Profile

  • Route: Sierra
  • Ride Year: 2007

About: I'm just a normal guy from Warren, MI, a not-too exciting city neighboring Detroit. I'm in graduate school at UT doing transportation engineering after having gotten my undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan (Go Blue!). My goal as far as work goes is to turn the Motor City (Detroit) into a city that doesn't even use cars. Lofty goal? Yes. Ironic? Even more so. I'm just a laid back, easy going guy who likes to make people laugh; though sometimes I fail with hilarious consequences. I like to stay active, and consequently I always take the stairs (well, at least 96% of the time). What else, what else... I like music, comedic films, moving water, and hanging out with people who don't get upset with me for being quiet. One day, I'd like to start a family and have 2.3 kids, and be considered a good father by all of them. OK, but seriously folks, it makes me feel good to help people in whatever way I can, so if I can make even a few lives better by riding to Alaska, I'm all for it.

Why I Ride

I think it would be hard to find anyone who doesn't know someone who has been affected by cancer. No one can say "it'll never happen to me" because it's everywhere. Because of that, everyone should help fight the battle. By doing TX4000, it's just one way for us to do our part. Of course, riding some bikes from Texas to Alaska will not be the cure for cancer, but maybe the money we raise will help a few people get better, or at the very least get a new sense of hope, knowing that we are out there, fighting for them even though we might not even know who they are. I hope that when people hear that we're riding over 4000 miles to raise cancer awareness, they say "wow, that is a difficult task." Sure, 4500 miles is tough, but we're just riding bikes, and we know we get to stop after a few months; but people fighting cancer don't get to stop the fight at some predetermined time. They've got to keep fighting and keep fighting, so we've all got to be in their corner, encouraging and helping them, and I think this ride is a great way to give support.