Running Blind
Ashley Winter, 37, of Hereford, England has been awarded a Guinness World Record after running a mile in 10 minutes and 11 seconds while wearing a blindfold. Ash has been diagnosed with vision-impairing eye disease keratoconus and has raised money for charity “Fight for Sight”. “I’m delighted that my Guinness World Record has been approved. I want to prove to myself and to others with an eye condition what can be done if you put your mind to it. By raising money for Fight for Sight I hope to help find the next breakthrough.”
If you think he is great, here are a couple of others that put sighted me to shame: Miss Sinead Kane, a blind Irish runner broke her second Guinness World Record by running 81.09 miles on a treadmill in the span of 12 hours. Andrea Cionna of Italy holds the world record for the fastest marathon run by a totally blind man, set in 2:31:59. BTW: the current regular marathon record time is 2:02:57.
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“I like all of the things about running: like eating carbs, being cheered on, and wearing comfortable shoes.”
I’m like a cross between a marathon runner and a sprinter
I can jog short distances
What do you call a person who runs behind a car?
Exhausted.
What do you call a person who runs in front of a car?
Tired.