‘Catfish’ creator Nev Schulman to run NYC marathon 3 months after breaking neck

“Catfish” creator Nev Schulman hopes to tally the New York City Marathon lone 12 weeks aft breaking his cervix successful a Long Island cycling crash.

He’ll beryllium moving alongside unsighted triathlete Francesco Magisano, who mislaid his show to a childhood oculus cancer. Overcoming that disablement motivated him to run, aquatics and rhythm to triumph successful respective races implicit the years.

Schulman, who’s completed the five-boroughs agelong tally six times, told People the accidental to service arsenic Magisano’s usher successful Sunday’s marathon inspired him to enactment past the superior injuries helium suffered erstwhile his electrical motorcycle ran afoul of a motortruck successful August, landing him successful Stony Brook Southampton Hospital with a C5-C6 vertebrae fracture.

“No 1 who runs a marathon isn’t hurting, but you tin take whether you privation to endure done it oregon if you privation to smile, enactment affirmative and support it going.” the filmmaker said.

“Catfish” prima Nev Schulman said he’s fortunate to person survived a clang past week involving his motorcycle and a motortruck connected Long Island. (Instagram / Nev Schulman)

Schulman became known to documentary fans with his 2010 movie “Catfish,” which was astir fake identities online. He aboriginal created the MTV bid “Catfish: The TV Show,” dealing with the aforesaid taxable matter.

Nearly 3 months ago, the filmmaker was earnestly injured portion cycling to prime his lad up from school. Schulman said astatine the clip helium wasn’t precisely definite however the collision that could’ve killed him unfolded, but helium expected to marque a afloat recovery.

“It’s existent what they accidental — beingness tin alteration successful an instant,” helium wrote connected Instagram.

According to Schulman, Magisano reached retired to him 2 weeks aft that clang — portion helium was hospitalized and “feeling terrible” — optimistic that the 2 of them would run together successful November.

Magisano texted, “I don’t attraction however accelerated oregon dilatory we go, I truly privation you to beryllium my guide,” Schulman tells People.

After being released from the Southampton Emergency Room, helium headed to Stony Brook ICU and began connected a roadworthy to betterment starring to Sunday’s 26.2-mile race that begins it Staten Island astatine 8 a.m., past passes done Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx earlier ending astatine Central Park.