Visually impared runner Ross Gallagher completes 2019 Dublin Marathon

Visually impaired runner Ross Gallagher is a regular at a lot of the shorter races in Cork and Kerry. Last weekend in Dublin, he made a big jump by completing his first marathon in a time of 5h 45m.

He is pictured here with his guide Gaetan Meister.

Ross said afterwards he loved every minute of it and raised funds for the Child Vision charity in the process.

This is a list of races completed by Ross to date: 109 x 5 k races, 53 x ten k races, 45 x park runs, 12 x 4 miles, 9 x half marathon, 6 x ten milers, 4 x 5 miles, 3 x 6 k, 3 x beache races, 3 x one miles and one marathon.