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:
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.
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.
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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Mac of course, I’m fed up with windows. Any MAC App simply Rocks!
paper of course …
Coke (though Pepsi is okay if I have to)
Boxers, Burgers, Straight, Coke, PC, Paper and White!!
Commando, duh
hamburger, unless it’s a chili dog
mac (damn you WKO)
both, for varied household uses, and of course reusable bags
lavash wrap
I guess I’m a rebel.
Definitely paper and macs
mac all the way! i am slowly but surely converting all my friends.
and wheat bread!!!
and paper!!!
Coke. You would have to pay me to drink Pepsi.
Straight Tie kinda guy
Boxers! It gets claustrophobic in those tri/biking shorts!
Coke, but I have to say that in terms of underwear I am firmly in the boxer-briefs category.
Hmm, wait that sounds funny.
White Bread or wheat bread
Neither, Tortillas is the way to go, preferably flour.
Mac :-)
paper or plastic?
Paper for sure! I hate plastic
Wheat bread!!
Boxers! Always boxers!
paper or plastic – paper for sure
I hate plastic!
paper for sure i hate plastic
mac or pc – mac
hot dogs or hamburgers – hamburgers
Whole wheat bread of course, but I think you don’t know these kind in the us.
Since a few weeks ago Garmin was my choice. Polar was always very interesting, but with a Mac and strange ir-sync and big extra GPS not thougt throu. But with the rcx5 Polar things have changed.
Have a good Race at Boise.
bow tie or straight tie
bow tie
boxers or briefs?
Boxers
paper or plastic?
Paper for sure, i hate plastic.
I lead a worlwide campaign against plastic!
coke
paper or plastic?
Paper for sure, i hate plastic.
I lead a worlwide campaign against plastic!
paper or plastic?
Paper for sure, i hate plastic.
I lead a worlwide campaign against plastic!
paper or plastic?
Paper for sure, i hate plastic.
I lead a worlwide campaign against plastic!
Boxers
hamburgers
Bow tie
Coke
PC
Paper
White Bread
Thanks !
mabooth_uk@hotmail.com
Supping a Pepsi while reading the latest DC rainmaker shenanigans on the Mac.
Paper for sure!
Clinton from NC
Hot dogs or hamburgers – Yes please!
straight tie
Coke
PC
Plastic
wheat bread
Boxers. What? I don’t like to have much on below after a long ride.
White Bread or wheat bread?
Wheat bread
White Bread or wheat bread?
Wheat bread – more energy to complete the run!
White Bread or wheat bread?
Wheat bread – more energy to complete the run!
coke or pepsi?
Coke for sure
Pepsi!
White Bread or wheat bread?
Wheat bread – more energy to complete the run!
coke or pepsi!
Coke – much better
mac or windows?
mac definitely – I am tired of restarting my windows every day
linux
paper
wheat
d) None of the above
Too many exams, see. I spotted the missing option.
mac or windows?
windows sucks but mac is ok, so mac!
paper, mac and coke. I dont mind the rest but i would go for wheat bread
wheat bread of course. It lasts longer!
wheat bread of course! It lasts longer.
Hot dogs is easier to eat on the bike on a Triathlon course…
briefs
vegetarian
tieless
Powerade’s a Coke product
Mac
Reusable Bags
Wheat
Boxers or briefs – Boxers
Hot dogs or hamburgers -Neither, I’m a vegetarian
Bow tie or straight tie – No ties
Coke or Pepsi – No soft drinks. Just Water
Mac or PC – PC
Paper or Plastic – Paper
White Bread or wheat bread – Wheat bread
PC!!
I definitely prefer boxers. They’re sexier. I’m just sayin’
Mac and have been since the early days
Garmin or Polar–neither why is it no one needs a baro altimeter in a running watch. I am a Suunto user, would like the RCX5 but bummed they dumped the baro altimeter.
Definitely wheat bread
Always a hot dog.
Slowcop
Mac for years
Mac, Hot Dogs and Coke – for sure!
COke or Pepsi?
COKE!
I’d have to say:
Mac
Coke
Boxerbriefs
Thanks, Ray! My Garmin 405cx nearly died on me during the SD Rock n’ Roll.
Matt
I’d have to say:
Mac
Coke
Boxerbriefs
Thanks, Ray! My Garmin 405cx nearly died on me during the SD Rock n’ Roll.
Matt
wheat bread!
Coke and Pc.
now, send me my Polar :)
AC
Briefs during the day or when you’re out and about. Boxers are nice when you’re lounging around the house and to sleep in.
coke or pepsi?
coke for sure!
Pc and Mac combination is the best, no one is the best.
Coke and PC
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paper for sure
Hamburger and coke for me, thanks.
Diet Coke
Mac
Boxers
I bring my own grocery bags.
Hamburgers
Wheat Bread
I would have to go with Pepsi!
PC or Mac?
I vote for running ))
Hamburgers!
Coke for me please!
As Jules Winfield famously said…
HAMBURGERS!…the cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast!
coke
mac
mac
paper
hamburger
coke
wheat bread
Paper or Plastic
Neither… I bring my own bag!!
White Bread or wheat bread?
Wheat bread
Paper or Plastic? Cloth! Save the environment!
White Bread or wheat bread?
Wheat bread
mac or windows?
WINDOWS…..
sucks so…
MAC!!
mac or windows?
WINDOWS…..
sucks so…
MAC!!
mac or windows?
WINDOWS…..
sucks so…
MAC!!
mac or windows?
WINDOWS…..
sucks so…
MAC!!
Coke. Mac. Both boxers and briefs (not at the same time though).
Coke!
Hamburgers
Ginger Ale
Mac
My own bag/ paper
Boxers
Whole grain
Pepsiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Baybeeeeeeeeeeee!
Coke……I’m from Atlanta.
briefs for the weekdays, boxers for the weekends.
mac and hamburger.
boxers, ahhhh the freedom!
hot dogs or hamburgers?
I was hoping for hamburgers but now I am more wanting a hot dog
mac
coke
paper
wheat bread
wheat bread