The last 3 days have been crazy and tiring, but absolutely awesome. The first day of the ride, the community had a chance to ride and/or eat with us at the Atlas Ride. My mom, dad, and sister came down to send me off, and my dad rode with me. Riding with my dad was […]

Day 2: Lampsas to Glen Rose Tx, 98 miles Date: June 2nd 2013 Today was a long and difficult day but an exciting one. Wake up was 5am. As I was going to brush my teeth, I saw lightning. I was hoping that they go away and ride was not going to be cancelled. Shortly […]

Day 1: Cedar park to Lampasas, 52 miles Date: June 1st 2013 Woke up at 5am. Nights sleep was spotty. I’m still not used to sleeping with light on and with noise. I had to change the tube even before we started riding because the valve malfunctioned on my tube. After fixing it, we rolled […]

Hey guys, I just posted a blog on our team tumblr page, go check it out! If you want daily updates from different riders on what exactly we’re up to, this is the place to look. I’ll continue to post my own blogs about my personal experience here though, so keep an eye out for […]

I’m gonna work backwards because this moment is too real to risk losing. My parents just left and I’m an emotional mess. So this blog is going to be pure word vomit and in no way eloquent or poignant. I finally lost it. I really let go and cried. There’s something about being a guy, […]

So today was day zero. The day we set-out for this incredible journey. We stopped by to say thanks to each of our sponsors, smiled for pictures, and introduced our parents to every team member at least once, some twice. But it wasn’t all smiles and smooth sailing. First we had to pack and load […]

Day 0 : Austin to cedar park tx, 35 miles Date: May 31st 2013 Things have been very hectic for the past couple of days. Preparing for the ride, wrapping things at work, at home, buying stuff, fitting all this in a bag and finally getting a major mechanical issue with my bike fixed. I […]

495 days ago we, the 2013 LIVESTRONG Texas 4000 for Cancer team began our countdown to today. Over 70 hours of community volunteering, 1500 training miles, and $4,500 later, we’ve reached this moment. The past year and a half has been truly a gift and a blessing. I’ve changed so much from the person I […]

I can’t believe that it is finally here. Through all of my mad scrambling the past week (and there was plenty), the ride is finally here. Over the last year and a half, a big chunk of my life has been dedicated to this ride every week. I’ve been told all about the ride, and […]

I can remember how excited everyone was when it was 100 days till we left to Alaska. How did 100 get to 0 so quickly?! This last month has been a whirlwind. With the last week of classes, finals, and graduation it was hard to focus on T4K. Last week we had our camp which […]