Jordan Rapp

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Jordan Rapp was born on July 28th, 1980. Three weeks later, he went for his first open water swim (sort of) in the waters of Lost Lake in Brewster, NY. Eighteen years later, he took first strokes of a different kind - in a rowing shell - on Princeton University's Lake Carnegie. After a high school career focused on squash and lacrosse, he began training for endurance athletics on a Concept II ergometer in the winter of 1998/99. Millions of meters and millions of strokes later, he was injured for the first time in his rowing career while training to make the U.S. National Team. And so, in April of 2003, he clipped a pair of aerobars onto his road bike, bought a pair of race wheels with the first tax return of his post-graduate career, and never looked back except to occasionally take a peek at the competition.

Favorite Specialized product: S-Works shoes & TT02. The first Specialized products I ever used are still my favorite. Especially the TT02. Even with all the aero helmets out there, this one still gets people's attention, especially when it goes flying by them on the road.

PHOTO:RICH CRUSE

Stats

Born July 28, 1980
Height 6'3
Weight 155ish lbs.
Home Thousand Oaks, CA & Penticton, BC
Nickname Rappstar
Family Wife Jill Savege and Son Quentin Thomas Rapp (born Jun 21, 2011)

Achievements

2011 ITU Long Distance World Champion
2011 & 2009 Ironman Canada Champion
2011 Leadman Epic 250 Las Vegas Champion
2009 Ironman Arizona Champion

Chasing Abu

March 18, 2011

This post is an homage to a classic 90's film, "Chasing Amy." The IMDB entry for it sums it nicely, "Holden

and Banky are comic book artists. Everything's going good for them

until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her,

but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian." As you

might imagine, romantically pursuing someone who prefers members of the

opposite sex is rather futile. Likewise, trying to catch up after

putting yourself down five minutes on the best field outside of Kona

within the first 40ish minutes of the race is equally hopeless. If you

combine really strong winds, the typically randomness of early season

fitness, a very long and hotly contested bike ride, and temperatures in

the high 90s, you might get lucky enough to get the equivalent of a

phone number on a napkin. In my case, that worked out to 11th, otherwise

known as Simon Whitfield's "two first places," which Hamish Carter

correctly identified as "loser math."

For the rest of Jordan's story please visit blog.rappstar.com

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