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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...

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Day 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...

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The 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...

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The 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...

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Cascade Cowboys - VIDEO

Teaser before the Cascade Cycling Classic begins tomorrow night!

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Part 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...

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Part 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...

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Appetite 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...

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Looking 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...

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#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...

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Basecamp

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...

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The 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...

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Calm 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...

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CX: 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...

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American 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...

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Two 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...

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Monday 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...

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Signing 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...

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Tim 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...

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Tim and Dan's Excellent Adventure - VIDEO VERSION

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The 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...

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So, about blogging...

Just follow me on Facebook.  It's so much easier to tag and flow there! www.facebook.com/timothyrugg

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Cowboy 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...

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Two 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...

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The 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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