Polar RCX5 Run Package Giveaway

June 7, 2011 by |Uncategorized|Comments (1,409)

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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  2. dupaks
    June 7, 2011 at 7:59 pm #702

    mac or windows?

    WINDOWS…..

    sucks so…

    MAC!!

    Reply
  7. Bruther
    June 7, 2011 at 8:01 pm #707

    Briefs – long

    Reply
  8. Nick
    June 7, 2011 at 8:04 pm #708

    Burgers
    Coke
    PC
    Wheat

    Reply
  9. O'Malley
    June 7, 2011 at 8:04 pm #709

    Boxers (unless I’m running)
    Hot dogs (a must at a ballpark)
    Straight tie (except for senior prom or weddings)
    Coke
    Mac (unless I’m at work, then it’s a PC)
    Neither paper or plastic (I try to bring a reusable bag – more environmentally friendly!)
    Wheat bread (I make my own using a breadmaker)

    Thanks Ray!

    Reply
  10. he man
    June 7, 2011 at 8:05 pm #710

    Boxers and hamburgers!

    Reply
  11. Nick
    June 7, 2011 at 8:06 pm #711

    Burgers
    Coke
    PC
    Wheat Bread

    Reply
  12. Gonçalo
    June 7, 2011 at 8:09 pm #712

    Coca-cola for sure!
    Greetings from Portugal!

    Reply
  13. Caspar
    June 7, 2011 at 8:10 pm #713

    Sitting in my
    Briefs
    with a
    Bow tie
    eating
    Hamburgers
    drinking
    Coke
    from a
    Paper
    cup, reading your blog on my
    Mac

    PS, is that you test unit, so: certified worn by THE Rainmaker?

    Reply
  14. TIP
    June 7, 2011 at 8:16 pm #714

    Would be nice with a new toy for Challenge Aarhus and Challenge Copenhagen :)

    Coke, Hamburger, Mac, boxers, straight tie and ryebread (much healthier!).

    Good luck in Boise – looking forward to your race report!

    Reply
  15. David
    June 7, 2011 at 8:16 pm #715

    Hamburger with coke.

    Thanks for the giveawy and good luck

    Reply
  16. Gábor
    June 7, 2011 at 8:18 pm #716

    PC, Coke and hamburger

    Reply
  17. armageddjenn
    June 7, 2011 at 8:18 pm #717

    Boxers! (you meant dogs, right?)
    Hamburgers
    Straight
    Coke
    PC
    Paper
    Wheat

    Reply
  18. David
    June 7, 2011 at 8:19 pm #718

    Boxers or briefs: Both (boxer briefs)

    Hot dogs or hamburgers: do black-bean burgers count? Love the Jamexican from Seacrets

    Bow tie or straight tie: Straight and skinny

    Coke or Pepsi: Cherry Coke Zero

    Mac or PC: PC

    Paper or Plastic: Our own fabric bags

    White bread or wheat bread: Wheat, white bread is like whole milk to me, Yuck.

    Reply
  19. JReece
    June 7, 2011 at 8:20 pm #719

    jr – burger, briefs, coke, mac, plastic, wheat,

    Reply
  20. Wes
    June 7, 2011 at 8:21 pm #720

    700+ entries already…. I better win this time… if you know what’s good for ya….

    Reply
  21. Jamie Yates
    June 7, 2011 at 8:23 pm #721

    Thanks for another great giveaway! Good luck this weekend.

    Boxers
    hamburgers
    straight tie
    Coke
    PC
    Paper
    wheat bread

    Reply
  22. Gert
    June 7, 2011 at 8:23 pm #722

    Coke, pc and Mac

    Reply
  25. lindsayorton
    June 7, 2011 at 8:28 pm #725

    PC! My bro works at microsoft

    Reply
  26. gsulko
    June 7, 2011 at 8:31 pm #726

    Only straight tie.

    Reply
  27. seenu
    June 7, 2011 at 8:31 pm #727

    Hey Mac, its PC.
    Coke,
    Wheat,
    Paper,

    Hotdog / Hamburger – Neither
    Straight Tie /Bow Tie – Neither

    Reply
  28. Sandro
    June 7, 2011 at 8:38 pm #728

    Paper boxers!! :)

    Reply
  29. dupaks
    June 7, 2011 at 8:41 pm #729

    coke – pepsi sucks

    Reply
  30. dupaks
    June 7, 2011 at 8:41 pm #730

    mac – windows sucks

    Reply
  31. fhng
    June 7, 2011 at 8:42 pm #731

    Coke or Pepsi – Of course Coke. It sounds cooler and turtles love it.

    PC or Mac – Mac, lolcats love Mac an so do turtles.

    Reply
  32. Pavel
    June 7, 2011 at 8:44 pm #732

    -Boxers
    -Vegan
    -Straight tie
    -Mineral Water
    -PC+Linux
    -Paper
    -wheat bread
    Garmin or Polar? Harry Winston’s Opus V,Opus X,Opus XI(!)

    Reply
  33. Lenard Cole
    June 7, 2011 at 8:45 pm #733

    Coke or Pepsi – Has to be Coke.

    Reply
  34. Branden
    June 7, 2011 at 8:47 pm #734

    An Atlanta native must say Coke!

    Reply
  35. dupaks
    June 7, 2011 at 8:49 pm #735

    coke
    hot dogs
    boxers
    mac

    Reply
  42. dupaks
    June 7, 2011 at 8:52 pm #742

    coke and wheat bread

    Reply
  45. dupaks
    June 7, 2011 at 8:53 pm #745

    coke and paper and hot dogs

    Reply
  46. dupaks
    June 7, 2011 at 8:53 pm #746

    paper and boxers

    Reply
  47. vvojtech
    June 7, 2011 at 8:55 pm #747

    Boxers
    vegetarian :-)
    straight tie
    Coke zero pls
    PC
    Paper
    wheat bread

    gl everybody!

    Reply
  49. dupaks
    June 7, 2011 at 8:57 pm #749

    paper or plastic?

    Paper for sure, i hate plastic.

    I lead a worlwide campaign against plastic!

    Reply
  50. dupaks
    June 7, 2011 at 8:57 pm #750

    paper or plastic?

    Paper for sure, i hate plastic.

    I lead a worlwide campaign against plastic!

    Reply
  51. Henry
    June 7, 2011 at 8:57 pm #751

    Boxers no doubt!
    Hamburgers
    Straight tie
    Pepsi any day of the week
    Mac
    Paper
    Wheat bread

    Reply
  52. Brian & Jill
    June 7, 2011 at 8:58 pm #752

    Boxers or briefs – Boxer Briefs
    Hot dogs or hamburgers – Yep
    Bow tie or straight tie – Nope
    Coke or Pepsi – Coke
    Mac or PC – Mac
    Paper or Plastic – Reusable
    White bread or wheat bread – Wheat

    Reply
  54. Sue
    June 7, 2011 at 9:04 pm #754

    “hot dogs or hamburgers”? neither! I’m a vegetarian. How about veggie burgers :-)

    Reply
  55. Andris
    June 7, 2011 at 9:08 pm #755

    Hot dog. Hamburger too messy.

    Reply
  56. Lee S.
    June 7, 2011 at 9:09 pm #756

    Boxers, and even though you didn’t cover it, toilet paper hanging over the top front. Good luck in Boise, Rev3 Quassy this past weekend was a blast.

    Reply
  58. dknric
    June 7, 2011 at 9:12 pm #758

    to each his own… nice to have a choice

    Reply
  59. Balta Poga
    June 7, 2011 at 9:13 pm #759

    of course it’s coke! But Pepsi is quite good when it’s discounted

    Reply
  60. ash
    June 7, 2011 at 9:19 pm #760

    Hamburgers and COKE.
    because Pepsi was boycotting Israel for fears of loosing business in the Arab world

    Reply
  61. Max Anders
    June 7, 2011 at 9:22 pm #761

    Paper! Good luck in Boise!

    Reply
  62. Thomas H
    June 7, 2011 at 9:24 pm #762

    Coke, defintely Coke

    thomash@talkingtech.com

    Reply
  63. dupaks
    June 7, 2011 at 9:27 pm #763

    coke, hot dogs y paper

    Reply
  68. Luke
    June 7, 2011 at 9:29 pm #768

    I can’t stand Macs they drive me crazy, PC for sure. Plastic hurts the environment so i’ll go with paper. Wheat bread is better for you and it’s what i eat so i’ll have to go with that.

    Reply
  69. dupaks
    June 7, 2011 at 9:29 pm #769

    mac, hot dogs and coke

    Reply
  70. Tim
    June 7, 2011 at 9:31 pm #770

    wheat, mac, straight tie, boxer briefs

    Reply
  71. LewCen
    June 7, 2011 at 9:31 pm #771

    Boxers or briefs? Boxers
    Hot dogs or hamburgers? Veggie Burger
    Bow tie or straight tie? Straight
    Coke or Pepsi? Pepsi
    Mac or PC? Depends
    Paper or Plastic? Paper
    White Bread or wheat bread? Wheat

    Reply
  72. Sime
    June 7, 2011 at 9:32 pm #772

    Boxers. =)
    I’d give you answers on more of them but that would be braking the entry rules.
    Good luck on the Boise race!

    Reply
  73. Mills
    June 7, 2011 at 9:35 pm #773

    Mac! Wheat Bread!

    Reply
  75. Roy
    June 7, 2011 at 9:38 pm #775

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    Reply
  77. Devin
    June 7, 2011 at 9:39 pm #777

    Boxerbriefs FTW!
    hamburgers
    straight tie
    Coke
    PC
    Plastic
    White Bread

    Reply
  78. gscozzison
    June 7, 2011 at 9:41 pm #778

    Both – boxer briefs, burger (veggie), straight tie, Pepsi, re-usable bags, and finally…wheat (although only whole grain.)

    Reply
  80. Mr. Peachey
    June 7, 2011 at 9:50 pm #780

    Boxers. Briefs are for GDI’s and men with small weiners

    Reply
  84. Kaves
    June 7, 2011 at 9:58 pm #784

    Boxerbriefs
    cheeseburgers
    straight tie
    coke!
    a computer?
    paper
    White (but unfortunately I eat wheat)

    currently garmin…maybe making a change!

    Reply
  85. Tanya
    June 7, 2011 at 9:59 pm #785

    Wheat bread (can’t beat Vogels bread)!

    Tanya
    tanya.upton@clear.net.nz

    Reply
  86. Tom
    June 7, 2011 at 10:01 pm #786

    Boxers all the way

    Thanks!
    Tom

    tom.hanrahan@clear.net.nz

    Reply
  87. Cadeyrn
    June 7, 2011 at 10:06 pm #787

    Boxers or Briefs?

    Either would be acceptable right now. I forgot to bring a pair to swimming this morning and have to roll Commando for the rest of the day!

    Reply
  88. giovanni
    June 7, 2011 at 10:07 pm #788

    Straight tie.
    Boxer briefs.
    Windows.
    Fresca ( made by coke )

    Reply
  89. Joel
    June 7, 2011 at 10:13 pm #789

    Briefs of course, but more to the point, hotdogs AND hamburgers…

    Reply
  91. David Power
    June 7, 2011 at 10:15 pm #791

    Wheat bread – every day!!

    Reply
  97. JimiJohnB
    June 7, 2011 at 10:24 pm #797

    Boxers for the win! Unless you’re training, then it’s gorilla style.

    Reply
  99. Rhys Campbell
    June 7, 2011 at 10:29 pm #799

    Another great review post and great giveaway.

    Rhys
    Melbourne, Australia

    Reply
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