Polar RCX5 Run Package Giveaway

There are many things in the world where one usually sits firmly in either one camp or another.  For example, a few of life’s great dividers:

Boxers or briefs
Hot dogs or hamburgers
Bow tie or straight tie
Coke or Pepsi
Mac or PC
Paper or Plastic
White bread or wheat bread

And for you folks hanging out around these parts, there’s probably the most famous of all:

…Garmin or Polar

While the great majority of giveaways to date here have been Garmin focused, I’m going to venture over to the other side and giveaway a bit of Polar goodness…the brand new Polar RCX5:

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Late last week (after I had published my in depth review), Polar approached me about giving away a brand new RCX5 to y’all.  Initially they weren’t sure what I’d say, simply because I always buy my own giveaway prizes (you did know that, right?). 

But, there’s one caveat to my rule – which you may remember from the survey results back in March. I had asked whether or not you would be in favor of giveaways that were for hard to get items, in cases where the company supplied the item.  For example, the first time I did this was the Wahoo Fitness ANT+ enabled bike case, where I did a giveaway three weeks before the first units were available in the retail channel.  In the survey, you overwhelmingly wanted me to give these things away when possible.  By ‘overwhelming’ that would be 93.8% of you – or roughly twice the water temperature for the Boise 70.3 half-ironman I’m doing this weekend.

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You’ll be getting the above box – literally, that specific box sitting on my turtle tank stand– which contains the Polar RCX5, an s3+ stride/footpod sensor (for measuring distance), and the Polar Wearlink Hybrid heart rate strap.  That’s the fancy strap that works with both the RCX5 as well as legacy workout equipment that can read HR.  No turtles are included, nor is the G5 GPS pod, in this giveaway.

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All you’ve gotta do down below is tell me the answer to one of the following questions (not all of them):

Boxers or briefs
Hot dogs or hamburgers
Bow tie or straight tie
Coke or Pepsi
Mac or PC
Paper or Plastic
White Bread or wheat bread

Simple enough, right?

The entry period will run until Thursday June 9th, 2011 at 11:59PM Eastern Time, at which point I’ll close the entry period and randomly select a winner.  Like the all my giveaways there are no restrictions on where the goods go to – so no matter where in the world you are, I’ll send to you.  The winner will get a brand new Polar RCX5 Run Package (with HR strap and footpod).  It’ll be sent out Monday morning when I get back from Boise and you should have it a day or so later – or roughly ‘a long time’ ahead of everyone else waiting for their orders to get fulfilled.

(Note: If you’re active duty military and deployed and are unable to complete the entry method above, simply shoot me an e-mail and I’ll get ya entered in.  For those curious on how the giveaways work, here’s the deets. Thanks all!)

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1,409 Comments

  1. mo

    Equal opportunity gps-er here… Coke!!

  2. wheat bread with some coke and perhaps one or two hot dogs in a straight tie having a movie on my mac or looking at some paper

  3. wheat coke bread dog

  4. dcrainmaker and coke

  5. hot dog with wheat bread

  6. BarryB

    Mac
    Paper
    Boxer Brief

  7. and to finish the day: paper mac

  8. Mac
    Coke
    Burger..

  9. Mac all the way!!!!!!!!

    Pat

  10. Mac all the way!!!!

  11. Boxer briefs. And PC. Definitely PC

  12. Hamburger with Coke or Hot dog with Pepsi.

  13. Hamburger on Wheat with a Coke.

  14. yucko@alum.mit.edu

    Paper definitely. I can “reuse” that bag as a trash bag at home. And the bag stands up nicely in my car (which is sufficiently old that it doesn’t have those plastic fingers/tabs for holding the handles of plastic bags.

    -alan

  15. Anonymous

    Wheat, and Mac for that matter too!

  16. Dan

    Briefs
    Hamburgers
    Straight tie
    Pepsi
    PC – keeps me employed!
    Paper
    Wheat bread

  17. Love me a Mac computer!

  18. Briefs
    Hamburger
    Just something sexy about a man in bow tie
    Drink neither but will pick Coke
    Never use a Mac so PC
    Paper
    White bread

  19. Apple all day!

  20. Tid

    I’m not afraid to say it…I prefer white bread.

  21. Mac – just can’t afford one.

  22. Boxers, everyday.

  23. Jr

    I literally can’t exclaim this enough: MAC! and there is no substitute. and thanx fo da giveaway (ebonix style)

  24. JS

    Mac most definitely!

  25. Either for me… I’m bipolar…

  26. Hamburgers, straight ties, coke and Mac. All together.

    Cheers
    Johnny

  27. Mac

    Thanks,
    Randy Cantu

  28. Gotta have a Mac!!!

  29. boxerbriefs. The best of both worlds. And I’m a fan of whole grain wheat, unless it is homemade, then it must be white bread.

  30. Diet Coke, definitely.

  31. Novice

    PC….and I like my husband in boxers.

    jenellechu@hotmail.com

  32. Stuart Sweet

    Straight tie… Not enough room for anything entertaining on a bowtie.

  33. hi there!
    wheat bread. yum!
    tx for offering the giveaway, and good luck in boise!!

  34. wheat bread! wheat bread! wheat bread!
    white is the same thing as candy in my book.

    curtis

  35. Theis Rodian

    Currently on a PC but longing to get a MAC.
    (So MAC it is).
    Cheers.

  36. plastic, definitely plastic…but sometimes paper…i guess…hmmm….no, i prefer plastic…usually…

    stephanie

  37. PC, that’s the one that can be always fixed. If something is not working on Mac, then it will never work.

  38. Hamburgers for me.

  39. Mac, hands down.

  40. I prefer a straight tie. It’s definitely more.. traditional. ;-)

  41. breifs
    Hot dogs
    Bow tie
    Coke
    Mac and PC
    Canvas
    no bread

  42. Kel

    MAC MAC MAC MAC

  43. Will K.

    Boxers – all the way.

  44. Hot Dogs… dress the dog, not the bun!

  45. It has to be wheat bread unless its a homemade turkey leftover sandwich, then I need my white bread just the way mom used to make it.

  46. Just like this comment…I’m a brief kind of guy.

  47. Burgers- i know where the meat came from!!
    Mac-most of the time
    breifs- no brainer.
    white bread always
    coke

  48. PC, Boxers, and Wheat Bread

  49. briefs
    hamburgers
    straight tie
    RC
    PC
    Canvas Bag
    Sourdough

  50. Boxer briefs of course…or more likely commando or shorts liner.

  51. mmm wheat bread for sure! Delicious and nutritious.

  52. I would chose hamburgers over hot dogs any day

  53. bowtie, of course!

  54. In an ideal world…

    comfortably dressed in just Briefs and a Straight Tie, eating an Burger in a Wheat bun with a Coke, in front of a Mac with Parallels installed PC included, and a Paper napkin to clean the mess!

    flack

  55. I prefer a hamburger over hot dogs.

  56. Preference is sometimes situational, but here goes:

    Boxers except when training,
    Hamburgers except at ballgames,
    Straight tie except at weddings,
    Diet Coke except when diet pepsi is all you got,
    Mac except when trading and / or playing games,
    Plastic except for raw meat

    Swimming except when biking except when running.

    Erwin

  57. hmmm…hamburgers

  58. Mac without a doubt ( and for the last 12 years btw so not of the new switchers because it’s cool)

    Boxer briefs
    Coke Zero and no junk food :-)

  59. White bread or wheat bread

    Answer: Wheat bread.
    much healthier for you and more fiber.

    Katy

  60. Rob

    Straight tie and Coke Zero

  61. Boxers
    Hamburgers
    None
    Coke
    PC
    Paper
    Wheat bread

  62. definitely mac!

  63. Mac all the way

  64. Wheat bread and Pepsi. Always!!!

  65. Pepsi – Just did the Comrades marathon a week ago, all the water points had Pepsi went down beter than Coke

  66. Coke, definitely!

  67. Mac or PC? Linux, of course :-)

  68. PC and paper :)

    /Mattias

  69. I prefer Coke over Pepsi.

  70. Coke or Pepsi?
    Coca-Cola … makes good things taste better!

  71. Definately Coke …
    As the saying goes – Coca-Cola Is It!!

  72. Boxers or Briefs? Where’s the thong option! Oh ok …. the briefest of briefs!

  73. Hamburgers, Coke, Mac and Wheat bread are the obvious ones that I’d pick!

  74. Mac or PC: PC. Apple’s product policies scare me

  75. PC and hamburger. Only Mac I really want is Big Mac. :)

  76. Pepsi (Max) – Can’t get enough of it though bad for the teeth so only as a treat;

    PC (sadly as I work with them);

    Garmin – Got a Garmin 305 having read your review which is what got me started in following this great blog.

  77. dmp

    -Briefs
    -burgers
    -straight ties
    -mac
    -coke
    -paper

    Good luck with your race!

  78. Hot dogs or hamburgers – Hamburger
    Coke or Pepsi – Coke
    Mac or PC – PC
    Paper or Plastic – Paper
    White Bread or wheat bread – wheat bread

  79. Mac, definitely – PC is an example of being technically right, but wrong on so many levels… ;-)

  80. Boxers
    Veggie burgers
    Straight tie, windsor knot
    Diet coke
    Still undecided on the great computer debate
    Paper
    Wheat
    I have both Garmin AND Polar (old ones of course)

  81. Tim

    I highly prefer a good home made Hamburger! With fresh lettuce, some pickles, A juicy burger and ofcourse Ketchup!
    But like one of you race reports.. not the best food for a race ;)

    Bow tie or straight tie… no tie would be the best!

    Paper would be best! For sure. Go Green! :)

    Wheat bread.. I like to have some taste on the bread itself… to combine with other food or spreads! :D