Earlier this year in August, LIVESTRONG announced its three-year title partnership with Texas 4000! Everyone on the team is super excited. This partnership will strengthen our reputation and will help us raise more funds. So our official team name is the 2011 LIVESTRONG Texas 4000 Ride. I have attached a press release from earlier this […]

Training camp happened a couple of weekends ago and went amazingly well. The journey began the week before camp, with myself and some of the leadership committee scrambling about last minute trying to prepare the trailer and such to haul bikes to Fayetteville and back. I personally spent a good hour or so in the […]

[This first paragraph is the same as my other blog entry from today] I’m writing two blogs today. They both have the same theme- and that is how Texas 4000 is changing the way I see the tougher stuff in my life. This one is about falling/failing, the other (part I) about loss. As always, […]

I’m writing two blogs today. They both have the same theme- and that is how Texas 4000 is changing the way I see the tougher stuff in my life. This one is about loss, the other (part II) about falling/failing. As always, if you’re reading them, feel free to e-mail me with comments! I love […]

Dear reader, welcome to my first ever, Texas 4000 blog. I’ve been wanting to write one for a while and am finally crossing it off on my checklist. So far, there’s been countless amounts of things going on in the world of cancer fighting cyclists. Here are some updates: Texas 4000 is now in a […]

Dear Every♥ne, I know that I have been missing in action for these past few months. It’s mainly because school, working, The Daily Texan, and Texas 4000 have kept me using most of the 24hours allotted in a day. Through the tough weeks of late nights and early mornings when my spirit was waning, I […]

Yesterday was the 2012 welcome picnic in which the new team was brought together for the first time in celebration. A yearly tradition thrown by alumni and current riders, the picnic, brings about much excitement for all parties. I remember being so excited at my picnic that I showed up early enough to help set […]

Going into training camp I felt like I knew my teammates pretty well, but it’s amazing how much I learned in just two days of riding with them. While fighting the winds and roads of Fayetteville, I learned more about my teammates’ hobbies, favorite movies, and their singing abilities. When your body is activity your […]

This past weekend we all went to Fayetteville (population 256!) for training camp. It started off pretty simply on Saturday morning with some basic avoidance and emergency stopping drills, and in the afternoon, we went on our first long ride. I was shaky at first because we rode tightly packed in a pace line but […]

Training camp was incredible. It’s hard for me to organize my thoughts on the whole experience. Sorry if this is all over the place. The training camp is a chance for the new riders to become acquainted with our new bicycles. We learn skills such as emergency stopping, rotating pace lines, and changing gears. Don’t […]