Welcome
I started Run 4 Vision in 2007 in preparation for the Marathon des Sables. After having watched a blind Japanese runner on TV conquering that cruel 7-day race across the desert, I did not need much more encouragement to dedicate my future running to a good cause.
Sadly, still today a person goes blind on this planet every 15 minutes, simply because they are born in the wrong place, without access to eye health care, suffer from malnutrition, and live in a poor hygienic environment.
I support the vision and dream of the late Professor Fred Hollows, and with my running I try to raise funds for The Fred Hollows Foundation and help visually impaired people getting a fair go at running and enjoying the great outdoors.
I hope you enjoy my stories of running across the desert of Morocco, guiding my blind friend in The Comrades in South Africa, or my being part of Ben's adventure racing the Sydney Marathon.
Happy feet,
Markus
Francois Jacobs and I at the finish of the 2010 Comrades in Durban.
