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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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My Photography Gear: The Cameras/Drones/Action Cams I Use Daily
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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.
Short road ride on Saturday. Short mtb ride on Sunday. Friend’s Wedding on Saturday evening takes preference this weekend.
Back to basics on both bike and run to try and get some form of speed back. The 520 will go down a treat to help ??
Charm city cx!
Install and testing my brand new Stages.
Easy run Sat as I start taper for half marathon
Easy swimming on Saturday morning and some km ride. Off season training!
Just had my first child three days ago. No more money for upgrades :-(. Just baby :-)
Well,
Get up early and check the Garmin 920xt to make sure I wasn’t sleep walking. Who could guess that you could use it this way!!
Get a swim in, from there its collect the kids and drop them to all the different events. Hopefully they don’t have to learn to swim at 35 like Daddy.
Hoping for a sneaky 2 hr bike spin to try out a new 20 euro 1500 lumen light, battery life says 3 hours but I won’t trouble that. Bike spin will be on a new greenway in Ireland that in theory joins other european greenways all the way across to Ukraine. Seriously.
Might need to get the dinner on and earn some brownie points with Mrs O for Sunday as its going to be massive.
Gorge fest of sport, IM Kona, Ireland versus France in the Rugby, Ireland versus Poland in soccer. hopefully somebody will keep me fed and watered during the day.
Might go for run between games. Target for the weekend is to come out calorie neutral and have a new gadget for my bike. Cycle motivation needed
I should be running a marathon on Sunday, but decided to pause before next season.
Running the Delaware Distance Classic 15k with my wife followed by all the pumpkin beer and football we can handle!
This weekend is a 100km cycle.
70 km saturday ride on the bike and a 6,7 km run Sunday evening
Off season, so just a casual 60K ride with friends on Thanksgiving Monday (Canada) and will likely take the Kayak out tomorrow.
Driving over to Moab to pedal 150 miles, and visit two parks!
Saturday starts with 50 miles cycling in the Chiltern Hills with plenty of hill climbing, Sunday i’ll be cycling to London
Staten Island Half Marathon
Enjoying a sunny and 80+ degree weekend in Colorado with some riding in the foothills. Summer continues!
Strength training and a long run!
I’m planning to ride the whole length of the Highline Canal. Should be fun.
Open Water Swim tonight, Run Tomorrow, Bike Sunday morning before going to Mexico for work next week.
A couple of short rides to get back into the swing after a week off sick 8-)
Trainer rides, hopefully an outdoor ride and squeezing in runs around my schedule for a work conference ?
It’s one hour run and 4 hours bike, winter traing ia on.
Chicago marathon!
Weekend training includes long swim, paddle boarding with Eli Cohen and a long hill run (9 miles of hills) on Sunday. Recovery will include watching Kona.
Weekend 5k run with my wife and pushing my daughter in the stroller :)
Long run done this AM… so easy miles this weekend, plus cheering friends in the Chicago Marathon.
Group road ride with Mineola Bike Club.
Turbo for an hour tomorrow and perhaps a cheeky few hours in the lanes Sunday morning if I get up before the Mrs!!
Up in the morning before the sun. Head out to hills on the bike. A few hard repeats and then back home before the family even knows I was gone.
I’m going swimming on Saturday, and a two and a half hour long run on Sunday.
With luck, some CX training on Sunday at the local park!
Long slow run and a turbo session!
1.5 hr trainer ride while watching a friend race Kona followed by a 1 hr run on Saturday. 50 mile group ride on Sunday.
Squeeze a ride in between my kiddo’s hockey events.
Roasting peanuts for swim team fundraiser tonight. Recovery runs on Saturday and Sunday.
Long weekend here in Canada
going for a long run Saturday and then a bike ride on Monday!
Army vet from Puerto Rico:
Friday: Bike 25 doing intervals (done )
Saturday: Swim 1500 meters / Run 10k / TRX
Sunday: Bike 50 miles
Monday (Holiday): (Recovery) Bike 15 miles / 3 miles / TRX
This weekend is for resting from a hard week
Need some new tech to motivate me for more biking this Autumn ;)
Participating in a 100k TTT organized by Red Bull! Yikes ! Could use an Edge 520 for that!
A ride with my dad tomorrow and a 10k race sunday!
Have an end of the season party with our triathlon team on Saturday, then a 5k on Sunday! Perhaps a bike ride and watching the football game after the race! Happy Training :-)
Hello DC!
My plnas for this weekend are great. Tomorrow me and my friend we go to one of the best bike zones in Portugal to ride a bike and…to eat! I’m talking about Arouca, so nice!
Thank you for all the great work you devellop here!
You have a lot of fans in Portugal!
Hope to win!! ;)
Cheers and allways ride your bike with style!
Pedro Lino
Porto Cycling Team
I will be going mountainbike at the postbank route in the netherlands.
Hilly 5 miler on Saturday and 5K on Sunday. Better than cleaning the yard! :D
A 10 k run saturday Morningstar before breakfirst. Hopefully an hour on the ZWIFT platform in the afternoon. Sunday is like every other Day. A run on an empty stomach and the it is time for some relaxing with my lovely family❤️
I’m going camping this weekend, so I’ll probably be getting in some good hikes, and maybe a short run around the lake. Monday is looking great, and I believe I’ll be home early enough to get in a good 30 mile ride or so as well.
Long run for marathon training.
A couple of moderate length runs and dreams of Kona
Entered
5K Saturday morning. 30 mile bike ride Sunday morning with my neighbor.
My usual Sunday training ride is taking a back seat this weekend as I will be carrying out my accredited marshal duties for British Cycling at a bike race in Cheshire.
Looking to get a couple of good training rides in this weekend.
100km ride through the New Forest National Park as part of the New Forest Gridiron.
First of all cure my cold but Sat 2hr bike indoor not to get cold again and long long run on Sun morning and swim evening
Ride 120 km with my Giant propel’
single track and gravel
Maybe an easy run, after being sick..
A few hours of running
Doing a 3 hour bike ride in the Thumb of Michigan!
40 mile bike Saturday with a 5-10 mile run Sunday
Zwifting on the old tinterweb, its currently the only training I can do since I had an off on the mountain bike and made rather a mess of the shoulder !
Easy miles in the Black Forest.
Some easy intervals, walk run, to get this broken old body back into shape. I’ve missed this race season, but I’ll be raring to go next season.
Restarting my training after 2 months rest.
50 km long run
For my 15th anniversary of doing Ironman in 2000 I’ll walk the 10 hours I trained for
Going to go for a short run on Saturday. Sunday get a couple hours of rock climbing in to prep for a trip to Red River Gorge. Monday get some weights and yoga in.
A long road ride, and a mtb group ride with buddies shredding some trails!
Downtown bike ride in Lexington Ky
Hoping to get a ride and long run in.
Watch some Kona coverage while on the trainer.
Hopefully it’s warm enough to tow my daughters on a bike ride. Maybe a run.
No plans! Recovery!
Half marathon saturday morning
getting back on the bike after two months on saturday for around an hour, then an hour long run on sunday, maybe hitting the gym too for some core excersises
Endurance ride 4 hours sunday
Riding as much as possible. Fall is the best time of year here.
Hike in the mountains
2 hours on the trainer tomorrow, lots of zone 3, long steady run Sunday.
If i true my rear wheel I’ll be riding a 1h ride on my turbo trainer watching past Amgen Tour of California :). It’s cold here! Winter really IS coming!
40 miles Saturday and Sunday before watching the Astros beat the Royals at MMP
Why am I even commenting?
Running for 1 hour while pushing my two boys in a double-BOB stroller.
If the newborn lets me sleep tonight there is a long run in my future Saturday morning.
Saturday run 7mi and bike for 90 min.
Sunday run 8mi and bike for 90 min.
Sunday – my first 1/2 marathon event
Weekend off before off-season training plan takes effect on Monday!
Training this weekend will be testing out my latest home-developed Real Life Video myself on the Tacx trainer. You gotta test it out yourself before releasing it to others me thinks.
A couple of tempo runs are on tapped for this weekend! Time to build some speed this offseason!
2hr long run Sunday!
I’m riding the Hilly Hundred this weekend! I’ve been training for a year and the weather is luckily going to be fantastic!
Recovery bike ride from last weekends 70.3!
Today 400/200 Css in the pool. Tomorrow Sticks and Stones 15k trail race. 1000′ elevation (all on the return) and its peak foliage season. Sunday 15mi TT on the bike and some extra saddle time to make up for the missed rides earlier this week (crud).
Long run on Sunday, maybe a quick spin on Saturday.
Waling the comic con floor.
This weekend we’ve got a nice easy 4-mile run tomorrow, followed by a tempo 12-miler on Sunday as preparations wrap up for the Detroit Half Marathon next Sunday.
No training this weekend. Race season is over and time to pay back to family.
I am running 13 miles around Argus Lake on Saturday and 86 mile ride.
no race, just normal training