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Your Body Keeps Score

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I was a natural athlete. Started sports at 5—baseball, basketball. By 12, I was dunking. Ran track in college. Then I saw Breaking Away and fell in love with cycling.

Fast forward 40 years.

Summer 2010: I biked across the US in 30 days. Cleveland to Manhattan Beach via Route 66. Solo. Self-funded. I lost 30 pounds that month even though I ate very well.

I felt invincible.

I…