[Sportsandrec] running and jogging

[Rachel Kuntz]

Wow! Overachiever! LOL Very impressive in such a short time. Thanks for sending the site my way. I checked it out and found this group to be very cool. Unfortunately, no group near me but I sent an email to them asking if there are members at large in my area. I hope to hear from them.

A warrior dash is something new. I am curious to learn more about that sometime. The Braille Monitor should include something sports and recreation in it so we can all stay motivated.

Rachel Kuntz
Cincinnati, Ohio
NFB member


-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Shaw [mailto:jrs3147 at comcast.net] 
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 2:10 PM
To: Rachel Kuntz; Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] running and jogging

Hey Rachel,
I run with Achilles International here in Nashville. We may have a chapter in Cinci. Check em out at www.achillesinternational.org. I run with guides, use a tether, and don't have much functional vision. I have done four 5Ks, a 15K, 2 Warrior Dashes, and 3 half marathons in the last 19 months after not being able to run much at all. I run with a guide once or twice weekly and on the treadmill a couple times per week. My fitness has climbed exponentially.
Be well,
Joe Shaw
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rachel Kuntz via Sportsandrec" <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org>
To: "'Karen Palau'" <kapa3960 at verizon.net>; "'Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List'" <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] running and jogging


> Thanks for the great suggestions and people to look up. This makes me 
> think I need to set my goals higher.
>
> I trained and participated in a half marathon called the "Flying Pig" 
> in Cincinnati a couple of years ago. It was the starting point to my 
> running history. I completed it but I wouldn't call it a success. My 
> sighted partner became overwhelmed and highly stressed by the size of 
> the crowd. I did my best to reassure her that I was truly having a 
> great time but it was too late for her physically. We ended up speed 
> walking most of it. I would love to try again (with a different 
> partner) maybe even run a marathon once. Don't think I would do the 
> Flying Pig Marathon because it is a brutal hilly course. 
> Interestingly, the year I participated the first woman to cross the 
> finish line in this marathon was visually impaired who ran with no 
> one. The flying pig is so crowded that she was able to follow the backs of a couple of other runners to the finish line.
>
> Rachel Kuntz
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sportsandrec [mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
> Of Karen Palau via Sportsandrec
> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 12:47 PM
> To: sportsandrec at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Sportsandrec] running and jogging
>
> Hi Rachel:
>
> I finished my first half marathon last summer.  I ran with my 
> daughter.  I used a dish towel when I ran.  I’ve read about what Randy 
> Pierce used to run the Boston marathon a few weeks ago.  He used a 
> cane which he and his partners used throughout the marathon.  I’ve 
> read about others using a bungee cord.  Most of my running is done on a treadmill.
> Enjoy running!  It’s so good for us!  (smile)
>
> Karen
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