Going the distance: Blind runner Simon Wheatcroft

Like many athletes, Simon Wheatcroft loves chasing that runner's high, training on a path near his home in the English village of Doncaster. And he never let the fact that he has a rare condition that left him completely blind by age 27 slow him down. Wheatcroft has run marathons in New York and Boston while testing new technologies that, he hopes, will one day help the quarter-billion visually-impaired people around the world to walk, hike and, yes, run without the help of a guide. Lee Cowan reports.
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[@wedraweverting]

What a great story. Wish him and his family the best of luck. total inspiration.

[@captzoom1778]

Those glasses are going to be awesome for blind people that will give them so much more freedom and confidence I never could understand how they were able to go out in public by themselves every time I see one I'm Amazed that has to be one of the scariest things in the world to to have to deal with
I just hope the glasses service doesn't cost too much for them

[@brianm9467]

Truly amazing

[@rpal320]

AMAZING Man!🏆🏅🏆🏅🏆

[@davanmani556]

Amazing

[@NTL1113]

Incredible!

[@kbruff2010]

Superb ♥️

[@benblexbenblex]

Nice story

[@averydae1810]

You can’t pull running in the road without getting hit in Korea😂 but in America...

[@sie4431]

Doncaster's a large town, not a village!

[@tylerlombard5744]

he is my teacher