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 […]

CHOCOLATE MILK. The greatest part of my cycling diet so far is chocolate milk as my recovery drink. This drink used to cause great anguish and stomach issues when I was a mere 1st grader. But now… the world is my oyster and chocolate milk is my friend. Hallelujah.

Austin Marathon At 5:30 AM, my alarm goes off and I wake up to get ready to volunteer at the Austin Marathon with my awesome team. Waking up early in the morning definitely required lot of mental effort but at the end of the day I was glad that I volunteered. This was my first […]

Today I ran the Austin Half Marathon. 13.1 miles. Can you believe that? Cause I really can’t. 13.1? How did I do that? I can remember a time not long ago that running 1 mile was quite enough! Completing the race further proves the power of what you can do when you set your mind […]

This morning I volunteered at the Austin Marathon with a lot of my fellow 2011 and 2012ers. It was a lot of fun even though I had to wake up at 5:30. We held up banners, got free Livestrong t-shirts, and yelled words of encouragement to all the runners as they passed by. We saw […]

Waking up this morning at 6:00 a.m. after only three hours of sleep (due to homework I might add) is not something I normally look forward to. But, when my alarm clock went off and I had to force myself out of bed, the only thing motivating me to do so was that I knew […]

I LOVED volunteering at the Austin Marathon this morning. We basically stood on the sidelines for 2 hours and cheered on runners/walkers in the half and full marathon. It was amazing. I’m going to convert this morning’s experience into numbered points for easier reading. 1. 5:30am doesn’t feel as early as it should anymore. I’ve […]

I went on a 45 mile ride today and it was awesome. Although we were not expecting it to rain, once we were about 15 minutes into the ride, it started drizzling and well pretty much we were really wet the rest of the ride. It was pretty gross/funny that every time I would have […]