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. […]

On the first Sunday of Spring Break my fiancé, Sean, and I did a ride from his place in Austin to near his parent’s place in Canyon Lake. Sean had wanted to go on a long ride with me for a while and had eagerly planned the whole trip. We left a little after 8 […]

‘life is a voyage that’s homeward bound.’ — herman melville sometimes i wonder why i’m doing texas 4000. of course, i’m acutely aware of the fact that texas 4000 is one of the only things i can say consistently makes me happy, but there is such tremendous personal inertia to not do this ride and […]

Being a part of Texas 4000 has provided me with opportunities of meeting some of the MOST AMAZING people. I have had great support from my team, family but most importantly my friends and the community. I have been blown away by the generosity of people who send me kind words (I LOVE hearing from […]