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TRAVIS ON MONDAY, CLOSE TO
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STEVE: ON MONDAY, CLOSE TO
30,000 RUNNERS WILL GATHER AT
THE START LINE IN HOPKINGTON,
MASSACHUSETTS FOR THE 121ST
BOSTON MARATHON.
MEGHAN: EACH AND EVERY RUNNER
WILL HAVE HIS AND HER STORY OF
THEIR JOURNEY TO THE MARATHON.
AS WMTW NEWS 8'S TRAVIS LEE
TELLS US, FEW WILL HAVE A STORY
OF PERSEVERANCE LIKE MAINE'S
SHELBY KAPLAN.
TRAVIS: LOOKING FOR A WAY TO
STAY ACTIVE SHELBY KAPLAN TOOK
, UP RUNNING BY JOINING THE UNUM
TRACK TEAM AS A YOUNG
PROFESSIONAL.
BUT IT WASN'T LONG AFTER THAT
HER COMPETITIVE NATURE TOOK OVER
AND SHE BEGAN SETTING HER SIGHTS
ON THE BOSTON MARATHON.
>> I CROSSED THE FINISH LINE AT
MY FIRST MARATHON, AND BEFORE
GOT INTO THE CAR, OR HOBBLED
INTO MY MOM'S CAR, I SAID TO
HER THAT THAT WAS FUN, BUT I BET
I COULD DO BETTER, I BET I COULD
DO BOSTON.
TRAVIS: BUT TO DO BOSTON, SHE'D
HAVE TO SHAVE ALMOST AN HOUR OFF
HER TIME TO MEET THE QUALIFYING
STANDARD.
>> IT JUST BECAME THIS, I
WOULDN'T SAY OBSESSION, BUT THI
PASSION THIS CONSTANT DRIVE TO
, SHAVE OFF TIME.
AND IT TOOK ME 7 MARATHONS TO
FINALLY GET IT, BUT I GOT IT.
TRAVIS: AFTER MEETING THE
STANDARD LAST MAY AT THE
SUGARLOAF MARATHON, KAPLAN
CONTINUED TO TRAIN FOR BOSTON,
AND HAD GONE OUT ON A 4TH
JULY RUN WHEN HER DREAM TOOK A
HIT, LITERALLY.
>> I'M CROSSING A STREET AT A
STOP SIGN AND A DRIVER DIDN'T
SEE ME, STRUCK ME ON MY LE
SIDE AND RAN OVER BOTH MY LEGS.
TRAVIS: KAPLAN WALKED AWAY WITH
A GRADE 2 MLC STRAIN, AN
AVULSION FRACTURE IN HER ANKLE
AND TIRE MARKS ON HER LEGS,
COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE.
BUT HER THOUGHTS IMMEDIATELY
TURNED TO HER GOAL
>> I WAS LIKE, PULLING MY LEGS
OUT FROM UNDER THE CAR, WAILING,
AND THE FIRST RESPONDER THAT
CAME, IT WAS A WOMAN THAT CAME
FROM ACROSS THE STREET, AN
SHE'S HOLDING ME TELLING ME
EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT, SO I
WAS LIKE, BUT I GOT TO RUN
BOSTON.
TRAVIS: KAPLAN RETURNED TO WORK
AND IT DIDN'T TAKE HER LONG TO
START HER ROAD TO RECOVERY.
>> I'D PROP MY BAD LEG UP ON THE
AERODYNE BIKE, USE MY OTHER LEG
TO PUMP ON THE BIKE, BECAU
THE SUN WAS FINE -- IN THIS ONE
WAS FINE.
AND JUST PUMP AWAY ON MY ARMS,
DO THAT AND MY CORE EXERCISES.
TRAVIS: SHE PROGRESSED FROM
WALKING TO JOGGING AND NOW TO
THE POINT WHERE SHE WILL RUN
BOSTON, EVEN THOUGH SHE WON'T BE
100%.
HER BOYFRIEND HAD A FRONT ROW
SEAT FOR HER RECOVERY.
>> TO REALIZE A DREAM AND
ACHIEVE AN OBJECTIVE THAT YOU'VE
SET OUT FOR YEARS TO ACCOMPLISH,
TO HAVE THAT POTENTIALLY DASHED
FROM YOU, FROM SOMETHING AS
TRAUMATIC AS BEING HIT BY A CAR,
TO INSTANTLY BE BACK ON THE
BIKE, DOING WHATEVER YOU CAN TO
STAY IN SHAPE, CONSTANTLY HAVI
THAT SINGLER FOCUS OF, NEED TO
GET BACK AND MAKE THE RACE
HAPPEN, THAT IS TOTALLY
INSPIRING.
>> BOSTON HAS BEEN THAT
MOTIVATOR FOR, TO NOT SIT BACK,
NOT LET MY INJURIES DEFINE ME
AND A SLOW ME DOWN.
AS I TOLD MY MOM, IT MIGHT TAKE
ME 3.5 HOURS TO RUN THIS RACE,
IT MIGHT TAKE ME 5.5 BUT ONE WAY
OR ANOTHER I AM GETTING ACRO
THAT FINISH LINE.
TRAVIS: FOR KAPLAN, THAT WOULD
BE A GOAL THAT WAS DETOURED, AND
NOT DERAILED.
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