[nagdu] marathons

[cheryl echevarria]

We used to have a member here in NY that ran the NY City Marathon, Noria 
Nodrat, she is no longer a member of the NFB, but is a guide dog user, but 
she said that she would not use her dog it is just to long of a run for 
them.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "AnnaLisa Anderson" <annalisa at sector14.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] marathons


> Hi Jenine,
>
> Well, this isn't really a lot of help, but there was a guy in my class at
> Leader last time around who was going to start training for the Boston
> marathon when he got home from class.  We kept in touch for a while, and 
> he
> told me that he and his dog were training together, and that the dog 
> showed
> great stamina for it.  He emphasized that he would never push the dog 
> beyond
> his limits, but at that time he had said that his dog was doing very well.
> He told me the marathon people were giving him a real hard time about
> running the marathon with his dog and no other sighted assistance.  I 
> don't
> know if he was ever successful in his bid to run the marathon 
> independently
> though.  That was almost 5 years ago now, and we haven't been in touch for 
> a
> long time.  The guy's name is Dwight, and last I knew he was still living 
> in
> MA.  I have no idea if he is an NFB member or not.  If anybody here knows
> him, perhaps they could chime in.
>
> AnnaLisa and Sundance
>
>
>
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