My Story

Twenty-nine years ago, eighteen months after my high school graduation, I was involved in an automobile accident that resulted in a spinal cord injury and paralysis.

From the very beginning I was determined to live a full life, I would not let the injury define me. After about a year of physical and mental healing, as well as learning to live with a spinal cord injury, I jumped back into life. Jumping back into to life was the best thing I could have done. 

It’s been an amazing twenty-eight years. That full life I was determined to have has included becoming a husband, father, teacher, and competitive hand cyclist. I never could have imagined this would be my story twenty-eight years ago when I became a paraplegic.

My hand cycling journey started about eight years ago. After being in a wheelchair for twenty years, I found myself in a place where I needed to get in shape. I started hand cycling around the neighborhood, and that quickly grew into completing marathons. From there I set a goal to complete 40 marathons. I’ve completed 41, but I won't stop there. Definitely more marathons to come. The marathon circuit led me to paracycling, and I’ve been hooked ever since.