This is what it's like to run the Coast to Coast when you're blind MICHAEL DALYROSS GIBLIN/STUFFAthlete Dave Piper might be blind, but this has not stopped him from competing in the Coast to Coast multi-sport event with help of his guide Josh Thomas. "Basically, you are running up a river, crossing the river at different points, a lot of boulder-hopping, and all sorts of challenges like that. "Also, if the terrain is reasonable, one guide can just be running ahead, telling us what's coming up. Running as a guide was harder than running by yourself in some ways, but easier in others. "When you're running by yourself you're purely in your own head.

Source: Stuff February 06, 2019 23:03 UTC