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5 Easy Steps To The Site
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In Depth Product Reviews
You probably stumbled upon here looking for a review of a sports gadget. If you’re trying to decide which unit to buy – check out my in-depth reviews section. Some reviews are over 60 pages long when printed out, with hundreds of photos! I aim to leave no stone unturned.
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Read My Sports Gadget Recommendations.
Here’s my most recent GPS watch guide here, and cycling GPS computers here. Plus there are smart trainers here, all in these guides cover almost every category of sports gadgets out there. Looking for the equipment I use day-to-day? I also just put together my complete ‘Gear I Use’ equipment list, from swim to bike to run and everything in between (plus a few extra things). And to compliment that, here’s The Girl’s (my wife’s) list. Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by!
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Have some fun in the travel section.
I travel a fair bit, both for work and for fun. Here’s a bunch of random trip reports and daily trip-logs that I’ve put together and posted. I’ve sorted it all by world geography, in an attempt to make it easy to figure out where I’ve been.
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My Photography Gear: The Cameras/Drones/Action Cams I Use Daily
The most common question I receive outside of the “what’s the best GPS watch for me” variant, are photography-esq based. So in efforts to combat the amount of emails I need to sort through on a daily basis, I’ve complied this “My Photography Gear” post for your curious minds (including drones & action cams!)! It’s a nice break from the day-to-day sports-tech talk, and I hope you get something out of it!
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The Swim/Bike/Run Gear I Use List
Many readers stumble into my website in search of information on the latest and greatest sports tech products. But at the end of the day, you might just be wondering “What does Ray use when not testing new products?”. So here is the most up to date list of products I like and fit the bill for me and my training needs best! DC Rainmaker 2023 swim, bike, run, and general gear list. But wait, are you a female and feel like these things might not apply to you? If that’s the case (but certainly not saying my choices aren’t good for women), and you just want to see a different gear junkies “picks”, check out The Girl’s Gear Guide too.
“The Girl” = The myth, the legend, the enigma is true! =)
Oh, I forgot. Congrats to you too!
Ha!
My wife get ignored at races too with screams of White Hot!
Good for you and Good for Ray!
My 7 year old daughter gets the HTFU treatment too. Must be the Ironman syndrome.
Great post. I think the Girl should start her own blog!!
Great to finally meet you Roberta!
John, I guess you didn’t notice the link to The Girl’s own excellent blog that she and The Boss (not any more buddy, not any more! ;) ) have apparently kept under our noses all year!
Boy I sure wish that I would have done Longhorn 70.3 last fall to have been able to meet you. I did the race in 2008 and I am going to do it again this year. Last year it was too close to Ironman Cozumel for my comfort.
Roberta, tell Ray that he needs to come back to Texas for a race. Heck, you need to come back to Texas and do a race!
I am glad to hear tha the girl does exist! I have been married to my husband for 20 years now and sometimes his family still believe that I am not real and just a figment of my husbands imagination!
Heh, after reading further in your blog perhaps I should amend my last comment to say: Congratulations Bobbie on your engagement news, nice to finally meet you!
yay, The Girl finally surfaces! :) so glad to “meet you”! congrats again.
Looking forward to adding your blog to Google Reader – I am a huge cupcake fan, too!
Very cute post! Congrats to you both on your engagement! I’ll be sure to introduce myself to you both should we cross paths at a future race. :)
I setn Ray an email yesterday but wanted to say again Congrats to you both! Hope you enjoy the rest of your vacay/visit with family.
Wait…my name didn’t get on there Bobbie. It’s Janice. Congrats! I cannot wait to eventually see the ring in person…maybe at the Pacers holiday soiree or the Turkey Trot.
“1. He has trouble separating “me as a triathlete &his training buddy” from “me as his girlfriend- a GIRL!!”… so sometimes if I do something totally girly or cry over something he’ll tell me something along the lines of “HTFU”…. wimper… :(“
I married my training partner too haha, it has been difficult at times trying to be “married” and not training together. It has been a fun and loving life experience for the both of us.
Wishing you two the best. Congratulations and GREAT post haha, I was laughing and finding way too many similarities to my life.
All one really needs to do is be bored at work one day and click through the ‘blogs I follow’ section and you would have found ‘the Girl’ months ago like I did :)
Congrats to you both and I look forward to hearing more about Ray from ‘the Girl’s’ point of view!
I guess you do know what you are getting yourself into :-) Congrats again!
You go Girl! Congrats on the engagement. Stopped by your blog as well, sweet! (pun fully intended).
This was like the big reveal! Worth waiting for. Good top 10 list. Especially the winter vacation; can you say green with envy?
I will just say that *I* said hi to you at Rev3…we were all just a bit nervous pre-race and not very chatty I think (and it’s hard to say hi to someone who is introduced in person even as The Girl). Congratulations again!!!!
Great post! And congrats to you both!
My two cents (b/c you didn’t ask): I’ve been reading DC Rainmaker for about a month now and never once thought the use of “the Girl” was insulting. I tweet and I never reveal my husband’s identity. I always figured that was never up to me. We’ve talked about it, and he’s happy to be “B” in that world. More than anything, what I read on Rainmaker was very complimentary of you, as it should be. :)
And, I totally get the HTFU treatment from B. He’s not even a triathlete (yet). I think it’s a Venus/Mars thing as much as anything else.
Btw, love your blog, which I just checked out in the links.
I say this in a joking way, but maybe it is YOU that needs to give Ray the HTFU treatment! It seems like your race results outshine his! ;) All the best to you both!
I just laughed out loud through the better portion of that…congrats to you(Bobbie) and you’re a trooper for putting up with dating DC Rainmaker!
Great to finally meet you.!
Congratulations on your engagement news
Doron from tel aviv
Dammit..another blog I have to follow
Congrats to both of you! and thanks for popping in to write a little. Great post! If I ever run into both of you at a race I’ll be sure and say hello to you first and ignore Ray. : )
Hi Bobbie – I’m rather new to Ray’s blog (about 2 months), but I found it honorable that if you wanted to stay out of the blogging limelight, that Ray respected your wishes. Congratulations on your engagement and thanks for loaning him to us as encouragement for training and guidance in good product purchases.
Don in Baltimore
That’s not a girl. That’s a beautiful women.
BTW, Ray, show that lady off. Take her dancing. Just call yourself Ramón.