Everyone has a story.......

Kensal Rise's Zute Lightfoot made the following beautiful 2023 video of Ellie Southwood and local run coach/Gladstone parkrun Director Sophie Barnard's training for Blenheim Palace Triathlon with Kensal Tri.......

In this, Ellie - who is blind and did her first full Triathlon in 2023 - talks about the challenge and how cycling and swimming in particular presented.

Sophie also talks about her apprehensions at first - she is not a trained Tri coach but a run coach - but the many joys of being a Guide and making this sort of adventure possible for others.

Ellie & Sophie raised £2,000 to help local refugees through Salusbury World & The Lexi Cinema via bit.ly/TwoTryTri.

You can see how they got on at Blenheim in the video clips below or on Instagram here.

It is regrettable that Ellie has been the ONLY blind person doing Blenheim Tri over the past few years - despite thousands taking part.

It's a better story where it comes to guides being available for running, including Gladstone parkrun.

See photos of Gladstone parkrun guiding here - it requires no training or special skills. Is this something you would be prepared to help with?

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