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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.
Doin 170k. Booom!
A nice short run and spin on the bike. Still recovering from Iron Man Tahoe!
A long long ride away from the wife / baby / in laws. I need the volume.
Cool stuff for cold days to come
This weekend I’ll have plans for one long run and 90 min low int. trainer ride.
Racing charm city
Cross training this weekend. Dancing, yoga. Maybe a short hill climbing ride.
Off season cross training inside on Saturday and hopefully a nice long peaceful ride on Sunday while everyone else is watching football.
First trip out on my fixie and then a 4 hour ride with the missus on Sunday! Cake stop included!
Tomorrow resting because of back pain. 60-80km endurance training on Sunday if it gets better.
Guys, the Cubs are in the playoffs vs the Cards. There are no training plains beyond beers and hotdogs. Go Cubbies!
Struggling with a back injury, but a free 520 could help motivate me.
Planning an early morning ride Saturday.
Hopefully I’ll be able to train, kids and new puppy permitting…
Mokathlon 2k kayak 12k MTB 4k run
Frustratingly training goes no further than some walks into town thanks to rest required after surgery.
Me please!
Tapering for Marine Corps Marathon! 5 mile easy run on Saturday and 16 on Sunday.
Running a turkey trot this weekend for Canadian thanksgiving.
Track, CX, Crit, CX!
520 would awesome on my XC bike !
Training in the really cold weather here in Finland to climb some mountain in the nice and warm Tenerife really soon.
Atlanta Sunday Fitness Ride!
Recover weekend!
Light trail run for 45 minutes on Saturday. Sunday=run 5 miles to the start of a local half marathon so I can do most of my long run with fellow runners!
Fix my bike (replace derailleur and shifter cable) and go for a nice test ride.
A short ride, and then figure out what fitness related items to pack for a beach vacation. Speedos are light, but at they going to be enough?
50 mile bike/ or until kona starts. Then relax any obviously check out some reviews by dc to get me there next year!
Hoping to ride a few miles and go for a run.
time to upgrade that 510!
Friday – 10 x 400m intervals
Saturday – 100 km group bike ride
Sunday – 1h20m easy run
First cyclocross race of the year! Woaah!
I’m going for a 5-10K run with my son in the babyjogger :)
Doing a little S, B, R on the big island
A relaxed swim on Saturday Morning, some running speed work in the evening and a 2-hour long run on Sunday
Indoor training this weekend!!
Climb, rinse, repeat!
Can’t do a club run so it’ll be an early start on Sunday to get some miles in, 70-80 hilly solo kilometres I think.
In saturday i have plan 62 kms around the Prague on the roadbike.
10 recovery run in the morning and easy spin with Tri Club early sun morning
My training plans include rehab work – so time spent in the hydro pool, and some light walking. C’est la vie.
2h cycling and +4 degrees outside :)
tomorrow cyclocross contest at 13u45. mont ecluis.
sunday going to see (by bike) a friend at a spartacus run.
Long ride Sunday
Beer, rugby, beer, football, beer, bed.
Instead of normal cycling, I’ll do some running because of traveling.
Bike commuting to and from work (even on the weekend, ugh) on Saturday, and my last long run of 20 miles before my first marathon. Looking forward to getting back on the bike after all this marathon training.
Weather looks good, should be dry, enjoy the autumn. Maybe have a dig on a couple of hills
Dibs!
Recovery!
3 1/2 hours of trainer intervals on Sunday.
2000 swim and run 6 tempo sat, fix the flat on the CX bike and ride 40 on gravel sunday…
Hope to get out for a nice long Sunday Thanksgiving ride.
Run rest bike
85 mile ride along the coast in northern San Diego county.
4 miles recovery run on Saturday. Starting all over after being injured!
Taper trail run Sunday. 52 mile trail race next weekend.
Biking 30+ miles
Missing the local CX race, but still getting in mid-length FTP intervals stacked against a long tempo ride. The weather looks to be stinky, so I’ll be missing a fun race so I can train in the rain. :-(
Some mountain biking in the Dutch Mountains on Saturday morning.
Running, running, and more running. Tri season is over & I am in marathon training mode.
Trainer, run and lots of PT!
Few hours riding gravel on my cx bike. Would rather be running but nursing an injured foot, though might try to sneak in a couple miles.
Unfortunately I have a funeral on Saturday and college on Sunday. Then watch Ireland beat France in rugby and Poland in soccer. Happy days.
Friday night saw the start of the summer criterium series here in Sutherland, Sydney, Australia. Then Sat morning is our club tour where we ride 150 km down the coast, including a ITT event up Macquairie Pass (35mins of pain). Then stay the night in a pub, carbo-load and ride back home Sunday.
Giro di Litchfield
4 Times this week doing crossfit, 2h of Running and for tomorrow starting at 6am with cycling
Yes please!
Saturday morning ride with local team then Sunday sleeping off a friends wedding reception.
2h cyclocross + 1h run
Aim to kick off the weekend with a lifetime best 5k Parkrun, celebrate that with a 100k bike with hopefully a KOM or two.
Easy weekend. 30min run sat. 12k run on Sun. Also building up my new tt frame. :-)
5k Parkrun. Followed by coffee and cake!
Landgoed Twente Marathon in the Netherlands (East).
It’s a duo race: half running + half cycling.
You also get local food and drinks during the race.
Looking forward to it!
Doing a long ride
Charity Spadgers ride on Sunday
athletics training tomorrow on the track and 45km MTB ride on Sunday morning
Taking my 5 year old twins on a ride round loch lomond
6 mile run
Strength training at the gym, long way commuting is taking its toll..
Interval training this weekend!
CX race on Sunday, in Helsinki.
saturday 1.9k open water swim
2hr / 1hr brick
Sunday. 1hr recovery ride
Well, I’m stuck in a conference all weekend, so I’ll have to get some quality time on the trainer when I get home in the evening.
Seimrun this weekend with cycling as the final step
Rain in the forecast this weekend so hitting the trainer on Saturday and hoping to get a good road ride in on Sunday.
Training for my veryfiest Ironman triathlon, full distance. A nice long bike-ride this weekend!
Four hour ride by one of the most famous Strava rides around Barcelona. Hopefully a sunny day
Rest.
Hey Ray,
my training this weekend will consist out of canoeing at Algonquin National Park. Next week I will do some 10k runs. :) The Edge 520 would be useful for my roadbiking!
Heavy squats on Saturday and a rest day on Sunday :-)
Easy run tomorrow. Then a 5K race with my tri team on Sunday! :)
Great fall weather here, so planning for a MTB ride Saturday and a run Sunday morning.
Just bought my first CX bike, so putting in a lot of technical training and some general training and maybe a race at the beginning of next year.
Riding Big Tujunga pass this weekend.
This weekend I will be riding at least 100 miles and trying to get my wife and daughter to ride with me for a few of those miles..
Home trainer while watching the rugby world cup and France beating Ireland :-D
just some easy ~100km ride(s) around Berlin
Vantaa marathon tomorrow
Riding anywhere from 60-95 miles somewhere in Arkansas.