So, what with this whole biking to Alaska thing, one would imagine that the relationship between you and your bicycle is a pretty crucial part of the Texas 4000 experience. This strapping specimen of, uh, various metal alloys(?) will carry you (the generic, Texas 4000 you) beyond where even the Proclaimers would dare tread. Basically, […]

Restaging last week revealed a couple things worth sharing. First, the good news. Biopsies and images taken during an endoscopy Thursday have revealed no cancer in the stomach. Dr. Raju, the gastric oncologist was in total shock, he said that in his years as a GO he had never seen anything like it. He was […]

It’s been a tough day. I know a lot of people who can relate with the above sentence. Some people probably live it 7 days a week. I’ve lived at least 5 of them in a row so far, and I have come to realize a pattern. I, sadly, am not Superman. The more tasks […]

Ah, weekly team workouts. We have them. Bright and early every Saturday morning. Imagine twenty or so college kids in varying shades of gym clothes frowning as much at the morning light as they are at the fact that they’re awake to witness it. Or maybe that’s just me. Anyway, we get together for an […]

Well, 2011’s back from Anchorage, newly dazzling and celebrated hot off the Tribute Gala, so that means, among other things, that it’s finally our year. The flame’s in our hands, burning our knuckles white-hot with the things we’ve already seen: the team before us, cobbling together 50 odd students, and building a family that mapped […]

I learned how to ride a bike in the summer of 2007. I was 16 years old. That’s right…16. I was in Japan as a Student Ambassador for the Experiment in International Living, and we were mountain biking that day. It was raining and cold. I was not about to sit in a car and […]

Being on this team is something I’ve wanted to do since I found out about it my freshmen year here at UT. I was pretty angry at myself for not finding out about the rider deadline that freshmen year until last minute leading me to send a rushed application the night before it was due. […]

It feels amazing to be back on the 40 Acres, except for the fact that I have a sprained ankle and I cannot run or play tennis. I stopped by University Health Services this morning to make sure everything with it was ok. Dr. List put my mind to rest when he confirmed that my […]

I’ve put this moment off for long enough. I have returned to my old life (more or less) in my new apartment in Austin and both homecoming bash and tribute have passed. We’ve passed the metaphorical torch to next years team (who I know will do great things, they’re an incredible group) and the time […]

“But just as you excel in everything–in faith, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in your love for us–see that you also excel in this grace of giving.” 2 Corinthians 8:7 I know this blog is entirely too late for those of you who sent me bountiful checks in June, but I have seriously been […]