Spring break is over, and it’s finally time to get back into school mode. With a lot of people around me dreading the start of school, it made me realize something so valuable: I love school. I know at first that sounds like the typical dorky, extremely-nerdy comment you’d expect from an engineering major, but […]
15 days left. Oops 14, even better. Oh yeaahhhhh. Quite a bit has happened since Feb. 21, my last entry. I have been a busy girl. Our team accomplished a century (100 mile bike ride), spring training, 24/7 panhandling… and quite a few other things I forgot to write down on here (Yes, Shiyam Galyon […]
Today we got back from training camp in Bastrop. It was like a teaser for the summer. We had to handle unexpected surprises (mainly: running into miles-long stretches of gravel), sleeping not in our beds, riding consecutive days, and working as a team even when not on the road. It was awesome. I’ll always remember […]
Cancer Fact: It does not discriminate against age. So, this last week was Spring Break. While the 2011 team was training, I was headed home to Fort Davis with my roommate. I was excited to show her my little town and do some hiking and a little bit of touristy stuff. In one of our […]
Every year during spring break the Texas 4000 team has a three day, slightly pampered, preview of the summer to come. This is an opportunity to bike longer distances for three consecutive days, to practice our program, and to gain insights into the linguistics of living as cancer-fighting vagabonds. This year we biked to Bastrop […]
It was my first long weekday ride and my second trip of 50+ miles. A few team mates and I rolled out at 7:30a with a goal of finishing in just over 4 hours. We stayed pretty close to our target time; if you cut out the detour I may have accidentally taken us on. […]
I went back to Katy, TX for spring break this week, seeking a little relaxation, a lot of catching up, and above all, a road bike of my own. My sister and Garrett, now finally moved to San Antonio into an apartment of their own (yay!), had left my mom’s old cannondale bike behind. Cindy […]
Alas, it is mid-spring break, and everything is going quite swimmingly. This past weekend, 7 of my teammates and I went on a lovely camping trip to Krause Springs in Spicewood. While it is located only 40 miles west of Austin, we were determined to make this a biking vacation, so we took the scenic, […]
Wow, last week was a tough week. All of my professors decided to pile up tests and assignments in the last week before spring break, and I had to make up a bunch of miles for t4k because the last Saturday team ride was cancelled due to a thunderstorm. And on top of that, I […]
Last night, we participated in URDB and LIVESTRONG’s BreakCancer event at The Highball on South Lamar. For a little background, URDB stands for Universal Record Database. It’s a site set up for people to go in and create their own world records or to view and try to break existing ones. The site paired with […]
