[Sportsandrec] 'Exercising Your Right to Fitness'

Mon Jun 27 13:56:36 UTC 2016

Jenny here is  the home page link. 
If I am reading it correctly  It was June 17 and they run it every year.
Like I say I ran it in 1979 and have not been back so I don't know any more
than that. 

www.grandmasmarathon.com

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jenny hwang via SportsandRec
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Where is it, and when is it?

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> On Jun 27, 2016, at 9:21 AM, Robert Moore via SportsandRec
<sportsandrec at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Re reading my post I see that I ran Bramma's marathon, it was actually
> Gramma's marathon. It  is not considered a difficult marathon by
comparison.
> Pretty flat for the most part 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SportsandRec [mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Robert Moore via SportsandRec
> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 7:49 AM
> To: 'Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List'
> Cc: Robert Moore
> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] 'Exercising Your Right to Fitness'
> 
> Good morning Gaston, 
> 
> I applaud you for your efforts and your accomplishments. 
> I ran Bramma's marathon  in 1979 when I was just 18  and have never run
> another one. I ran cross country when I was in high school but after that
> and having completed one  marathon, I was burned out  on running. Just did
> not want to do it anymore. I played beep baseball for another  several
years
> but have been athletically pretty dormant since the early 90's My wife and
I
> now  have a tandem recumbent trike so I have  been trying to put as many
> miles on it as I can. I have always enjoyed getting out and moving.
> I think the biggest restrictions in sports and reck for the blind are
> self-imposed. I am not pointing fingers at anyone, I have been guilty at
> times myself. But have also done a lot of sports as a blind guy. Keep up
the
> great work. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SportsandRec [mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Gaston Bedard via SportsandRec
> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 6:02 AM
> To: 'Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List'
> Cc: Gaston Bedard
> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] 'Exercising Your Right to Fitness'
> 
> 
> Hey guys,
> I know the feeling and difficulties of making a fitness comeback after
going
> blind.
> I was a sighted runner for many years, then gradually lost all my vision.
> I had never been in a fitness gym when I was a sighted runner.
> In December 2008, I connected with the gym owner, of a local gym, 2 blocks
> away from here.
> In his 20 years as a gym owner, Ken told me that I was the first blind guy
> to purchase a membership.
> Today, June 2016, I am still the only blind guy in the gym.
> It took me a few weeks, to memorize the entire layout of the gym, the
> location of the machines and equipment.
> I am totally independent as I move around from machine to machine in the
> gym, the other gym participants know me quite well, which helps.
> I am a runner and cardio guy, so I do treadmill sessions, and work on the
> weights, also do sit-ups.
> I started my running comeback in local road races in May 2012, with
sighted
> guides.
> I have now completed more than 30 road races from the 5 km, to the full
> marathon.
> I ran and completed the Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon in May 2014, with 3
> sighted guides.
> It was a great run, I qualified for the Boston Marathon, at age 61.
> I ran and completed the Boston Marathon in April 2015, at age 62.
> 
> When you have good people around you, it is amazing what you can do.
> 
> Gaston
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SportsandRec [mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of J
> Steele-Louchart via SportsandRec
> Sent: June-26-16 10:15 PM
> To: Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List
> Cc: J Steele-Louchart
> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] 'Exercising Your Right to Fitness'
> 
> Michael,
> 
> Thank you! I have a Planet Fitness literally right around the corner.
> Stopping in will be on tomorrow's to-do list.
> 
> Just curious, what's your system for knowing how much weight you have on a
> rack/machine?
> 
> Warmth,
> J
> 
> 
>> On 6/25/16, Michael via SportsandRec <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Good afternoon,
>> I was a bodybuilder for ten to fifteen years in my younger years so I 
>> am very familiar with gyms and fitness equipment.  When I lost my 
>> vision completely over several years I went into a complete withdrawal 
>> and, once
> I
>> got through the grieving process, picked myself up and began to plug
> myself
>> back into as many things I could do as a sighted person, and even some 
>> I couldn't do sighted.  I called the manager of the gym I had worked 
>> out at and he encouraged me to come in.  So I called the vocational 
>> rehab O and M person and met her at the gym.  We spent about two hours 
>> getting a good mental map of the gym floor and equipment location and 
>> tips for using the settings on the equipment.  By the end of this 
>> session I could move independently in the gym.  I asked the manager to 
>> allow me to mark a few
> of
>> the pieces of cardio equipment with bump dots and met no resistance.  
>> The only section of the gym I have a challenge is the free weight 
>> area, and,
> as
>> the article indicated, is not due to my lack of knowledge, but more 
>> due to other individuals who don't put weights back when finished with 
>> them.  The dumbell rack stays out of order.  I generally work out with 
>> a partner in this area as much for a spot for safety reasons as for 
>> the general condition of the area.
>> 
>> The article referenced is fairly complete if not a bit too complicated.
>> For
>> general fitness, there doesn't need to be complicated algorithms for 
>> working out.  For example one of the most popular techniques is 
>> interval training.  Just set a piece of equipment at a comfortable 
>> resistance and alternate between thirty to forty five seconds of as 
>> fast as you can go
> and
>> 
>> then the same amount of a normal pace, doing these intervals over half 
>> an hour.  Not complicated.  I now work out at Planet Fitness.  It 
>> isn't the hardcore gym I worked out in the past but meets my needs at 
>> my stage in life.  It costs ten dollars a month and has over 1000 gyms 
>> now across the United States.  The manager of my gym tells me that 
>> they encourage blind individuals to come in.
>> 
>> Michael
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: J Steele-Louchart via SportsandRec
>> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2016 2:30 PM
>> To: sportsandrec
>> Cc: J Steele-Louchart
>> Subject: [Sportsandrec] 'Exercising Your Right to Fitness'
>> 
>> Good afternoon, Everybody,
>> 
>> I've just found this excellent article for blind gym-goers. I have to 
>> admit, I'm intimidated by the gym and I'd love any additional tips or 
>> tricks you've found to do it independently.
>> 
>> The link is: 
>> http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw080603&Mode=Print
>> 
>> Warmth,
>> J
>> 
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