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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.
105km ride on sunday!
Strength training followed by a short ride
First power metered ride this weekend!
Playing Frisbee – Ultimate, that means a lot of running, cycling will be off this weekend
Riding after 2 weeks of holiday.
Swim while waiting for my kid’s enrichment lesson to end and jog in the evening after they went to bed.
I will be doing a mtb trip in the neighbourhood :).
200 miles on the road bike
I live in azores a group of 9 volcanic islands in the middle of the atlantic.
This wekend i was active recuperating from this with a easy road ride:
4 outuber 2015 > Azores UCI World Series Marathon (1 day side event for locals 89kms) oficial teaser : link to youtube.com
and this
24,25,26 Setember 2015 > Azores challenge MTB 2015 (3 day event) oficial teaser: link to youtube.com
PS: Watch with a load sound, you wont regreat it
MSilveira
2 hour bike and 1 hour trail run. And lots of baby prepping
Did a ride up the highest paved road in the UAE :)
Did a trail marathon yesterday. First ever and it was heavy, more than expected.
Beautiful fall ride with friends. From Truchas New Mexico to Penasco Most at an altitude of 8000+ feet, Nothing flat. You were either going up or down. Aspens on the mountain at their peak. Cottonwoods along the river just starting to change.
Just about to head out for a quick 30 mile ride. Rested Sunday supporting my wife while she competed at a 7 stage tri. Rode only about an hour on the trainer on Saturday. Thank you!
Last weekend before IM MD! Easy 10 mile run on Saturday and final short ride Sunday.
I hope this is still open, I could def enhance my training with one of these
I live in Japan and this week I plan to climb Mt.Rokko altitute around 1000m.
This is a 130km course from where I live.
Ill be doing a lovely 100mile ride with 11k climbing,
did i mention lots of limbing..
Bit late but it ended up being a turbo session on Sunday after going to parkrun on saturday,
sitting on the couch with a nasty head/chest cold!
A nice 120k ride in the south of Paris on my new P3.
Starting Marathon training
Indoor trainer only, winter is approaching :-(
Having a blast at the Hilly Hundred in Bloomington IN!
Tuesday and thurday wake up at 4.15 spent 45 minutes to 1 hours trying to get my power number fixed by my coach.I always get then even if i NEED TO PUKE :)
saturday and sunday outside ride
last saturday i did 130 minutes easy and sunday I did 3k elevation on a 20 miles ride in alabama .
you can verified those number on strava :)
Ended up doing a short swim and bike Saturday and 6 mile run on Sunday
Cycling until my legs fall off
A nice BBQ with some friends :)
Did an 82km off road bike ride to test out my new canyon cf sl :D
20 mile tempo ride on Saturday. Not much running due to a recent injury.
Can’t wait for the foot to heal so I can hit the trails!
Long bike ride followed by a long run.
Lazy walk in the forrest with the family
Continue interval training
22,5 km of trail running on Saturday, 20 km of mtb on Sunday and 20 km of trail running on Monday! Vive les longs week-end! Love long week-end!
going to put my new trainer to work
Easing back for winter, so for Saturday a 140k ride for some coffee and cakes in the medieval town of Sigtuna and on Sunday a long walk with the dog in the park.
Just a couple of easy miles in recovery modus after Zeeland (coast)Marathon the week before.
Hartford Marathon, then beers on the couch.
3 Indoor Zwift rides
random half marathon :)
10 mile run followed by some cross training…nothing special
1/2 Marathon Race in Fairview, TX
75km/1000hm at Sunday on the road…
A 200km brevet on Saturday and a easy 40km recovery on Sunday.
Regardless of weather conditions – I am sick of missing rides due to bad weather!
Saturday was a 50 mile bike ride. Sunday was a brick day. 40 mile bike ride with hills and a 13 mile run with hills. Also hit some weights in the spare time.
Had to work much of the weekend, but got in a rollerblade, some indoor bike training and a couple of fitness classes.
Bike ride in the October rain Sat 40 miles Sun 25 miles
A short run on saturday, and a ride on sunday, if the weather allows it.
Just done my first 50 mile ultra…..so I obviously need a new Garmin 520?
Did a nice final ride with the clubmates and afterwards joined a awardceremony of our summercompetition.
I’ll ride for an hour, focusing on keeping my cadence high and with 1 minute hard efforts every 15 minutes. Would love to proof it through strava ;)
Training for Miami 1/2 Ironman. Signed up for a 2k open water swim and then did 56 miles followed by 13.1run Sunday. Completed all the course in under 6hours which was pleased with considering had to compete with traffic on our narrow roads here in Bermuda.
Ride out to Montauk lighthouse….
10 mile training run for the Twin Cities Monster Dash!
Would LOVE LOVE LOVE to win the Garmin!!
10 mile trail run….fall in New England!
Did 85/10 mile bike/run brick
Treadmill run to no where for now
I got in 25 miles on the bike on Saturday and a 6 mile run w/ my dogs on Sunday. Hope to get in a little more this coming weekend, though a lingering hamstring injury has been holding me back.
Tacx (manual) training in my garage, would love to connect this garmin to get more data of my workouts
Charity 5k on Saturday that ended up being a 4k due to terrible routing. Plus a few laps around Richmond on the KICKR.
wait for new snow season after training set on Black Sea coast.
two 10 hour mental workouts for medical school finals tomorrow
Looking forward to first short ride since “the crash”…with new front wheel, helmet, skin ;)
Low gears on the trainer for the healing torn Achilles!
Long bike ride to burn off the turkey dinner, since I’m Canadian.
Ran the 20km de Paris this sunday together with my dad.
Even though we were sightseeing our way through the course/city, we pushed it quite decently!
Probably just an easy 5k or so run.
First run after running a marathon two weeks ago which made a light knee injury come back to the surface…
Plans were to “get in a ride and a run”. Ended up kayaking with wife Sunday AM and 10k jog Sunday evening, missed the “ride” part.
Ride my road bike faster than last year!
Ride about 30M around :-)
“ride” in car to go see relatives,
run kids to various events they are involved in,
walk by various food stands at local festival
dream about riding my bike
Nice long ride to top 2000m ascent plus a 10km run next day :)
20 mile ride in Jamestown RI
Ride any distance at all as three hectic weeks have stopped any two-wheeled fun. Tonight is looking to be my night!
Nice 60 mile fall foliage ride
Swim on Saturday and weight session on Sunday.
Racing plans this weekend is (was) watching Kona!
29k run then starting the taper for Frankfurt.
some hard intervals on Montauk Highway
riding 50 mile test ride for recovery from sciatica!
45 min ride on Zwift on Saturday and 50k road ride on Sunday. Oh, and a confirmed lost and probably never to be found again Garmin 500 unit after spending hours searching for it this weekend – a Garmin 520 would make a grand replacement!
doing a 50 mile test ride around local lanes to try recover from sciatica
Spent time with the family as training is about to start for this coming year.
Nice addition to my fr920
Tire maintenance then an epic ride past the pumpkin patch!
Did my granfondo race in Rome, italy.
Not properly a training but rather a nice race!
I plan on 3 rides this week of 50km+ in prep for a metric century a month from now.
Long ride from Uijeongbu to Seoul, then up and down the Han River. Preparing for a cross Korea tour from Busan to Seoul over Veterans Day.
Run until my muscles burn with battery acid
Saturday hiking in Gatineau park, short 7km run and bootcamp class. Sunday 40km bike ride along Ottawa river parkway.
Sun – 31 mile ride which used 3 Strava segments as interval training (one KOM / 3)
40km of mountain biking!
Just a 5 mile run in the evening.
Getting my cx on!
Staten Island Half Marathon… Since I am posting on Monday.. I can also say it was a good run. :-).
No workouts planned to watch/support kiddos in their swim meet!
Canadian Thanksgiving….so time to burn off some of the turkey and stuffing!
Yesterday was long run day, and today is rest day! yay! :D
Saturday I did a nice 120 km ride. Weather was great here in Southern Ontario, Canada. Not too many nice riding days left I’m afraid. However, today is great as well. Will be doing 50 or 60 km on this fine Thanksgiving Day holiday!