After having a week of literally PURE JOY (ie–taking my precious Felt home), a moment hit me yesterday as I was driving back to Austin from Texas OU weekend in Dallas when everything fell apart, and I became very disheartened very quickly. With my two best friends beside me in the good ole’ Land Cruiser, […]

Alright world– this journey finally feels real! I got to take my bicycle home today. Needless to say, it’s been an epic day. It all started this morning at 10:30am. I drove over to Jack and Adams (who are amazing, by the way) and got my final fitting for my bike. After a couple adjustments […]

It’s been a year since I first heard of this organization. And in only a year, my life has completely changed. I got in. That was step one. Forget the application process, that’s in the past. Your next big question is no longer, “will I get accepted?”, but “how the hell am I going to […]

This weekend was the 16th anniversary of my grandfather’s death. Sixteen sounds so much longer than what it feels. I remember 60 minutes being on in the background when we got the call. I remember being in third grade, and the floral dress I wore and the little gray flats with black tipped toes. I […]

You know that scene in several children’s sport-themed movies where the coach busts out the new jerseys right before the big game? The players on the team get all inspired, like the new equipment is going to carry them to victory or something like that. Last Wednesday I was one of those kids. I went […]

Everyone was ecstatic at the thought of going to Jack and Adam’s to finally get our bikes and start our journey learning about cycling and training to go to Alaska. For some of us, cycling is completely different than what we are used to. I thought I had already come to an understanding of what […]

So when people ask, “Do you like Texas4000?” The answer is . . . hopefully it’s obvious that I say, “YES!” And the all caps and exclamation are pretty visible in my response, more so if it’s a Tuesday or Thursday when I’ve had caffeine. I don’t have to add perks or be gray about […]

So it’s been awhile since I’ve touched base with everyone. According to Carey Bradshaw and Perez Hilton I have broken the number one blog rule: keep blogging. Thus, rather than continuing my awkward state of silence I am officially turning over a new leaf. And with new beginnings comes…a new bike! Today, I received my […]

Two years ago I got to Anchorage on a bicycle. My team and I gave it our all for 70 days to get there. Yesterday one of my biggest role models passed away because of cancer. Steve Jobs changed the world in many ways, and there’s a great reason for that. From the Macintosh to […]

One year after getting back from Alaska I have learned a neat lesson from T4K: the duty to fight cancer lives on!