WASILLA – If there was any doubt that “everything is bigger in Texas,” the annual ride from Austin to Anchorage certainly challenges that doubt. The ride is the longest cycling venture for cancer in the United States. On Thursday, Aug. 7, 79 Texans rolled into the Valley to stay the night at Wasilla Christian Church […]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Cancer’s ultimate victory came calling just when a 20-year-old Chickasaw woman was waging war to defeat it. Sierra Welch was a few days into a grueling 4,700-mile bicycle trek from Austin to Anchorage when the devastating news arrived. Her boyfriend, Drew Herbort, relayed the unthinkable—his grandmother, Omie, was gone. The breast cancer she […]

It’s official – the 2014 Texas 4000 crossed the finish line yesterday in Anchorage, Alaska after a 70-day journey from Austin, Texas! Putting their experiences into words is very difficult for the riders, and we’re finding it fairly challenging as staff members to capture and communicate the depth of who and what we’ve just witnessed. […]

Riders from the 2014 Texas 4000 team are featured on the Big Alaska Radio Show in Anchorage after their arrival.

College students from Texas rolled into Anchorage today, completing a 4,000-mile trek on their bicycles. The Texas 4,000 team is made up of 79 students raising money for cancer research. The group spent 70 days in the saddle, biking between 45 and 120 miles each day. The trek started 11 years ago when a cancer […]

Biking over 4,000 miles in just 70 days may not be your ideal pastime. For a group of students from Texas, it’s how they choose to spend their summer vacations. Students from the University of Texas bike ride from Austin, Texas, to Anchorage, Alaska, — all in the name of fighting cancer with Texas 4000. […]

The Texas 4000 ride for cancer awareness is winding down as the riders make the way to their final stops before reaching Anchorage, AK. From June to August, three teams of riders make their way from Austin, TX, to Anchorage, AK, while building awareness and raising money for the battle against cancer. Along the way, […]

I ride for solidarity, for my family, for love, for access, for hope, for understanding, and most of all for all the people who are invisible. I’ve made it this far. I still cannot fathom how far I have come on this ride. To say that I saw myself in Canada at this point in […]

Each year, students from the University of Texas embark on a 70-day, 4000 mile bike tour from Austin, Texas to Anchorage, Alaska called Texas 4000. The riders are split into teams/routes that aim to spread hope, knowledge and charity along their routes in addition to raising $500,000 to support cancer charities across the United States […]