April 23, 2008

Boston Globe features elite blind runners at the Boston Marathon

The Boston Globe highlighted the accomplishments of two blind runners in a front-page story this week, profiling Adrian Broca and Kurt Fiene as they traveled to Massachusetts to take on the Boston Marathon.

Fiene (2:55:00) and Broca (2:56:18) placed first and second in the visually impaired division, running as part of Team With A Vision for MAB Community Services, one of the Vision 5K's organizing charities. Fiene will return to Boston on June 8 to take part in the Vision 5K.

To read the article--and to learn how vision loss isn't holding back athletes like Fiene and Broca--click here.

  • The Carroll Center for the Blind
  • MAB Community Services Formerly the Massachusetts Association for the Blind
  • National Braille Press
  • New England Eye Institute
  • Perkins School for the Blind