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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.
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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.
Lots of biking – 10k of climbing tomorrow hopefully.
Resting up after overdoing it in the heat a bit this week and chasing a toddler through my mom’s non-childproof house.
Going to run half a marathon this Sunday
Pacing the living room with w newborn.. Walking up and down the stairs every time he needs a new diaper (which is surprisingly often).
It’s mostly about the miles this weekend. I’m trying to hit 3000 for the year and want to get some in the bank while the sun shines…
…that said, it’s currently raining!!!
Currently suffering from a trapped nerve in my back, so just turning the legs over on the trainer.
I plan to run a 16k on Saturday in Bend Or. Then on Sunday I am swimming 1000m.
2×50 km montain bike rides as last as training for our yearly mountain bike trip to Harzen Germany.
18km long run on saturday, Swim drills on sunday
Run, bike, and get in a couple swims … panic training before 70.3
race on sunday and brick on saturday ?. let summer session begin
Ride today in Lake Tahoe, long 8 hr drive back to southern California with a run somewhere along the way to ward off the DVTs!
I am no longer injured so I hope to get out on the trails for some easy miles.
Sunday 4 hour bike and run at competition pace
Saturday will be 2 hour endurance ride. Saturday rest day and Monday will be A long epic-ish ride.
Hope to get in at least one run
Saturday waterfall ride and then something long on sunday!
BBQ.
50 mi ride
Beer.
Repeat x2.
Hiking in California’s Sequoia National Park.
Parkrun Saturday morning, bike run brick saturday arvo then long ride sunday. WOOHOO
Sat – 50 miles tempo, Sun – Rest Day, Mon- 2 crits
Easy biking on the trail with friends, then BBQ!
Some time on the new smart trainer and a proper ride outside on the dirt.
Just finished building up a new road bike. Plan for the long weekend will be a bunch of shakeout rides to see what I did wrong (and hopefully not kill myself).
Plan to open-water swim on Saturday and maybe bike on Sunday
Morning single short run, afternoon quite long bike ride with friends, evening romantic walk with gf that’s my plan for Saturday, Sunday I have to choose only one from above workouts and it’ll be the evening walk :) Get ready!
Few simple 5/7 km runs throw the fields that resting hoping my cervical does not hurt that much. Sunday here are expected few storms during the day so I will catch that as a good excuse to rest a bit :)
The training is quite specific: digging in the garden in order to setup irrigation system ;-)
Then on Sunday I will have a 10k race.
I plan to run with my 7-year old on his bike for about 4 miles.
I have a test 5K tomorrow, before the final month towards the actual race at the end of June. Trying to get under 24 minutes, with a previous PR of just over 25 minutes. :)
Long bike ride followed by some pool time.
Gonna play aan Soccer tournament in alle real stadium!
10k run with my dog…maybe 12k
Got to work the weekend but back on it Monday…
Hopefully get a run on Sunday and an easy ride today ?
Saturday 70 min MTB, Sunday 10k trail at a small local event.
I’ll go to gym this morning. And in the afternoon starts the training camp of my son’s hockey team.
Saturday: 1hour bike, poker in the PM
Sunday: 2hour swim, BBQ in the PM.
1 fun weekend!
Getting some inspiration from a Cat 2 junior friend of mine at Snake Alley in Iowa. Then maybe a long zone 2 Sunday ride. And some beer.
Family’s in town, so probably limited to one swim (1500-2000m) and an easy bike, <60 minutes.
Heading out in the sun for some interval training… got my trusted FR230 with me. Might also takethe the first swim of the year afterwards to cool down.. if I´m lucky it will be at least 15C in the water by now. :)
Ttaining for this week-end: some wine tasting in Saturday and a long bike ride on Sunday.
Probably just a short run. Family in town, and knee is popping again after surgery a year ago.
Start open water swimming, then road biking and rowing…
if I can overcome ma weaker self…
Swim from a boat, Sail to an island Walk round a historic town. Fly home!
4×4 interval on our rowing machine.
On saturday : a 10 km running workout
On sunday : a 16 km running workout
Weight training and hiking on Saturday. Long ride on Sunday.
This weekend à 15 km run as à last preparation for the landhouses marathon in Deventer.
Saturday: lower body plyometrics, deadlifts ab roller, CG Lat pulldown hip ups, seated row with forced negatives leg raise with Russian twists, external rotation bicep curls
Saturday evening: hill repeats on road bike minute long with 5 min active recovery for 5 rounds after 20 min warm up 10 min cool down
Sunday: db press Roman chair, bb chain pyramid scissors, push ups of death side ball tosses
Monday: mtn bike 12 miles for speed
Arm workout and several laps around the block on my knee scooter. 1 week after foot reconstruction surgery, so options are limited.
Find time between our 6 month old twins’ social calendar to do a couple of hill climbs and a three hour coffee ride.
workout at the gym and pool!
Doing a night trail run on Saturday with my wife!
Couple of bunch rides with 1000m of climbing in each
Steak and beer!
40 mile group ride in two hours, mow the lawn, plaster the wall and fire up the BBQ for my sons birthday party.
Plan to get off the bed for a long run after a couple of weeks filled with hard days at work.
Got stuck on a trip and couldn’t go home, so I’ll have to improvise. At least I have a minimal running kit with me.
Saturday : Swim / BBQ/ Bike
Sunday: Bike/Run/ BBQ
Memorial day : BBQ/nap/BBQ(leftovers)
I will include some vegetables. I promise .
This weekend I’m gonna do some double poling om rollerskis, and run an uphill race
Saturday – 30km trail run with beautiful scenery, then bbq and for Sunday let’s see …
At June Lake so a weekend of standup paddling, skiing (closing weekend at Mammoth), biking and rock climbing
Saturday: 5k Parkrun
Sunday: Cycle outside London
Monday: Interval Running.
Exploring some new roads
Run with the dog and then long bike ride
Riding the W&OD trail..
Today an 100k easy ride with the club after that some friends are visiting and BBQ time ofcourse -) ,and sunday going to the gym to strenghten the core. This to mentally and physical get stronger for the radiationthreatments
Nothing special, a small survival course today i hope.
10km walk active rest
Short regeneration run today, long slow distance run on sunday.
Recovery ride around lake Zurich
Hills ride with the local shop boys today, then VO2 max intervals tomorrow!
Regeneration ans watching the giro.
Sat: Group club studio photo
Sun: cyclo race 150 km.
75K of mountain biking is behind me.
Going for a 10K run tomorrow.
I am planning a 10 mile run as part of my training plan towards running a half marathon.
2016.05.28 – W12D6-Fartlek:
• Run 45 minutes. Vary intensity throughout the workout. • Cool down, 5 to 10 minutes. • Stretch.
2016.05.29 – W12D7-Long Run
• Run in Z2, easy, conversational pace, 60 minutes. • Cool down, 5 to 10 minutes. • Stretch.
complete the strava giro climbing challenge, just!
5km park run and walking the dog
First trail run of a Winter series here in NZ, haven’t prepared enough so the first race is part of the training for those following!
Hill training on a bike
I’m running 5 miles Saturday, taking Sunday off, and m doing another 5 on Monday. Been doing these runs in the morning before work and slowly getting used to it!
Sat: 5 miles EZ
Sun: 12 miles Moderate
Mon: Barbecuing and coding (Running free day)
134 Days until the Chicago Marathon!
6+ mile trail run today with 1k feet of elevation gain. Push-up and pull-up exercise tomorrow, with a run up Camelback Mountain on Sunday!
Three times hill run up at Mount Dandenong. Bang!
A 10k and some serious miles on Zwift.
Sunday is a Sprint Tri!
Hopefuly I can get back on the bike again after a week full of feeling sick.
Sat: 6 miles run with a mate
Sun: short run to sweat out the inevitable hangover
Greetings Ray. Since I am in Israel, the weekend has already started on my side of the world. And this weekend includes a 2200m swim and a 10km run. Short and sweet. All the best with the pending delivery!
Mountain biking
Recovering from business trip jetlag :P
And trying to fit a short run and/or ride…
This week-end is mountain Bike between storms !
Just a 5k run to test my strained perineus brevis
Still recovering from Copenhagen Marathon last weekend, so it will be a short easy run and some cross training. Swimming I think
Sat 2k swim, 30k bike
Sunday 2k swim 10k run
Monday 40k bike 5k run
Due to an injury my trainingplan for the weekend looks very simple. Recover, recover, recover;-) Hpefully next weekend is a bit more varied.
This weekend I’ll run a 10-15 km trail run, mostly single tracks which I ride with my mountainbike as well!
No plans other than to swim with the kids on Saturday, BBQ on Sunday and maybe a ride Sunday or Monday morning.
My training plan for the weekend is a double session on saturday, a bit of strengh/core on the morning and then some time on the bike. Then on Sunday time for the long run, probably sharing it with the girlfriend!