The Physical Performance Show: Damien Williams – Blind Marathoner
Episode 26: Damien Williams – Blind Marathoner
Brad Beer recently sat down with Blind Marathoner – Damien Williams for Episode 26 of The Physical Performance Show podcast.
Brad has a fire-side chat with Damien who shares his story on how he lost his vision, picked himself up and then went on to achieve some amazing things.
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In this episode Damien shares:
- How crashing on a bike last year has left Damien fearing a downhill ride
- Losing his first eye at 13 years old and starting work at an early age
- Losing his second eye at 27
- Recovering from the injury, having a family and signing up to sports
- How Damien got back into running
- Damien getting into competition
- Seven marathons in 7 days
- Tandem running and synchronising
- Running first 100km for Motor Neuron Disease
- Training for a marathon
- Damien’s bearings on running through the streets
- Aspirations on competing in Paralympics
- Which athlete Damien admires the most
Timeline
0:00 Welcome to Damien Williams
1:00 Crashing on a bike last year
3:20 Losing his first eye at 13 years old and starting work at an early age
8:00 Losing his second eye at 27
14:05 Recovering from the injury and signing up to sports
18:00 How Damien got back into running
22:00 Damien getting into competition
28:20 Seven marathons in 7 days
35:30 Tandem running and synchronising
40:30 Running first 100km for Motor Neuron Disease
44:20 Training for a marathon
48:00 Damien’s bearings on running through the streets
50:00 Aspirations on competing in Paralympics
52:00 Which athlete Damien admires the most
58:05 Finish
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