Awake Again: All the Way Back from Head Injury

When I worked at "Bicycling", I regularly sifted through piles of unsolicited manuscripts. Most people didn't have much of a story to tell ("We toured through Colorado and got four flat tires") and a non-lyrical way of telling it.

Martin's story wasn't like that.

Martin wrote about his traumatic brain injury, his rehab, and his stubborn-yet-cheerful determination to do a cross country ride to celebrate the success of his rehab. Martin really jolted my notion of how meaningful it could be to p...