PROLOGUE
The more I open myself up to the idea that I can do something, the closer I get to thinking I'm capable of anything. From the day I put in my two weeks notice in at work and every day since I've been...
View ArticleDay 1 - Hitting the Road. Literally.
We are on our way. I'm sitting in the passenger seat of a mini-van with teammate Kevin Gottlieb at the wheel and our guest rider, Sam Sautelle from Australia, riding caboose. The Who is playing on...
View ArticleThe Midwest, So Far.
I am Mr. Muscle MilkMY HOSPITAL bill has arrived from my ER visit two weeks ago after the Air Force Classic. I need to find a printer so I can fill out my USA cycling incident report to make an...
View ArticleThe Straight Shot!
Monday - July 8th"We going to do what they say can't be done"With the Elite National Championships and Madison, WI behind us we set off on a 15 1/2 hour trip all the way to Spearfish, SD. Frankly the...
View ArticleCascade Cowboys - VIDEO
Teaser before the Cascade Cycling Classic begins tomorrow night!
View ArticlePart 1 - The Land of the Free
Tuesday - July 9thQuarq headquarters parking lot.Spearfish probably sounds familiar to most cycling junkies because it's where the headquarters is located for Quarq, a company that makes the most...
View ArticlePart 2 - The Home of the Brave
Tuesday - July 9thDriving through Beartooth Pass the idea that we would fall asleep on top of a mountain without a tent in the wilderness rather than a proper campsite became more and more real as the...
View ArticleAppetite for Adventure - An ode to 3 square meals.
Wednesday - July 10thThe summers in this particular part of the country have very long days and very short nights. I woke up shortly after 5:00 AM from the sunrise and was in and out fighting the...
View ArticleLooking for a job! : Rugg's Race Resume.
Timothy RuggRacing Age: 28Weight: 150lb / 68kgHeight: 6ft / 1.8mFive years racing as an all-arounder specializing in breakaways and prologues with a capacity to ride at the front...
View Article#BUCKSORBUST
I've been negligent in keeping up with what's been going on, because too much has been going on! I got back from the cross country trip I tried to chronicle with the idea I'd be able to take it easy...
View ArticleBasecamp
Man! I love that I can exit my new home in Harrisonburg, VA and be starting a 50-minute long climb in the Shenandoah Mountains and the George Washington National Forest in an hour. And if it's not a...
View ArticleThe boy with the wolf tattoo.
Only 24 hours left until the start of the Bucks County Classic. A race with a rich cycling history and promise that anything is possible. In 2000 Tornado Tom Boonen himself raced, still as an...
View ArticleCalm Before The Storm
Team H-Burg - Waite, Bishop, and RuggThere's never a dull moment with my new lifestyle of cycling, trumpeting, and soul-searching. Rather, there's never a moment where I don't have something I could...
View ArticleCX: Tim Rugg p/b Friends
I rarely come up with a title before I finish writing but this was just too cheesy to resist and something that's been heavy on my mind. I believe I can fly.It's hard for me to just stick to the...
View ArticleAmerican or Americant
Six years ago I had my first Americano. I had never had anything besides coffee at this point and I didn't even know what an Americano was. It's espresso with hot water. Nothing fancy really. In...
View ArticleTwo Weeks Notice
It's Friday night and most people I know have left work and probably moved on to somewhere fun like a bar or getting ready for a long night on the town. I've got too much on my mind. I mean, I guess...
View ArticleMonday Ramblings
I've been laying low since my last open letter to Red Bull. The post accomplished my main goals of exposing a void, getting people talking, and getting things moving for next year. I don't have the...
View ArticleSigning off for 2013. #CXmyHeart
I know I'm not the most verbose blogger but even I need a break. I have all these plans and ideas and they mostly just sound like garble, or a Chris Horner interview gone...well, garble. I'm going to...
View ArticleTim and Dan's Excellent Adventure
Dan kind of looks like Keanu.I moved to Harrisonburg, VA last August hoping to prepare myself to land a pro contract for road racing this year. Dan Wolf moved here just this month with the motivation...
View ArticleThe Goal Is To Be Awesome
The Rugg Diaries#lifestyleracersDay 1: Harrisonburg, VA -> Nashville, TNThe first leg of the journey across the country for Dan and I had us targeted for Nashville, TN. I woke up at 7:00AM to pack...
View ArticleSo, about blogging...
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View ArticleCowboy Country
The desert is as beautiful as it is intimidating.Yesterday I did my own version of the dirty double with the Hedgehog Hustle Marathon MTB race in the morning and the Old Pueblo Grand Prix in the...
View ArticleTwo Weeks Down.
Ut oh... You caught Dan and I training.Tim and Dan's Excellent Adventure:Two Weeks Down. Morale is high for Dan Wolf and I at camp Tucson in our last 24 hours here before we head to San Diego, CA...
View ArticleThe Train Depot
A train sounds its horn. It's desperately close and appropriately loud. I'm at a cafe named "The Depot" alongside a multi-purpose trail within leaping distance and somehow failed to put two-and-two...
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