Today is the day that I decided not to let any more time pass without documenting this journey. Something about myself is that I am incredibly indecisive; this also means that I am very good at procrastinating because I can never decide when to start something. However, the real reason that I haven’t written before […]

When I interviewed for Texas 4000, I told the panel that this organization was my way out of fear. My dad had survived his brush with melanoma, but I couldn’t accept that it was that simple. Sun freckles reminded me of illness and death. I dreamed about cancer. It occupied parts of my consciousness like […]

Dictated on 8/11/17 I just entered Texas coming back from spending the last two months in Missouri working the best job in the world, being a counselor at Kanakuk K2. I got to disciple, coach, be friends with, and have fun with high school aged kids at the place where my life was changed growing […]

Brave the Shave, a St. Baldrick’s event, is exactly 4 weeks from now. Last semester, had you asked me if I planned on shaving my head I would’ve confidently answered, ‘Yes!’. I had some great chats with T4K Alumni during Training Camp – they shared the downs, people questinging their decision and their value as […]

Dear reader, Today I can sit here and type out a personal anecdote about my rides, my team…my days. But today, I want to talk about something else, something just as important: You. You and I are no different. I am just a 22 year old college student that wants to make an impact on […]

Today, on International Women’s Day, I want to highlight the amazing women in my life. It’s not everyday you find a group of college kids biking to Alaska. It’s also not everyday you find that the majority of them are women. This summer 56 women will bike over 4500 miles to fight cancer. 2 out […]

In the thru-hiking culture, there’s something called trail magic. It’s the acts of kindness bestowed upon hikers, arriving in the form of a bottle of water and granola bar, a warm shower, the use of a washer and dryer, or a cheer of encouragement from a stranger. There are endless tales of trail magic and […]

Nobody wants to be SAGged out. “It’s embarrassing”, “you’re not strong enough to finish”, “you’ll let your ride group down” are all thoughts that rush into your head when you consider sagging out. I personally have thought this many times on rides. There are so many times that I want to stop and be done […]

                                Two weeks ago we had our half century test. It was definitely a milestone hitting FIFTY miles. My group finished in 4:42:00, and their encouragement is what got me through it. It was so nice of the 2018 team […]

Winter break has always been my favorite time of year, ever since I was small. Though I’ve yet to experience a white Christmas, and the weather in Katy, rather than being bitterly cold, is just really slightly chilly in December, the magic of that season never fails to astound me. Every year, I’m overjoyed by […]