This past week marked some major steps for our team and our Journey through Texas 4000. Last Monday the whole team was on edge knowing that by the end of those two hours we would be given a major decision that would shape our Journey to Alaska. Emotions were flowing like no previous meeting we […]

At our meeting last Monday my team and I had so many things going on for us. It had been a meeting I was nervous about and had been looking forward to since the summer. Routes were going to be announced and I was so psyched to find out where I would carry out the […]

Tonight, our team learned about which of the three routes we will be on to Alaska. I can proudly say that I will be embarking on the Ozarks route, with some of the closest people I love. Don’t get me wrong, I definitely love my team. But it just seems that everyone that was supposed […]

You know that scene in some movies where the main character has an epiphany in the midst of chaos? You know, like there is literal riot occurring around him and he just stands there, lost within himself. The narrator drones on about the inner machinations of his mind and the camera pans in 360 degrees […]

Our ride year is actually starting and various feelings circulate in me. For one thing, I’m absolutely humbled by the constant waves of ride dedications at our weekly metings. I’m also unbelievably overwhelmed by the tragedy cancer causes. The stories never end and with every new account told of people dying from this merciless disease, people […]

With the recent outbreaks of the Ebola virus, the media has been bursting with vitality lately. Covering the first US diagnosis, journalists cite the symptoms of the fatal disease: high fever, vomiting, rash, muscle pains, and internal bleeding. Disease is just another humble reminder of our mortality as human beings. Within a blink of an […]

When I joined Texas 4000, I had little direct experience with cancer. There were a lot of unknown elements to the organization for me in regards to what to expect and what I would be able to give, but grounding me was simply the desire to do something for others with my time. Every day […]

Every Thursday, I have the privilege of volunteering with the Survivor’s Challenge, a free running program for kids who have survived cancer and their families. The goal is that after eight weeks of training, they will be able to complete a 5k together. This is where I was lucky enough to be paired with my […]

Last semester during volunteering I had many opportunities to meet a lot of my teammates and even when I finished the required hours I kept signing up for volunteer events because I enjoyed getting to know my teammates so much, and realizing how interesting they all are during the long rides to races or the […]

Hi all! Welcome to my first blog post! By the time you read this post, my teammates and I will have already spent approximately eight months as members of this extraordinary organization and will have only about eight months until we begin our physical journey to Alaska. Thus far, we’ve spent our time volunteering in […]