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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.
Super easy spin on Saturday. Filthy 50 (50 mile gravel race) on Sunday.
Thanks!
Nice 30 mile easy ride to get ready for the Camden century bike event in two weeks.
Short run with core strength exercises – recovering after back issues – enjoying the rare sunshine!
Cyclocross loop (40km) in south west forests of Paris, France (clamart, velizy, meudon, versailles, bièvres, etc.) !
Short bike on Saturday. 8 miles or so run on Sunday. Plenty of ice cream.
Just running and lightweight workout this weekend. Thanks for the giveaway.
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Century ride around Oxford
Double digit run and a lot of cheering for my racing friends :)
Century ride on Sat. w/ bike club & helping a buddy ride his 1st century!
60 miles @ 18-19 Saturday
40 miles @ 17 Sunday
We are travelling for the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, but I have at least 3 runs planed. Building base millage for my Boston training
If the weather forecast holds, I’ll hop on my bike for some km. Not done a ride since a month :(
2X 50 mile rides
Running, running, running.
Watching Kona on Saturday, maybe a 15K race on Sunday (all jacked up on Kona coverage).
Long run in preparation for a half marathon!
Unfortunately nothing planned here due to illness :-(.
Going for a hiking weekend this time.. Bike has to wait for next!
My plans include harvesting some training and recovery fuel from the woods in the form of red meat.
Club hill climb #FTP #barf
Training ride and pool swim for me.
Exploring the features of my new Forerunner 225 in the woods.
no race but lots of riding
Saturday: 10km run, 1 hour Trainer
Sunday: Cyclocross race
Monday: 3 hour ride (Turkey day)
Going away with the family for the weekend… deep in the woods up north, far from my bike and from Zwift. Guess I’ll have to make up for it on Monday!
A 5K on Sunday, then watching my little boy (3 years old) run a kids race after I finish!
Pre-meet Saturday and a 5K XC race on Sunday
Ending the season with a marathon, “ume marathon”, in northern part of Sweden. Goal is new PB (i.e. sub-3h)
My training plan for this weekend: sufferfest sessions on TrainerRoad
Probably my final ride in Boston before moving out of town…
Short bike ride and an interval run
Whatever I can squeeze in.
A swim, a bike set (on a spin bike) and a run……all in the middle of a desert!
Last race for the season, a marathon in the town of Umeå
Will be riding 210km around port phillip bay, melbourne, australia. Called the Around The Bay.
A medium distance, moderate effort bike ride just to keep the legs nice and loose!
A 25 miles single track trail!
Ciao Ray,
5km run on Sat and 2km swim on Sun.
Triple running race: 3 miles, then 2 miles, then 1 mile, with 10 min breaks between
Hopefully I can get one last trip in the kayak before my shoulder surgery. Six months of trainer rides coming my way!
Same procedure as every… week-end: a bit of swimming on Friday, a bit of running on Saturday & a bit of biking on Sunday !
Absolutely nothing! Raced my last 50 mile ultra of the season and finished under 7 hours, so I think I deserve a few days off to start the “off season” right.
It’s cyclocross season. I’ll be rolling around the mud, falling over barricades and taking food and “beverages” while riding my bike fast. In the cold.
#1253
Training for Firenze Marathon: today tempo run, sunday long run
Running (Intervalltraining)
Probably just a short run on Sunday.
Interval training
Leading a group run Saturday!
Gonna race an XCM (50km, 1500elev) which is last one of Garmin MTB Series going on here in Gdańsk Poland.
Kinda new series. First one was last year. But it seems it will catch on.
My training will be kona watching…….
Biking to work and back on Saturday, long run with my friends on Sunday! Then overeating with mt family for Canadian Thanksgiving…
Normally I would be putting in about six miles of running on Saturday and resting on Sunday. But no running this weekend. I get to watch my stepson participate in Special Olympics Bowling on Saturday. And Sunday we are taking him for a train ride. I would love to win this Garmin ad a belated birthday gift for my son who is really into bicycling now. Have a great weekend everyone!
Last focused weekend before sharpening period begins for the Niagara Falls International Marathon!
I’ll be doing intervals Saturday and a race pace workout Sunday
Barry-Roubaix Founders Fall Fondo!
a long run
5k race Saturday. Rest day sunday
end of hard week. 13 mile hilly run and 30 mile hilly ride.
12 oz curls.
Brooklyn Rock-n-Roll Half bright and early Saturday!
Riding 200kms with my wife!!!
Running 2 hours in Saturday and an hour oin Sunday.
Plus football.
CX race Sunday in Oklahoma City!
Long Long Run!
Just a short trailrun on saturday :)
Riding 200kms with my husband!!!!
Friday evening a 1 hour Zwift ride on Watopia Island.
Saturday a cycletour to Military Boekelo-Enschede. Together with around 60.000 spectators, we hope we’ll enjoy this week filled with top sports and ‘joie de vivre’ in the wonderful surroundings of Boekelo.
Sunday morning a mountainbike trip in Nutter from approx 100km.
I am going to ride round the south downs until my eyes bleed, sadly not having a decent GPS device (nudge, nudge) means I have to keep going until something physical lets me know I’ve done some worthwhile training, my eyes bleed at roughly the 60-mile point with a couple of thousand feet of climbs, I need to improve on that.
Sunday afternoon ride.
Nice long ride!
My plan is to ride at least 70km on Sunday, 3 weeks now since my last ride so we’ll see…
In the middle of a move, so this weekend I’ll be cross training by packing boxes and carrying them down the stairs.
walk the dog on sat, & easy 100km on sunday
A trail 5k this weekend with my 11 year old son…who might just finish 5 minutes in front of me! Well then another hour to finish up the taper for a 50k next weekend.
4 mile run Saturday and 8 mile run on Sunday. Tapering for my first marathon on October 18th and then back to triathlon training.
Tommorow, long run for 31Km
12k run Saturday, 60k bike sunday. If the Danish weather allows it… ;)
Eat lots of Turkey!! (Canadian Thanksgiving!!)
If I just manage to ride…
recovery ride when the rain ends today
Racing Rock and Roll Man Half IM.
Last weekend trainings before Amsterdam marathon
I took 2 weeks of running .. so it will be a very easy run on saturday (3 miles) and sunday (6 miles trail)
If the weather is warm enough I’ll try for a 50+ mile ride though VT, maybe peep some leaves.
Running off the Thanksgiving meal, slowly….
Albany Marathon !
Recovery 20km trail between mountain run and road halfmarathon :)
An early 60 min trainer session on Saturday since the weather doesn’t seem to be cooperating in my area this weekend. Hopefully a longer easy outdoor ride to follow on Sunday.
Ride on Gentlemens Ride: 115mi 10k+ ft of elevation gain. Teamed up with 5 good friends, and competing against 14 other teams. #rogr2015
Saturday morning bike ride, 60km.
Running in full marathon in Poznan this weekend!
Running the Chicago Marathon this weekend.
Running and riding… a little of both.
So far just running with 2 full marathons under my belt, but one day I want the iron man label. This 520 will hopefully be a catalyst to my ultimate goal.
Since I am starting my taper week for Beach 2 Battle Ship 70.3, I don’t have anything too crazy.
Today 2500 meter swim.
Tomorrow, 1500 swim and 90 on the bike.
Sunday, 10 minute spin up and 60 minutes running.
Hard run of 7 – 10 miles Saturday followed by easy 5 – 8 miles on Sunday.
Probably a 35-40 km trail ride Saturday. Easier 30 km ride on Sunday.
Can’t ride because of my knee, but I’ll watch great champions at Kona this WE while recovering.
Well I will be setting up my indoor training space. Getting bike on trainer, TV and computer testing, check out my DVD collection, and hope I can get one more outdoor 40mile ride in.
Cool week with only swimming.
Recovering after a half-marathon last weekend and end of the triathlon season.