 The competition was fully underway as athletes gathered to compete in the cycling portion of the 2012 Marine Corps Trials, most reviving for a position on the All-Marine team, but for some it was more about living up to the Wounded Warrior battalion's motto of still in the fight. Just being able to finish the race was hard enough, you know, I wasn't even worried about time or place or anything like that. I just wanted to get out there and do it and say I did it. It's not all about winning at the trials. Taking the gold is nice, but it's not the message driven home during every event. Maybe by me doing this, some Marines will see it and with my level of injury, same level of injury and see that they can do it also, so that's most gratifying to me. From Camp Pendleton, California, I'm Staff Sergeant Will Skelton.