TV’s catfish hunter gained’t be working this marathon at breakneck velocity.
The truth that Nev Schulman will take part within the TCS New York Metropolis Marathon on Nov. 3 in any respect is miraculous — he fractured his neck simply three months in the past in a bike accident, and docs feared he may not stroll once more.
“I simply bear in mind the look on each nurse and physician’s face as they got here into the room for the primary time … anticipating me to be some model of paralyzed, and being so shocked, and virtually confused,” Schulman, 40, instructed The Submit.
“They’d all are available in and do the identical checks each few hours. They’d contact my toes and so they’d say, ‘Do you’re feeling this?’ . . . I grew to become very conscious over the course of that first 48 hours [in the ICU] how shut I got here to not doubtlessly strolling out of the hospital — or strolling — ever once more.”
The host of MTV’s “Catfish,” was driving his bike within the Hamptons Aug. 5 to choose up his son from camp, when he tried to merge right into a lane of site visitors and slammed right into a truck.
“And in some way within the moments that I regarded over my shoulder . . . site visitors had come to a cease and I really rear ended a truck, flew over my handlebars and hit my head into the again of this truck,” he defined.
Medical doctors at Southampton Hospital found he had a fracture in his neck, and he was rushed to Stony Brook Hospital for surgical procedure.
The Higher East Aspect native was within the midst of coaching for a half 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 the least six weeks . . . I wouldn’t count on to run any marathons this yr for certain,’” stated Schulman, who now lives in Williamsburg.
The TV star, who ran final yr’s marathon as a information for blind runner Francesco Magisano, resigned himself to lacking out on the five-borough, 26.2-mile race this yr. Till Francesco texted him.
“I stated, ‘Yeah, I’m feeling fairly s—ty . . . I wouldn’t depend on me to be your information,’” Schulman recalled.
“And his response was, ‘Nev, I need to run it with you. I don’t care how briskly or sluggish we go. In case you really feel like there’s an opportunity you may be capable 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’ll run his eighth NYC marathon tethered to Francesco, an Higher West Sider who can be the director of the NYC chapter of Achilles Worldwide, a corporation that assists disabled athletes.
“For absolutely blind athletes, they’ve two guides, one who’s tethered to them immediately after which one who primarily runs in entrance to look out for obstacles, to assist transfer individuals if crucial, and maybe, most significantly, to get water and Gatorade from the stations,” defined Schulman, who will swap off along with his buddy, Tom Flaherty, since guides cut up the 2 tasks.
Earlier than he agreed to take part, Schulman, a dad of three, talked along with his physician.
“I stated, ‘Am I cleared to run,’” he recalled. “And I really recorded a video of him saying it so I may present my spouse, as a result of I knew she wouldn’t consider me.”
