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In Depth Product Reviews
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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
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The Swim/Bike/Run Gear I Use List
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Hopefully it will be a crisp winter morning London 5K ParkRun….(British weekly free 5k event)
Three hour mountain bike followed by a solid Swim Set. A party for one!
On valentine’s day, my wife will do 8K with 5min speed intervals. I’ll go on a 15K post-valentine run on sunday.
10k with intervals in the cold cold Denmark
16km common course and then stretching necessarily shared…
I’ll be doing a Parkrun in the morning, a tattoo in the afternoon and then a long run the next day!
65k ride, then 3k run in London. Then, get home and check Strava to see what sort of training my lovely girlfriend has been doing in Melbourne, Australia!
5k around town
Planning to watch rugby, thats kind of like training right?
5km Parkrun on the 14th and then a 13mile off-road on 15th !!! Hoping the rain holds off !
I will be going on long run in the forest as part of my training for an upcoming 50k.
I will run 12k with my lovely girl!
The Glasgow Pollok parkrun and then going for breakfast!
Treadmill 10k run
Some Crossfit in the morning!
6.8k for my 10k training and body weight training to get faster
The best valentine training would of course be an extensive cardio workout without even leaving the bedroom. ;)
As normal – a long run in the morning and a swim in the afternoon
I will start my long run from Eiffel Tour back to Pont Sevres, passing by St Germain and profit to make a the track survey for the upcoming Eco Trail de Paris 50km
Easy 5km run in the afternoon or early evening
Finally outdoor road cycling with a bunch of friends as temps rise above 5°C here in Vienna!
12 mile run in the afternoon!
My daughter’s birthday is on Valentine’s day which means eating a lot of home baked cakes :-) I will run 20K in the evening to burn all calories… It’s part of my training for Marathon (April)
12K Row in the morning, followed by a 20km cycle there and back. If I’m not asleep, may do something for Valentine’s day!
I run a 10 km track around my city on Valentine’s day!
My plan is to run 25km as part of my training schedule to the Rome Marathon in March! :)
No Training or Race.
Only relaxing at Hotel in Dubai.
What a great idea!
A 12 hour run for the missus, and a weekend Grand Theft auto on the Turbo trainer for me!
4 mile cross country race
It will be time to do something special ! So I’m planning to take my pair of favourite trail shoes, hit the road to the forest near my home and do 15K of active cross with plenty of ascents !
21 km bike ride in Parnitha – Greece
I’ll be doing Heaton Park parkrun (parkruns are free, weekly timed 5k runs in parks all over the UK and increasingly in other countries too) as a tempo run.
I will run a 15K tempo + warm-up and cool down.
There is a valentine day’s 10k race on Sat near the canal de l’ourcq in Paris :-p this is my plans for the v day :)
Getting back to training with first indoor cycling session after 3 weeks with a knee injury.
10k morning stomp about
Some local train running with my wife, short but intense :)
a 5k run in the morning. Followed by my nieces 5th Birthday party, so a tough schedule :)
I will be taking part in a teams sprint duathlon. It will be a quite fun experience :)
A 5-10k run with my lovely wife, chasing our tearaway daughters on their bikes!
I will ride a metric century in Zwift.
Training for my first triathlon ever in Middle east , :) , let’s keep it up and aim for the best :)
Skipping a boxing class on Saturday in favor of a quick cruise with the girlfriend. Normal training should resume on Sunday.
What better way to start Valentine’s Day off than with an early morning training ride with the special one? (My new bike of course :D )
taking it easy…
nice sunny walk coming with the dog
and then a little bit of mobility/flexibility work…
5 km afternoon run.
A 5k park run, and a laser tag session!
Well, my valentine weekend consists of doing the following:
TONIGHT: KFC Valentine’s 10km tonight (Run)
TOMORROW: Big Red Barn 40km MTB Training ride – my special lady will wake up to sweet sounds (I know the time she’s planning on being up and have arranged the timer accordingly)
SUNDAY: Gentle 3km pool swim at the gym with my lady.
I’ve arranged for the kids to be accommodated for the weekend by my mother-in-law, so my special lady can relax and be spoiled all weekend. I’d really like to provide her with a new fitness gadget to boot. ;)
Irish 50k championship (not that I’ll be at the sharp end of course!).
A workout with my pink kettlebell. Because… well, apparently, pink is V Day’s colour.
Two tough hours on the trainer followed by a transition run. My wife will be thrilled.
A 5k training run with my partner and two Jack Russells pulling us along
Ive recently moved to a new country / city, so ill be exploring the area in the saddle, hopefully with some locals!
No training on Valentine’s day (ankle sprain :-( ), but I hope some good times with my girlfriend!
We’re riding my new bike tomorrow and running on Sunday.
Getting ready for an April half-marathon!
University, work and then a sprint session or a 5 km jog.
My GF and I aren’t going to be running togehter unfortunately: she’s injured and resting to recover, I’ll be following our original plan: the Run 5.30 for the Venice Carnival (a 5.30km run at 5.30AM).
Cross-country skiing about 2 – 2,5 h.
Early morning workout at Nisus Fitness
Parkrun for me, followed by a trip to the swimming pool together.
I’ll be pushing my 6 month old around our local park run alongside my better half before I head off to do another 13 miles to finish off my weekly long run.
It’ll be the standard 30-40 mile bike in the morning, but possibly an additional cardio workout in the evening
A brisk walk to get the blood flowing with my bride followed by lovely dinner in the evening.
A brick session comprised of a 2 hour MTB ride and a 5-6K run!! Love it!
This week-end, my wife and I are going to fetch… a kitchen for our new home ! ;)
8 km slow run in the morning. Getting back from a long injury.
Going for a long run to the beautiful Tervuren park, in Brussels.
Valentines day bootcamp training followed by a nice ride through the local woods.
A bike ride with my girl.
Planning on making my gf a lovely dinner and the only thing racing will be my heart.
Awwwww.
A nice 10k race to check form for upcoming marathon – will however be racing only against myself, forgot to sign-up for any real race!
A day off from training with shared Thai food and a visit to a newly remodeled cinema.
7k forest run and maybe an Insanity workout (just for fun). Depends on how our 2 years old daughter let me train..
Local Crit race in the morning and a 5km run or a swim in the afternoon depending on the weather.
hmmmm,this Valentines day I think we’ll be racing just to see each other on the back of consecutive shifts (and kids)… maybe a long “training” walk in the evening if we are lucky
Morning run coming back home with croissants
Simple day, going for a morning run, then off to CDG for a 14 hour flight to Asia. So no real Valentines day, but gonna take revenge upon arrival.
Unfortunately none, still recovering from a surgery…
does drinking beer whilst watching England loose at cricket count as a training plan?
Heavy mental toughness training unit on saturday evening: watching “50 Shades of Grey” with my wife at the cinema …
Spending time with my wife and not over eating with a meal before going for a z4 ride the next morning
Weights session in the gym with my wife and a long swim in the evening – beautiful!
my wife hates me so next week i am running on the white mountains of Crete island
haaaaaa pure adrenaline !!!!!!!!!! happy valentines day for the interested ones
I have rented out a cabin in the woods which my wife and I will just ‘happen’ to stumble upon during our adventure 12mile trail run/hike. The cabbin will of course be romantically prepared to ensure that we get some ‘additional exercise’ that night.
18 mile long run for me, pregnancy yoga for her!
My family has been away for the last couple of days on a mini vacation during the Danish Winter Holidays – leaving me and the dog to work and run…
So I hope Saturday will have some room for a long walk with my wife around the harbor of Copenhagen.
Sunday, it will be time for the usual long run (20 km this time) with my extended running family from Sparta (all 700 of them :-))
Coming off an injury so a short 30 min run with plenty of walking intervals.
no need for a GPS for the training I’ll be doing on Valentine’s Day. Maybe the cadence and power meters might see some use if they can keep up ;-)
First I will have a 10k training run in the forest and then its time for carnival!
Me and my partner are supporting a group of refugees from Syria. We collected 2nd hand sports clothing and gave that to the refugees so that they can do some sports.
We plan to go for a 5-8km run with them in Katwijk, The Netherlands.
Easy 20km bike ride with my wife prior to coffee on the Strand.
4 :30 hours of indoor cycling with my boyfriend :)
Recovering from 20 hours of travelling back to Australia from a snowboarding trip in Japan
4:30 hours indoor cycling with my other half while watching 2 or 3 movies
bike ride with my wife under the moonlight
Long indoor ride, supposed to be pretty cold outside.
My boyfriend just explained our plans in one of the comments above. We met in a running club and we are celebrating San Valentine’s day with a jog in the same park we met :-)
First Long run in Berlin if my piriformis pain is at bay.
A 10 mile run with friends on the ice and snow covered roads.
It’s valentines day, but it’s also my birthday. So I’m leaving my pregnant wife at home and heading out on a fun mountain biking session.
Would like to get her the updated vivofit and maybe an updated mio product for myself. Fingers crossed.