I’m currently sitting in Nelo’s Cycling and Coffee Shop in North Austin volunteering for T4K. It’s packet pickup for the Armadillo Classic! I am really enjoying the vibe of this place. I have never seen a combined coffee and cycling shop, and the owner Nelo is a really cool guy. He has an elderly great […]

Things have been getting wild up in T4K. Last Saturday, we had our very first SKILLS CLINIC!! Everyone was lookin’ spi-cee in their jerseys and extremely padded shorts, it was amazing. Shout out to all the Alums who woke up early and spent half their day teaching us how to ride our bikes!! I have […]

Yesterday, we had a surreal visit to MD Anderson. I haven’t been to Houston since it flooded during Hurricane Harvey, and arriving in my jersey for the first time made me realize how much we had both grown. A friend on the 2017 team had previously expressed to me how humbling it was to be […]

On Saturday the 21st of October our team was finally able to get on our bikes and learn about cycling.  It was a gorgeous day with my favorite people, all of us excited about getting to know how our bikes worked and finally getting to go on our first ride.  I learned how to change […]

On Saturday, October 21, we had our first Skills Clinic, where we learned about safe signaling on the road, riding in a group, and clipping in to pedals. We learned a lot of important information in a short amount of time, and I was nervous about retaining it all. Towards the end of the clinic, […]

It’s been a while! A lot has happened from the weather finally cooling down in Austin (love it!!) to me hitting some major Texas 4000 milestones (while also keeping on top of schoolwork and my full-time job search.) Saturday workouts. The week after the 5K test and my last post, early morning Saturday workouts began. Although […]

October 20th.  I was looking forward to this day for weeks, excited at the prospect of visiting one of our grant recipients, MD Anderson Cancer Center.  On this cool Friday morning, some teammates and I left Austin and drove East, Houston-bound. I had time on the drive between the conversations and sing-alongs to think about […]

Today was a very special day. Today was a day of victory. Victory in our first ride dedication in which we all wore our jerseys. Victory in seeing people who had never ridden before pedal for the first time on the bike that will take them to Alaska. Victory in beginning to taste the reality […]

Last week, I participated in Archer’s Challenge, during which I spent my school day (8am to 5pm) in a wheelchair. I’ve had a lot going through my mind since then, so I’d like to share a bit about my experience and how it pertains to Texas 4000. First of all, I have to say that […]

Well, the first semester of my Texas 4000 experience is over. (I meant to post these updates in the middle of summer, so just pretend it’s still July as you read this. I’m still pretending it’s summer, and maybe that’s why I haven’t gotten any actual work done for class.) It’s cliche, but it honestly […]