-I cannot believe it has been a year since I turned in my application, had my interview and freaked out for a couple weeks in order to be a part of Team 2014. Time sure does fly by. Last week I was assisting with the interviews for the upcoming team for the summer of 2015 […]

I once was a college student who loved to take naps, slept in until 2 on the weekends and spend Sundays not moving an inch from my bed. I once was a college student and now I am a Texas 4000 rider. A rider who is beginning to understand the sacrifices of Texas 4000. Gone […]

End of October 2012: Mars: “Hi, my name is Mars and I’m with Texas 4000. We have some problems with your application. Do you mind answering some questions?” Me: Ohh… sure. (WHAT IS WRONG MY APP) Mars: “Do you have auto insurance?” Me: “No…” (Dang it! I don’t even have a license!) Mars: “Do you […]

This week I was able to talk with those being interviewed for the 2015 team, visit MD Anderson, and volunteer a bunch. Each one was special in its own way. During interviews, I was able to make connections with several people, one being one of my teammates that I hadn’t had the chance to talk […]

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SDFGjs;dfkjgs Texas 4000!!! First time blogging, here goes nothing… I write this while working my Tuesday shift in the Joynes Reading Room. It’s a library setting and I’m supposed to keep everybody quiet. Naturally, I take my job very seriously. Talk in Joynes and I will find you. Sure, none of that was very important, […]

(side note: this blog was written and posted on June 1st, however it didn’t initially show up for some reason. I am re-posting it as is four months later…oops) If someone asked me last week to give one word for how I felt about Texas 4000, it would have been a clear choice. Nervous. So […]

Let’s start from the beginning. My freshman year of college, I learned about an organization where students ride 4500 miles from Austin to Alaska raising money for cancer research. At first, I was incredulous and wondered what would compel people to go on this 70 day journey. Little did I know that three years later, […]

Body image is so much. It is something that we all absolutely struggle with in some capacity. I have struggled with my body image ever since I could remember – a topic that is never discussed amongst young men. Society and the media perpetuate this idea that in order to be “beautiful” or “attractive” then […]

There are only 222 days between my team and the summer ride. (Kind of a special number.) It is really exciting, but also sort of terrifying – in a good way. I can’t help but think of all the things that will happen in those days. Normally, a little over half a year seems like […]