For the past 10 months, Myra Rodrigues has been combining two of her passions with a charitable cause in the hope of making a difference.

Rodrigues, 64, has been a member of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) since she was four years old and is currently a volunteer for the organization.

Last September, Rodrigues began Myra's Marathon with the goal of raising as much money as possible in support of the CNIB library. The funds will go towards rebuilding the collection of braille and talking books for blind or visually impaired children, adolescents and adults across the country.

Rodrigues doesn't use a guide dog on the power walks, but instead has a guide, who walks beside her.The guides have a tether, which Rodrigues slips her arm through when power-walking the half marathons.

Her schedule includes one major race in each province and territory over the course of 12 months.

Rodrigues' journey began in St. John's with the Newfoundland Provincial Marathon that was held Sept. 16.

Just one week later, she took part in the Marathon by the Sea, which was held in St. John. Her last race in the fall was on Oct. 14 in Charlottetown and was called the the Prince Edward Island Marathon.

Since then she has been to Montreal, Vancouver, Halifax, Winnipeg and just this past weekend, Mayo.

The Yukon race she took part in was the Mayo Midnight Marathon, which seemed like a better alternative to Rodrigues than the Yukon River Trail race.

Rodrigues isn't completely blind and can make out bright colours as well as shadows. When she was facing the sunset in the Mayo marathon, she could see the bright orange and red colours in the sky.

Rodrigues, who has been a power-walker for five years, said she really enjoyed participating in the Mayo race.

"It was the first time I have ever raced at night in a half marathon," she said.

"It was doing a half marathon in the middle of the night, starting at midnight that was really different and special. The other thing that is amazing is Mayo is a town of 400 people and everybody was involved. There were a tonne of Mayo people, doing the volunteer work on the course and doing the food preparation. Everything was really nice."

She said that participating in the races across the country has been an amazing experience and that each marathon event has been special in its own way.

"Each one has its own special features, so this (one in Mayo) was very special," Rodrigues said. "This one I will never forget."

Lee Scott is a fried of Rodrigues' and was her guide in Mayo. This was the first race for the Myra Marathon schedule that Lee has participated in. She said it was an 0incredible experience.

"It was amazing on so many levels," Scott said. "The opportunity to be in Mayo on the summer solstice and walk a race, starting at midnight. It just can't be repeated.

Scott said it was a great race for Rodrigues.

"It is such a community event, so the community really welcomed her," she said. "It's just a lovely community, really, and they put an extraordinary effort into putting that race on."

Scott, who has never been travelled to the Yukon before, said she was glad she participated in the race and was impressed by how much the community helped out with organizing it.

"It felt like the entire community was out," she said. "It's really hard work for volunteers to help out at a race like that. To get a small community like that to volunteer their time through the middle of the night, it's really inspiring."

Rodrigues doesn't have a goal for how much money she hopes to raise, but so far she has brought in around $30,000. All of the proceeds will be donated to the CNIB.

Her next race will be on July 6 in Calgary, before traveling to Nunavut for the Northwest Passage Marathon on August 5. After a race in Yellowknife and Regina, she will conclude Myra's Marathon with the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, which is in her hometown.