Tomorrow will mark exactly two weeks since I arrived at the finish line in Anchorage with my sweet 2016 teammates.  Although I still refer to them as my teammates, they have truly become, and will always be, my Texas 4000 family. Describing my experience with Texas 4000 in words has been one of the most […]

Cycling over 4,000 miles for charity is a grand gesture. Devoting 18 months of your life to training for a single event, supporting a single cause, can narrow your focus. Even though I knew it was coming, the suddenness in which Texas 4000 came to dominate my life left me winded and even now I […]

To anyone who is still checking in on my journal, wow, I applaud you and am grateful for your faith in me. If you are here because I sent you the link and waved at you shouting “Wait! Look here! I did something!” I am no less grateful for you giving in to my demands […]

“The truth is: Belonging starts with self-acceptance, because believing that you’re enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic, vulnerable, and imperfect”–Brene Brown If this ride has taught me anything, it is that in order to find my place in the world and feel like I belong, I need to accept myself for […]

On Day 35 we spent our day resting in Bigfork, MT. After 3 century days in a row (300+ miles in 3 days) our bodies were exhausted and we all needed a break from the bike. Unlike most of our rest days up to this point, we didn’t have any checks to deliver or any […]

Sometimes during long days on the bike, your mind starts to wander and you do things to distract yourself from the pain or the heat or the wind. At the beginning of my ride (around day 2) I wrote a poem in my head while I was riding and thinking about why I chose to […]

It seems very fitting to write and submit my first Journal entry at this moment. I am currently sitting next to my dearest role model. She is asleep. She has a drip of toxins hooked to a port on her chest. She is peaceful, but I am afraid. She is beautiful. About a week ago, my family got the […]

It is such an interesting feeling to wake up on the day that you’ve been waiting for for 18 months and get ready to go. After volunteering last year at ATLAS, I was so looking forward to riding in it. My family was unable to attend which meant I was riding the 50 mile ride, […]

Have you ever wanted a toy? I mean REALLY wanted it. You saw the commercials, memorized the jingle, and bugged your parents over and over and over that this was the ONE THING that could infuse your suddenly dreary existence with meaning. Then on Christmas or your birthday, there it is. It can’t be anything […]

We’ve ridden approximately 170 miles from the Bluff Winery in Lampasas, Tx->Brownwood, Tx->Abilene, Tx. The Sunday ride was quite beautiful and we got to ride through wide open hill country with the occasional windmill farm. Today’s (Monday) ride was shorter but also nice as we passed through multiple small towns in West Texas. I’d like […]