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What's your connection to the Ride:Well Tour?: Cross-Country Cyclist, Advocate, Friend of Blood:Water, Friend of Venture Expeditions

About Me:: I am a passionate follower of Christ. I have a heart for missions and am excited to use my athletic abilities to glorify God and help people in Africa. I look forward to a challenging yet rewarding summer of biking across the US. I am excited about making new friends, seeing the countryside and just relaxing. I will graduate in May 2009 with my Master's in Nutrition and will start working after the bike ride (not sure where I will work yet but am open to ideas for pretty much anywhere in the country). I try to make the most of every day, staying focused on what is important and knowing that life is short. I love jump roping and running marathons. Love God, Love family, Love friends, Love life.

Thank you to everyone who has supported me financially and/or through prayer. A special thanks to SDC Nutrition LLC for providing me with "real" energy sustaining nutrition products. www.tryabouttime.com

I have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bicycle across America to raise funds and awareness for Blood:Water Mission, an organization that helps underdeveloped communities in Africa establish clean-water wells, latrines, and health clinics. We will be stopping in communities and churches to talk about the water and blood crises in Africa and enlist people in active support of Blood:Water Mission.

Would you please consider sacrificing financially as I sacrifice physically for this cause? In order to go I need to raise $4,895. I will meet my fundraising goal, if 100 of my friends and/or family donate $50 each.

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The 12 Days of Ride:Well Tour

Lyzz, Jen, and I started singing this one rainy day in VA and I thought I would share it with you all.

"On the first day of Ride:Well Tour my bike gave to me: A flat tube in a tire."
"On the second day of Ride:Well Tour my bike gave to me: Two "Car Backs!!!" and a flat tube in a tire."
"On the third day of Ride:Well Tour my bike gave to me: Three scratched knees......"
"On the 4th day of Ride:Well Tour my bike gave to me: Four Broken Spokes....."
"On the 5th day of Ride:Well Tour my bike gave t… Continue

Posted on August 14, 2009 at 4:51pm — 1 Comment

The Journey is More Important Than the Destination

After 2 months and 250 hours of riding my bicycle beginning in Long Beach, CA and finishing the trip with a 143 mile ride starting in Baltimore, MD, I finally arrived at the Atlantic Ocean in Cape Henlopen, DE where we took our bikes into the ocean for a fantastic celebration! I rode 3,573 miles across 10 states, by beautiful beaces in CA, through 115 degree deserts in AZ, over 8,000+ ft high mountains, around dead mountain lions, possums, squirrels, moles, and other various roadkill, across loo… Continue

Posted on August 14, 2009 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

All The Same...But Different

I arrived back in Texas yesterday and everything seemed the same as I left it...busy and chaotic. I sure do miss the simplicity of living on the road. I went on a bike ride with my dad as soon as we got to the house. I rode my mountain bike, which had a flat before I even started. We rode to a restaurant to eat sushi (which I have been craving for the last 2 months). It was chopstick Tuesday (a tradition Lyzz and I started this summer that we encourage everyone to partake in....use chopsticks fo… Continue

Posted on August 12, 2009 at 11:14pm — 1 Comment

Fast and Furious

This Week: Rain, Rain, and more Rain! Crashes/Hospital visits: Deb slid on rocks..road rash; Seth tried to dodge Deb and flipped over guard rail...ripped shorts and 10 stitches in quadricep; Erin White hit a giant dog and slid on her back and hit/cracked her helmet..concussion. She is excited about finally having her own hospital bracelet. I just took 10 stitches out of Cody's head after some intense 50 meter out and back time trials at night around a lighted cone on a little girl's bike. Cody w… Continue

Posted on July 31, 2009 at 9:56pm — 2 Comments

Every Mile Makes a Difference

Everyone else has written about the details of our journey and all the crazy things we have seen, like dead mountain lions, a man driving a horse and covered wagon down the Hwy, and Josie the Bear, so I thought I would write something a little different.

I've been thinking a lot lately about my purpose here and about life in general. One of my greatest fears is that I will one day look back on my life and realize that I did not live to my fullest potential in fulfilling God's will for me to mak… Continue

Posted on June 30, 2009 at 4:00pm — 5 Comments

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At 10:11am on June 23, 2009, Obrey Household said…: Brian...the house was so empty this morning. We all ate blueberries over the kitchen island this morning in honor of you...praising God for every bite and every gift given to us this past week. Thanks for entering our lives and home. You are forever welcome and forever part of our family.

At 7:55am on May 21, 2009, The Servant's Bookstore/Shelley said…: My employees and I are excited about getting to meet you and all the riders when you stop and spend the night with us in Kaufman, TX on July 12th. We are preparing a concert festival and community-wide blood drive for that day at our store. We want to DO things (for we are Servants!) to help make your trip during that leg of the journey more comfortable, so we'll be studying the websites and deciding what kinds of things we can do while you are in Kaufman. Let us know specific preferences and we will do our best to fulfill your wishes! God bless ALL you do for Him today! In Christ, Shelley/The Servant's Bookstore and Coffee Bar

At 2:24pm on May 12, 2009, Erin McDermott said…: your picture is awesome. did you climb a small purple mountain somehow?

At 1:01pm on April 10, 2009, BradyMiles said…: AHHH Trend setters.... I like that.

At 3:58pm on April 3, 2009, Erik Pelttari said…: So Tyler and I were trying to think of some possible style trends we could start this summer, like fedoras or sideburns or something, just wondering if you have any ideas.

At 12:36pm on April 2, 2009, Erin McDermott said…: i am reading in a pit with a lion on a snowy day. i saw that you were on your profile blurb dealy. and i just wanted to tell you that we are the same. that's all.

At 6:35pm on March 30, 2009, Tyler H. Sevlie said…: Yes sir. Come excited.

At 12:30pm on March 28, 2009, Nyc Moy said…: LAte for Brian is 10pm!

At 4:06pm on March 27, 2009, Andy said…: "Why were you out so late last night, Brian?"
"Because I'm Batman."

... it could happen ...

At 10:37am on March 5, 2009, BradyMiles said…: Well my fellow Texan, welcome to the team! Where are you graduating from?

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