Double Olympic gold-medal winner, James Cracknell. His story before & after his life-changing accident. In October 2011 James Cracknell, two-time Olympic gold-medal rower & one of the greatest endurance athletes the world has ever known, suffered a seizure at home as his young son looked on in horror. A man who had known no limits, a man who had practically achieved the impossible, was now struggling to master life's simple challenges. A year earlier, as James undertook yet another endurance challenge in Arizona, he was knocked off his bike by the wing mirror of a petrol tanker. It had smashed into the back of his head at high speed, causing severe frontal lobe damage. The doctors weren't sure if he would recover &, if he did, whether he would ever be the same again. " Touching Distance" is an extraordinary, honest & powerful account as James & his wife Bev confront for the first time the lasting effects that the accident has had on their lives. It is the story of a marriage, of a family & of one man's fight back to be the best husband & father he can be.