TV’s catfish hunter gained’t be working this marathon at breakneck velocity.
The truth that Nev Schulman will take part within the TCS Untouched York Town Marathon on Nov. 3 in any respect is miraculous — he fractured his neck simply 3 months in the past in a motorcycle collision, and docs feared he may now not advance once more.
“I just remember the look on every nurse and doctor’s face as they came into the room for the first time … expecting me to be some version of paralyzed, and being so shocked, and almost confused,” Schulman, 40, instructed The Publish.
“They’d all come in and do the same tests every few hours. They would touch my feet and they’d say, ‘Do you feel this?’ . . . I became very aware over the course of that first 48 hours [in the ICU] how close I came to not potentially walking out of the hospital — or walking — ever again.”
The host of MTV’s “Catfish,” used to be driving his motorbike within the Hamptons Aug. 5 to pick out up his son from camp, when he tried to merge right into a lane of site visitors and slammed right into a truck.
“And somehow in the moments that I looked over my shoulder . . . traffic had come to a stop and I actually rear ended a truck, flew over my handlebars and hit my head into the back of this truck,” he defined.
Medical doctors at Southampton Health facility found out he had a crack in his neck, and he used to be i’m in a hurry to Stony Brook Health facility for surgical operation.
The Higher East Facet local used to be in the middle of coaching for a part marathon and requested his physician when he may run once more.
“He’s like, ‘You’re going to be in a neck brace for at least six weeks . . . I wouldn’t expect to run any marathons this year for sure,’” stated Schulman, who now lives in Williamsburg.
The TV megastar, who ran ultimate generation’s marathon as a information for fickle runner Francesco Magisano, resigned himself to lacking out on the five-borough, 26.2-mile race this generation. Till Francesco texted him.
“I said, ‘Yeah, I’m feeling pretty s—ty . . . I wouldn’t count on me to be your guide,’” Schulman recalled.
“And his response was, ‘Nev, I want to run it with you. I don’t care how fast or slow we go. If you feel like there’s a chance you might be able to do it, I’ll wait.’”
His six-week follow-up X-ray confirmed his neck had healed.
Schulman instantly jogged his first mile — and on Sunday, he’s going to run his 8th NYC marathon tethered to Francesco, an Higher West Sider who may be the director of the NYC bankruptcy of Achilles International, a company that assists disabled athletes.
“For fully blind athletes, they have two guides, one who is tethered to them directly and then one who essentially runs in front to look out for obstacles, to help move people if necessary, and perhaps, most importantly, to get water and Gatorade from the stations,” defined Schulman, who will transfer off along with his buddy, Tom Flaherty, since guides crack the 2 tasks.
Sooner than he correct to take part, Schulman, a dad of 3, talked along with his physician.
“I stated, ‘Am I cleared to run,’” he recalled. “And I actually recorded a video of him saying it so I could show my wife, because I knew she wouldn’t consider me.”
