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Podcast: The Roadman Cycling Podcast
Episode: From Sight Loss To Paralympics And Now Ultra Running With Peter Ryan
Description: Peter Ryan was an up and coming local athlete in Irelands National Sports but his world came crashing down around him when he was diagnosed with Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy, a genetically inherited form of vision loss which left him legally blind with less than 10 per cent vision.
After a couple of dark years, Ryan eventually accepted his new circumstances and found direction in his life again.
Sport had largely defined the person he was before he lost his sight and once again it became his north star.
After impressing with his te...