Squamish runner's epic journey aims to raise funds for Doctors Without Borders.
Squamish's David Kaplan, 28, was feeling a little tired when The Squamish Chief caught up with him by phone in Port Alberni on Monday morning. The local runner was in the middle of his Beyond Borders project, running across Vancouver Island in support of Doctors Without Borders, the non-profit that provides medical care in areas of disaster, war or conflict.
As of Monday, the run had gone smoothly, minus some bushwhacking he had to do when the trail route was not as clearly marked as he expected. "I need to battle one thing at a time," he said. "I can't really think about all of it. On some sections I just feel I want to be at home and don't want to do this anymore so I'm mentally down. But then I get out of this, I feel good for an hour or two, and then something else starts hurting, like my knee, my ankles whatever — my feet are crazy sore already."
"He was explaining how running and sport helped him to kind of get out of his [difficult] life. And later, he was basically an ultra running superstar," Kaplan said.
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