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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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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 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.
1h interval run at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, with the ocean and the blue sky as landscape.
My planned workout is months of physical therapy after recent hip surgery. All with the plan to get back to triathlon by next summer
Train,eat,repeat on Xmas day,! Just to keep up with the wife!
Xmas 5K with family
22 miles tomorrow in preparation for the Goofy challenge in Jan.
ironman New Zealand on the horizon!
I have a tough 30k tempo run lined up tomorrow
Cheers!
I will participate in a trail run “Sylvertercross” it is a 9K run on the last day of this year.
Tomorrow: 15 km across 5 bridges in Rotterdam whilst being soaked by the rain.
75 minute spinning session
Just about to go out for a 12k run
Christmas morning I’m going to catch a ride 13.1 miles from home and run back through the winter wonderland.
Christmas morning 10 miler! I wasn’t able to fit in my normal thanksgiving morning long run this year, so to make up for it I’m planning to do one Christmas morning to work up an appetite for the Christmas dinner feast.
2M warmup, 8x400m strides, then 13M at Marathon pace, 2M warm-down
As soon as I get rid of the first winter cold and can breathe again, 2x10k daily ride to work, to prepare the MTB season
Running the California International Marathon with a relay team tomorrow.
My wife just ran her first 30k on her way to her first marathon! How is that a workout for me? …somebody’s gotta run next to her with water and gels.
Masters swim class on Tuesday :)
I’ll be running a 5k on December 31st, called Silvester Run in my hometown Nürnberg – and it’s for a good cause as the starting fee is donated for charity.
Thought about that too,but i will be away in the alps over New year.
so just some runs (plan at least one 15km till End of year and some shorter trainings) and some freeletics.. i am way to far away Form the speed/duration that others here do..
U Giru De Natale race on 14dec, 10k in Monaco ; and a xmas morning run for fun :)
20 mile run on mellow trails this weekend, nothing too technical with recently rolled ankle.
Through the end of the year? Does competetive holiday eating count?
building up towards a half marathon in february where I hope to run 1:35, it’s been a long time. Plan to do a relaxed 8 mile run tomorrowmorning.
Heading north in the Forest of Bowland, up Waddington Fell, past Stocks Resevoir, up the Knotts, over to Yorkshire Dales and then home. Tomorrow. Already got kit out and in living room. Considering sleeping in it as it is freezing.
Ride the 2014 Tour of Battenkill course on my Kickr using Wahoo Segments
10K race with lots of hills. No PR on this course.
Boxing day 5 mile race. See if I can get a faster time than last year.
Short, short run by the Tagus river, if it doesn’t rain.
9km Hill run (around 300meters ascend)
Ciao Ray,
2,5 km indoor swimming to find the CSS …
Merry Christmas to you and the Girl
Easy recovery spin on the trainer right after I submit this comment.
Hi. I’m doing a mtbduathlon tomorrow near Helsingore. 3 km run – 14 km mtb – 3 km run
10 km trail running
Gonna do a few 5K runs right after this.
Long run w/ 2 x 3 miles at the top of Z2 tomorrow, prepping for Hyannis Maraton 2/22/15 to get my 1st BQ and start the comeback from my diagnosis of Epilepsy this fall.
10 Miles Park Run
5km slow evening run on Tuesday to test my left hip that has been causing way to much trouble for the last few weeks :(
Im gonna do my annual 200km indoor ride! Wich me luck :D
A nice 1h15min slow run tomorrow followed by a few intervals next week. Merry x-mas!
3 mile run today in the snow, prepping for the hypothermic 1/2 marathon Montreal – February 15th 2015
Ride around Lake Washington today. It will be about 55 miles.
Snow is here and tomorrow is going to be a 2½-hour zone2/3 mix cross-country ski. Woohoo!
I’ve got an 8 mile ‘get off my backside’ run planned for Wednesday…
Hard Intervall session with 8×5 minutes at Race pace.
Tomorrow I’ll be doing an 18 mile run down world famous Las Olas Blvd and along sunny A1A in Fort Lauderdale beach.
Subida do Imperador in Rio de Janeiro. 400m elevation in 4 km
no races but lots of time on the trainer
Just in after Santa Triathlon (“Nissemann triathlon” in Norwegian), 1 hour/3000m swim, 2.5 hours of indoor cycling, and a11km run. In Bergen, Norway – by Bergen Triathlon Club.
5km run in a couple weeks
Last race of year will be Santa 5k.
30km Bike ride in Guayaquil
Next week schedule: Spinning monday and friday, bootcamp tuesday and thursday.
Bike commute to work (13 mi round trip). Have to use studded tires because it is icy in the morning.
Christmas Race (7K) on Sat. décember 13th in Sion, Switzerland
A little 5K run in the snow!!!
A Saturday 50 miler of rolling hills
Weekend runs around Larsen Lake in Bellevue, WA
Warrington parkrun on the 13th, then back to Newent parkrun on the 20th & 27th.
90 minute sweet-spot trainer ride using trainerroad.com
The usual 5-mile run around the lake near my home.
Hopefully, my first 10k running workout will be in this coming Friday in Herzliya, Israel.
Need to do a new FTP test on Trainer Road using my semi-new Quarq Riken installed on my Cannondale Slice 5. Monitoring via my new Garmin 500 bought at Clever Training. Is that enough product placement?
50 mile loop tomorrow. First longer ride post knee injury!
Woodside Ramble 50K in Woodside, CA
Art Loeb trail in Pisgah NF, NC on the winter solstice – about 50k.
After a long training year and a quiet few weeks, back into the thick of training with a Christmas day ride around rural Derbyshire. Merry sheep-mas!
Nothing planned except PT for my knee.
An “end-of-the-year” run around the lake with The Girl: she 5 Km, me 10 Km!
rehab and rebuild for a most excellent 2015
6 mile run around the neighborhood here in Atlanta tomorrow morning.
I expect the swim coach will have a tasty set for our last session before Christmas. This weeks was 400 WU/4 x 400sw/100 easy/ 3 x 400sw/100 easy/7 x 50 fast/ 200 cd
Some hard cross country skiing in Syöte, Finland tomorrow.
15Km running each other day.
The slow long miles,building up for next year!
Next saturday: 100km speed skating tour at the 3,5 km ice ring in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands
Recovering from lower back injury. Finally turning the corner on the recovery so just getting out and running as much as my body lets me.
1 hr run today, 2 hr ride tomorrow
THANK YOU Clever Training and DC Rainmaker for this contest! TODAY I am running 5 miles! I recently ran my FIRST marathon and after my recovery period I am building my mileage back up. I am setting my 2015 goal to qualify for Boston and a GPS running watch would really help me achieve my goal! :)
8 mile run with intervals for Sunday.
Breaking in some new running shoes, hopefully near a beach someplace warm on vacation.
10 mile trail run today for some variety!
10K around the house here in Geneva, as a relax run before the new 2015 tri season really starts :-)
Just finished the Garmin 5K level 1 training plan. Today I’m running a “chase Santa” 5k supporting the high school track team here in Altus, Oklahoma.
Awesome contest!
Swim and then offseason strenght training focused on core and lats
Riding on my trainer daily… too cold out!
Working the core and balance, some light runs after an achilles issue. Great blog, super giveaways.
20k trail run with the guys
I Shall be continuing with my training plan on Trainer Road on the turbo.
During the Xmas season the pool is empty so I will try to get a few km done in 25m pool between xmas and new years!
Tabata session from BikeRadar’s youtube page… on the trainer, of course.
Had a 10k competition total.
Winter running through the trails once the snow has set is still my #1 go to training workout.
45 minute spin with a 3 mile run scheduled today and another Monday
Hopefully complete a 500k in seven days road bike challenge. Given the weather its going to be really challenging :)
Once winter break starts I plan to ride my road bike as often as Missouri weather allows.
5k Ugly Sweater Run. With Colorado weather it could be 60 and sunny or 10 with a couple feet of snow (or even a combination of the two in the same day)… no matter the conditions, I am looking forward to it!
Last race of the year – Christmas Run on the 28th December. It’s not much, only 6 km, but a good opportunity to lose those extra kilos after entire week of feasts.
Red Mist swim set 10 x 400s in outdoor pool!!!!
Stockport 10 mile tomorrow morning.
Run for the Redfish half marathon in Panama City Beach, FL on 12/6/14.
going to do intervals on my spinner bike, then drink a cool one.
As a 66 years old lady, my goal is get out of the couch to walk :) I’ve already bought the shoes!