Two Legally Blind Runners Competing In Columbia Races
One of them is hoping for a win.
One of them is hoping for a win.
Amy McDonaugh and Rachael Weeks are providing visually impaired runners everywhere with an incredible amount of inspiration.
The two women are taking part in the Columbia Half Marathon and Marathon in South Carolina this Saturday.
McDonaugh will be running the marathon alone. It will be her sixth marathon. She won the women’s division of last year’s Flying Pig Marathon.
“There just weren’t other elite runners there,” a humble McDonaugh admitted of that race. “But after I won, it opened so many doors with visually impaired runners. I had no idea that there were so many out there.”
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