The Love You Wanted: $600 Gadget Giveaway

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What’s that?  Your Valentine’s Day was a bust?  No worries, I’m here to try and cheer ya up.  It’s your opportunity to win something you’ll really love (which, may be in addition to someone else you love).

The winner will get a $600 credit to CleverTraining.com, my most excellent partner in this giveaway crime.  By supporting the site through Clever Training you also can save 10% on basically anything they sell.  If you win, you can use that credit for anything from the new Garmin Fenix3 HR to a GoPro Hero4 Black to a water bottle to the PowerTap G3 Hub Power Meter (all of which are under $600!), or heck, even towards a new trainer.  Whatever warms your heart.

How to enter:

Simply let me know what was on your training log for last weekend from a workout perspective.  Quick and easy!

Try to make it more than a few words (i.e. not just ‘10K’), so you’ll avoid the SPAM holding tank (I manually clear it out). And nobody wants to be sandwiched between two pieces of old SPAM.  Got all that?

Good luck!

The giveaway entry period will run through Saturday, February 20th, 2016 until 11:59PM US Eastern Time.  Winner will be selected randomly.  One entry per person.  The selected product/products will then be ordered immediately and shipped immediately, assuming they’re in stock.

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5,803 Comments

  1. Nina Dale

    I did an hour swim on Saturday and a 7 mile run on Sunday.

  2. Sylvester Jakubowski

    Trainer road sweet spot base plan reboot.

  3. Todd

    3 swim sessions and some fatbiking.

  4. Jason

    TrainerRoad: Matanuska & White.

  5. Joe Price

    Crossfit Saturday and ‘practiced Valentine’s Day’ all day Sunday!

  6. Felix Köster

    First outdoor road bike ride in very nice sunshine!

    Mtb and tacx vortex training in the winter paid off :)

  7. J.D.

    2hrs of running, 1 hr of cycling

  8. KRis

    Working through a couple workouts from the zwift 6 week FTP builder.

  9. MaartenVD

    I went for my second bike ride in almost four months after injury trouble. Cold and rainy, but I enjoyed it a lot, it feels good to be back on two wheels!

  10. Jean

    Coming back from my in-laws (bad for training and weight!), I did a one-hour session on TR on the Neo.

  11. I was sick last weekend and I´m just feeling better today.

  12. Taylor Weiss

    Treadmill all weekend!

  13. Oscar

    5kms running after 1 year with leg problem. 7km/min. Slowwwwwwly.

  14. Brian

    20 miles easy on Saturday and a stability work-out on Sunday (Australian chin-ups, single leg squats and dead lifts, pike and twisted push-ups, hanging flutter kicks).

  15. Simon

    Only a long run on Sunday (22km @ 4:32min/km average)

  16. Hilbert S.

    On my training log was 1.5 hours of cycling and 6km of running. It was cold!

  17. Henrik

    An hour of brutal spinning, with boatloads of sweat and a few curses to make it interesting :)

  18. Dr. Matt

    Beautiful weather down here in texas–I ran 8.2mi on Saturday and biked for 17mi on Sunday. Monday was a holiday so I had a nice outdoor run (4miles tempo surrounded by a mile warm up/cool down)

  19. Pete

    A cruisy 25 mile loop around inner Houston. Running has been on hold since running the Houston Marathon a few weeks ago and sustaining a knee injury.

  20. Dan

    I attacked some hills from my bedroom in Chicago while watching a Netflix documentary on Star Wars toys as I watched cross country skiers ski down my street. Amazing, right? Now feel bad for me and gimme that fenix hr!

  21. Thom

    40 minute leg / glutes workout followed by a 30 minute pool swim.

  22. Miguel

    A few hours on the trainer and a few sessions in the pool – getting ready for my first triathlon.

  23. Artem P.

    Swimming in a local 50-m swimming pool: 2k+ enourmous amount of backstroke drills.
    Running outdoor: 4K, it’s too cold and slippery for running more here where I am.
    Cardio Boxing with MOOV wearable couching: it’s so funny, I reaaly love this type of small 10 min cardio sessions at home at the end of the day.

  24. luis p

    intervals and then another interval and to finish another interval.

  25. Brooks

    My workouts consisted of shoveling several tons of dirt over the weekend (building a new house and the tractor’s clutch is gone) and playing basketball M – F during the week.

  26. Adam

    on saturday getting back from the ski, on sunday long run 20km and 2 hours bike

  27. Holly Keckler

    Training for a couple of halves this spring, so I did a long run on Sunday and starting to get some hill workouts in during the week. Thanks!

  28. Eli

    Training? It was the stop swap and save bike swap

  29. L

    It was SUPPOSED to be a 10-mile race… but I had to DNS because my body is hateful :(

  30. Blake Sills

    Was supposed to do a 12 mile run Saturday and 5 miles Sunday, but unfortunately was sick for all weekend.

  31. John B

    My first outdoor ride of 17 miles on the roads of southern Alberta. Lots of gravel but neither snow nor ice.

  32. Nicolas Côté-Nolin

    I’ve had a hard time keeping to my usual routine since my baby girl was born so last week I subscribed to a gym near work to go training during lunch hour. Working well so far. So one spinning class and 2 treadmill run for me ;-)

  33. MR

    Did an easy 5k jog and a kettlebell swing program

  34. Brad Craig

    Nothing. Nothing at all.

  35. BMartBuys

    Two trainer bike rides and an indoor treadmill run. It was cold out!

  36. Paul

    Visiting Galveston last weekend, but did manage to ride a couple hours sat and sun.

  37. AM

    TrainerRoad ride and a short cyclocross ride.

  38. Alan katz

    Snow and freezing rain cut off my training plans. Tried to bike. Turned back home after about 50 yards!

  39. Tom V.

    Nice 2 1/2 hr walk in finally warmer weather on Saturday and weight training with my girlfriend on Sunday before eating too much ice cream.

  40. Greg S

    Trying to train properly using my Moto 360 sport for indoor and outdoor workouts.

  41. Rafal

    Monday to Friday: gym, Saturday: an hour on stationary bike, Sunday: ~9km walk.

  42. Frank Di Cosmo

    I did a 7 km beach run on Saturday and had a rest on Sunday.

  43. Chris

    Saturday was 90 minutes on TrainerRoad (Phoenix) followed by a brisk 5K brick run. Sunday and Monday were both fun sledding in the snow with the kiddos!

  44. Andrew Stone

    I ran 8 miles on Saturday with the wind chill in the single digits (Fahrenheit) and 8 miles on Sunday with the wind chill in the negative teens. Thankfully it’s warmed up since then.

  45. Dave Smith

    The Saltburn Hardmoors half marathon with my wife. Who said romance is dead?

  46. Henrik Teinvall

    Saturday before lunch: Run 80 minutes @ 4:40 min/km + 20 minutes @ 4.15 min/km (22km in total)
    Saturday evening: Treadmill @ 13.5 km/h 5 minutes at each incline 0-1-2-3-4-5% (30 minutes in total)
    Sunday before valentines day brunch: 10×8 minutes 225-230W with 2 minutes roll, rest easy up to 2.5 hours

  47. Keller

    Last week was the last of base 2, so only 3 workout, all slowly for rest purpose (swim bike run)

  48. Ben Ooi

    Well, a lack of Valentine Day plans means more time on the bike! Did the extended route around my town/country— the little red dot that is Singapore!

  49. Bob K.

    4-mile tempo on Saturday and 9-mile LSD on Sunday.

  50. How about replastering the basement walls for a log entry? Not sure what the metrics would be, though. Not your average ride in the park, I can tell you :-).

  51. Jeff Kohn

    I’m following the Base Sweet Spot plan on Trainer road for now. 1.5 hours this past weekend on my newish Bushido. I’m really enjoying the upgrade to the smart trainer.

  52. Josh Arkins

    8k on Saturday (PR’d!) and 10 miler on Sunday

  53. Nemo B

    An FTP Bike/run set on Saturday and a fun V-Day dirt trail ride with the hubby on Sunday.

  54. Petr

    I did one 6 mile run previous Sunday, slipped on ice, busted my knee and sit through the rest of the week. This weekend was -20C, so just stayed warm inside.

  55. Monday – 20 min run through Fraenschoek vineyards
    Tuesday – 30 min run through Cape Town
    Thursday – Hike up Table Mountain
    Friday – 10k run to Signal Hill

  56. Dolan Halbrook

    I spent this weekend recovering from overtraining last week… but I did a nice 6 mile trail run yesterday :)

  57. Calle

    The flu :(

  58. ScottyCycles

    20 minutes above LT and long endurance riding preparing for a 40Ktt later this Spring.

  59. ALAN

    Intervals and long slow ride

  60. Andrew

    Saturday = light run + strength training, Sunday = long run in preparation for my next HM.

    Thanks for hosting the giveaway!

  61. Last weeks log was 67.7 miles easy spinning as I’ve just gone through another surgery and will unfortunately be off the bike for at least 2 weeks.

  62. Pavel

    Martial arts training, then another martial arts training and then another martial arts training. And some two days of alpine skiing, which has almost killed my knees.

  63. Jake

    I got a nice, long training run in for the NYC Half and a pool workout as well.

  64. Maarten

    I’ve picked up the running again, after my 200km Ice Skating adventure end of January. Saturday was a 12km run and Sunday I did an “early” 16km to get back into it. Still thinking about a nice goal for this spring – pretty sure it will be a running goal though!

  65. Jorge D.

    8 miles slow run where 2 of my running partners got engaged

  66. Tabata bike intervals followed by a short run off the bike and then a long run with a few tempo intervals.

  67. Andrew Orton

    hill sprints; blessed hill sprints

  68. Tim

    HIIT on my indoor bike, and starting up the lunchtime walks. Thanks for doing this!

  69. Thierry Jet

    Had planned to run but finally go to ski with friends which came to visit us. We got rain, snow, wind and then sun !

  70. Kyle Mardeuse

    What’s happening!? As I begin my 2nd training regimen for Ironman things are picking up, but a long road ahead! At least this time I know exactly what to expect. I was at IM Lake Tahoe in 2014 for the Cancellation and IMFL in Panama City when they cancelled the Swim leg the same year. Not good. Looking to turn things around this year. 2016 IMLP here we come!

    Saturday 2/13: Trainer ride w/buddy at his gym then Strength training
    Sunday 2/14: 90 Minute Run at the reservoir near my home.

  71. Alex

    downhill skiing and 5k recovery

  72. Steve

    I did alpine skiing on Saturday, spin class and circuit training Sunday, and circuit training with weights on Sunday.

  73. Ben Lawson

    Rode 77K on the trainer Saturday morning , long run on Sunday afternoon was just 7K as I discovered that my broken toe is still broken…

  74. Erik S

    I took my GF out on a 15k run, that’s pure love :)

  75. HansH

    MTB – 3 hours

  76. Brian

    A 12K Trail race that was actually 14K on Saturday, and then on Sunday I did a preview run/ride of the course of an offroad Duathlon I’m doing this coming weekend.

    Thanks for the giveaway Ray!

  77. Riding my bike everyday to support the DougReport. Rode down to San Clemente yesterday to help build up the base. Today, a little further in the plan.

  78. Andrew M

    Saturday 17k run, Sunday Zwift – a random island potter inconveniently interrupted by a shocking internet outage

  79. Swan

    Swimming, lots of swimming!

  80. Jon Heard

    Ran, ran, and ran some more. Also did some strength training.

  81. This weekend had very little workout sessions since I was traveling to visit family. However, you can count climbing over wrecked cars and providing medical assistance in a 60 car pile up I was involved in.

  82. John Wendel

    Saturday was a little 2 mile warm up run and then Sunday I ran the L.A. Marathon for a PR.

  83. Jeremy

    TrainerRoad’s Mary Austin(3 sets of 2×10 min consisting of 2-min steps up from 95% to 100% to 105% FTP and then back down again) workout on Saturday and Lyell(3.5 hours at 60-75% FTP) on Sunday

  84. Justin G.

    Weight training and 10km run :)

  85. Gerard

    I ran an 11 miler on Saturday, followed by a slow 5k around my neighborhood on Sunday.

  86. Juan

    Indooor trainer time for me,. Sat and Sun, one hour each. movie watching while on the trainer. Cheers!

  87. Scott C

    Last weekend was the end of the first week of training for my first marathon. It was a short, ‘long run’.

  88. David Mangold

    Swimming Fri/Sat, long brick on Sunday…

  89. Jacob Coblentz

    Elliptical….back spasms are a pain in the butt (or back, as it is)

  90. Michael Newstead

    Long run and then a rest day.

  91. Snodgrass

    Due to the weather, it was all about indoor training over the weekend. Put in 2hrs on the trainer, watching the Olympic MT on Saturday. Then went to the local Y on Sunday to get in 5mi on the treadmill.

  92. Daniel

    Last weekend I did a 7.5K run in preparation for an upcoming half marathon race.

  93. Todd

    60 minute TrainerRoad workouts each day. (Table Rock & Split Mountain)

  94. Marcos Jose Buosi

    Rode the bike for 215 Km, with 1 long training of 101K and 1,5 km print runs

  95. Paul Thomas

    Slow and easy winter ride from Belfast to Whiterock on the beautiful Strangford Loch. Cold temps and biting wind but quiet roads.

  96. Sandeep Krishna

    Ran the beautiful Auroville Half Marathon in some scenic trails on Sunday at Pondicherry, India.
    Thanks for your amazing site, Ray!

  97. Kyle Fredrickson

    I’m really trying to work on my cycling this off season so I used my new Wahoo Kicker this weekend with TrainerRoad and did the Tenaya 3.25 hour ride.

  98. Mike

    Last weekend was FTP testing on trainerroad. And I got to do it twice due to a major mechanical malfunction during the first attempt, ugh.

  99. Greg K

    Nice and easy 3 mile run.

  100. Kgreene

    On the bike, 8×2 z5 intervals on Sat and 4 hours including 2.5 hours at z3 on Sun.