November 20, 2017 This past weekend was T4K-filled! We kicked it off on Friday night with Friendsgiving. I made deviled eggs for the first time ever! Saturday started bright and early. We went on a new route, making three loops along Scenic Drive. The hills were a challenge, but the views were phenomenal! On the […]

This weekend I rode 72 miles on the bike over two rides and two days. The weekend before that, I’m proud to say I did a casual 20 miles with only one near miss. A week before that I was learning how to clip-in while trying my best not to fall over and add to […]

I have been living with my broken ankle for a week now. When it first happened I was honestly in disbelief. I had never broken a bone before, or seriously injured myself, and I had no idea what this would entail. After a week of hobbling around on crutches and being incredibly reliant on others […]

Last weekend, I attended training camp and finalized my Texas 4000 training. Starting this Saturday, I will be riding out with my team on progressively longer and more difficult rides. Training camp was my first glimpse at some of the things I will have to deal with on the ride –  uncomfortable nights on school […]

Training camp came with a lot of different emotions and lots of lessons.  I learned how to be the weakest link.  I learned how to build others up when I wasn’t the weakest link.  I learned how to call people out to make sure safety was a top priority even when I was uncomfortable doing so. […]

Yesterday morning, in 30-degree weather, I and my teammates rode 20 miles at Skills Clinic. At Skills Clinic, I felt my excitement and fervor for the mission of Texas 4000 come to life. Despite the freezing temperatures, the lack of feeling in my fingers and face, and the lack of sleep that has come to […]

I recently read A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller, which is one of those books that you can’t read without it changing your life a bit. (thanks Louisa Angly) Don talks a lot about how to live a good story. He says that a story is based on what people think is […]

It is crazy to think my team and I are already on our bikes training for those 2,000 training miles to tackle on the 4,500 in the summer. Oct. 21st was our first skills clinic and we had the privilege to learn basic bike skills from outstanding alumni. We also finally had the chance to […]

After a long month of staring at my beautiful red (or is it pink?) bike leaning precariously against the window of my tiny dorm room, I finally got to take him outside and give him a spin. This was much more difficult said than done. Now, I know how to ride a bike. In 4th […]

Texas 4000 has become more and more real to me over the past few days. As we welcomed home the 2017 team with the Tribute Gala, I realized that the 2018 team (my team) is now the next team to make the trek from Austin to Anchorage. I heard so many awesome stories of what […]