Summary
Today's incredible guest Yahya Pandor is running The Manchester Marathon 2024 and is attempting to set a record as The First Blind Runner to run without a Guide Runner.
Yahya is amazing, and his story is remarkable. After losing his sight to a variation of macular degeneration, he decided to have more good days than bad days and leant into the positive side of life. On the side of his day job, he started making TikTok videos together with his brother Isa, to show people what having a vision impairment is like, and has since become an inspiration online.
The RunPod RunClub wants to wish Yahya the best of luck with the Marathon - he's going to kill it!
TikTok: @yahya_pandor + @isapandor
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Run Pod is sponsored by M&S, where you can shop all your favourite sportswear brands. |
| 0:08.0 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:15.0 | Hello there, I'm Jenny Faulkner, here to welcome you to RunPod, the Run Club of the podcast world. |
| 0:22.5 | And every week at the moment, well, we seem to be inundated with inspiring tales of runners crossing finishing lines at various races. |
| 0:31.4 | Well, one is happening this weekend. |
| 0:34.1 | It's the second largest marathon behind London. |
| 0:37.2 | It's a race which draws in some brilliant elite runners and also thousands of others |
| 0:42.4 | who thought completing a marathon would never ever be possible. |
| 0:46.7 | It's reputedly a course where you could get a peabee with the start and finish line being near Old Trafford. |
| 0:52.9 | I am, of course, talking about Manchester Marathon. |
| 0:55.3 | Now, one man running this year in his first marathon is Yaya Pandor, and his story is very special. |
| 1:02.0 | And hopefully he will set a record on the big day itself as the first blind runner to run without a guide runner. |
| 1:10.9 | So to tell us more, I am thrilled to say, |
| 1:13.3 | Yaya is joining us now. |
| 1:15.2 | Hello there. |
| 1:16.0 | Hi there. |
| 1:16.4 | Thank you for having me on. |
| 1:17.6 | Thank you for coming on RunPont. |
| 1:19.3 | This is exciting. |
| 1:20.9 | Thank you very much for chatting to us. |
| 1:23.0 | Where are you today? |
| 1:24.1 | Yeah. |
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