Last Saturday, a great group of Goodgym runners were invited to get involved with the annual Metro Blind Sports games, held at Mile End Stadium. We were informed about the event by our friends at Achilles International, and were thrilled to help some of our regular Thursday evening session participants in their own races. As well as London locals, we had entrants visiting from as far as California and Poland to experience a classic athletics meeting, but made to be accessible for VI (visually impaired) competitors.

It was wonderful to see a full roster of runners, throwers, jumpers and sprinters- including school children and grandparents, and even former Paralympic world record holders (the legendary Noel Thatcher joined us!).

The core team who were running the event (coordinators, track officials, hosts) were really pleased to see so many new guides joining in this year, and thanked Goodgym directly for their contribution. We were so happy to see some of our Achilles International regulars coming away with some silverware as well (Congratulations to Naqi, Ashfaq and Toni on your excellent shotput, sprinting and long jump performances!).

It was also super heartening to meet VI runners and guides from other running communities too- and even encouraging them to join us for future sessions at Green Park and Paddington Rec Track.

A wonderful day out. Well done everyone!