Hello all! Today we had our annual coins for cancer were my teammates and I went out and panhandled in the streets of Austin. I was in awe of the incredible generosity by so many people who just briefly saw our signs that said “Biking this summer from Austin to Alaska to fight cancer”. Generosity […]

It’s been nearly 7 months into this Texas 4000 journey that our team of 88 college students chose to embark on. We’ve spent time volunteering countless hours, panhandling to spread our mission, and have started to finally ride our bikes. There have been countless deadlines that have been very stressful, but with every passing deadline […]

I woke up this morning with mixed emotions. I was both excited and scared. Excited to cross the finish line and see my family, most importantly my mom. And also scared to cross the finish line and know that this amazing journey, with the amazing people I got to know so well, would come to […]

Tuesday was my very first 20-mile ride in preparation for Texas 4000. Besides for skills clinic where we did an 8-mile test ride, I don’t think I’ve rode a bike in a couple of years. I can definitely say it wasn’t easy, but I realized that this isn’t supposed to be easy. Fighting cancer isn’t […]

Personally, I think asking for money sucks. Its awkward and uncomfortable and makes me feel like that annoying gnat that just won’t leave you the hell alone. But at the end of the day, there’s only so many distant cousins and great uncles I can ask to donate before it starts becoming real that I […]

  What a week it has been for everyone on Texas 4000. It started off this weekend bright and early near our University intramural fields where we got together at the crack of dawn to start prepping for our first ever ride. Before we could get going around Shoal Creek we had to first go […]

When I was about two years old, I was a cow for Halloween. I distinctly remember (or maybe I don’t, but I’ve got picture evidence) walking around with my twin sister as the most adorable twin cows on the block. Back in the day, my grandma always made my Halloween costumes. Whether I wanted to be a […]

Today to prepare us for our training weekend coming up we spent four hours cleaning up and organizing two of the three route trailers. Oh the task we had at hand. For the first hour or two as we started to take everything out of the trailers and storage unit I couldn’t help but be […]

Two weeks ago I went into Jack and Adams to be fitted for my bike. It was a moment I had been looking forward to all summer and it was finally here. My partner in this ride is a 2015 Felt Z85 bike with 22 speeds and a Shimano 105 groupset. Her name is Joy. […]

So the first thing many of my co-riders did when they got into Texas 4000 was to create a Facebook event page to promote their journey in fighting cancer. As the Facebook invites started to come in I immediately was filled with stress. I knew this was a great way to get our mission out […]