Blindfold twist to Denis’s marathon

Denis Kelleher is used to running long-distance as sighted guide to a vision- impaired athlete but the shoe will be on the other foot when he runs a marathon blindfolded.

The 51-year-old east Cork man takes to the wild west of Connemara next Sunday where he will be guided by another experienced marathon runner, Tim Twomey.

However, the Leevale Athletics Club runner will be taking on the role usually adopted by clubmate Denis, who has previously trained vision-impaired runner Sinead Kane for the 2014 Dublin City Marathon.