Alright y’all, this is it. My next update will hopefully be this upcoming Saturday, after my two days of 4K orientation and the night before send-off, which means that this is my last post before I really get into the 4K experience. I’m feeling lots of emotions right now (excitement, panic, nervousness, gratitude, etc.) asContinue reading “Week 20: End of pre-4K life”
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Weeks 14-16: Wrapping up
It’s hard to believe but we’ve already reached my final week in Lexington! The past few weeks involved more of the same from my last update– lots of work, not much training, and crappy weather– but I did finally finish my thesis!!!!! Well, not fully, but I have a complete draft and now just needContinue reading “Weeks 14-16: Wrapping up”
Week 11: Struggles and stretches
Today (Sunday) marks only ten weeks until 4K send-off. Ten weeks from this moment I will be somewhere on the road between Baltimore and Frederick with my team, thousands of miles between us and San Francisco. No words. Other than “I’m nervous and don’t feel prepared”! Not being able to ride much this week didn’tContinue reading “Week 11: Struggles and stretches”
Week 10: Spring break sends
Hi friends! I’m currently wondering where the day went and trying to get resettled after spending the week in various parts of Colorado and Wyoming, skiing and hiking and even getting a last-minute bike ride in! Despite treating this as a “working vacation” and needing to spend large chunks of the week working on thesisContinue reading “Week 10: Spring break sends”
Weeks 8 & 9: Lots of work, big decisions, & MORE snow???
The last two weeks were pretty busy and I felt like my weekly updates were getting a bit repetitive, so here is a modified summary of what I’ve been up to for the first half of the month. Yikes– it’s scary when I put it that way! Time has been flying and I’ve felt aContinue reading “Weeks 8 & 9: Lots of work, big decisions, & MORE snow???”
Week 6: In search of energy
This week was a bit of an internal battle in terms of time management. I’ve reached the point in the semester where I feel like I’m running out of time to finish my thesis along with some burnout, so I’ve been struggling to both find the time to exercise and justify using that time forContinue reading “Week 6: In search of energy”
Giving Tuesday is for goal smashing
A short but exciting update: I HIT MY MINIMUM FUNDRAISING GOAL! I honestly did not expect to hit it today but shared my page again to promote the Ulman Foundation on Giving Tuesday. Lo and behold, I got a few more donations that put me past the $4800 mark. Thanks to each and every oneContinue reading “Giving Tuesday is for goal smashing”
A fantastic start to fundraising!
Hello, and welcome to my first 4K for Cancer blog post! I wasn’t expecting to start documenting this experience so soon but I also wasn’t expecting things to accelerate so quickly. After months of researching the 4K, drafting and redrafting my application responses, and making hypothetical packing lists I finally decided to go for itContinue reading “A fantastic start to fundraising!”
Lauren Bikes America 