Whenever my Commando unit would walk into an off-base mess hall, the room would go 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁. You could feel the weight of the stares and hear the whispers—”It’s the Commandos. What are 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 doing here?” Even after all that time, the level of respect we got still blew me away. We represented something different,…

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𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟱𝟬 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼’𝘀 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆: 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗨𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆When a close friend of mine hit 50, he warned me, “The big 5-0 changes everything. You’re getting old!” I shrugged it off, thinking it was nonsense. After all, nothing happened when I turned 49, so why would 50 be any different? Just a number, right? I…

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“𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲, 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗺𝗲… 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲!” The desperation in his voice cuts through the roar of engines. I stop, scanning the steep hillside, and then I see him—a fellow competitor, a Korean rider, stranded way off the track. His bike lies meters below, tangled in the bushes, and he’s clinging to it, eyes wide with…