When I think of Texas 4000 the word that comes to mind is disbelief. Disbelief that a group of college students will bike 4000+ miles all to raise money for cancer research. Disbelief that I am going to bike 4000+ miles. It is still hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that […]

Hello all, This weekend was the LiveSTRONG Austin Marathon, as all you in the “know” may know. As a team we went out at 6:30 in the morning to chalk up the “Yellow Mile.” At the 9th mile yellow flags lined the roadway and we wrote inspirational phrases in yellow chalk. Around 7:45 some participants […]

For the past two years that I have attended UT, I had seen the flyers for T4K, had joined the Facebook support groups, and had even known a few people who had joined the previous teams – it was during the summer when it hit me what a difference T4K makes in people’s lives, and […]

So the other weekend it was gorgeous weather for cycling it was finally warm and all the Austinites were just enjoying the weather! I went on a ride around Shoal Creek (easy ride..). Anyways around loop 3 I was cycling on a straight away and this man I saw from a distance away looked really […]

Whats up T4k Blog-a-thon! We are in our regular Monday night meeting and we all get to blog together. Over the past weekend I worked the Austin Marathon and Half-Marathon at the LiveSTRONG mile ( mile 9). We all wore yellow and encouraged runners as they came by. The mutual energy between the runners and […]

I was reminded again this weekend what an amazing opportunity I have been given by making the Texas 4000. I ran the half marathon with a few friends and throughout the event I was continually inspired. Whether it was reading all of the “In Honor Of… ” or “In Memory Of…” or “Survivor” signs on […]

This past weekend, I went to Houston, TX with my work (I nanny). My boss went to have a yearly check up at M.D. Anderson (which is where the majority of our funding ends up). She was lucky enough to have her condition pointed out through her older brother’s first colonoscopy. Because of his pro-activity, […]

Every member is in a committee and this semester I’m on the FBD committee. Our main job is to just kind of get our name out there and try and find businesses that are willing to help us out in our cause. As a 2012 rider I just do tasks that our committee leaders give […]

I finally made it onto the 4500 club (as in I’m done with the minimum fundraising)!! I’m so grateful to so many people that I don’t know where to start. First of all, when I thought about joining Texas 4000 and I pitched the idea to my parents they were kind of skeptical at first, […]

I was standing on the side of mile 9 this Sunday at around 7:45 AM, watching hoards of dedicated people sweat their osmolytes out in the Austin Marathon, and I received so much more than a volunteering opportunity. The sight of 19,000 runners, getting up at 7:30 to run 13 or even 26 miles is […]