A legally blind albino XC runner is one of the top runners on one of the best teams in NJ. Read his inspirational story with a great video and lots of photos.
A legally blind albino XC runner is one of the top runners on one of the best teams in NJ. Read his inspirational story with a great video and lots of photos.
njraces wrote:
A legally blind albino XC runner is one of the top runners on one of the best teams in NJ. Read his inspirational story with a great video and lots of photos.
http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/-8528161202245918383/blind-faith-sight-challenged-ryan-blume-runs-through-lifes-obstacles-for-summit/
WTF is "legally blind"? Either you´re blind or not.
WTF is "legally blind"? Either you´re blind or not.
Such is the internet when someone can say something so incredibly stupid with complete confidence. Read the article, sh*thead.
Great video btw, OP.
eh.., wrote:
WTF is "legally blind"? Either you´re blind or not.
...You've never heard of being legally blind!?
Get a fvcking brain before you try posting next time, eh?
Ryan Hall?
eh.., wrote:
njraces wrote:A legally blind albino XC runner is one of the top runners on one of the best teams in NJ. Read his inspirational story with a great video and lots of photos.
http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/-8528161202245918383/blind-faith-sight-challenged-ryan-blume-runs-through-lifes-obstacles-for-summit/WTF is "legally blind"? Either you´re blind or not.
legally blind is 20/200 vision in your best eye, uncorrectable. look up what that means because I cant be bothered to explain it to you. if you can fix it to 20/20 with glasses, you're not legally blind.
So this is the new thing in hs sports reporting? All we get are stories about runners how have some disability or help somebody over the finish line? Last year it was the weekly story about the boy in ny with autism or the girl in nc who collapsed at the finish of every race and now is r his kid going to be the story every website will run? What ever happened to stories about basic kids who train real hard and are fast? Why don't we read about them anymore
oh great wrote:
So this is the new thing in hs sports reporting? All we get are stories about runners how have some disability or help somebody over the finish line? Last year it was the weekly story about the boy in ny with autism or the girl in nc who collapsed at the finish of every race and now is r his kid going to be the story every website will run? What ever happened to stories about basic kids who train real hard and are fast? Why don't we read about them anymore
You mean like this:
http://www.runnersworld.com/high-school-profiles/hunter-davila-ups-his-mileage-and-keeps-his-speedOh, and here's one:
http://www.runnersworld.com/high-school-profiles/sarah-feeny-and-the-need-for-speedAnd another one:
http://www.runnersworld.com/high-school-profiles/for-tappan-zee-junior-the-millrose-mile-is-a-dream-come-trueBut that's all, except for this one:
http://www.runnersworld.com/high-school-profiles/two-practices-per-day-mean-fast-times-for-ogindoAnd this one:
http://www.runnersworld.com/high-school-profiles/millar-wins-a-close-one-at-the-new-york-state-championshipBut that's all I could find...until I saw this one:
http://www.runnersworld.com/high-school-profiles/same-time-same-place-aaron-templeton-wins-again-in-charlotteSheesh!
Just saying, Aaron Templeton sucked his senior track season. Man that was sad to watch considering his XC season was pretty good.
Amazing! Hard worker. This kid is going to be good.
Perhaps I can educate the gentleman, because I am legally blind. I'll not bore you with statutory definitions, which involve visual acuity and visual field, something akin to range of motion in a shoulder or knee. I have a degenerative retinal condition called retinitis pigmentosa. It starts by affecting the outer portion of the retina and affecting peripheral and night vision, and gradually affects the rest of the retina, and along with it, central vision. I am 60 years old, and only in the last six months have I taken up use of a white cane. I can still see somewhat, particularly if the light is good. I lost my ability to read in my early 50s. People often ask me what I can see, but it's a difficult question to answer.
About six months ago, I was given a comprehensive evaluation at NIH. I could see none of the letters on the chart. The doctor held up some fingers and moved closer to me. I said his fingers blended into the white of the wall behind him. We talked about it, and I suggested he hold his fingers against his dark pants. I could correctly identify the number of fingers from a few feet away.
I'm not sure at what point I met the legal definition of blindness. For many years, I was able to race and my visual limitations affected me minimally. The gentleman has a point, although crudely stated: racing is not like hitting a baseball, and one can race with a pretty severe visual impairment. At this point, I only run on a treadmill. If I were to attempt to race, I'm so slow I'd be far back in the pack, and I'd be stumbling all over people.
Forgive me for going on at length, but particularly since I took up the white cane, I've become aware that there is much misunderstanding out there. I could go on at great length about people physically grabbing me at intersections, helping me cross the street when I don't want any help, etc. It might well be that the subject of this thread is legally blind but still has enough eyesight to run cross country. I don't pity him, nor do I lionize him. It's probably this simple: he's a kid, trying to grow up and love the sport like we all love it. Let's embrace him as one of our own and leave it at that.
Thank you.
I coached Ryan Blume as a volunteer coach. The kid is true grit.
I'm illegally blind. BREAKING THE LAW!!! Got no permit, no license to be blind...just blinding it up all over town...being blind in front of your daughters...BITCH!
Anybody remember Carlos Talbott? http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1994-05-21/sports/9405210049_1_carlos-talbott-blind-athletes-training-partner