Dave Heeley - Running Blind in the Falkland Islands
March 12, 2008
by Press Release

Running blind –
Dave Heeley’s global Seven Magnificent Marathons challenge to begin at Mount Pleasant, Falkland Islands

Seven marathons, seven days, seven continents Pushing boundaries, living dreams

The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association in the UK announces that Mount Pleasant, Falkland Islands, will be the start of one blind man’s extraordinary challenge to run the charity’s Seven Magnificent Marathons challenge – seven marathons, on seven continents, in seven days – starting at 2001 on Monday 07 April 2008.

Attracting huge media interest, the eyes of the world will be focussed on Mount Pleasant, as 50-year-old Dave Heeley – Blind Dave as he likes to be known – takes his first stride towards proving to the world that sight loss is no barrier human achievement, and raise many thousands of pounds for Guide Dogs so that more people can benefit form the independence that these special dogs provide.



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