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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.
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Finding out during a race that I forgot to take the plastic wrapping off my water bottle.
I had my husband ran my company 10k with me, but he was traveling and had to show up late. He ran in whatever he found in his car, which wasnt the best clothes to wear. Needless to say, he is now referred to as the “bloody nipples” guy around my office every year when the run occurs.
I had my husband ran my company 10k with me, but he was traveling and had to show up late. He ran in whatever he found in his car, which wasnt the best clothes to wear. Needless to say, he is now referred to as the “bloody nipples” guy around my office every year when the run occurs.
At valentine’s day, i programmed our shared FR305 and and gave it to my girlfriend and told her to run according to the directions given, and I told her I would run another path. Instead i ran and bought flowers to meet her up when finished. The idea was that the gps-route would form a heart when looking on it afterwards online. So I met her up, she still did not get the idea of the strange route, and without the flowers it might have failed completely. When we logged in to look at the route map I thought it was the end of that day: due to some construction works going on, she had to change the route slightly, and it now formed just half a heart!
However, she found the idea very sweet, and the rest of the evening was quite nice. But, next time, i guess we’ll run it together instead.
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Realizing I had started out a ride to/from work too late when I walked back into a full office in spandex and bike shoes… took a while to live that down
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I want the 310XT soooooo bad!
My funniest moment(s) involve not unclipping on my Antares rollers and going sideways into various pieces of furniture and/or the wall. The wall is only a problem because after 20 minutes of occasional squeaking and loud panting, the sudden *thud* and quiet gets a weird reaction from the neighbors (I live in an apartment building…).
I’m *really* bad at unclipping…
Dressing up as Richard Simmons for a Halloween themed 1/2 marathon. Embarrassing part: nobody else dressed up at all for the race.
Funniest moment was when I was trying to clip into my bike to get fitted and we couldn’t figure out why it wasn’t working only to realize that I had my cleat covers on.
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so many of these are injuries…I’m just going to add to it. :) I was on my first-ever ride with my then-boyfriend/now-fiance, and also my first outdoors ride with my clipless pedals (had mostly used the shoes for spin class at the gym up to then). I was stopped at the side of the road waiting for the guys to catch up, left foot unclipped, when bang! I tipped over on the right side. (HUGE BRUISE, couldn’t sleep on it for a week.) Everyone was really sweet and rushed over to make sure I was ok (strangers & boyfriend alike), but I was just grinning because I’d finally had my first clipped-in fall…which made me a REAL CYCLIST!! :)
I’m trying to get my 10 year old interested in riding for fitness, and so far it’s going well. Except for when I tried to show off by riding my mountain bike up a hill that was entirely too steep. I was reminded yet again of certain advantages found in a “girl” bike (which is not what I was riding), as the family jewels were pretty much rearranged into a new setting.
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Maybe not the funniest moment, but certainly the most interesting moment was doing a 6hr simulation ride with the aero helmet in 40 degrees Celsius (100+F?). Overheated and had to get support crew hubby to drive half an hour out of town to meet me and swap helmet back to regular one!
Hearing the chime and subsequent voice on my iPhone to tell me that I was midway through a run when suddenly John Bon Jovi belts out, “oOOoOO, we’re half-way there…wOOoOOoah, we’re livin’ on a prayer.”
Wow – in just under the wire!!
Lynn in Columbia
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