I can’t believe my delay on this entry. On April 15th, 2011, I got done with my classes and lab work around 2:30 pm or so. I came back to my room, and despite my better conscious encouraging me to be protective, I fell into a deep, deep sleep. As a side note, let it […]

This was a very bizarre revelation for me. I have worked retail for more than four years now. My life has been surrounded by fabulous clothes, shoes and jewelry. I have accumulated quite a wardrobe and I have frequently thought about freezing my credit card in a block of ice. I recently bought an AMAZING […]

Team 2011 made it: 100 miles in under 10 hours. They are an inspiration to those of us who are only beginning to train and who have only begun to scratch the surface of realizing what it means to commit to this cause. One of my favorite professors, Dr. Iverson, came to speak at this […]

What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger-Friedrich Nietzsche While training for the past 3 months, I realized that a lot of times it’s ALL IN YOUR HEAD. In the past, there were hills that I thought I could never ever climb on my bike. The day I went with that attitude, I always struggled up […]

So this weekend was an interesting and very productive one. I rode 100 miles on Saturday, and on Sunday I finished the MS 150. The latter was a total accident. The MS 150 bike course runs right along my house on Manor, all the way down to The University of Texas. After Saturday’s 100 mile […]

So I volunteered at this ride called the Pace Bend Ride today. http://www.lcra.org/parks/developed_parks/pace_bend.html You should check it out it is a beautiful place. I guess I had somewhat of a hint as to what was goin down in the Texas hill country that day when I signed up to do kids race sweeps and the […]

Yesterday was our 100 mile test, but to fully appreciate it I must tell you about the past several weeks of training. Since we began our serious training at the beginning of the semester we have had weekly mileage requirements and several timed tests to ensure that we were on track. Before yesterday the timed […]

Part of being in Texas 4000 is dealing with your own pain and doubts. And then snapping the hell out of it, narrowing your eyes, and biking past that line you thought was your limit.

Yesterday was the century ride. Each rider is required to complete 100 miles in under 10 hours to leave for the summer. All semester we’ve had progress checkpoints for 30, 50, and 80 miles. But yesterday was the real test. As the date approached, I was more and more nervous about completing the ride. The […]

But I simply cannot resist! In the past few weeks I have been feeling rather burned out with Texas 4000, and yesterday, completing the century helped reinstate my motivation for being on this team. I was so nervous ”“ had to take Tylenol PM to relax me enough to sleep the night before! I was […]