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World Service,4 mins

How a blind runner tackles Namibia's desert race

World Update

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Running a 160 miles can be hard, now imagine you are blind. Simon Wheatcroft is totally blind but has found a way to run an ultra-marathon, through the desert, alone. He has just returned from Namibia, where he did this for the first time. Dan Damon asked him how he navigated across the desert.

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