This is a personal account of recovery from a traumatic brain injury (TBI) by Dr. Alex Czepulkowski. Alex is an emergency medicine registrar in the UK, touring lecturer on TBI and an accomplished expedition medic. He takes you on his journey from a helicopter evacuation in the French Alps to running the Cardiff half marathon 7 months later. His unique approach covers everything from neuroanatomy to philosophy and offers a thought provoking take on how we can reframe our conversations about recovery.