Today was our first fundraising deadline of $1500! I am thankful to have raised $1570, as of today. I am more than thankful to my friends and family that have supported me and continue to support me throughout this incredible journey. They put our bike orders in this week, that means we will be getting […]
We were at $200,000! I am so amazed by my team’s fundraising! It seems like yesterday were given the green light to start and here we are. It is hard for me to believe that we are already almost half-way to our goal of $500,000. I don’t even quite comprehend what $200,000 means. As i […]
This is it. This is the year. This is when we get our bikes, start our training, plan our routes, and become THE Texas 4000 2014 Team. In 10 months, we leave for Alaska. This is where it all starts… right? Sort of. This is the beginning of our ride year. However, we are already […]
Today, I ride Chris Nunes. Chris’s fight ended last Wednesday. I was brought Chris’s story by an anonymous poster on my Tumblr. I blog about Texas 4000 and my experience often, and I believe anon stumbled across my page from a tag. Opening my inbox and reading his story–it was emotional for me to say […]
273 days until Day 0. Time has seriously flown by since I got the call saying that I was accepted onto the 2014 team. So much has happened since that day! I have met amazing and inspiring people and I have been exposed to so many different types of people that I would not have […]
http://brandonortiz2282.tumblr.com
I found out something really crazy about stories a couple years ago: literally every single one of them follows the exact same structure. Don’t believe me? Then it’s LESSON TIME! In 1949, A man named Joseph Campbell published a book called The Hero with a Thousand Faces. In it, he detailed what he called “the […]
As a Texas 4000 rider I hope to rebuild the past into a future without cancer. My official blog is now www.nichelenewman.wordpress.com, please follow me there on my journey and day-to-day rider life!
I still remember the day I knew that I wanted to be a part of Texas 4000. It was during the summer of 2012 while I was interning at Facebook. The whole summer, I had seen pictures of 2012 riders on their journey from Texas to Alaska, and had learned quite a bit about Texas […]
My most recent donor, coincidentally my first high school principal, once gave a speech at a ceremony. He said the phrase, “Do NOT take the path of least resistance!” His entire speech was about going after dreams, and success, and life in general. This phrase stuck with me that night, and I kept thinking about […]
