15 July 2008

I’ll give you an introduction about me – I started running at the age of about 10, as I used to think I was quite good, it was also a great release for me. I started doing middle distance running and it was my Mum who encouraged me. I did cross-country for a while at Macclesfield Harriers, we were living in Cheshire, I really enjoyed competing.

Looking back, when I was diagnosed with an eye condition at the age of 9, it was a difficult time for me, as I didn’t know what it meant. It was basically a deterioration of my central vision. I was still enjoying my running so a couple of years later, my Mum found out about British Blind Sport, an association for people of all abilities to get involved in various sporting activities.

Through the British Blind Sport, I met loads of friends who were visually impaired like me, which was really nice and helped me a lot. We travelled to Solihull the first time for a training day and I did a range of athletics events. It was not long after that I was selected for the British Blind Sport squad for a cross-country event in Prague. I really enjoyed the experience, had a great time.