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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.
training for biceps lifting beer after 2 stressful weeks! ;)
124KM long ,and almost 2500m riding up. This is my plan to (symbolicly speaking ) enter winter season :)
Endless glute exercises to hopefully shake off this it band syndrome
Kinda hoping for bad weather so I can try out my new KICKR, or I might just do that anyway :)
Don’t have any plans this weekend as a conference I am planning gets started. But I have plans in the near future for Fat Cyclist’s 100 Miles of Nowhere
30km on a trainer in the garage while listening to a DCR podcast. You fit in what you can, where you can, when you can – right? :)
I am on a marathon taper, so a moderate yet enjoyable 75 min run.
Open water swim 2km on Saturday, Ride 40km sunday.
I’ll be doing ‘Tour de mon quartier’ with my kids (riding and visiting playgrounds in the neighbourhood ;)
2 long rides to destress from the week
A 30k ride this evening(Friday), focusing on limbing, followed by a rugby match Saturday afternoon and a 40k group ride on Sunday morning(first group ride)
This w-e possibly a 200Km ride! (my first ride above 150K)
This Sunday is Melbourne’s (Australia) biggest cycling event with over 14k participants, “Around The Bay in a day”, I will be doing the 250km option.
Mountain biking!
Just started training with my coach, so I’ve only got an easy 2 hour ride and 1 hour run on the schedule :-) The weather here looks better than the hurricane that was predicted, so I’ll even get to ride outside.
I will be doing a 3 hour ride tomorrow on a route that has over 2000 metres of climbing in preparation for a 3-day mountain bike stage race next week in the beautiful Drakensberg mountain range!
5km run down and back to marshal at the local Park run and then a 80km Sunday ride with my club.
I plan to do a recovery ride from the ride to conquer cancer…it was a hard ride for me post one year bone marrow transplant. it’s a goal to track all bio markers going forward…would like to get feedback from all work on the bike of what my body is doing
55 km MTB Club ride Saturday morning, Fun ride with Wife on Sunday morning.
Easy run sometime over the weekend. Just good to get out in the warm weather.
Strictly nothing! Will spend Saturday touring Shanghai before catching a plane back to France and recovering from jet lag on Sunday… Ok, maybe a tiny run if I feel too guilty about it !
I might do a light jog on the weekend to see how my healing knee injury has been progressing.
Plan to sleep and eat a lot! I need to recover!
Moving stuff from one apartment to another. :)
No training or racing. Watching IM Kona.
Hopefully getting back outside for a run, if my 1 month old behaves herself…
Saturday 100km on the road, sunday 80km on MTB
5km jog tomorrow and a fast 10km run Sunday…..getting ready for next weekend’s HM.
I’ll do a short recovery ride this evening, a 80km group ride on Saturday (tour of Flanders course) and another 100km solo ride on Sunday (flat)
Coach has me doing 2.5 hours bike on Saturday(50 +) and 50 miles on Sunday. Training for my first 1/2 distance in November. AG 60-64
Shortish ciclocross cycling with a mate of mine on saturday.
getting back on the bike after some illness
A long hike on the weekend… :)
Painting the walls and floor of my mother’s garage, does that count? I will have to move a lot of stuff…
Fractured my foot so the rest days continue
I’m hoping to be able do a short run to test my ankle. I hurt it during a mud race last weekend! :-(
My first easy run after running the Bournemouth marathon last weekend :)
Marathon training! 16 mile run this weekend.
A Friday run to celebrate it’s weekend and if the weather stays ok here in Norway a bike ride with some climbing.
80km bike ride on Saturday and Sunday
First I just want to say: Awesome blog! Been following you for a while now and this is definitely the first place I look when Im getting new gear!
Also: training this weekend will be an bunch of different stuff, running, climbing, squash and dancing :)
Have a nice weekend all! :)
I will be running and swimming to complete my first block of training for a 10K race in November!
The season’s almost over, so just a easy mountain bike ride in the surroundings enjoying the autumn colors
I plan on watching my son race sailboats and then watch some rugby.
No exercise this weekend!
Swim & Ride on Saturday
Going to get the kickr fired up.
Low intensity – playing golf 8)
And also choosing which TrainerRoad plan to start next week.
My girls have five soccer games in four different locations. My training starts next month, so I hope to fit a maintenance run or two in at some point.
Doing a long bike Saturday (100) and long run Sunday (15).
IMFL is right around the corner.
Long run
The hoep near Amsterdam!
Will go for a hilly 100km trip with my club in Istanbul. Of course it will be followed by an appropriate recovery route on Sunday.
Saturday – 50km run race
Sunday – ride to relax the legs
Lots of swimming!
Long ride on Saturday for sure, hopefully Sunday too. Awesome fall weather here in the Ohio Valley!
Since it will most likely rain, Zwift will be a nice alternative to do 50mi!
Two long endurance runs on the most beautiful island of the Netherlands, which is Vlieland! Keep up the good work DC!
Racing THE woods!!! Use the single track.
Ride about 80 km ABD gain 8000 m elevation.
I’ll be riding in a charity event near Washington DC this weekend!
Easy run around my neighborhood, it is really pretty weather in Virginia during October/November.
30 minutes in the pool, followed by 90 minutes on the bike, followed by 30 minutes of running.
Day 1 of 16 weeks Marathon training plan will be tomorrow, 40 minutes cross-training on the books.
just swimming on Saturday and, if the weather is OK, some hiking in the Austrian mountains on Sunday
Third cyclocross race of the season, so about 1 hour of absolutely madness!
Being fresh at road cycling I will this weekend extend my weekend training route from 75k to 100k. Hope for a nice weekend ride with sun and crisp autumn weather.
4 miles for time and 60 minutes on the trails. It’s 5k season!
A relaxing 40K ride to unwind from a stressful week at work.
We’re on a holiday this weekend, but I’ll be running. I’m really looking forward to exploring Myrtle Beach, SC by foot!
Rugby match tomorrow and recovery spin along the Thames on Sunday morning.
Well, this was supposed to be an off week-end. But if that might improve my chance of winning, I sure can try a little bike ride (say 40′)…
a couple of short runs
Friday is a Thetford forest fartlek thrash, Saturday is a early swim before a busy day and Sunday is a long social but frisky ride with a run off the bike before a few beers!
I’m spending the weekend at the beach. No running or bicycling, but I’ll try to get in some swimming.
Alas I’ll be indoors working on bioreactors at work this weekend; does that still count?
Saturday: 9k Wet Trail in the swamps near my house.
Sunday: 20k+ round the city. Hopefully with a friend.
Still unsure, but after almost two weeks of rain I plan to spend as much time out in the sunshine as I can. Hopefully a couple long rides both on the trails and out on the road.
Plan A is to do 50 mile ride with my son for his cycling merit badge. Plan B is to watch all the Daniel Craig James Bond movies while it’s pouring rain outside. I think we’ll be forced to go with Plan B.
Saturday a 45km ride, starting with an attack on my old enemy the “Hasenbergsteige” in Stuttgart (you can see men weeping like babies on this climb ;-)
Sunday 2+ hours on the turbo (there is precipitation predicted for the day) watching “Narcos” on Netflix, later explaining my girl that no, this is _not_ stupid and yes, I can easily go into couch potato mode after the shower…
Plans for the weekend – Peterborough half-marathon, UK
Running myself back into shape
club-ride on sunday, 70-90km
WBM – Wehlaberg Bike Marathon this weekend
I’m riding from Aberdeen to the Cairn ‘o Mount via leggart and the Durris backroads, then back via Drumtochty glen.
Going with the fast boys from the Etape Royale from 2 weeks ago, so will be hanging on for dear life.
Have a good one.
Al
I plan to do an Intervall on Saturday and if it fit to the Family schedule a ride on Sunday.
I don’t race, I don’t run, I don’t swim, I don’t train; I just ride.
Running a half marathon in Delhi, India on November 29. Targetting 1:50.
Saturday- easy spin
Sunday – 250km charity ride for kids in need
It would be a nice early Christmas present
A simple long, slow run (a braise we call it)…
Turbo session watching Wales beat Australia at Rugby. Then Granfondo Roma on Sunday!
3 soccer games (for my boys)…and whatever biking and running I can squeeze in between them!
Will be doing 112 Miles ride on Zwift for More Then Sport. On Sunday I will do some early swim session and a zone 2 bike ride ride.
Running in a local 5k, then some road riding Sunday
Long training runs for my first half marathon.
Go mountainbiking with my friend in a really beatiful area close to my home.
Time trial Saturday, brick Sunday!
A long outdoor ride and some intervals on the trainer
No plans for the weekend. Probably a run late Sunday night
Hey! I am from Turkey. I plan to ride 60 km inside Ankara City and it is going to be very hilly.