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Darren Fittler

Darren Fittler and Dirk Venter tackle the Tough Mudder. Picture: Rob Daniels Source: Supplied

INTRODUCING Sydney-sider Darren Fittler.

He’s just become the first blind man in the world to complete the Tough Mudder.

Alongside close friend and personal trainer Dirk Venter, Fittler took on and conquered the gruelling 20km hardcore obstacle course of 3m walls and freezing ice baths in four hours and 19 minutes to write himself into the record books.

“It was great to get over the line, I spent the last 10km with fairly severe leg cramps and I was glad just to stop, to be honest,” Fittler, a lawyer by day, told AWAAT. (more…)