Lanarkshire's fundraising champ Scott Cunningham reflects on 30 years of blindnessss
dailyrecord.co.ukWhen record-breaking Scott Cunningham crossed the finish line of another epic running challenge, it was his proud way of celebrating 30 years of being blind.He also undertook the gruelling 56-mile run from Glasgow to Edinburgh recently in memory of his late, great friend, Jim Kirk, whose lasting legacy is the love he instilled in visually-impaired Scott for life-enhancing, long-distance running.Remarkably, super-fit Scott completed that G2E Epic Run Across Scotland in 'Amber Warning' weather conditions, only 50 weeks after suffering a major heart attack.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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It sent him tumbling “down a black hole and into the depths of despair.”Earlier that year, he’d seen his football team play in Europe, he was going to gigs, he’d a job for life with the Royal Mail and he had his first car.Within a period of three weeks, the condition that causes the
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