It’s nearly February now and I can’t help but think…the journey is now only four months away…Its 2012…June is soon approaching…It’s our freaking year. We’ve come far from when we first joined this team. I think it’s safe to say that a year ago I didn’t know all the names of my teammates, I didn’t […]

Welcome to another edition of the blog. A lot has happened since last time I checked in (sorry), so I will try to cover all of it. Over winter break my dad, sister, and I rode down 360 to the Barton Creek Farmer’s market. Except we only rode on 2 bikes. That’s right, we borrowed […]

I went to check out the route that I have planned for this Saturday’s ride today with Erin. I knew it was going to be a challenging ride because mapmyride showed it had at least three major hills. For some reason, I feel like I go really slow when I’m doing the 360 loop like […]

My favorite number for as long as I have ever had a favorite number has been 12. It was my number in any sports activity, it was my brother’s T-ball number (whose shirt I managed to commander years later), I was born in the 12th month of the year, and I have always had a […]

Things are getting… tighter. And I say that with respect to the training regime and to the way my own body is reacting to said regime- hello, asthma! I think my lungs and trachea took a harder hit on that last ride than did my tires after all that gravel and glass on the road! […]

Mars: Why do you ride for Texas 4000? Me: I ride………….. and a few tears. At this moment, I literally could not put any coherent sentences together. Everything was rushing to my mind.. I thought about sitting atop monkey bars with my best friend in Kindergarten, I remembered her explaining to me how her prayer […]

Dear Martina, Brett, Bredt, Andy, Alok, Tess, John, Lorig, Brandon, Meg, Laura, Dan, Brynn, Libby, Dustin, Mitchell, Carly, Adriano, Abram, Michael, Paul, Ryan, Dustin, Seth, Sunny, Steve, Chris, Doug, Mandy, Dan, Ben, Don, Melissa, Thomas, Adam, Stuart, Kartik, Meghan, Paul, Suchin, Moke, Hogan, and Scott, I owe a big thanks to you for being the […]

So since being back in Austin, I have gone on many a ride. And I have to say that after living here for 3 years, I have yet to notice Austin’s beauty until lately. Lame. I know. I guess while driving I’m secluded to the closed confines of a car, but when I’m on the […]

Welcome to the New Year. Our first team meeting of the semester is tonight. We’ve been referred to as the 2012 Texas 4000 team for so long. Now it’s actually 2012. That means it’s OUR YEAR! I’m beyond excited. This whole week of riding goes out to my team. I want everyone to know how […]

Yesterday was intense. Two months ago I got on my bike for the first time…and now I have successfully ridden 62 miles. CONSECUTIVELY. It starts with the Buda ride, been there, done that. An “easy” 18 miles. But then…out to San marcos, and those are uncharted waters for me. The most I had ridden up […]