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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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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 2024 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.
Saturday is light Cross Training.
Sunday I run the NYC Half Marathon in my favorite city in the world.
Happy Trails!
Mick
1h/2.5k swim sat. morning followed by a 100k bike ride. 15k run on Sunday.
10 mile run on friday, 60 min bike ride on wednesday and hopefully some strength training if I can make the room for it in my tight working schedule. Also some “swimming” for relaxing the muscles.
saturday: hiking with wife
sunday: 50 mi bike ride w/ 4500 ft of climbing
Logging a long run tomorrow as I’m now three weeks out from my first 100 miler!
8 easy miles on Saturday and 8 miles including 6 tempo miles on Sunday
Saturday: easy rest day: 25 min run w/a couple intervals; 1500yd swim
Sunday: (hilly) half-marathon
Birthday marathon on Sunday….followed by cake and beer…..
Saturday: 5km fast run + street workout session
Sunday: 21km slow run
Saturday – 5km run
Sunday – 40 minute endurance ride @ 24kph
Just started base phase for my first olympic tri in August.
Racing Badass Dash
Running the Shamrock 1/2 marathon
Today (Saturday) I did an easy paced 8k run.
Sunday will be 11k orienteering competition.
Swimming indoors sunday morning. Perhaps a long slow run later in the day.
Saturday 90 min tempo ride on trainer.
Sunday 68 mile climb up Lookout Mountain in Golden, CO.
Yesterday: stability work in AM, anaerobic intervals on trainer plus run, yoga in PM.
Today: strength training in AM, 3K swim in PM
Tomorrow: Tempo trainer ride in AM, run in PM
18 Mile Long Run Saturday and Rest Day Sunday. Training for OKC Marathon 2014.
Saturday – 8.5 mile mountain bike ride (just finished, was awesome), then heading out for 3-4 mile walk/run with the dog.
Sunday – 15-20 mile road bike ride in the morning, then 8-ish mile walk/run along the Edmonton River Valley.
Running the shamrock 8K. Farthest distance yet
Saturday: 2 hours on trainer, 2 mile transition run
Sunday: 1 hour on trainer
Today I did some pilates and tomorrow go to a long run of 20M.
18 Km long run
Bike for 2 hours
Friday – 1500m swim in lap pool
Saturday – 40mi bike ride
Sunday – 3hrs of beach volleyball, tacos and beers to follow :)
Whilst illness ensues it’ll be the usual trainer ‘rides’ at the moment I’m afraid :-(
I’m planning on taking Saturday easy with about 30 miles and then on Sunday I’ll be doing repeats up our local 1,000′ climb.
On Saturday 3 hours with 3 x 20 min SubLT and 30 min L3. Sunday 4 hours L2.
It is rest weekend for me. Already knocked out an easy 1-hr ride today. Will do a1-hr MAF run on Sunday.
Saturday: 1 hour bike ride (to and from soccer practice), 2 hour soccer practice.
Sunday: 90 mn soccer match followed by 30 mn nap ;0
Sunday morning long run (30km) with 16km @4:15’s
Take it easy weekend, rest day for saturday, and strength training on sunday.
The 17 year birthday for my oldest Saturday and a Sunday with 25 km in preparations for Copenhagen Marathon in May – see the route here
Sat. – 55 mile ride, 3 mile run
Sun. 90 minute on the trainer
Friday Night: x5 rounds, 1km row for time, 50 double under skips, 2min rest
Saturday Morning: 75km ride
Sunday Morning: Yoga
Sunday Afternoon: Crossfit Open Workout 14.3
8 minute AMRAP:
10 deadlifts, 135 lb.
15 box jumps, 24 inch
15 deadlifts, 185 lb.
15 box jumps, 24 inch
20 deadlifts, 225 lb.
15 box jumps, 24 inch
25 deadlifts, 275 lb.
15 box jumps, 24 inch
30 deadlifts, 315 lb.
15 box jumps, 24 inch
35 deadlifts, 365 lb.
15 box jumps, 24 inch
Sunday Night = well earned rest
I’ve got annual home guard training this weekend and the coming week. So only the indirect exercise from activities such as tactical movements, contact drill and so on.
alpine skiing at revelstoke mt resort -29er mtb spring ridding – cycleops trainer ride on road bike
Just some walks with the dog.
I will probably doing a 20 – 25 km trail run on sunday, with my new Raidlight Olmo 5 race vest.
Saturday was scheduled 4hr ride with 2 hrs at race pace. Due to the driving, miserable rain we stopped after 3.5 and decided training peaks can be yellow for today.
Sunday is a 90 minute run in the morning and then 30 minutes in the afternoon plus a team meeting to discuss the bike portion of IMTX.
Saturday, 2 1/2 hour long run.
Sunday, 45 easy spin on the rollers, then a few hours skiing with my boys
Sat – r&r + supermarket aisle sprints
Sun – on the bike, aiming for 75+ km
10 miles Saturday, taking my 5yr skiing tomorrow for the second time. Perfect weekend for it
Perkins TrainerRoad workout.
So
4hr bike ride in upper Z2, lower Z3 for Saturday. Sunday is a 90min with 5km at just under and 5km at just over race peace in there and then a 1hr long swim working on spring sets with recovery time.
As a running newbie training for my first 5k, Saturday was a 45 minute jog/walk and Sunday will bring a yoga session
Saturday: A day off after a lactate treshold test on friday.
Sunday: Swimming.
Saturday: Brick — 1 hour hard ride, 35 minutes threshold run.
Sunday: Skinning laps at Ski Santa Fe. Accumulate 4000 vertical feet.
PT regimen to strengthen quads following my knee surgery, all while reading your site to figure out what device I want to get in order to motivate my recover once I can start moving…..
Hi there!
I’m from Belo Horizonte – Brazil:
Saturday :
Road Cicling – Continuos M2 40 km – 01:30 AND
Swiming 2.600 m
I – 300 75 craw / 25 costas
II- 6x 50 velo 4 ciclos
III- 4x 50 z6 ac 2’00
IV- 10x 100 br em z2 i:20”
V- 300 pr
VI- 300 educativos
VII-200 soltos
Sunday
Road Cycling M3 – 100 km inclinated ( MAYBE TO THIS PLACE:
link to legiaodemariabh.org.br)
simple plan – 3 workout per week ~ 30km
For this weekend – long run for me (maybe 15 – 16 km). Will be great…
tour de Houston – 60 mile bike ride – hopefully not in the rain!
110k bike on Saturday
Endurance Brick on Sunday
Easy 1 hour run on sonday morning following with 1700m moderate swim! :)
Hello Ray,
Sat: I’ve done 7,5km run
Sun: 120min bike
Cheers
Unfortunately l have to because of troubles with my knee. Otherwise a century ride would have been on the plan .
Easy 1 hour run on sonday morning following with 1700m moderate swim!
Yoga and a 10mi on Sunday!
In training for a Monday colonoscopy (me sad) that time of my age, but I would have done my 27 mile bike run to check out the newly formed pot holes and performed some frost heave surfing (A Maine rite of passage) for the upcoming cycling season! Trainer riding to nowhere is just brutal and I just can’t wait.
Sea swim Saturday and a run on Sunday
Alas, no training for me this weekend thanks to my gallbladder. So sad that I’m missing the last trail race of the winter series! Waaaahhhh! :'(
Sat 15th
AM
Mrs takes kids for 5k run
Me first BRIC of season bike 22k into run 5k
Sun 16th
AM
Mrs 1hr swim into 5k run
Me take kids to tri club swim
PM
Me 50k bike ride
Bike + Run :)
Ride Friday, Ride Saturday , Ride Sunday(can’t run because of a calf injury), Swim Monday
Saturday : Rest Day (and about time too!), with lots of gardening.
Sunday: Run – 65 mins with 5×3 min hill reps. Swim – 5x 600m freestyle with last 200m of each above race pace. MTB ride with my son.
Saturday 7 km interval training and sunday 5 km
90k-ish club ride saturday, rebuild car/bike on sat arvo, 25mile time trial sunday morning..
Trainer ride yesterday, 10 hour standing shift at the St. Patrick’s Day Block Party and recover Sunday for a bike fitting Monday
7 mile run with the great weather
Shoulder rehab work including theraband, weights and bodyweight exercises
1hr K1 paddle, after a long time off water just focusing on getting comfortable in the boat again.
3h+ steady ride on Sunday
Today – Saturday had 3 h roadbike ride at the seaside, tommorow hiiking up (with snowboard) on the mountain and have find some unriden spots on the way down.
Ramping up distances. 16-17k.
5km race on Saturday morning. 17 mile long run on Sunday!
Some outdoor running and some indoor cycling.
Trainer 3×15 min with Abu Dhabi Traithlon live on the tablet…
Garage weight training circuit on Saturday and a 2 mile run on Sunday.
3 hours of mountain biking (inc hill reps!!) in Wales then 90 minutes x country run on sunday, finishing with a swim cord session in the evening
1hr L1 bike trainer for recovery on Sat.
2hrs SST&L3 bike trainer on Sun.
fat bike ride on Saturday, xc ski on Sunday – No time to run yet
Hi,
This weekend I will do sufferfest Fight Club on indoor trainer and strength workout in the gym.
Thank you Clever cycling!
Ofer.
Feeding 25 folks corned beef and cabbage.
And then getting ready to shovel 6 inches of snow, again!
Saturday:
Short swim, 500 meter
Run, 10 km sub threshold
Sunday:
Group ride, 80 km
Strength training
A short sim on saturday (30 min) and a 1h run on sunday.
Friday afternoon – 30 mile spirited group ride
Saturday – ~35 mile group ride, 3 mile BRIK
Sunday – ~50 mile group recovery ride, 1800 yard swim if weather permits
First 70.3 at the end of the month
Friday evening
My last speed skating training session, with several ‘steigerungen’ => beautiful way to close the skate season..
This morning (saturday) a very nice run around the ‘ronde hoep’ => 17 km’s in 1:19
Tomorrow => swim training together with my daughters ..
Then .. relax an prepare for a busy week ..
4 mile run Sunday morning, in preparation for 10K race.
Cyclocross in the forest near home !
Today (Saturday) was a 5.3 mi trail race. Went OK, but slow. Sunday, looks like a swim will happen, as it’s going to rain all day. No bike outside – maybe inside or I’ll do weights.
Work all weekend, so playing active rest.
Long trail run in the mountains.
6 Walks of the dog of 30 minutes or more
40 minute foundation run on Saturday
1:15 long run on Sunday
Today i did a 10k run and after i did some strength exercises.
Tomorrow I will be swimming.
Sunday – 45k bike with some friends and just for fun
I’m actually training for my first ever half marathon that is going to take place in Bethlehem on 04/11/14! So for this weekend on Sunday I have a 5 mile tempo run.
Swimming today and snowboarding tomorrow
Saturday : 60 minute group run including track work
Sunday : 90 minute trainer ride
Ride my bike outside and actually fully enjoy it in the 70 degree weather in Kansas City on Saturday.
Sat: Gardening all day
Sun: My usual 10 km run in the morning
10 mile run Saturday and an hour on the bike Sunday. Finally some decent weather in New York!