Article: Separation, Anxiety; Family Struggles in Dream's Wake for BMX Star, Now Injured in Race

Every relationship has its milestones by which its principals measure progress -- kids, jobs, moves, anniversaries. Ashley Bennett of Conroe, Tex., measures her marriage to Kyle by the injuries. She rattles them off: the torn ACL, the torn meniscus, the broken collarbones. She stood by her man, her BMX rider, when he decided to try to jump that ditch he'd been eyeballing since high school, and came up short. That was the broken foot. He rode through that one.

But then the Olympics happened to BMX, and little baby Kylie happened to their family, and Kyle got healthy and motivated -- and, well, chasing the dream didn't necessarily jibe with family life, which is why two months ago Ashley ...

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