A Running Dolphin

Whilst catching up with colleagues around the office this morning, I came across a rather strange looking dolphin!  I work for the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society and this year we've got the television presenter Monty Halls running the London Marathon to raise funds for our work.  Not only that, but he will be wearing a dolphin suit!

WDCS CEO, Chris Butler-Stroud, modelling the dolphin suit

The dolphin is beautifully made and looks very robust.  Its made around a rucksack frame, so as long as Monty has been practising his runs carrying a rucksack it shouldn't be too different for him.  However, if the wind picks up, there isn't a vent in that middle section so that might be a problem!
Hopefully our dolphin will be spotted and featured on tv.  Who knows, one day it could be as famous as the Save the Rhino costumes and we'll have a whole pod of dolphins running!
Monty will have to be running pretty quickly to beat the Guinness World Record for the fastest marathon in an animal costume (a man dressed as a tiger finished in 3:30:01 last year).  And there's me worrying about how having a feather in my hair would affect me running!