next one
Matt you are an inspiration. Well done.
So amazing Jeff!! This series has simply been incredible so far.
Those dogs are scary 😮
Those dogs stressing me out… 😖😖😖 Can’t imagine passing them without panicking and screaming 😂
Its really impressive!! Wow
Some pretty big doggies out there :)
Brilliant Ep Jeff! What a guy Matt is.
Those doggos really could use a cuddle. 😃
So interesting. I’ve been to Georgia many times and visited most of the places from episode 1 but so cool seeing runners working their way through the country. Are the drone shots yours also? If so you’re doing very well filming all that and running!
The drone shots during the race are by the two race videographers/photographers Justin Murphy and Carlos Dias.
Really enjoyed that, again. Thanks for taking us with you Jeff 👍
Thank you for these amazing videos! So fun to watch
Soo good, thanks!
This is great Jeff, just awesome
Amazing video again! Don't think I'd want to run this one--too many dogs and too swampy. How do you keep from getting blisters running so far and through so many streams and puddles?
I did get a bit of a blister on one foot from not dumping the dirt from my one shoe. But usually clean water doesn’t affect me too much.
Those dogs tho!! 😬
I can't imagine the stress you have to regulate your breath and pacing u self and on top of that worrying about those stray dogs
Another fantastic episode! Man those dogs would be so stressful! Sheesh. Do you know if anyone got bit during this event?
Nobody got bit, fortunately!
@@JeffPelletier that’s surprising, but glad to hear it!
You are a great story teller Jeff, but I would like to see you focus on training hard for a year, and to see what you could do at UTMB Chamonix, you might surprise yourself. Great focus on Matt, a legend, and another insight to the many amazing back stories that every human being has. Stay safe ( dog related comment).
Thanks Mark, I’d definitely like to give UTMB a go again one day with a more focused season of training as you said. Last season was a little tricky for me, trying to balance these two very different types of races.
The dogs in this series freak me out!
side stories❤❤❤..
Great job again Jf🤩
the dogs would scare me to death.
Matthew 14:40 you’re legend
I lost a kidney in my 20s, I’m 55 now and healthy as anything. Having one kidney has never held me back or made me less healthy
Could have a career as a dog whisperer Jeff if you get tired of running and youtubing. Great work as always.
Thanks for another cool video. I wonder what is your resting HR?
Yeah Respect to Matt ❤
But honestly finding this series so un-nerving with all those Dogs .. episode 1 watched that and thought hell yeah , lets go to Georgia .. but Nah .. not for me that shit .. 😅 id rather climb that rocky ridge mountain 😂
Hey Jeff was that Rob with the tea from the Namib race at checkpoint 1?
Sure was! He was volunteering in Georgia. You’ll see an interview with him in a later episode.
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who helped you with the aerial and stationary shots while you were racing, just wondering.
There was a three man team, Carlos the photographer who was also shooting drone footage, plus a dedicated videographer Michael and his son Justin Murphy shooting drone footage. 💪
@@JeffPelletier great team, great shots
Where's the bear spray when you need it
I definitely could have used dog spray at least!
I love the videos, but the carousel-amusement park music is kind of off.
Quote of the day “good chance to clean off the shoes”
Yea, that didn’t last long 😂
Insult to injury is the dog that chased you and then decided to take a dump in the background of your selfie shot.
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yeah i just cant see many people signing up for this race in the future haha , those dogs are a major handicap for your times , never mind the poor flag placement.
I would have run with at least one good rock on me... and a big heavy stick in case of an attack
do you have someone along with you helping do your filming, or is it just you? cuz damn that's a lot to do while also competing!
The race provided me with the drone footage from during the race, so I only shot the POV footage, along with everything before/after at camp.
@@JeffPelletier oh that’s great! They caught some awesome drone shots for you!
I wouldn't ... the dogs are a no no....
the journey is fantastic, i like it⛰