running blind

At my last eye appointment, my eye doctor said that he was beginning to see blood vessels growing towards my pupil. It means I wear my contacts too much and I need to let my eyes "breathe" more. So I asked myself when is it not extremely necessary to see? (I'm legally blind without my contacts, in case you didn't know or have forgotten).

Running is one instance. So now, I sometimes run without my contacts in. I can tell what large objects are, like cars, people, and dogs, they're just really fuzzy. It's kind of fun actually, it adds an added challenge to running, and I feel like I am much more aware and with it when I am running now. Now that I sort of need to pay attention. And best of all, my eyes get to breathe and get more oxygen.

I've only had a few hickups so far. I've run into some branches and nearly collided with a few people and one dog, but there was never any contact, they just suddenly appeared (distance judgement is also a bit impaired)...and once again, near misses, so everything is fine. So that's my new thing, running blind. It's fun.