Articles by Jordan Rapp

News

On Feeding Growth In The Sport And Yourself With Certified Piedmontese

Certified Piedmontese sells great beef. They are also the type of tangentially-related business that is key to the health of the sport.

Industry

First Endurance: Looking Beyond Calories

In this, our third in the series of interviews with the team at First Endurance, we once again dive deep with Dr. Luke Bucci, Chief Science Officer, discussing their line of "supporting" supplements and multivitamins.

Industry

First Endurance: Diving Deep Into EFS

In this second interview diving deep with the reinvented and reimagined First Endurance, we cover their anchor product - the EFS hydration drink.

Industry

First Endurance: Past, Present, And Future

My own history with First Endurance goes back to 2008, but the First Endurance of 2021 is not the same brand it once was. I think it's even better.

News

Rethinking Polarization

When you think about applying a polarized approach to your own training, coming at it from the standpoint of effort - of subjective and qualitative measures - offers a much simpler and practical approach than obsessing over time in strictly defined numeric zones.

Training

To Erg Or Not To Erg

I wrote this about the same time that a thread - "Why you need to quit ERG mode..." - appeared on our forum. I didn't write it in response that thread; it was just a happy coincidence. This is the much longer version of the answer I gave in there.

Industry

ROKA RISE. Performance Eyewear For Desk Jobs

I spend a lot of time staring at a screen. That just got a little bit easier because of ROKA's new RISE line of blue-blocking eyewear.

News

70.3 World Champion Gustav Iden AMA

2019 Ironman 70.3 World Champ Gustav Iden of Norway is doing an Ask Me Anything on our reader forum right now.

News

The Passion Paradox: PP2 v PP1

The Passion Paradox is certainly a book that I wish had existed when I made my living racing. I struggled throughout my career to maintain perspective, and I think that a book like this would have helped. Then again, perhaps being two years removed from that life, I'm simply now receptive to the ideas and messages of such a book in a way that I wasn't back then. When you have perspective, it's easier to understand its value. When you lack perspective, it's much harder to realize that it's gone missing.

Gravel

650B Is Fun. Does That Matter?

I set out to do a comparison of 700C vs 650B wheels and tires in a "controlled" way. What it taught me is the immeasurable importance of fun.

News

On Gratitude

I was honored to learn from Mike Reilly, just prior to publication, that he mentions me in the book. And Dan calls out that mention in his review. But the exact details Mike shares are a bit off, and I wanted to take a moment to correct them. Not because the way in which they are wrong matters to me, but because I believe it matters to the message of Mike's book.

Gravel

3T Exploro: Can N=1?

There's a classic rule in cycling that N+1 is the number of bikes you need, where N is the number of bikes you currently have. The 3T Exploro challenges that rule and may be the first truly N=1 bike.