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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.
Getting moving again!
Nothing special, just doing some intervals on the Tacx trainer.
Sweating off a flu in bed. It worked !
110k ride around Vallderossa to Soller and back to S’Arenal with the February Majorca Club…bonked at Soller but well worth it!
Finally set up my new trainer and did an interval workout!
Had sets of SBR simulation in Subic Bay with the team
400m-14km-3km
Rest day, then 22 miles on Sunday. I’m almost at the peak of my marathon buildup.
Long run on Saturday and recovery bike on sunday
Over the previous weekend, besides exercising my eating muscles: 3,000yd swim, 7mi run. Thx, as always, for the site
Last weekend just consisted of two short runs (less than 10k). I can’t wait to get back on the bike in a couple months though!
Sub freezing weather so 2 hrs on the trainer on Sat and skipped sunday TT for pizza and beer. paying for it this week w heavy load of cadence pyramids and push intervals
Last weekend, to show up my husband, I also swam 3k yds, but ran 9mi to his 7… :)
Saturday and Sunday were the last two stages of the Tour of Sufferlandria. The official start to my training for the racing season.
No training for me, instead it was a snowboarding weekend
A 22k trail run on Saturday followed by 10k Intervall training on Sunday …
A little treadmill and a little weight training – and some downhill skiing in VT
Zwifting isn’t the workout of choice of late. Trying their workouts lately.
Easy run as well about 4 miles.
Winter stinks
I did a treadmill run before commencing my skiing vacation with the family.
Just a few snowy and slippery runs around the neighbourhood.
Saturday Cycling class at local gym and treadmill work on Sunday.
A couple of runs… one long and one easy.
I ran a 5k with my husband. It was super windy!
In Saturday running about 70 minutes and after I got home some rope jumping, in Sunday I just chill, cause is Sunday, Yo! :)
restarting my training once more…
Working towards my first 70.3 and trying to transition into Altra Zero Drop shoes. Focusing on form and endurance. Also last weekend went bike shopping. Looking at a nice Scott CR1 bike when weather gets warmer.
Long training run for my spring 50 miler.
Saturday: mildly hungover 2.5 mile jog to pick up the car after a good Friday night out.
Sunday: 14 mile run as I’m gearing up for a half and full marathon this spring.
Sat: Urban vertical. 16k long run, up and down the steepest hill i could find.
Sun: 8k easy run.
During the winter months, I ride indoor regularly at a training facility that has CompuTrainer. Last weekend I rode 62km in one sitting. Oh boy, I was sore afterwards.
It was a hard working week. Weights training: chest, bíceps, tríceps and back. A total count of 165 burpees, and more than 50 long jumps. A session of deadlifs and two Pilates workouts. 1860 calories drained :-)
My training last weekend was a complete bust. I skipped both my bike and run workouts. But it was for a great reason: getting together with great friends for a wedding.
Swimming at Monday, Wednesday and Friday for 45 mins.
Sunday was our local Bramley 20/10. I opted for the 10mi, couldn’t quite stick with the PB pace I wanted but a decent morning’s run nonetheless.
I’m following Hal Higdon & had a 7 mile run.
2k swimming session and a 10k run through the forest.
6*5km relay race on Saturday with University team. (unfortunately didn’t win :( )
On Saturday I went up early and ran 10 km. On Sunday I ran 5 km with my son (he went cycling…uff) and in the evening I did some bodywheigt training (with runtastic result).
With record rainfall this winter, weights, treadmill and elliptical have been getting lots of love. Hoping to get back out again when the rain stops.
Taking advantge of the travel to support my football team, I did my first run in Valencia city…
Did 26K last Saturday, training for Montevideo (URU) Marathon in April.
Working on increasing my running distance – did a 6 mile run and followed with some weights.
Training to complete a half marathon in less than 90 minutes.
I did two hours of cross-country skiing – finally had smoe snow to do so :-)
On saturday I did a trainer session in the garage. Wanted to go out for a ride, but snowfall made that impossible. or more like useless training wise. Sunday was an unplanned rest day, don’t ask…
1 hour swimming on Saturday, and 30 minutes run and gym on Sunday
Spent this week slowly rebuilding my distance base. Have a relay in May and a half in June that I’d love to do so it was all about clocking those miles!
I hope to run at least 10 k on saturday and sunday run 20 k around Heredia City, here in Costa Rica!!
A short trail run to prepare for an upcoming race!
An hour of strength and flexibility training
Saturday 5 mile easy pace run and Sunday final 20 mile long run before the Little Rock Marathon on March 6th.
From a workout perspective I had two rest days; from another perspective I am recovering from a serious crash which resulted into a broken bike and a broken wrist…
Saturday 13km interval running. Sunday 25km long run. Training for the Rotterdam marathon!
Preparing BArcelona marathon, so 30Km test run “Maratest” this Sunday !
With a bad cold… so just a gentle walk instead of a proper training run
The usual Sunday run with my dad is going to be postponed because he will go to a race, so just some cheerleading on Saturday (if you do it seriously it is still some exercise)
I rode my bike 329 miles this week (47 miles a day on my Assault Air Bike), I walked 20 miles, I averaged about 13,000 steps a day and 2700 calories through workouts a day.
A short run on Saturday followed by hours of power-shopping with the kids. The second part for sure was the real weekend workout.
Outdoor ride / brick!
Some tough sweetspot intervals on Saturday, then a nice 3 hour ride on a balmy Sunday.
4x400m run intervals at z4 with 5 min rest in-between. Thanks for what you do!!!
Swim set Saturday morning, long run sunday morning, loving the mild weather
my weekend was a couple of relaxing rest days!
Sat double run, 30 min and 60 min
Sun 1h44 bike trainer interval and brick run 20 mins
Saturday involved a long run and some weight lifting. On Sunday I was told there will be no working out today.
Spent both days on the trainer and doing some yoga!
Nice slow steady run for 40 mins
10 miles lsd planned but a sick little guy led to zeros on the log.
Saturday a run in the morning for 30 minutes and a second run in the afternoon for 60 minutes out in the cold
Sunday 1:44 on the indoor trainer followed by a brick run for 20 minutes
Long run Sat, and long bike Sunday.
Did a nice 10km trail run on Saturday and a hills training on the MTB on Sunday!
18 mile mountain bike ride Saturday and 45 mile road ride Sunday
I did two cycling sessions for about 14km each, i’m just new to cycling :)
Thanks
Portsmouth Coastal half marathon for me. Run as a training race rather than for a time
short and fast Wed, slow Thurs, long Friday…not as many miles as i wanted, but good enough
Played squash on Saturday morning and a 30 minute pool swim on Sunday.
Much like your trip to Mallorca I spent the week on Tenerife with the family, but managed to sneak in 3 runs along the sea front. Pretty nice!
I had a long run (10+ miles) but bailed to do a shorter run on the treadmill due to sub zero temps here in the north east (US)
Ran for 60 min sat and rode 60 min Sunday
Trying to figure out how get started training again
18k run and 2 hour MTB
Power yoga Friday, 7 mile run Saturday, rest day sunday
Strength training at the gym on Saturday and a long turbo session on Sunday.
I squeezed a 15 km bike ride with hills at the start and the end in a 1 hour slot
Unfortunately it was -20F/-30C here in Boston last weekend, so the intended outdoor training became an hour of steady state on the indoor bicycle :(
Completed my first sweet base program on TrainerRoad. Should be a step in the right direction for preforming well next summer!
Intervals on the bike and a long recovery session on the bike.
20 miles on the trainer Friday, 42 miles outside in 28 deg, windy conditions on Saturday, then 24 miles back on the trainer again on Sunday.
I did running intervals 5x2k and 5×30′ step workout.
A 2 hour date with trainerroad and a 65 minute run with a headlamp on a cold February evening. Netflix and chill recovery.
I did 48 1 hour intervals fighting off man flu…
I did two spin classes and some weights.
Hmmm what was on the log or what I actually did… Log 5-10 km easy run and 2-3 hr easy ride, yoga and strength work… Actual 5km sprint in the pouring rain (had to stay warm) 1hr rollers and none of the good recovery stuff. It will be better this weekend!
i did 21k on friday and 10k on saturday.
Tempo run for 1/2 marathon training
2hr bike with a 30 min run with the great folks at the Ottawa Triathlon Club. Followed by a 45 min swim session.
Sat failed to get on the kickr, Sunday made up with a 13 mile run with the dog
Sat: 10km run and after that 30km ride on my trainer.
Sun: Upper body workout with dumbells.
Last weekend was Tempo intervals on Saturday and a nice long run on Sunday. The snow was beautiful and the roads were clear.
1hr ride Saturday and 2hr ride on the trainer on Sunday
10-mile trail run in the New England snow!