On the day of the Brighton marathon I will have a fully sighted guide called David Johnson. He is some years younger than myself, so I hope he doesn’t mind walking twenty six miles with a comparatively old lady. I promise not to talk to much or drag him into any shops whilst running the marathon. Which will certainly be a great relieve to him!
Last week I went to Windsor Great park to meet David for a training day together, it was the second time that we met each other. I have a guide communicator called Jean Ruhle who works for SAVI, she drove me up to Saville Gardens which is in Great Windsor park to meet David for the first training.
Instead of me holding David’s hand or arm we experimented with a strap tied to each others wrists, we tried different lengths of strap until we found the one that worked for us the best. We set off at a fairly brisk pace through the park, once we got warmed up and got a good walking rhythm together it worked out just fine. I started to giggle to myself as we walked along, it tickled my sense of humour that all the dogs in the park were running around off their leads and there was I! on a lead. It crossed my mind that I ought to be training with Barbara Woodhouse!
It poured with rain the night before my training day, so I was a bit concerned that we would both get soaking wet, but luckily we didn’t. Our trainers got a little bit muddy, but apart from that we were alright. We both pushed on and walked about six and a half miles at a fairly rapid pace. I was very pleased with the way it went and I think David and I will be a good team on the day of the marathon.
Weather permiting I will be going out training on Saturday with Clive Tyrrell, all going well we hope to do at least twenty miles.
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