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Marathon bombing survivor Sdoia makes return to running

Sdoia lost her right leg above the knee

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Marathon bombing survivor Sdoia makes return to running
Sdoia lost her right leg above the knee
An already encouraging recovery by Roseann Sdoia continued Sunday as the Boston Marathon bombing survivor made a return to running. Sdoia completed the Lisa's Lung Cancer Awareness 5K in Lowell on Sunday morning. "It's more of a shuffle, a short shuffle, a lot walking a short shuffle and a lot of walking," Sdoia said. Watch report.Sdoia has been training for months at the track at Natick High School, joined by Jothy Rosenberg, an amputee and founder of the Who Says I Can't foundation.The duo started training in April, one year after the bombing that changed Sdoia's life forever.Sdoia lost her right leg above the knee and learned to walk again using a prosthetic limb.The foundation's goal is to pay for sport prosthetics to help amputees get back to the activities they love. One person responded: Roseann Sdoia.At their first meeting, Rosenberg began filming a documentary. He suggested to Sdoia that they try biking, but she wanted to run.Rosenberg said he understands how challenging the recovery process can be, and that having someone to support you along the way makes it that much easier."Either one of us trying to do it by ourselves it would have been a lot harder," Rosenberg said.Sdoia and Rosenberg decided to take their first distance runs on their prosthetic legs together, and also make a documentary about the sometimes painful process of reaching that goal. "It's something that I think I want to get back to, but it's definitely a love-hate relationship, and it's not easy and so there is a lot of anxiousness," Sdoia said. 

An already encouraging recovery by Roseann Sdoia continued Sunday as the Boston Marathon bombing survivor made a return to running. 

Sdoia completed the Lisa's Lung Cancer Awareness 5K in Lowell on Sunday morning. 

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"It's more of a shuffle, a short shuffle, a lot walking a short shuffle and a lot of walking," Sdoia said. 

Watch report.

Sdoia has been training for months at the track at Natick High School, joined by Jothy Rosenberg, an amputee and founder of the Who Says I Can't foundation.

The duo started training in April, one year after the bombing that changed Sdoia's life forever.

Sdoia lost her right leg above the knee and learned to walk again using a prosthetic limb.

The foundation's goal is to pay for sport prosthetics to help amputees get back to the activities they love. One person responded: Roseann Sdoia.

At their first meeting, Rosenberg began filming a documentary. He suggested to Sdoia that they try biking, but she wanted to run.

Rosenberg said he understands how challenging the recovery process can be, and that having someone to support you along the way makes it that much easier.

"Either one of us trying to do it by ourselves it would have been a lot harder," Rosenberg said.

Sdoia and Rosenberg decided to take their first distance runs on their prosthetic legs together, and also make a documentary about the sometimes painful process of reaching that goal. 

"It's something that I think I want to get back to, but it's definitely a love-hate relationship, and it's not easy and so there is a lot of anxiousness," Sdoia said.