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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.
Hamburger – Simply the best! But very much preferably homemade :)
Paper/Plastic – NEITHER!! I carry in my own reusable bags!!!
Call me Mrs. Green…LOL!!
Straight tie!
None of the above:
1. Boxerbriefs (actually this one happens to be true).
2. Hot Dog/Hamburger. This one does not make sense. They are in completely different categories – neither being better than the other. It’s like saying Oranges vs. Dishwashers. I refuse to pick a side.
3. Ascots
4. RC (do they still sell this?)
5. Linux
6. Reusable cloth bags
7. Rye bread
Love the blog. Read it every day (almost).
Boxers, sometimes boxerbriefs, never briefs
Hot dogs & hamburgers
Straight tie
Coke Zero
Mac
Paper
Wheat
A time and a place for everything!
Hamburger!
Sweet, delicious Coke.
Hamburgers!!!
-Elaine
boxer briefs
best of both worlds!!
A time and a place for everything!
Definitely not Mac for me!
Hot dogs on wheat bread when you run out of buns and are too lazy to run to the store.
Both boxers and briefs, depending…
Pepsi!
Pepsi!
No meat
No softdrinks
No tie
Guess that brands me as Mac.
Boxers
Hot dogs and hamburgers
Straight tie
I don’t drink Soda
PC
Paper or Plastic? Neither I’m a zero waste shopper.
Wheat bread
PEpsi
Mac, Coke,Hamburger
Mac, burgers and briefs of course…
Hot dogs or hamburgers?
Hamburgers of course!
Thanks!!
Bow tie…you could choose either one of the other questions and either choice is respected as long as your rocking a bow tie consuming or using any of them.
Boxers
hamburgers
straight tie
Coke
PC
Paper
wheat bread
Good luck with your A Race!
PC duh!
Coke. No Ques.
Kris
Boxerbriefs all the way
Would like to say Mac, but… PC
Straight tie!
Diet Coke!
Definitely a PC!!
I eat my hot dog on wheat bread with my left hand. I am holding a delicious Coke wrapped with a paper napkin in my right hand. I do this while surfing your blog on my PC in only my briefs and a necktie.
Uh, PC of course
People still wear underwear? Well, I guess if I had to wear some, I’d go with boxers.
Mac or PC. No doubt PC.
White Bread or Wheat Bread – Wheat Bread please!
Coke — no contest!
Wheat is it. Not coke.
Mac, and Coke of coz! :)
Mac or PC? Definitely MAC
Mac or PC? Definitely Mac.
In the past I would have said coke, but my move to the north over 10 years ago has moved me over to the pepsi side.
Boxers, hamburgers, PC,Coke, and wheat bread. Great blog. I am also in DC, maybe we’ll meet eacother sometime during a training run/ride.
There are such things as PCs?
Mac…of course.
Mac, oh definitely Mac. Also… straight tie – bowties just look silly (although I wear neither, being of the XX variety)!!
Coke…always :)
Coke and Hot Dogs!
coke, coke zero specificially :)
My birthday is the 9th…..make it happen DC!!
Mmm … hamburgers
Mac is the future of PC`s if I can even say that!
And a tie will always be a classic except when worn with a tuxedo!
Best of Luck in Boise!
K.
Mac.
briefs
hamburgers
Bow tie
Coke
PC
Paper
wheat bread
Wheat bread
Mac
And maybe Polar for the next gadget…
Good luck for the Boise 1/2 Ironman!
Ben from Taipei
Boxers
Hamburgers
Paper
Mac
RCX5
See you in Boise at 70.3… Live here and have been swimming at Lucky Peak for a week. Feels great NOW. Not so much the first time.
coke for sure
coke and hot dog and paper
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coke and paper and hotdogs and boxers
Wheat bread.
Mac
boxers and hamburgers
straight tie
plastic sucks – paper
coke
boxers
mac, paper and hotdogs
straight tie
wheat bread!
briefs… gotta be briefs… nothing else.. well… the guys know what I mean…
coke, coke and coke
no plastic and no pepsi
paper i hate plastic
coke i hate pepsi
Boxers
Wheat Bread….oh yeah and Good Luck in Boise!
boxers and hot dogs
paper, plastic sucks
mac – windows sucks
paper, coke, hot dogs, straight tie mac
Boxers or briefs–boxer for my man!
Hot dogs or hamburgers–burgers
Bow tie or straight tie–straight
Coke or Pepsi–Coke!
Mac or PC–PC
Paper or Plastic–paper, save the earth!
White Bread or wheat bread–I prefer white, but wheat is healthier so we eat that.
coke
coke and polar rcx5
garmin or polar? – polar
paper
mac, mac and re-mac
mac book pro
breizh cola
Mac.
Used PCs until bought macbook almost by accident and now i love it. I guess i would love pc too, but macbook air is sweet.
only minus is that polar rs 400 ir stick doesnt work with it (or protrainer 5) so have to use wifes laptop for that.
paper is better for the planet
paper and coke and straight tie
boxers
paper, coke and dcrainmaker!
polar
paper, coke and mac
hamburgers at this time of the day
coke coke and re coke
and the winner is : paper
fuck plastic: paper
polar rcx5