Being accepted to Texas 4000, applying for our routes, going to meetings every Monday, it’s all been surreal. I feel like I have been living in a dream the last few months since everything has been so fast paced and a new experience for us. It almost didn’t feel real that we are biking to […]
This last Monday we finally found out our routes, and I could not be more excited. I am thrilled to announce that I will be joining twenty-seven of my fellow teammates to take on the challenge that is the Rockies Route. To me, Rockies presents an amazing opportunity to visit some of the most beautiful […]
Dear Readers, I’ve had just the best 2 months of fall semester with Texas 4000. Last two weeks alone, we got our route decisions and we got our own bike. Although ecstatic about being on Ozarks with some of the coolest people I know in the world, I’m going to miss the rest of my […]
It’s been almost a year since I received the news that I’d be on the 2017 team. So much has changed in a relatively short amount of time- I’ve become close with my teammates, I’ve studied and prepared for the MCAT, I’ve had one of my most favorite summers, I’ve moved into a new house […]
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. –Helen Keller This quote first appeared in my 8th-grade planner. Three days ago, I was sifting through books at a bookstore when I turned to a page that had this quote printed artlessly among the other words. I think that nothing could quite […]
Growth. It’s a term that’s often thrown around the conversation about Texas 4000 and it’s impact, however I never truly understood what it meant until recently. To me, growth is progressing in the direction to improving yourself so that you can be the person you want to be. All of my life, I have […]
Wow. So much has happened since the day I received the call that I had been accepted into Texas 4000. I remember that day vividly. They had told us that we should be expecting a notification of some sort by the end of the day and it was already 6:30 p.m. I had decided to […]
Time is something I have always struggled with. The idea of it really freaks me out –– the way that it moves by so quickly and things that felt like a lifetime away are now happening, and after they end, what’s next? I mean it feels like just yesterday that I was a freshman in […]
I’m unsure how this happened so fast, but it’s been almost a year since the 2017 Texas 4000 team was formed. I finally feel like I understand what people mean when they talk about how their kids grew up so quickly. Though it’s been a steady and speedy progression and we’ve come a long way since […]
At 5:00 AM I wake up to my alarm, roll out of bed, slide on my running shoes and walk out the gates of my apartment complex. As I walk through a barren West Campus, I take my time in preparing myself to interact with the 82 teammates I am about to see. […]
