[stylist] Running with a cane

[Robert Newman]

Jim, you had some very poor advice from your O and M instructor. I bet he
was a sighted guy. (Not really saying that all sighted O and M instructors
are by their actions non-believers in the potential of the human race, but
I'm just thinking he was from one of these O and M programs that are more
into  --- well, I really don't know, but they do not think like we in the
NFB do.) Boy, some of those guys, I'd love to poke their eyes out and make
them live the limited existence that they believe in (make them take some of
their own medicine). 

Interesting, when I worked as a massage therapist, it was in a YMCA in
covenington, Kentucky and they had an indoor track. It was 27 laps per mile.
I ran on it and did not use a cane. I kept to the outside where I could feel
a slight rise in the floor boards. I put in 583 miles. And never had an
accident. 

 

Robert Leslie Newman 
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-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 6:13 PM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Running with a cane

I've remembered, it was my O&M instructor who told me quite plainly, don't
run with a cane.  he was a great guy, taught situational awareness, the use
of one's ears beyond sound, etc.  but we weren't using long canes.
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 12:41 AM 3/11/2009, you wrote:
>oh granted.  when I was an undergraduate (at U.C. Davis) some guys 
>rigged up a trace string along the inside of the track and I could run 
>tracing my hand along it.  it was pretty cool.  I had a guide dog then, 
>so I dropped the harness and just had her run alongside me.
>jc
>
>Jim Canaday M.A.
>Lawrence, KS
>
>At 05:23 PM 3/10/2009, you wrote:
>>Oops, wrong!   Though it probably depends on where you are running, and
how
>>long your cane is.   Dr. Jernigan made a film once in which he taught
blind
>>people to run.   Also, I took my friend Lisa to a mall quite a 
>>while ago, and we
>>ran down the length of it.   She got a kick out of it.
>>Lori
>>
>>In a message dated 3/9/09 1:44:30 AM, n6yr at sunflower.com writes:
>>
>>
>> > robert,
>> > are you watching too much reality tv these days?
>> >
>> > it was a very good way of presenting the skills of blindness.   but I
>> > didn't think it was safe to run with a cane.
>> > jc
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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