neither did rakshitha. she says she doesn't want rakshitha to end up like her. rakshitha thrived on this strength. where she could access better resources. but to compete on the world stage, what she needed the most was a dedicated guide runner. "and cannot see the track?" she needed to put full faith in her guide and in the tether that would bind and protect them as they ran full throttle. translation: i can't see anything, so i believe - in my guide runner more than myself. the guide and i hold on to the tether and that protects me when i fall. ra kshitha was lucky. she found rahul. what guide running required. on a track and which line they have to run. when they are approaching a curve, he has to tell them to turn. when a competitor is crossing in front, he has to tell them this is rahul now, but ten years back, rahul had never met an athlete with visual impairment, let alone know what a guide runner is. he was a middle—distance runner who had participated when a turn of fate brought him face—to—face with shavaad, an athlete with visual impairment in need of