The Because It’s Almost St. Patrick’s Day…Giveaway

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While I was enjoying the umpteenth day straight of mind-bogglingly sunny weather here in the ‘City of Light’, it occurred to my that St. Patrick’s day is Monday.  Despite the French fondness for any reason to take the day off, it is not considered a national holiday here.  Not that it would matter anyway, I get to spend some 12-14 hours on a plane bouncing across the ocean.

So for no other reason than it’s (almost) St. Patrick’s day, and sorta-spring like (lucky charms and all), it’s time for a giveaway.

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The prize is simple: A $400 credit to to Clever Training to buy anything from the site you’d like.  You can use it on anything they offer, from a Garmin/Polar/Suunto watch to a PowerBeam trainer, or a Quarq power meter.  If the item is over $400US, you’ll simply pay the difference, shipping is free either way.  The giveaway is open to all readers – including international folks.

To enter yourself in, simply leave a comment below with the following:

To Enter: Give me your weekend workout plans.  Simple as that!

Got it?

Entries will be accepted through Monday night, 11:59PM Eastern time (March 17th, 2014).  I’ll be you giving one device worth up to $400US from Clever Training.   Winner will be chosen at random and announced on roughly Tuesday, depending on how tired I am after flying to Mexico City on Monday.  One entry per person.  The winner can decide on which device after they win.  For devices/gadgets/gizmos over $400, the winner can pay the difference.

This giveaway is sponsored by Clever Training, which I’ve got a great partnership with.  As you probably remember, by picking up sports technology gadgets from Clever Training you support the site.  And on top of that, all DC Rainmaker readers get an exclusive 10% off all products they sell (basically every sports tech company/gadget/device) using coupon code DCR10BTF.  Even spring running or cycling gear.  And most of all, you support the site in a big way – so I appreciate it!

Note, if you’re US Active Duty Military – you can submit your entry via e-mail.   No leprechauns allowed via this method.  Mmmkay?  Thanks all!

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4,656 Comments

  1. David

    Saturday – 40km Bike, 8km tempo run
    Sunday – 13km run and link to facebook.com

  2. Clai Selden

    ride the greenline with my som

  3. Arturo

    Saturday: first open water swim of the season followed by 7 mile run.
    Sunday: 2.5 hour bike ride followed by 20 min run.
    :-)

  4. Rado

    Saturday 40 min recovery run
    Sunday 50 min easy run

  5. Geno Balmeo

    A 5 set circuit workout and a 10.1 mile easy pace run :)

  6. Jason

    Walking with my son!

  7. Christopher Larson

    4 mile round trip run to/from work on Saturday and then a mixed road/trail run on Sunday aiming for 24 miles with 2k of climbing.

  8. Patrick Peeters

    A 110 min taper brick on Sat, 1hr ride on Sunday as the final prep for my first Ironman in Melbourne next weekend.

  9. skim1124

    Sat: weekly pickup game of basketball.
    Sun: 5 mile run

  10. I’m in the midst of a gym challenge in which only miles done within the gym count, so I’m going to plant myself on a bike in the gym and try to get 40 miles tomorrow. Sunday, I might run 6 miles in the morning with the local running club, and then I have a 5K at 2pm.

  11. Javel Silveira

    I plan to run 17K on saturday and ride 40k on sunday.

  12. Jared Harley

    My weekend plans are to run Saturday in my first official 10k, as part of my half-marathon training plan. Sunday is an easy short recovery run.

  13. Andrew

    A 40 minute tempo on Saturday, and a long ride on Sunday

  14. Dev

    Sat. Easy run, weights
    Sun. Intervals (trainer)

  15. Saturday: red-eye from SLC then 3 hr bike+ 30 min run
    Sunday: 2 hr run

  16. Taylor Nguyen

    A short 5 mile recovery run after the 1 and 2-mile track race the day before!

  17. Josh Grindall

    Already completed 50km ride this morning. Will try a 5km run tonight. For Sunday aiming for 15km walk early morning with gym & swim session in the afternoon to loosen up and relax. Then an all important BBQ to top off the weekend!

  18. Boogie Lesesene

    Continue practicing for my 2nd half marathon and 1st triathlon… .5 mile swim, 25 mile bike ride, 5 mile run Saturday and 12 mile run Sunday #CleverTraining.

  19. Scott Baldwin

    3-4 hour ride in the canyons near my home and a 2 hour run the next day.

  20. Reid

    That escalated quickly. Shooting for 1.5 hrs on the bike on Sat. and 1.25 mi swim on Sun., weather and kids permitting.

  21. Mike McMillen

    Gonna do the Big 12 5k with my 13 year old

  22. Michael

    33 mile training run for American River 50 Mile Endurance run.

  23. Ian

    2 curling games!

  24. Jay

    My weekend workout plans are to probably set up the family tent to familiarize the kids with that, and then chase them around!

  25. Erik Rosegard

    12K run up Mt. Tam and back down on Saturday; trying to keep up with the kids at the track on Sunday; but more importantly . . . trying to touch the toes again.

  26. Oscar Peralta

    Still in recovery weekend from me since last week had a race.
    Saturday: 2K Easy swim
    Sunday: Easy run – 30 mins, probably pushing my little girl on her stroller.
    Good luck everyone! Thanks Ray!

  27. Mario Henrique

    A 10k aerobic run (effort bellow LT point) on Sunday. Not much =(

  28. Long run Saturday. Longer ride Sunday. Love your site!

  29. Mike S

    Bike/run brick getting ready for duathlon.

  30. Hanging in the bush all weekend .. 6-6.5 hours on Saturday and 3 hours on Sunday. Full time ultramarathon training!

  31. I will be doing a road bike ride on both Saturday and Sunday here in sunny, Southern California. Should be about 100-miles in total.

  32. Lee

    10km run sat morning, princess park Melbourne to kick start my training for first full marathon in October – eek! Followed by yoga session on Sunday morning as I need to be able to touch my toes by oct yeah!

  33. Row 10km on Saturday
    Run 10 km on Sunday followed by upper body and core.

  34. Matthew Kagan

    Saturday: Brick 2km pool swim, 1:15 run intervals
    Sunday: 2:30 bike with hills (possibly hill repeats up Mandeville Canyon).

  35. Lisa

    Try to keep up with pregnancy yoga and stretching.

  36. Craig

    Sat – Easy hill cycle 50km, Sunday rest.

  37. Adam

    Run and maybe (weather permitting) bike Saturday. Ride Sunday.

  38. Josh Couture

    Friday – 1 hour swim
    Saturday – 10 mile run
    Sunday – 2 hour bike

  39. Tony P

    Saturday Rest
    Sunday Brick – Mountain Bike 2 hours , 30 minute run

  40. Ross Keaton

    8 mile run on Sat. Morning then yard work. Rest of the weekend is getting ready for trip next weekend.

  41. Antoine

    Sat. 35min steady pace run. Sun. 80min run.

  42. Owen Yeates

    10 mile run on Saturday

  43. Mats Jogbäck

    Hoppfully go on a crosscountry tour today (Saturday) if the promised snow shows up, otherwise a long run in the sun around the village here. On Sunday I’ll probably do a strength & stretching session in the evening.

    Otherwise I’ll be playing outside with my kids the remaining time, so basically the weekend will be one long training session ;)

  44. Jason B.

    Saturday training run with my 10 year old son followed by a Sunday mid distance tempo run in preparation for Tuesday’s hill repeats.

  45. 2 hour brick Sat
    5K Run Lucky Sun

  46. Neil

    Weekend off. First in months.

  47. Frode Efteland

    Brought my bike on a Business trip from Europe to US and will attend two charity rides ~60 miles each this weekend.

  48. Aaron

    Saturday: easy 6km run + weights
    Sunday: interval run + core

  49. segal71

    hey ray, love your blog.
    i have just returned from a 9 km run,
    tnx

  50. James Mangold

    Sat = 60 minute crit race and some easy miles.
    Sun = another crit race plus more miles but making extra space for coffee and breakfast.

  51. Jorgen

    A wonderful 12k early morning run along the still empty beaches (tourist season hasn’t taken off yet) of Brouwersdam, Zeeland in the Netherlands.

  52. Drucik

    Plan is simple: 45km bike ride today and 20km run on Sunday.

  53. markus

    Made an Avalanche training camp this week with 3000m ascend and some nice lines with my Snowboard in the backcountry in Zillertal, Austria. This weekend i will chill and just do a Regeneration run.

  54. Albert

    Being on vacation in vegas…I am still attempting to go running in the morning as part of my 10K program!

  55. Robert

    Hoping to swim 1500m and bike 40 miles, but I’m sick so will be lucky to do either.

  56. Massimiliano Flego

    Only swim, 2000 m saturday and 2400 sunday. Have a good week end

  57. Oman

    Will do trx workout later (Saturday afternoon here in Manila now), begin a running program tomorrow.

  58. dimakor

    Fast 9 km run on Saturday, and rest day on Sunday – finally!

  59. Sandeep K

    Saturday : 30 mile endurance ride
    Sunday : 13 mile endurance group run
    (Early base work for me)

  60. Lionel Gimelfarb

    Today conference in Basel (2
    5 hours one way), tomorrow morning service. Training ? Some walking with the family Sunday afternoon ;-)

  61. milkywaye

    Easy run at the in-laws. (On the recovery path)

  62. Janice C

    2 Trainerroad workouts!

  63. I’ll be working on getting my small indoor cycling studio up and running here in Aspen,CO. 6 KICKRs and PerfPro Studio. Need to learn how the software works in order to get the program going, hopefully, by the following week

    • David

      A 10 k run tomorrow dressed up as charley Chaplin . It is “Purim” here which is s a holiday where you tradionallu dress up in costumes

  64. Walk in the park on Saturday. Run for 5 KM, 15 x 3 Push ups on Sunday.

  65. Matt

    1.5h stroller run done, planning on a stroller bike tour today and then hopefully time for a mountain trail run on Sunday.

  66. JD

    10km easy hill run

  67. Matthias

    First run with our new dog. Since October we’ve got our new dog – but so far I’ve never taken her out for a run. This weekend I’m going to try this and see how it works out. Simple as that!

  68. I’m taking my two small boys out to the Southern California coastal canyons for some hiking. My older one wanted to go on a run with me the other day so this is our makeup.

  69. Alice

    5 km run and Power Bike class on Saturday.
    8 km run and yoga class on Sunday.

  70. Henning

    Back to back long steady runs, abt 2hrs each

  71. Tage Svendsen

    Saturday 2.5km swimming and 12x200m hils sprints.
    Sunday 2.5km swimming and 90km bike ride

  72. Phil

    118km Ride with the Squad today and tomorrow a 2hr run, base pace building to tempo

  73. Lawrence

    20 miles long run!

  74. Fede

    Saturday: cross country skiing
    Sunday: 10 k run

  75. A couple easy runs on new snow (it’s snowing now), gym, swim.

  76. Lena Jill

    St. Patrick’s 5k run around Stanley Park on Saturday, then Pilates and the gym on Sunday… Unless I just have to be outside!

  77. uzzy

    Saturday : 50mile ride
    Sunday : Long Run

  78. UC Berkeley Home Race:
    Saturday:
    5AM-6PM: Organizational stuff
    8AM – Team Time Trial
    9:55AM – Road Race Men’s B Collegiate, 40mi

    Sunday:
    5AM-6PM: Organizational stuff
    9AM: 60min Men’s B Criterium

  79. Raymond B

    Hanging some drywall then hopefully a 5 mile run on Sunday :)

  80. Run today, so I’d best get off the computer and do that, and run tomorrow. Nothing huge, no big plans, just getting out there.

  81. Hannes

    Friday: bike 70km+5km run
    Saturday: swim 2.5km and recover for
    Sunday: relay 6hours-Marathon-run

  82. Planning on a 6-8 mile straight up hill run on Saturday and then 3ish mile recovery run Sunday.

  83. AVI MOSCOVICH

    Saturday 150 min Bike
    WU: 10-15′, then 3 x 1′ (1′) @ Zone4. MS1: 2 x 20′ (4′)
    @ Zone4. MS2: 7 x 2′(2′) @ Zone5

    Sunday 70 min Run
    MS: Tempo Run as 2 x (8′) @ Zone2, 2′ @ Zone1, 5′ @
    Zone4, 5′ @ Zone1/
    Remainder in Zone2

  84. Tomorrow has to be very carefully timed. I have to do a decently long run in the morning to keep vaguely on schedule for my next half marathon race, in the late afternoon I’ll be running with my husband to work out a new parkrun course and somewhere in between I have the Melbourne Formula 1 race to watch and we also want to go and see Sculptures By The Sea to see a sculpture that is essentially the world’s biggest cask wine bladder.

    It’s a very classy day.

  85. Max Raykevich

    Spring traditionally has been “floating dirt” time in Russia, so, although it’s warm outside, keeping my training indoors, shoud do some core strength, weight lifting and relaxing two-hour swim on Sunday.

  86. Richard

    During the weekend I’ll have some rest from my cycling trips to work during the week (approx. 50km per day). Nevertheless, I’ll run a few km with my girlfriend and visit the gym. Thank you in advance! P.s. Really like your post about the Fenix 2!

  87. y2k

    42.195km Trail Running.

  88. Magnus

    I am training for the Paris Marathon. A long run on Sunday and work in the garden Saturday.

  89. Crispin E

    8 mile trail run on Saturday and 25 mile MTB trail ride on Sunday. That’s quite enough for my old bones!

  90. Andrew Stocks

    Wow, I thought I was doing well, but you folks all kick ass

    30-35 mile ride on Saturday
    90 minute run Sunday

  91. Job

    8 km interval this weekend , sun had been shining al week , up to now . . . So probably singing in the rain

  92. Jens

    120k bike ride in flanders today

  93. Whars

    60min interval training run on Saturday

    30min swim then 10 mile run on Sunday

  94. Mac brown

    Sat: Masters swimming , 25 mile bike
    Sun: longer bike

  95. Kikimanki

    Saturday
    60min Yoga
    40min Core Strength
    60min Bike

    Sunday
    60min Yoga
    120min Bike

  96. Michel Labordus

    doing intervals at “kopje van bloemendaal” on saturday and a 100km ride on sunday

  97. Jake Downing

    Get my 8 yr old ready for her first tri so this weekend is a 2km run and 5km ride with her, I’m very excited for her

  98. Tim

    Saturday:
    Morning swim
    Helping my brother move ;)

    Sunday:
    Bike and run brick

  99. Mauser

    Sunday 20-22km Long Run

  100. livewire

    Saturday easy bike ~120m, Sunday core workout and stretching.