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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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The Swim/Bike/Run Gear I Use List
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70kms ride around Enkarterri, in the north of Spain
Get out early to avoid the heat
CX Skills Saturday and Sufferfest Sunday
Light weekend workouts of running and biking. Got surgery coming up over an injury while training for an ironman; need to stay active to recover well and then head into a strong rehab season for IMWI !
This morning i ran 13k easy pace; tomorrow an 10k obstacle run in Rotterdam, The Netherlands; called the Harbour Run (you can imagine in which area the race is and what the obstacles are :p).
Greets from Holland! You have many fans/readers here Ray.
I’m a 13 year old and im training for a 200k Road Race. Training aims are to clock 500-800km this week.
Having to do my long run today because of Canadian Thanksgiving family stuff tomorrow. Will try to get in a swim too, but will have to make up the rest on Thanksgiving monday!
Just. Cough. Trying to get over full blown man flu. Cough. Barely 50 kilometres achieved. Cough
This weekend is a 20km run.
Today is a rest day for me, and tomorrow I’ll be focusing on core body work.
Swimming a couple miles today and a slow 7 mile jog tomorrow.
Ride, rest, repeat.
I plan to ride 80 ish miles today then 100+ tomorrow getting closer and closer to year goal of 10K+ miles
Pick me
50km for commuting, then 50km for fun!
12km jogging today and 50 km cycling tomorrow!
Rode the Columbia river gorge old highway to Rowena crest & back. Tomorrow (Sunday) up Underwood, WA to Williard & up Forest road 66 – one of the best rides here int he gorge!
Running a half-marathon this weekend! So no training unless racing counts.
Get in off night shift Saturday, go out on club ride. Get night shift Sunday off.
No training today, just recovery, will tackle tomorrow when it comes
Enjoy a run in the autumn colours tomorrow, really looking forward to getting out of town. May stop for conkers on the way home, you can never have too many
today 1300m climb with the mountainbike… working tomorrow :(
These shorter days of light mean it’s gravel riding time in Kansas!
Ramping up training after recovery from half marathon
70 km ride from Athens to Marathon beach and a quick swim !
Enjoying some hilly runs in North Louisiana!
Tomorrow Training : run for 45 min and 2 km open water swimming
Too cold for a bike ride :-( it’s going to be trail running in the woods!
Just completed a 20k MTB ride and I will compete in a orienteering race tomorrow.
Looking forward to a 30k solo bike ride today and a 10k run tomorrow with a few friends!
couple of hours on the turbo!
Core exercise since I am still unable to ride since my accident in July :/ …can’t wait to get back into riding though
Flag football, aka fun speed work, a bike ride and yoga ?
Very little!
Sunday after church and breakfast I’ll go for a 40-50 miler.
My daughter was doing cross country practice which made it an ideal time to squeeze a 10mi while waiting.
SUFFERFEST!!!! BRING IN THE HOLY WATER.
It’s raining here in Seattle, and I’m in my off season, so I’m planning on doing 60 min Z2 trainer work.
Ride my bike before the rain starts this weekend.
You are the best! :)
Ramping up for my second marathon in New York
Training plan: Slow spin today, to get ready for a cyclocross race tomorrow!
Weight training the arms lifting pints at the bar of a wedding reception tonight followed by a hang over cure ride in the morning!
I am on Sardinia right now. So I’ll ease the pain with some epic views along my routes.
Laps on honeymoon in Barcelona!
Running intervals 10x1km
waiting for my first child to be born, prob get in a run or two in
Racing a half marathon tomorrow and eating turkey for Canadian Thanksgiving!
Long trail run in the Arizona desert…
Going to rest and get a massage tomorrow for a fitness test monday morning!
Lots of strenuous yard work training
Bicycle ride on Sunday. Should be sunny.
1 hour night run on the treadmill, a 4 hour road ride, a 15km run and a 2k swim all easy-ish over the next 24 hours. To make up for my Olympic distance triathlon race that was cancelled.
No “training” this weekend! Just going out on the bike and enjoying the changing seasons. Hope everyone else gets a lot of good work in this weekend.
Some nice easy rides on the ‘Cross bike, possibly followed by a nice easy run just to turn the legs over.
Saturday easy 8k running, sunday cross-training boxing.
A 38K trail run ;-)
a 16k running on saturday, and 35k BIKE run on sunday
A mix of road and cross country cycling on Sunday morning. Weather should be great too!
cold recovery this weekend …
A nice Saturday afternoon 50km ride on my racing bike.
Walking for 5 mins!!!!!!!
16km race pace on Saturday and a 36km on Sunday, last long weekend before the Hamilton marathon! :)
I plan on doing a fast paced 7km run, to enjoy the rain outside… That’s all
1. Planning how use this prize; 2. 5km easy run on Saturday; 3. Support my daughter the whole weekend at a swim meet just outside Brussels.
35 miles ride on Saturday and 10 miles run on Sunday!
Long rides this 2 weekends (at least for me). 100 miles each.
going for a longer ride (80km+) as my gf told me i have to, guess its because im much more relaxed and happy afterwards
8k run and watching IM Kona!
30-50 mile ride in the Smoky Mts depending on weather.
So, since there are 5077 replies but only one other comment, does that mean it’s between just two of us?
Watching IM worlds, RWC, WSL and F1. I can make up the training next week.
Creating a mtb route in a park near my house for the sevend consecutive week, next week the course will be ready , 4,6 km mtb route in my “back yard”
Easy 10k run saturday and 2 hours on the bike sunday..
Yes please
Dinner at Chili’s, then a 10 mile run the next day to compensate…
Today a short 30k road ride.
Tomorrow a 50k Offroad ride. Or a 1 hour run. What i feel like.
Just returned from Munich trip back in Amsterdam and did an hour bike ride. Now watching Ironman Kona and tomorrow 10K running race! weekend is good!
1hr Z4 intervals on the bike, 90min Z3 run
90k saturday 150k sunday
Quickie loop into New Jersey before going hiking!
It is cold in Moscow this weekend, so I have installed my bike on the kickr and planning to test Skuga app tomorrow morning.
racing Cyclocross this weekend in Dripping Springs, TX!
Heh. Lithuania…love that country u’v’mentioned ? i’m lithuanian and this weekend still trying to recover from injury on my knee. Waiting for spring and new HR computer on plans. Keep going DCrainmaker.?
CX on Saturday, rest on Sunday.
Running the 4th half-marathon of the “Running Wonders” series of 2015.
I am planning to extend my run for 1.5 hours this weekend for the first time! And also ride for an hour. I’m a workaholic, so reading your blog and others experiences of others who are workaholics and have time to fit in longer runs are inspiring me to go longer!
Sweet FA.
Would be awesome to replace my decade old Garmin…
Taking a few rest days while the weather spits at me.
Nice giveaway Merci!
BTW let us know when you come to Mallorca, so we can go for a nice ride ;)
best
I will do a 100 km ride with some teammates on Monday morning, admiring the fall colors.
Today I went for a ride with my pals, 120 km with +1300 m. on the sunny landscapes of Murcia (Spain).
Hello from Finland,
First in the saturday morning crosfit training at the gym. Then in the afternoon hour and a half roadcycling in a crispy autumn weather.
Mika L
Chilled ride by the seaside after a high intensity training week (more than 500km).
Still injured so no training :(
Run 30 min Sat
Run 1 hour Sun
Went for a 4.5 mile run this AM
Hoping to ride tomorrow.
Sa 50 km with hills. Su 50 km + 1 hour track
Well this end it’ll mainly be watching the rugby as I’ve got a bit of a cold going on. Next Saturday? Break my park run best.
Long ride 110km on Sunday