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Pushing Pedals to Help Ohio’s Healing Heroes

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014   

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Hundreds of Ohioans will be pushing pedals this Memorial Day weekend to help the nation's healing heroes.

The first annual "Honor Ride Ohio," a noncompetitive cycling event open to all veterans and the public, will be held Saturday in the Columbus area.

One of the riders will be Army veteran Juan Carlos Hernandez, who lost part of his right leg in an aircraft hit by a grenade in Afghanistan in 2009. Cycling helps keep his mind clear and focused, he said, and has helped him recover from his injuries more quickly.

"Everybody wants to stay fit, and cycling is one of those activities that anybody can do," he said, "whether you're missing limbs or you have a traumatic brain injury, which causes a lot of balance issues."

Cyclists of all skill levels are invited to the ride through New Albany, Granville and other local communities. Both the 35-mile and 70-mile routes begin and end at New Albany High School.

According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, more than 1 million veterans have been injured in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The money raised during the event will be used to build awareness for "Ride 2 Recovery," an organization that helps injured veterans heal, in part through cycling. Hernandez said the program has helped veterans make personal connections as well.

"You get to talking about where you were, what you did and what happened, and everybody can relate to those stories," he said. "We just become one big family and, psychologically, I think that's the biggest impact that we have on the riders."

More than 40 Project Hero cycling rehabilitation programs are active throughout the United States, which Hernandez says have helped more than 5,000 veterans.

More information is online at ride2recovery.com.


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