Head Injuries and Concussions - How a Bizarre Injury Forced Me to Quit Running
Chris TobinGetty Images On a Friday night in October of 2018, I took a bus from New York City down to Washington D.C. to run the Baltimore Marathon the following morning. As an obsessively frugal 20-something, I had elected the cheapest bus line possible. The dubious (now defunct) brand allowed riders to purchase a ticket for $20 cash from a handler outside Penn Station, operated largely without air conditioning, and on one occasion (yes, I was a repeat customer) dumped us all at a rest stop for an hour while our driver took a nap. Of the many luxuries not afforded to passengers was the loa...