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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
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.
Cycling on sunny saturday!
This weekend i’ll have an adventure competition with a bike – map, lot of unknown trails and friends.
Nothing this weekend unfortunately, got hit off my bike while out last Sunday so currently nursing a very swollen leg!
Now the mud’s back I’m hoping to dust off my mountain bike
Sadly working all weekend and flying down to South Africa on Sunday, so no exercise for me this weekend
Time to upgrade my Etrex… not best match for my road bike!
If the weather is good:
link to grandmulhousetrailurbain.fr
short run on Saturday, 30 mile ride on Sunday!
Trail run by the lake.
A ride through the park with a leisurely café stop!
Will be putting some trainerroad sessions in this weekend. Starting this evening. Getting prepared for the muddy MTB season coming up.
Oh yeah, I missed the summer big give-away because I was on holidays!!! So really give it a go this time!
Long run ~3h with elevation gain to prepare for saintelyon in 2 months.
Training will be long walks and couch duty due to a knee issue, hopefully back on track soon:)
None unfortunately… crashed during last weeks roadrace.
Hip still not functioning as it should :(
Just receive my Sram Red Quarq so this will be perfect to remplace my edge 500 !
parkrun on Saturday, long run on Sunday
Easy 5k jog Saturday; Sunday: hour long ride with my eldest on her new bike.
Lots and lots of weight work. Unfortunately it’s called moving house :-(
A run in the Redwoods of northern California
I plan on sleeping :-D
Trainer ride while watching Kona coverage.
First run with scosche rythm, bought from CT!
Swim, run on Saturday, then the Boxhill Sportive on Sunday
1h Core/stability training + 1h30 swimming on Saturday
Setting up my Kickr which just arrived on the mail :)
And writing a chapter of my web development book
playing basketball with my daughter
Easy run on Saturday and a couple of hours on the bike on Sunday in the autumnal sunshine (hopefully).
2 weeks after IM Mallorca just long walks this weekend with the dogs in the beautiful English Lake District!
45 miler hill training
80K bike ride to test out my new road bike, but supposed to be tapering for the Dresden Marathon the weekend afterwards.
sat REST, sun looooooong bike ride
15.5km run. Go and back to work 17.5km ond road bike.
Will be hill repeating and then a first long and steady for the colder months!
10k run
and cycling to the next bigger forrest for some mushroom collecting
Just some easy riding this weekend
A long ride in early morning chill
About a 4 hour fat burner cycle with a buddy. Thanks
long, recovery run on Sunday :)
parkrun
It’s a race for me: Urban trail Mons (in Belgium). A nice 10k in the heart of the city!
100miler to the mother-in-laws. May take it very slowly :-)
Biggest week this week so an easy weekend recovery ride at Sydney Olympic Park might be the go.
It will be a nice 15km run along the Amstel river in Amsterdam!
Hill training on Saturday.
On Saturday an afternoon MTB ride in the sunny forrest
8k run today and an MTB ride this week-end with some friends.
I’ll probably be doing a 5km MTB fun ride with my daughter at the pretty little town of Patensie, South Africa, followed by a longer ride on Sunday.
Quick ride along the Po river
Morning becomes cold here in France, so cycling will now start at 9h this sunday for 3h long (goal : 80km at least).
Long Run 18 Km
Hopefully by Sunday I’ll feel better (I’m kind of sick right now) and be able to go for a run, or if the weather is nice, one of the last bike rides before trainer season starts.
Spinning, spinning more spinning. It’s going to be a real sufferfest :)
Long trekking days in the Pyrinees, both sat and sunday. Probably 35k +3500m
Mountain biking is on for this weekend
This weekend I’ll be doing 1.5 hours on TrainerRoad on Saturday followed by a 3.8k swim set then settling in to watch Kona then waking up and doing 2.5 hours on Sunday and a 45 min easy run.
A long mountain-bike ride with friends this Sunday to enjoy the dry and sunny weather…
Long run Saturday, long bike Sunday
50km bike ride
On sunday I am going to do a mountainbike ride of around 80km within the bushes within the flat Netherlands!
10k run in Barcelona – or just tapas
Running and watching the Iron Man.
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Short run on Saturday. Knee problems so just starting to ramp slowly up again.
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Recovery from a bike fall this weekend!
run 20 km on Saturday, training for a half marathon
No racing this weekend. Will remind myself again how it is to ride at 10C and continue abusing my self built carbon wheels ;-)
Exploring some of Flanders (Belgium) hills this weekend!
Tempo run on Saturday, long run Sunday, then tapering down for a 10 mile race next weekend!
Training with my running group on Sunday – 1 minute intervals. Hopefully a short and slow recovery run on Saturday as well.
60km bike ride on Sunday
I’ll be watching the Ironman World Championship – thats pretty much all ;)
October is typical resting period for triathletes, so I am doing mostly nothing these days. My plans for the weekend include cheering for Frodo and the spaniards in Kona, and some relaxed longboard surfing if the swell cooperates.
I need it!!, I have an ordu, i’m training for my first IM and this weekend i’ll try to get 150km. it would be great to count the km with this gadget.
Recovering from injury!
I going to put some miles on my bicycle! You all have a great weekend
20k maraton pace run on Saturday and hopefully an Col de Tourmalet simulation ride on Sunday
Try and get out for a recovery ride tomorrow as its been a long week on the bike all week.
Would love to have a computer designed for bike riding! The 310xt doesn’t show all information I want.
This weekend will actually be focused on running. 7 k run at threshold today and a 15 k distance run on sunday.
Nothing… got a cold!
Long Sunday ride, most probably along the IM Switzerland course.
Last open water swimming session tomorrow. Then some time on the turbo – it’s getting cold in the UK!
First ride on my brand new Tacx Neo, while watching the guy’s on Kona.
Watching IM on Saturday, long run on Sunday
Hiking in the hills around Heidelberg
Mow the lawns.
A 12KM long run , plus a 3KM recovery run.
Sufferfest revolver next to the wife doing Sufferfest (run) steamroller #romancenotdead….
If the weather is nice in Iceland i’ll go riding to Þingvellir National Park, otherwise just some riding in and around Reykjavik
I’ll be doing a training run, for the 1/2 marathon I’ve got next week, which I’ve done no real training for. Still going along with slowish friends, so should be fun.
I commute by bike to work for a round trip of 50 km daily so I guess weekends are for playing with the kids.
My wife is away so I’ve got to fit my training around 3 kids aged 1, 4 &8. I’ll be biking with a baby seat, a trail gator & an enthusiastic 8 year old!!
It’s Saturday and Sunday socials from now on now that the season is over instead of giving each other a kicking for a few hours each day. Still manage a good 60 miles both days.
Hard to beat a nice coffee stop and a scone or a caramel square!!
10 KM run
Just resting cause of bad weather and staying in bed due to catching cold.
Finally off season so nothing at all!
about 40km bike ride on Sunday, Purple Mountain in Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China
One legged drills on the trainer Saturday night, then a mountain biking adventure on Sunday.
Long run on Sunday. 17km
A easy 60 mile spin with my wife
This weekend I’ll be doing a 2km swim and then a 15km run in the beautiful county of Yorkshire, England
Long run on Saturday (10 + miles) and a 2hr ride on sunday
park run 5k on saturday
100k hilly bike loop on sunday