Marathon Mates challenge launched by RNIB

The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has called for people to pair up and split the distance of a marathon during May while raising money for the charity.

Marathon Mates was inspired by the way people with sight loss run with a guide runner and participants can choose to run or walk with a partner either side by side or separately.

Lizzie Wagner, senior challenge events manager at the RNIB, said: ‘The last year has been particularly challenging for blind and partially sighted people, with the pandemic presenting a number of issues around accessing information, food and feeling isolated from others.