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How Running Ultramarathons Saved Carol Seppilu's Life
Season 11 Episode 5 | 7m 2s
| Video has closed captioning.
Carol Seppilu describes jogging with a tracheotomy as “trying to breathe through a straw while running.” She's even dealt with her trach freezing shut while running in the frigid winter temperatures in Nome, Alaska where she lives. She's learned to adapt to challenges like this since surviving a suicide attempt in 1999.
