I’m a procrastinator. I always have been and, in all likelihood, I always will be. The thing about procrastinators is that we do get the work done, and we get it done just before the due date. I am grateful that Texas 4000 has deadlines for this reason. Not only do they have deadlines, but […]

In case y’all haven’t figured it out already, the name of each post refers to the number of days from now until we leave for a summer of riding. If my math calculates correctly, one blog entry per week means that I have approximately 41 blog entries to go until June 1, 2013. Knowing me, […]

Today was a milestone in T4K history. Not only have we collaborated to create a successful alliance for all the Cancer-fighting organizations on campus, but now that alliance has come together to host an awesome event. What’s so important about TexTalks was not the execution, but the idea of the event itself. Regardless of how […]

So I know it’s not unheard of to get a tattoo at the end of the ride and I have been thinking a lot about what I would get. I know it’s far from original but I’m leaning towards a bike. Now hear me out, I’ve put a lot of thought into it and I’d […]

It’s been a little over a month since we crossed the finish line in Anchorage and yet I still don’t know that I have had enough time to gather my thoughts and fully take in the experience of this summer. But here we are, I’ve been at home in Houston, getting ready for the next […]

We had our fitness test, a 5k mile timed-run, a couple of weeks ago. I used to run 6-7 miles a day before I injured my shins and switched to swimming. Towards the end of summer, much to the delight of my wife, I started to run again to prepare for the fitness test. For […]

I was about to open the blog page for my first entry, but stopped myself. I wanted to see what my teammates had written, to get a feel for how we were supposed to blog. I am new to this, never having kept a journal or blog for me or the outside world to read. […]

Today was a rough day. Probably one of the roughest I’ve had in a couple of months, maybe even years. All these emotions and feelings have rushed through my body along with the throbbing headache, high fever, and constant coughing all day long. Because of my health, I missed school and our Monday meeting. It […]

“Where are you working this summer?” “I am actually not working. I am riding my bike to Alaska this summer to fight cancer.” …Wide eyes and Silence… This interaction happens a couple of times a day leaving my colleagues in utter shock and at a loss for words. As a second year law student, I […]

I’ve begun a blog. It describes an abstraction that I use to think of life. But that’s not what I’m writing about. Not now. I’m writing about the most profound experience I can recall in years ”“ a milestone in my life that took place on a balcony at four in the morning. My older […]