Today, Monday, February 27, 2012, a member of the 2012 team passed away, two months shy of a year from the day he was diagnosed with stomach cancer… While I never met Ruel, I’ve heard countless stories and have more than an impression of how exceptional of a human being he was. Twenty-twelve’s reaction today […]

I think it’s only fitting that my first blog post as a proud member of this organization be about the most influential person who has ever been a part of this organization and, unfortunately, I never had the opportunity to meet him. I had heard Ruel’s story before I had even decided to apply and […]

I first heard about Texas 4000 from a few friends. I thought they were insane and couldn’t imagine completing such a task. Then I went on the website and looked at a couple blog entries. The rider that I looked at was the first person on the list: Ruel Bobet. I clicked to read his […]

Cancer has robbed us of so many great people in our time. This time, it has stolen Ruel Bobet from the world. I never had the honor to meet Ruel, talk to him, or even see him in person, but his posts on his T4K blog and his rider profile were the first ones I […]

Today, I heard about cancer from so many different outlets. I am speechless, astonished, and shocked because I can’t believe how common cancer has become. Today I especially admire my new teammates for being able to openly admit how hurt they have been in their lives. Today I am especially inspired to make this ride […]

Tom Beigelbeck Grandpa Frank Beigelbeck Maribeth Beigelbeck Nana Corrine Gonzales James Centis Larry Simmons Susan Cross Joan Cerone Shawn Lowe Ruben Garza Brian Rose Bucky Ribbeck Eric Arons Chuck Gentile Junior Barotti Zach Sobiech Pussanee Pastorino If you have someone you’d like me to ride for please send me an email, tinab@utexas.edu. I would be […]

Ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall, ninety-nine bottles of beer! You take one down, pass it around, ninety-eight bottles of beer on the wall! Ninety-eight bottles of beer on the wall, ninety-eight bottles of beer!…… Ok, you get the point. Yesterday was ONE HUNDRED DAYS! And now, as of 3 am central time, I […]

I can’t believe I’m writing another journal entry already, but I’m way too excited about what happened today to NOT write about it! XD I decided to make a facebook event yesterday instead of working on homework because…I thought that I might as well start with SOMETHING! It was amusing because I ended up sitting […]

Yesterday I ran 26 miles. Correction. 26.2 miles. A full marathon. I ran with my good friend Jade, who I met during my internship last summer. We signed up on a whim. …and had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. HAH! Yesterday was the big day, and while I started out energetic there […]

It’s my first journal entry! 😀 For my first entry, I thought I might as well talk about today because I witnessed something amazing only 6 hours ago. Today, T4K volunteered at the Austin Marathon at the Yellow Mile (somewhere between mile 9 and 10). We had to be there at 6AM, which is quite […]