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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.
Hope to run 5K next Saturday after an injury layoff
A stunningly beautiful 10k run in the forest right outside Stockholm, Sweden where it is rather cold now, but sometimes you encounter, and even run alongside deers…it happened a couple of times!
20km mountainbike ride just to enjoy winter in the forest with hopefully crunchy ground instead of muddy one. Nothing serious planned until January, just trying to recover from cold and getting used to chilly air again.
Turkey trot was the last event of the year, but I’m looking to do a 10 mile run or two during the holiday break.
Getting my life back together. Half distance race in Williamsburg: Patriots Half. Then Hopefully another Half at B2B or Full B2B.
Toulouse Short Distance Triathlon in september 2015 !
This year, I’ll do the Etape du tour St Jean de Maurienne > La Toussuire. Merry Christmas !
I will do a nice slow 21 km next sunday.
5K this weekend
A 10 mile trail run in the Santa Monica mountains.
“Indoor triathlon” 20 min swim / 20 min bike / 20 min run
Speedman short distance triathlon Groningen
All I want to do is one treadmill run of 3.1 miles before the end of the year. Getting back into it after a long break. Hope this will get me going again.
Long run next weekend – aiming for 25k+
Boxing Day hangover run
Definitely an O’Reillys hill climb. Always good to lug that xmas turkey 30km uphill average bit under 4%.
Kahibah FC “Khristamas Beach Run”
Our soccer team is going to do a fun run on the sand and dunes with our santa hats on.
Nothing like an Irishman in a Aussie Summer…
“Hello Mum… How the weather in Cork ? brrrrr…….”
my regular 26 mile weekender ride.
I started to train for my first 70.3 next year. If the weather report is correct I am going to do a swim/bike brick session next Friday. It will be the first time I am doing a swim/bike brick session. :)
Round 2 of the winter xc races in thetford forest, UK.
21k long run with 6 x 30 sec surges
I, together with other 39.999 runners, am entering the Madrid Saint Sylvester 10k run on new year’s eve (if my IT band pain lets me).
5 x 1:00min hill repeats and then 5×0:30 hill repeats. It will be a whole lot of hurt, but will be worth it.
A 5km run around the outside of the Palace in Tokyo on this coming Tuesday.
1k freestyle swim. Haven’t been doing freestyle for ages. Have to get freestyle technique up to shape.
16k this weekend
Looking forward to a 2 hr road ride this week if the weather holds out (in Iowa).
10k run around a dam at my hometown and maybe the new year eve’s run at this track
a 5K around the golf course, as I continue post-surgery rehab.
50 mile ride in Marin County.
First half marathon of the winter season next weekend. First of many building for a spring marathon.
A 10km coastal run.
Indoor climbing on Thursday.
40 mile group ride in the rain!
Supercrit in Melbourne. Biggest crit race here in Australia I’d say.
30k next sunday
Does racing to the bar at the christmas party count?
Racing the kids in the park as often as possible
tour de burbs – 20km loop of melbourne’s worst suburbs
Spending Xmas in Japan so looking forward to running around a bit to explore!
Nice, fun local Trail 10K the weekend before Christmas. Both the wife and I will participate.
I just set up my indoor cycling training room and have ordered a 100 mile training course. I’ve scheduled one hour a day, 6 days a week workout plan.
Well, no more races this year for me, so mostly easy training runs until things pickup again late January.
An hour long paddle tonight, working on fitness, technique and just getting out in the ocean!
I’ve started doing insanity HIIT! Week 2 starts tomorrow! :)
My last race of the year was the 8 mile Turkey Trot in Dallas a couple of weeks ago. It’s the second year my husband and I have run it, and it was a lot of fun. I’m training for the Houston half-marathon in January, and my next training run is 5 miles on the treadmill on Tuesday.
Just got my new Kickr, gonna spin it p and do a 45 min trial run tonight.
Getting back in the pool this week. So I’ll start with a half mile and work my way back up to full miles
40 mile loop around my town in nj. 2600 ft of elevation.
Nothing special as I’m working way to much over the next month. I hope to get a short run in tomorrow 12/8 followed by a short swim.
New Year’s Eve 4 mile race
Long run at least 2 hours, some recovery runs and intervals, and thanks for the 920xt i will be getting soon.
Bought my first rode bike, did a tempo run today. First test drive tomorrow on the new bike. Tuesday speed run day, Friday long run day. Starting base training for 2015 hope to complete my first 1/2 marathon, two sprint tri, and my first 1/2 ironman. Really excited!!
thanks Ray!
15′ warmup up to 60%
120′ ride in endurance up to 75%
15′ cooldown down to 50%
44 miles later, here I am :)
Sunday run on the causeway (Vermont) at 4 miles distance. Trying to increase my weekly mileage from 6 miles per week to around 10.
Ultra-trail season preparation: 5 sessions a week, including 2 interval trainings + 1 long workout + 1 cool one for the mental side + 1st time this year cross country skiing.
Jingle Bell 10k
Signed up for first Olympic tri in late May with plans for 70.3 Steelhead in August.
Going to get in a nice 10 miles this weekend at Morton Arboretum. The weather looks like it’ll be perfect.
No races left this year. Time to get on the trainer for about 3 hours this evning.
Tour De Ridges 21k Trail Run
Canberra. Australia
Rocket City Marathon Dec 13. Great new course running through the rocket garden.
Sydney 6 gorges ride, next Sat. 4 km ascent…
Signed up about a month ago for a Christmas run for the kids 5k …broke my big toe last week and the race is next weekend .. I’m trying to figure out how I can still do it…
Zone 2 on the trainer. Ah winter…..the season of trainer-time.
10 km nordic ski duathlon, 5 km skate and 5km classic
5 K Santa’s Toy Run.
Doing 15-mile run tomorrow, preparing for Disney marathon in a few weeks.
North Face Endurance Challenge San Francisco Marathon. It was yesterday and it was hard!
As many 20km commutes as I can, as long as the rain holds of here in Canberra
Ride 50 bike ride in St. George, Utah over New Year’s!
Dallas Marathon on 12/14
Running 50 miles next week, and the week after. Then X-Mas break with only 30 miles…
I will be participating in my town’s annual “Christmas Lights runs”. Two days a week, 3-4 miles each, around different neighborhoods, after dark so Christmas lights are on.
Easy 5 mile run on Monday.
Training for Houston Marathon; running 13 Monday
Will start my snowshoe training soon. Starting with a 2km run. All this to be ready for the Quebec “Pentathlon des neiges”
I’ll be Nordic ice skating at least 16 miles every Saturday and Sunday to prep for the Vikingarranett in Sweden ..
Optional 500m Swim with the main workout being a brick consisting of 50 minutes on the bike and a 20 minute run.
I am definitely basking in the off-season, but I will be doing a hot power yoga or spin class tomorrow ;)
Keeping it easy but going to ride a portion of mt Tremblant on Computrainer tonight.
10k Christmas day jog!
Belle Isle New Year’s Eve 5K in Detroit. Fun but generally extremely cold…
NCGP cx race in Hendersonville, NC
As many calorie-burning runs as possible before x-mas break. Thanks for doing this!
Getting back on the bike to start training.
Training for the beer mile. Or maybe just the beer. So I’ve got some serious drinking sessions scheduled.
Run as much as I need to get my 1000mi for the year. Keep up great work!
Park Run (5km) on 13th Dec
Normal run of 3 miles on 12-10. Hoping for nice weather!
I’m doing a workout with my new power meter! Down in the basement with Christmas music blaring.
Olympic distance indoor brick (bike / run) at Nike WHQ :)
Crossfit+TRX workoout
Riding my trainer while watching a couple of episodes of X Files
Jingle Bell 5K
I’m the Jingle Bulls 5K with my 17 year old daughter in Harrisburg NC on 12-13. It’s her first race, and I’m going to run with her rather than race the old guys in the 50+ group. Trying to spend all the time with her I can before she goes off to college.
7 mile tempo run with the dog.
Fat Biking at White Tail on Saturday Dec 13th in Wisconsin
Night time in the rain run