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Set the PaceHow Nev Schulman Turned a Bike Crash into a Marathon Comeback – with PurposeJoining us this week is Nev Schulman, a TV host, a father of three, and a passionate runner. He's known to millions as the face of Catfish: The TV Show on MTV. Nev’s life took a scary turn this past August, when a bicycle accident left him with a spinal cord injury. Amazingly, just three months later, he defied the odds by completing the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon as a guide for Achilles International, helping blind runner Francesco Magisano, the director of the NYC Metro Region Achilles chapters, cross the finish line. Hear about how his recovery we...2024-12-191h 06
Run With Chestnut74: Brandy Pinder on Blind Massage Therapy, Adaptive Sports, and TriathlonBrandy Pinder, a talented blind massage therapist and passionate triathlete, shares her journey into massage therapy as well as her athletic goals as a triathlete. Brandy offers insights into overcoming misconceptions about blindness in her profession, the tools and techniques that keep her competitive, and how athletics have shaped her life and career. We also cover her thoughts on other people who are blind and low vision getting into massage as well as some fun stories about her experiences. 2024-11-1421 minRun With Chestnut73: Assistive Technology for the Blind with Simon IsakovSubscribe for more episodes like this! Leave us a comment to tell us what you liked and if you have any suggestions for future episodes.Simon is an assistive technology instructor at the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, a branch of the NY Public Library system. The library is now the national library service for the blind and print disabled, rather than national library service for the blind and physically handicapped. This makes it more clear that people with print reading disabilities such as dyslexia are eligible!NLS often partners with commercial audiobook...2024-11-0538 minRun With Chestnut72: Blind Dungeons and Dragons DM with Andrew ZhangAndrew is a blind DM leading many dungeons and dragons games. We have a conversation about how he got into D&D and what makes a compelling and successful D&D session. Drop us a comment to tell us what you think! Hit us up @RunWithChestnut on for extras!2024-10-3128 min
Living Blindfullystay fit with Achilles, improve your financial literacy with Penny Forward, and when screen readers duplicate OS functionsHere are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each.
Welcome to 304 0:00
Accessibility of LinkedIn 1:59
Facebook accessibility regressions 5:59
Some Air Fryers that can be used by a blind person 9:17
Surf Shark vs ExpressVPN 15:12
Going keto 16:27
Francesco Magisano talks about keeping fit with the help of Achilles 24:57
Blind people judging each other 44:49
Comments on episode 296 54:30
The use of the word blind in other languages 59:59
Sending audio iMessages 1:03:02
Chris Peterson talks about Penny Forward 1:05:05
Native versus custom OS solutions 1:43:41
Using Jira with JAWS 1:53:49
Closing 2:00:34
stay fit with Achilles, improve your financial...2024-09-212h 00
The Eyes Free Sports PodcastThe Eyes Free Sports Podcast: Ep. 110 – Taking a Run with Endurance Athlete Francesco Magisano of Achilles InternationalIn Episode 110 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, we visit with Francesco Magisano, an accomplished endurance athlete and para-triathlete who also serves as the Director of the New York City Metro Region for Achilles International. During the interview, Magisano discussed:
Where he was born and grew up
His eye condition and vision loss journey
How he got connected to Achilles International through a random conversation
An overview of the Achilles International organization and its chapters around the world, along with his current role
His career as a runner and para-triathlete
Competing in the extremely challenging Ultraman Florida event
...2024-03-1637 minRun With Chestnut71: Season 3 Intro and Catch Up, Races, JiuJitsu, and GoalsWelcome to Season 3 of the Run with Chestnut podcast. We catch everyone up on the past few months and go on to discuss our races and future goals. This includes Simon’s first ever 70.3 half ironman triathlon, the NYC marathon, and more. We would greatly appreciate it if you would leave a review for this podcast on which ever platform you use to listen to podcasts. Reach out to us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @RunWithChestnut to give us any feedback, or future topic requests.2024-01-2849 minRun With Chestnut70: Bonus Ultraman Florida Recap 3/01/2023This bonus episode was recorded back in March of 2023 and it recaps Ultraman Florida. This is an ultra distance triathlon and Francesco was the first person with a disability to successfully complete it! Listen to hear all about the struggle and drama that happened over the 3 days of racing. We would greatly appreciate it if you would leave a review for this podcast on which ever platform you use to listen to podcasts. Reach out to us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @RunWithChestnut to give us any feedback, or future topic requests.2024-01-021h 14
Another Mother RunnerMany Happy Miles: Guiding Visually Impaired AthletesIf you've ever considered being a guide for visually impaired athletes or are fascinated by folks who do, listen to this episode. Hosts Dimity and Sarah WF welcome guide Andrea Good, who leads a blind friend, Kate, through triathlons, then they bring on Francesco Magisano, the Director of Achilles NYC Metro region and a blind triathlete. They cover:
what being a guide involves, including training for each triathlon discipline;
the various races Andrea and Kate have tackled together;
the rewards of helping another athlete achieve her goal; and,
Francesco's personal experience as a blind runner and triathlete.
Fee...2023-10-2443 minRun With Chestnut69: Francesco’s Pre-UltraMan Florida Race and Guest TiannaIn this episode first for 2023, Francesco and Simon are joined by first time podcast guest Tianna to discuss Francesco’s upcoming attempt to be the first person with a disability to finish UltraMan Florida. We also discuss how Tianna found the Achilles team and how she got involved with racing as a guide for Francesco. We would greatly appreciate it if you would leave a review for this podcast on which ever platform you use to listen to podcasts. Reach out to us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @RunWithChestnut to give us any feedback, or future topic requests.2023-03-0358 min
515 : The Ultra PodcastS4E2 -- Ultraman Florida 2023 Race PreviewSend us a textRace director of Ultraman Florida, Jen McVeay, and the voice of Ultraman, Steve King join me to preview the athletes attending the 2023 version of the race on February 9 - 11. We discuss some of the athletes' race resumes and connections to the Ultra family.In the second part of the episode I have a conversation with one of the athletes - Amy Jo Jenkins from Arkansas. This will be Amy’s first 515 distance event and she shares some of the anxieties of a rookie 515 athl...2023-02-061h 12515 : The Ultra PodcastS4E1 -- Ultraman Florida Athlete in Profile : Francesco MagisanoSend us a textFrancesco Magisano is my Ultraman Florida athlete in profile. At ten months old Francesco was diagnosed with eye cancer and by age 16 things went completely dark with blindness for him. He found his way to sport through Achilles International, a global adaptive sports and advocacy organization serving people with disabilities. That has led to him working for Achilles as the director of the New York metro region where he also leads a Saturday run group in Central Park. He will be the first blin...2023-01-271h 02