[Sportsandrec] Holding onto your sited jogging partner

[Joe Shaw]

I use a tether and run with Achilles International's chapter here in 
Nashville. It is a great system and community. I am training for my first 
marathon. I don't love  running, but it's great cardio and a better hang.
Joe
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jenny hwang via Sportsandrec" <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org>
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Cc: "jenny hwang" <hwang_jen at msn.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2015 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Holding onto your sited jogging partner


>I have been using a tether . I would hold on one end of the tether, and the 
>guide would hold the other end of the tether.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Aug 29, 2015, at 3:52 PM, Poppa Bear via Sportsandrec 
>> <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hello, I have considered getting back into jogging. In the past I would 
>> run
>> about 3 to 5 miles three times a week. I always held on to my partners
>> shoulder as we ran, but I am wondering how others have done it, or have 
>> been
>> taught to do it. I even read something about the guide using a rope that
>> both runners hold onto, but it seems like it would be easy to get out of
>> sink or loose balance.
>>
>> Any thoughts would be appreciated
>>
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