Welcome to our blog!
What is vision2run?
You might be better starting with who are we? We are just 2 ordinary women who love running and who have an extraordinary ambition… to run the Great North Run. Along the way we hope to inspire runners of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to take up running. For those not in the know, the Great North Run is a half marathon or, to be exact, 13.1 miles long
Perhaps this shouldn’t be an extraordinary ambition but sadly it is; I’m a totally blind runner and Nicola is my guide. For so many in my community, running is something that other people do; its not accessible, not inclusive and it doesn’t have a place for them. If you question that statement, take a look at your social media feeds right now especially if you’re a keen running/sports fan! How many disabled athletes do you see? How many posts in the genre are disability positive? Come to think of it, how many disabled athletes do any of us see beyond the lofty heights of the Paralympics? It was with this sense of ‘absence’ that I began my running journey and was blessed that Nicola decided to join me.
This blog will act as a live journal, a diary of sorts, charting our journey and a momentous year (and possibly beyond) for both of us! It will act as an open, honest, fun, no frills look at our lives, our training, and all the joy, successes, laughter, tears and coffee (there’ll be lots of coffee!) that gets us to Newcastle and the finish line of the Great North Run!
We hope you’ll join us, lend us your support, share your stories and get out on to the track too! More than anything we hope we can motivate, inspire and show you that if you want to run, all you need do is get out there and make it happen. You don’t need to be an elite athlete, or a certain age/stage or be particularly fit; you just need the vision to run and the rest shall follow!
Thanks for visiting our blog and be sure to check back
regularly as the journey unfolds!
Love from the track,
Ruth and Nicola
