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Good luck Ray! I’ll try to catch you online, from Abu Dhabi
Good luck Ray!
Start of a new career!!!
Also, don’t forget to wear the puffy shirt.
link to en.wikipedia.org
:)
“some world leader gets shirtless on a pony”
:) very good!
Good Luck Ray
Please share a youtube link afterwards.
Congrats and good luck!
Will you share the clip for those who can’t see you?
Good luck. Time to set the TiVo!
You are one cool dude! Break a leg!
Wrote! Congrats ray and good luck.
Good luck. Make sure to try and get some miles in in either Central Park or the Hudson River Greenway (or both).
Fantastic. If you don’t know who Greg Kelly is (or if you don’t watch The Soup), you’re missing out.
If you and the girl happen to stay the night, would enjoy meeting you:
link to nyccraftbeerfest.com
Ray of all the cool stuff you have done I think this will be the coolest. Well done and best of luck.
TV appearance then Katz’s? I could think of worse Fridays.
Next stop…Letterman?
Break a leg! Looking forward to seeing it!
Awesome. Good luck. Will def check out the links once you get them posted.
Ray, don’t let any New Yorkers try to sell you a bridge, 5 years later and I am still waiting for my deed. :) Enjoy and have fun!
That was great. Nice work!
What HR Zone was your interview? I’m sure I would have been even higher :-)
Your heart rate during the the show was a little high ;)
Nice job Ray
Well done Ray. Small case of nerves with the heart rate, go figure!
Nice to catch you on video apart from photos and articles!
Your HR reminded me of mine before my second 5k race earlier this year (with minimal warm up…)
Well done on your segment Ray – if you hadn’t been wearing the Scosche we wouldn’t have known how nervous you were.
Well done.
Video is on their site: link to myfoxny.com
Dang, that was quick, thanks for the heads up!
HR = 132 made me smile… You are one cool dude.
Have a great weekend!
Thanks all for watching!
It’s funny, I actually wasn’t that nervous – just a bit of a higher HR than normal. Fwiw, that’s below my Z1 HR level, so felt pretty normal. :)
So happy for you, Ray, and congrats,you did great and,the lady newsperson seemed really friendly,, even managed to charm a smile out of you ;)
Fox? Seriously?
I think Fox was the perfect platform for Ray! Excellent JOB!
Excellent job Ray! Have a safe trip back
across the pond.
Cool!
Someone needs to give you a permanent weekly/daily segment on T.V. Great job!
Awesome. Great job, congrats !!!
Well done – I thought you presented the message well, avoiding jargon and being clear and concise. Good TV spot,
Chris
nice job!
actually you brought up a interesting point on recovery time… one of the reasons i liked the garmin 620 is that is tracks recovery time… do any apps track recovery time and … where can i learn about it?
You were great Ray, the two watches you showed are probably the most current and unique. Concise and to the point – you need a longer forum though ;) You certainly seemed calm and collected, but I imagine your normal heart rate would be sub 90, even while up and talking, no? (although 6100 steps by 9:00 am is alot of steps). We need the Maker Show.
Yeah, pre-segment my HR just walking around was roughly 90BPM. Segment, a bit higher. Normally if I’m just working/typing at my desk it’s about 50BPM. If I’m sitting on the couch, about 40-45BPM.
As far as the steps go, I had done a run earlier in the morning (just a short 30 minute one) – which the FR15 counts in steps.
Great job Ray. It’s cool to heR and see you after reading your stuff for the last year! I’m thinking that Tom Tom unit is perfect for me. I hate the chest strap and use the wahoo app religiously with the cadence sensor. Would it link to the app like the scosche does?
Thanks!
Unfortunately TomTom hasn’t enabled re-broadcasting of the Cardio unit to other BLE devices. I’m not sure if that’s because they haven’t gotten around to it, or if because there’s some other reason (non-technical).
Well done man. Enjoyed the clip and hopefully many more out there will be attuned to the amazing service you provide for all of us. Have a great weekend.
thats not the voice i expected to come out of your body
good job Ray
Sorry! Hope I didn’t disappoint!
Great to put a voice to the face. Hopefully the mass explosion of viewers won’t change your site too much as the balance seems just right between personal stories and the tech stuff. Less of the personal stuff would lead to people like me who just occasionally need to read reviews on stuff when we are actively looking for something, drifting away when we are just doing our happy thing with our devices. Keep up good work.
It’s nice to actually see you in “person”, gives a more personal touch to the website.
Well done.
Great job!
cool to put a voice with the words…thanks ray
Great segment. They definitely could have had you on longer.
Yes, pleeease…