Day 6: Gainesville tx to Ardmore Ok, 45 miles Date: June 6th 2013 Wake was late – 8am because it was going to be a short ride. I got ready and loaded my stuff in the trailer. SAG had setup breakfast – bagels, peanut butter and fruits. It is hard for me to eat a […]

Day 5: Mansfield tx to Gainesville tx, 85 miles Date: June 5th 2013 Today was unique. Our ride was split into two parts. A 24 mile ride to Hurst Tx to visit Aaron’s place and then from there to Gainesville tx. Wake up was 7am. The trailers and vans were loaded. Sarah’s parents were incredible. […]

I haven’t had the chance to blog from a computer but I’m sleeping next to an outlet so I can blog from my phone! Here’s a tiny update until I can give you a real one. Day 1: Atlas was amazing and I got to see my family one last time before heading off on […]

Day 4 – rest day in Mansfield tx Date: June 4th 2013 Today can hardly be called a rest day. Too many activities today. Wake up was at 9am. We had begals for breakfast and got ready. We headed over to UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas in our vans. Dallas is about 30 mins […]

Day 3: Glen Rose Tx to Mansfield Tx, 51 miles Date: June 3rd 2013 Wake up was at 7am. A good nights sleep after a century makes all the difference. Packed up, took my protein supplements, loaded the trailer, had breakfast (donated by a lady from walmart), pumped up the tires, put on sunscreen and […]

There’s a scene in the 1961 animated version of 101 Dalmatians in which the 99 puppies, Pongo, and Anita are taken into a dairy barn by a Collie after their long and arduous flight from the DeVille mansion. The dogs, who have been traveling for days without food, are fed by the very giving cows […]

Day 4: 88 miles. Weather: 109 degrees. If I just left my blog at that, it would hardly be an testament to the magnitude of experience I had today. Today, we left Winters, Texas at about 7:30. Winters’ volunteers woke up and made breakfast for us at 4:00 in the morning! Our hosts, the Connors […]

Today started with a full stomach and a tail wind. It wasn’t but a few mile in, and we started riding through an enormous wind turbine farm. Riding through them I initially felt very small. After a few miles my opinion flipped. They are man made structures. That means that a group of people worked […]

Long time no blog! The last week and a half has been the craziest, most intense time of my entire life. I rarely experience stress and anxiety like I did during the last few days of preparation for the ride. The ironic part about all of that is I had pictured my last week as […]

It’s finally here. Day Zero. The day we’ve all been anticipating for more than 500 days. After 18 months of preparation, it was finally Day Zero. Day Zero is a celebration of our months of hard work and allows friends and family to say their goodbyes to us before we begin. The day started at […]