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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.
This time of year it’s not very exciting. I know for certain that I’ll see some treadmill time, about 6 miles.
all day mountain bike birthday ride
Lots of forest runs trying to stay upright on all the muddy trails.
Celtic solstice 5 miler!
My daily rehab walks and getting on my bike again before end of the year.
Rudolph Ramble 8k next weekend!
Squeezing in a Tokyo swim without getting too many glances for being the gaijin doing flipturns! :)
10K running near beaches at PD
1 hour skate-ski the evening of the 10th on the lit loop of our awesome ski trails.
10 mile run in the Marin Headlands with pushing the down hills.
Just my usual swim session after work tomorrow.
Running in Washington Park, Portland. Following a trail from a 79 running book. And using my Garmin f220 to do an interval workout (6x.5 miles, with 90 sec breaks.) Faster!
2 hour trainer ride followed up with a 30 minute run Tuesday morning.
First Half Marathon Jan 18, but for this year, I will be training more than ever before
Easy 6
Slow long ride with my sister over the mountains and to the coast with a nice sandwich and coffee stop.
I’m currently training for my first half Ironman in March. Thursday I’ll be doing 1 hr tempo bike ride followed by a 6 mile tempo run.
40 miles ride this Saturday, Fulshear, TX. Ride on!
Dec 6 – 5K Santa Shuffle – fundraiser for Salvation Army
Dec 31 – 5K Resolution Run – fundraiser for Salvation Army
3-4 runs per week inbetween of between 4 & 6 K
I have a 5 mile run tomorrow at an easy pace in a hot weather state. I have been sick for the past few days and I am doing my best to get back into the rhythm of things!
Every Sunday – LSD – long run, 12-15 miles.
1,5 hours swimming trainning:
1000 m warm up
5 x 200 m 1- pull 2=pull pallette 3- swim 4- palmes 5 palmes, palette
10×100 negativ split, full intensity
2x 400 split negatif : pull palette
entre 200 et 500m easy
Training on cross country skis for the winter months, starting next week !
1hour ride at lunch time.
5 mile run this Saturday. Just want to survive as I’m coming off a hammy injury that I cant shake.
getting a few hills in on the bike in training for the last rabbit run of the season up black mountain (Canberra, Australia)
Testing out my new 920XT with a mini-triathlon on Saturday. 500m swim, 10K Trainer Bike and 5K outdoor run.
A TrainerRoad session followed by a run.
Training my uphill running skills, to work on my goal to run 2500f up and down in less than 1hour
Thursday’s workout (since it is the most interesting this week).
1M jog, 4M brisk, 1M jog
45 min run – Chicago lake shore path
20 yoga – link to youtube.com
28 mile ride followed by a 6 mile run.
Training Workout today, first one after a long recovery:
Indoor cycling on trainer, nothing fancy, just 1 hour at a moderate intensity holding HR zone / cadence
Tomorrow I plan on performing a bit shorter interval training session to start my training back on track.
Wrong email used before, 28 mile ride followed by a 6 mile run.
BRick– 2 Hour Bike followed by a one hour run.
Really looking forward to 7 miles with my Run Club next Saturday after 3 weeks of working almost literally every waking moment. Just getting out and putting rubber to road again is going to feel EPIC.
10 mile, zone 2 run, tomorrow morning. An easy start to the week.
after reading all of the long distances and grueling workouts I feel like a pansy for just listing my 5 mile run tomorrow.
I will be doing a 10k run this week in Orange County. Also my normal Christmas day 25 mile ride!
I am in the Australian offroad triathlon championships this coming weekend (dec 13 & 14). i have entered the weekend series (the dirt master series) it is a 1.5km/30km/10km race on the saturday, 500m/10km/5km sunday morning and the finale a 10km trail run on sunday afternoon.
brick with 40k bike followed by 10k run
Will be in Disneyworld for a week so I’m planning on yoga every morning (in prep for the crazy crowds)!
Recover from a hip replacement , even up the power between the two legs, (left has been carrying the right for too long) and get back to riding with my club.
Will be running a 3 mile tempo run this sunday. Temperature is a little low here.
Christmas day run on the beach!
First (and hopefully not last) spin and yoga classes with friends to keep from being sedentary this winter season
A Sunday long run of 24 miles.
Christmas light run!
Keep with my goal of running at least a 5k every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of each week. I’ve been consistent for 3 months now, which is a big deal for me.
TNFEC in California – my first trail marathon!
A 90 minute base ride on my trainer.
I also will be doing some boring base training on the trainer, 90 mins is the most I can go.
Will be running 10km tempo, below sea level . But not under water ;-) . There is only one place where you can do that in USA and that is Death Valley # bad water basin #-282feet.
GearWest Duathlon in May in Orono in May!
Base training for ski season… and pool sessions training for my first half ironman next summer!
Skiing next weekend and back to the pool this week two days 1000 meters and 1500!
Reindeer Run to support our local YMCA.
Reindeer Run 5k, keeping it simple
Trainer Road base 2, mid volume, since a timid stab at low volume was easy ;-)
3200 yd swim from workout book. Plus other swims, runs and trainer rides.
Outdoor riding is finished for now hoping for no rain/snow and slightly warmer temps. Until then training with KICKR daily using VeloReality videos. Next up is West Flanders, Belgium – Part 2 and then heading to some hill and mountain rides.
12k’s of Christmas Holiday Run, Kirkland, WA December 21st!
Looking forward to Vineman Monte Rio
86km with 2200m of climbing in the Taipei YangMing Mountain Climbing Sportive event.
15km @ 4:30 pace follow with 5km @ 4:05 pace, for tomorrow. Cheers Ray
Physio says I must stay away from HILLS but I have a flat 10km race on Wednesday, only problem is I might have to run 8km to the start!
Indoor trainer workouts through the winter, might try a 5K on New Years eve.
I will be doing the Nations Triathlon on September 13, 2015. that will be the first time running that race. Can’t wait for it.
went on my first group ride!
My first 10mi run in my life! And, under 2 hours!
Rehab wind trainer session after recent hip surgery of
5 x 10 min pieces building in RPM’s (70;75;80;85;90) and resistance 2 mins easy between each piece.
Hi, will be doing a HM specific Workout this week. 4K-3K-2K-1K @HM Pace.
Get a 3k swim in before Xmas, as we move into some heat, downunder!
On Tuesday, an easy 5k run followed by a short but hilly 10 miles on the bike.
A 4.2 mile trail race, a weird distance, but something I can compare to my summer time on the same course.
18 mile run on Saturday!
Do a grand fondo once my shoulder heals in the next couple of weeks!
I’m going to do some out of category mountain climbs on my road bike in central California sierra mountains during the winter break. 6000 feet of elevation gain over 30 miles. :)
Have some fond memories from doing that last year…
Looking forward to coming home to the province for Christmas day and doing a century ride on roads I grew up on.
Olympic Distance Triathlon
Will attempt Everlasting.
7 x 300m Intervals!
10 mile run with my dog this Saturday!
Sprint Tri in beautiful Sydney this weekend!
10KM easy run testing the accuracy of heart rate between Polar, Garmin and Wahoo transmitter…
Before Christians I’ll do my first combo training: swimming+running.
Marathon training program has me repeatedly running my furthest ever – 24km this weekend along the waterfront in Cape Town!
40k Time Trial!
10km race in Sea Point, Cape Town. The sun above, the ocean to the side, and the wind whistling in your ears.
bike hill repeats in the Dandenong Ranges Melbourne
An easy run on tuesday as a benchmark for my new coach
6 km
[2 km@ 6:00
3 km@ 5:30-5:40
1 km@ 6:00]
10k training amongst the wineries to come in under my Turkey trot time of 49:55!!
I want to be able to get back to running after a failed 10k PB trial.
swim 2k followed by a easy 4 mile run.
Then to eat more holiday cookies :)
30 min pool swim
3-4 physiotherapy sessions and some spinning classes due to my sore knee after the last 85k trail race :(
8 mile treadmill run Monday thru Thursday.
10km Around The Lake run – Vouliagmeni, Athens, Greece the 14th December. If the weather is anything like right now, I might win a one man race or be struck by lightning…
Run 10K after 5 months rest…
Off to NZ to explore – lots of trails…
Whakarewarewa Forest near Rotorua looks good