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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 2024 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.
Carpathian Peak on Trainer Road Saturday morning, long slow base run Sunday morning, 2,000 yd swim Sunday afternoon, rest day Monday morning. Tri season starts in one week, can’t wait.
Plan on getting a couple long rides in and a long run in during the extended weekend.
I’m hoping for 10 miles on Saturday and another 10 miles on Sunday with my new Garmin Forerunner 235 from Clever Training. I’m sure I could find something else to buy with $600 from them.
Beginning my mid-season by switching all rides/runs to VDOT pacing.
A weekend of beer and food, not much training but it is a bank holiday.
Training for dbfg.pl 65K mountain ultra. So far i have 4 weeks off proper training due to sick chirdlen and own injur. I borrowed road bike and try to substitute some of my runs with it and its fun :) Afther that ultra i will cycle more :) maybe some 120km route :)
1. 12x500m saturday
2. recovery (belgian beer)
3. 2:15 long run sunday
4. recovery (belgian beer)
Run Saturday, Bike Sunday. Golf Monday
Looking forward to a week long trip to Peru and Machu Picchu! So, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday will be long swim, long run, and long bike days, respectively. Getting my base training in for the Miami Man half tri!
The Grindstone Time Trial Saturday, then trainer Sunday, Monday due to the rain.
8 mile run on Satruday, some kind of bike ride Sunday or Monday and of course watching Game of Thrones Sunday evening…
Rest on saturday after 4 good days of training. Then a ‘long’ run of 6 miles on sunday!
Super excited for this upcoming weekend: 6 mi Sat / 18 mi Sun / 6 mi Monday. Getting ready for my Boston qualifying attempt in August!
5k race and then more swim/bike/run!!!
We are going to a friends cookout at a local military base. It is on the riverfront so we always get a nice walk in. Not enough to counteract all the great cookout and potluck dishes but at least something!!!
A run with the kids in the running buggy hopefully
I plan to get my workout in two ways-my usual morning kettlebells routine, and then a ton of landscaping and gardening!
Plus we’re going strawberry picking, because strawberries are amazing.
A Saturday morning Parkrun session here in the UK, followed by a Champions League drinking session as I cheer on Atleti! With a hill rep session on Sunday to punish myself for Saturday night….
Going to finally start running and jump on the bike after a soccer injury last month.
Visiting family in Florida means a lot of sweating (even if being lazy) and trying not to ruin all the hard work I’ve put in recently. So basically long, slow runs.
Saturday-80 mile bike ride
Sunday-50 mile bike ride
Monday-rest
Looking to go for a long ride…ooh the excitement!
Saturday will be a chilled couple of hours with the girlfriend before racing the Shrewsbury Grand Prix crit in the UK on Sunday. Monday is TBC and depends greatly on the British weather!
10K Sub Threshold Run – Sunday
BBQ and running are most definitely on the agenda. Probably more BBQ than running, but who knows? Maybe I’ll surprise myself.
Rest after a busy week on the bike
My weekend plans are to conduct meetings about a road race that I’m organizing on July 3, 2016 in Chandler, Quebec. I’ll also be in charge of a registration booth at the local shopping mall. And for FUN, I plan to continue building my mileage base by running 30 km on Saturday and Sunday.
Long brick followed by moving. My coach reminded me to lift with my back, not with my legs. Gotta save them!
Long run on Saturday, a hike with the family on Sunday, and (if the weather cooperates) an open water swim on Monday.
Mine is gonna be some early long-run trough the mountain on saturday, and recuperation swimming on the yet cold atlantic cold waters on sunday ;D
170km on the bike on Sunday.
The summer has finally arrived in Norway!
11 mile run and grilled chicken
Nice little parkrun on Saturday then garden work for the remainder (holiday in UK too).
An easy 2-3 miles sat, a half marathon race on Sunday, and an easy 4 mile race on Monday.
50mile MTB endurance ride Sat. 10mile recovery Sunday. 20mile climbing intervals then Huge BBQ cookout Monday!
zwift ride due to weather
yardwork if the weather breaks
long ride once the weather clears
If the weather warms up I’ll be taking the kids for a ride around the lake on Saturday. Unfortunately the wife has plans for me to paint the ceiling on Sunday :(
I’ll be enjoying a new grill and building a water table for our little dude. Maybe a hike. That’s training, right?
Saturday will be a 100ish KM ride from Vancouver, BC Canada to Britannia Beach and beach and back. Sunday is a 10ish KM run at race pace. followed by an easy recovery ride with my wife while towing my 10 month old Daughter in a trailor.
I’m driving down today to Winston-Salem with my wife so we can watch the US National Road Championships tomorrow! Then back home to NJ for the night, club ride Sunday morning before heading up to NY for mom’s birthday, and then back home and then an all-clubs Memorial Day ride on Monday!
Beer mile recovery!
3 hour long ride on Saturday
Long run Sunday then a long bbq feast!
Long trail runs at whatever pace I feel like. Also gin & tonics.
My first 10k at Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England
Depends on the weather, but planning to get a 40 mile ride with a 5 mile run in either sat or Sunday!
So this weekend I am pretty active, however starting with a rest day Saturday, 2hr mountain bike rider Sunday then a 2hr run on Monday. Also a bank holiday in the UK.
Any spare time will be spent stripping the back end of my motorbike as I need it back on the road. Cycling in London is too much hassle.
Have a good weekend.
Long ride in mountains
I will be walking around Copenhagen like a tourist. It is the offseason for me!
Going camping for the weekend, so I’ll be substituting a few hikes for a run and maybe getting a swim in when the outdoor pool opens. (And of course BBQ’ing over a campfire)
Weather forecast is for rain so I will be inside on the trainer. :(
No training this week-end
Just racing my mtb!
Weekend training plans include a LSD (Long Slow distance, though my kids think it’s a funny reference to how nuts I am to do them) run as part of marathon training, along with at least one interval run or a moderate-distance bike ride. Not much of a Memorial Weekend, but it’s gonna be a rainy one here in Montana, anyway :/ …
Ride of the 7 Hills of Kirkland followed by a long drive home to Boulder, CO.
3000 mt open water swim tomorrow and brick bike-run on sunday!
Rest! It’s been a tough couple weeks and now I’m going to take it easy for a couple days.
No long weekend for us Canucks, that was last weekend. So probably a longish ride and a run will suffice.
Sat: Long ride
Sun: Short run
Mon: VO2 max intervals (bike) and family party!
Saturday Swim 3000m followed by 18k easy run
Sunday is bike ride with intervals.
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I’ll be running the 10k during the Ottawa Marathon weekend. The weather’s gonna be crazy hot!!
Running, golfing, yoga, biking with my coach…a perfect Colorado weekend on tap!
Bike and BBQ
A seven mile run plus a lot of food cooked outdoors.
Hill repeats this weekend. Hopefully can HTFU enough otherwise its time to change to a 11-32.
Daylong MTB ride around lake.
Saturday-race prep, swim bike and run
Sunday- shawnigan lake olympic triathlon!
I plan on riding in the Tour de Meers in SW Oklahoma in preparation for racing next week!
Intervals on saturday and cross-country on sunday:)
Saturday- bike 56 miles
Sunday – 8-10 mile run
Monday – R&R
I plan on starting the weekend with some single track recon for an upcoming race!
Plant a few hundred flags at the Veterans’ Cemetery, hike the Santa Monica Mountains, bicycle into the mountains from Ventura…
I am heading to NM to get a ton of mountain biking in. Mainly endurance/climbing work.
Ride saturday and sunday. Training My first triatlon race in june :)
Long run upto Snowbird and then altitude training on my Snowboard!
Hot and Sticky here so a 3 mile run Saturday Morning and a 7 mile run EARLY Sunday morning (Beat the sun!) Monday 5 miles memorial service then Lake day plenty of swimming/Skiing.
Group ride tomorrow if the kids allow it!
Planning on doing a lot of curls this weekend.
Movies with the kids. A ride Saturday and a long run sometime before Monday comes
3x 56 mile training rides, two runs, and maybe an ows.
Camping they weekend along the NCal coast. Plan to get a 3mi run in one day and also spend a lot of time on the beach with the family!
I will do 20-25 k , split over 2 days, combined with studying ( exam fysiopathology and sport medecine)
I am going to get up early next two days, and cycle in neighbor mountains! Ad least 2000m. vertical each day.
My training this weekend is going to be little as we’re driving for vacation. After the rasdak Bike tour marathon training begins.
I am in Canada so only 2 days but I also have a Friday eve run.
Friday after work: run 3km for 900m elevation gain
Saturday: run speed workout, pyramid style, 30s, 60s, 90s, 120s,90s, 60s,30s time 3
Sunday: race orientation run and long run, 23km with 2300m of elevation gain
That’s the plan for the week end !
Just doing a 60 mile training ride tomorrow, then resting up and enjoying the Memorial Day weekend!
Long run Saturday with a long bike Sunday followed with a new house warming pool party!
The 8 Immortals, meaning running in 8 local forrest summing up some 75k :-)
Long run and long bike… 10h of training incoming!
Just slowly ramping up on the long, easy miles in preparation for the start of marathon training in two weeks!
3 hour ride Saturday, 8-10 mile run on Sunday then some pool/beer action!
I plan to get in two long runs Saturday and Sunday and something fast and different on Monday! Should be a lot of miles!!
This weekend is a slow and easy 20k run with a hilly segments, and then a workout in my local gym.
Friday, 30 min open water swim (In the North Sea, so kinda cold :-) )
Saturday, quick spin on the bike, or quick run, to loosen the legs
Sunday, Edinburgh 1/2 marathon
Planning on 30min run, 45 min bike 20 min run Brick for sat and then an easy ride on sunday
Friday- 5 mile run
Saturday- hour tempo run and hour swim
Sunday- hour TrainerRoad workout
Monday- 60 mile ride
I’ll be spending the weekend on the trails. When I’m not BBQing, that is!
A run in the morning and a trip to visit the zoo on Saturday (with the 7 year old animal lover). Sunday I am considering a yoga class, and Monday will be another run (one where I don’t have to wake up at 4:45 like I do on a work day). And, I am sure there will be some bike riding taking place during the weekend.
Just moved to a new city. Looking for a new gym with decent rowing machines, plan to visit two or three different places and then start a new training plan.
Watching my son race the Killington Stage Race by riding the courses in reverse!
Active spectating at it’s finest!
Hitting Trainer Road on Friday and Sat, and then club rides Sun and Mon.
yassos and a sunday Brick