From journal: Today I rode for a girl with my name, Natasha, who is the cousin of Sheena Didi’s (my cousin) friend. It’s so hard to imagine going through cancer at such a young age. How time is flying! Everyday I now say that that day is one of my favorite days, and they really […]

From journal: I love being with Sierras! It’s so good to ride with and get to know more people. After having to sag for one week, I am SO happy to bike. I realize that riding really is a lot better than sagging. Team dynamics have been interesting. I didn’t realize how unsanitary Rockies were […]

From journal: We just met up with Sierras and they’ve been so sweet! I was incredibly excited to see them. I believe it was Kriztina, Andrew K, and Taylor Smith that we saw first. I had some delicious macaroni, which I had been craving for a few days. They thought we were crazy with our […]

Dear Rocky, You were & will always be one of my favorite family members. You were the dog that I had always wanted. You are the sweetest & most faithful of friends. You brought me back to life during those difficult days in elementary school. You never ceased to impress me with your intelligence. You […]

I landed in Austin yesterday morning around 8. I left Anchorage around 8PM, so it was about a 9 hour flight with the time change. It’s crazy to think that it took us 70 days to ride from Texas to Alaska and less than 10 hours to get back. It feels really strange to return […]

I recently mailed out letters asking my friends and family for their support. I was rather scared to do so– even though I completely believe in our cause, I still managed to vastly underestimate the support I would receive. I feel deeply humbled that my friends would believe in the cause so much, and believe […]

Day 71: That’s right, 71! Today the team is riding to a LiveSTRONG summit in Anchorage, but for only about 10 miles. So that’s nothing! When you think about it, we actually have 72 days of the ride, if you include Day 0 in Austin when we left from the UT campus. Wow…that’s a long […]

I don’t think I’ve ever fully felt the pain of losing someone so close to me as my teammates have until now. Raul Diego was my best friend ever since I was four years old; blonde little boy with blue eyes. We grew up together. He was honestly the boldest, most daring person I had […]

. . . until you know. Once you know, everything changes. Your entire perception is altered over the subject and unfortunately, one can only question: “Why?” Earlier, I quoted: “I’ve been fortunate enough to not know anyone affected by cancer”. That might have been the case, but in reality, it wasn’t that they were not […]

Day 67 (Tok, Alaska) I present to you the Texas 4000 team in Alaska. For more photos visit my Facebook. Just click the link below!! Matt Song’s Facebook