http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKmAsa0bOl0 To make The Great Ape: -High Fiber Bread (Prevent Colon Cancer!) -Almond Butter (Great source of Vitamin E! ) -Cinnamon (Control your blood glucose levels! and more FIBER!!!) -Honey (Natural sweetener w/ some B Vitamins!!) -Bananas (Vitamins & Minerals) -Walnuts (Omega 3 Fatty Acids for your brain & prevent Prostate Cancer) -Raisins (Anti-oxidants to […]

April 06, 2011 Austin, TX Its been roughly 4 and half months since the 2012 team has been a part of Texas 4000. And in that course so many things have changed to truly attest, that the 2012 Team really stands out. Already the 2012’rs are doing amazing things. Their becoming actively involved to aid […]

Mother Nature, thank you for the rain and wind today Chronologically: 7:45am walking to campus, torrential down pour + purple flip flops = Whitney busting on the tile floor 8:02am get into class, spill my coffee(after successfully not spilling it during my fall) 11:45am drop half of my sandwich on the kitchen floor– avocado side […]

I went on a bike ride this weekend; well, more than just a ride. As I passed 36 miles of Texas hill country on a gorgeous weekend, on the saddle of a bike donated to me by my family, I couldn’t help but imagine what it would be like doubling this effort on my ride […]

Reframing–simply put it is looking at something in a different perspective than what you normally would. Reframing is a topic we have been discussing in my psychology class and it really got me thinking. What, you ask, does this have to do with Texas 4000 or cycling? Let me explain… Ever since joining this organization […]

Riding a bike to Alaska is a part of being in Texas 4000, yeah. But it’s not all about the bike ride. If it was about riding bikes, then we’d all be racing each other. But one-third into every team ride when I usually start to lose all my energy, my teammates hang back with […]

Today is a day that will live in history. Next summer when I am packing my Alaska-bound bag and reminiscing about the last year and a half, I will remember April 3, 2011 as the day that I christened my still unnamed road bike with its first spin on the streets of Austin, Texas. Now, […]

On the last day of the ride, it felt like the wind was at our back the whole time. As one of the slower riders, it felt great to be leading the pack for once. Shannon was with the trucks that day and she had picked up some bubbles which she would blow at us […]

Day 2 started with a ride through Bastrop State Park which is one of the prettiest places I’ve ridden through to date. The park was filled with pine trees and hills and the weather that morning was perfect. I enjoyed my group for the day which was made up of a bunch of us girls […]

Austin to Bastrop We left from UT’s Intramural field parking lot early on Thursday morning. The team was split up into groups of about 5-6 riders with some teammates driving the trucks with the trailers and other serving as sweepers. The sweepers brought up the rear and made sure that no one was left behind. […]