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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.
Light cross training with the wife. Otherwise just a nice family weekend.
Around 40km of hills tomorrow morning then some Memorial Day steaks.
No specific plans…just enjoying the holiday and keeping up with the kids.
Scheduled an easy weekend to hang with the family and enjoy some beers!!
Great website!
Just did the Alcatraz challenge – swim from Alcatraz then 7 miles over the Golden Gate Bridge and back. Tomorrow is a recovery day to prepare for a bit weekend of racing.
Ripping up carpet and moving the shed for our new house
Rehab from irritating knee injuries is the order of the weekend. Stretching and foam rollering… Joy :P
i wanted to do a 10k but i’ve run out of time…
Well its getting cooler in Sydney, but weather still clear. Planning (and now done) a ride through the gorges around Sydney.
The plan was to do a 2.5h bike and a 1h20min run over the weekend, but couldn’t do so cause I was overseas on holiday and didn’t have the time to train.
Just bought a new road bike so the plan is to get that ready to ride and put together some decent miles on it over the weekend and summer. Probably start with the hill sprints. Just cause.
Annual foolishness at the Cabot trail relay race
I did a strength training session then got some technique training for deadlifts and squats. Hopefully I’ll be able to implement the advice this week!
Nice and easy weekend. It’s all about the recovery after a 50km trail race 2 weeks ago.
My training plan consists of running up, then down, then a spa, then yoga, then beer
Long run this weekend is up to 18km followed by bbq
A short 5k run should do the trick
Plan on riding/climbing and BBQ-ing…cheers
5 mile race on Saturday, easy bike ride Sunday, Monday is up in the air.
I planned to do hill repeats until I achieved 1000 vertical metres and run 2km
Im probably going to do a short ride on monday morning and then reward myself with a beer
This weekend I did a short ride to mount Fuji in japan
A half marathon on Sunday!
65 mi bike, 13 mi run, and 1.5 hrs of Bocce ball
Trying to rid myself of this terrible cold so I can have the energy to ride again (soon). Winning this giveaway will make me feel much better.
16mi Sat, 4mi recovery sun, 10Mi Freedom Memorial run
I will be coaching 10-12 year old distance runners at a summer track meet. With extra practice on Monday!
First long ride in a long time.
Hit the treadmill and rower!
Protect the city of Houston from fire and ems emergencies Saturday, Sunday nice easy 5 mile run, Monday 1 hour steady row on Concept 2. Family, sun, fun and gratitude and thanks for our current and past soldiers.
Plans for the weekend: a saturday long ride (85km), sunday long run, and lots of leisurely city biking as temps should hit near-record highs over the next few days..
20 miles bike Sat; 5 mile run Sun; 3 mile run Mon before cooking out!
Moving from the US to Spain. Try to squeeze an hour run in on Monday
This weekend I will swim 1.2 miles , bike 72 and run 13.1
Taking the weekend off.
Trying to get some 50k training in for the June 11 Mutt run in Michigan!
10k run, river duck race with grandchild Morgan, 25 mile bike ride, and plenty of liquid refreshments. Honoring our veterans being foremost.
Taking care of my 18 months baby is enough training for the weekend. Actually even more than I can beare…
Weekend of doing nothing as I ran Sun Mountain 50mile last weekend.
Run! Swim! Run!
On duty in my Hospital ICU. Couldn’t say I’ll do much exercising really.
My plans have been moving a family member a couple hours which was not fun in 90 degree weather. Also to push mow my yard. It’s been a fun weekend and plan on enjoying the day tomorrow.
I did a group ride on Saturday, and went to Boca and rode A1A on Sunday. BBQ on Monday.
2x 12km speed training in the tropical heat to prepare for the Ultra Trail Yilan 50 next weekend :D
I had a cold unfortunately, but I did clean 4 bikes!
Bunch rides galore this week. Trying to see how I cope with solid line up of hills and flat rides with intensity by the end of the week.
BBQ and bike and BBQ and maaaybe a run
Need to fix a broken spoke and replace a rear tire on my MTB this weekend!
Runs on Saturday and Monday and a ride on Sunday.
100km on saturday, 40k easy on Sunday
Thanks!
Cycling then family fun
40 m bike and 4 m run
Mon: Spin, Tues: Run intervals, Wed: Bike intervals, Thurs: Threshold Run, Fri: Swim set, Sat: 2hr bike, Sun: 21km run.
Supposed to be a trail run in the dark in preparation for ultradistance events later in the year but with the rain that’s forecast may end up being an outdoor swim!
long run today, long bike tomorrow. BBQ tomorrow afternoon with friends.
Time track workouts!
I will be taking this weekend off and will start training propertly on monday
Rocking the Spring Lake 5
Swift and trail running each othe day :)
Hoping to get a ride in on Monday.
A cheeky 5km race then a bit of a relaxing weekend really
Planning on a short 5km run and 40km bike brick in the lovely winter weather in Melbourne, Aus.
My plan is to bike, run and swim on Sat, Sun and Mon respectively: 90mins, 60mins and 50mins to burn off all that barbecue goodness!
Running a 10k on Memorial Day, then off to the lake to soak up some sun.
It is Kaszebe Runda 125km bike race – the goal is to maintain 30 km/h avgspd
10k race on Monday followed by a nap
Light run on the Saturday as a pre-race final workout for a sprint triathlon on Sunday!
Went for a ride to the beach in very un-beach-like weather.
8 mile overnight backpacking trip and a medium length run to recover!
Running each morning with a 10 miler on Monday.
Went for a bike ride through the flooded plains, and will ride again tomorrow!
Going hiking in the mountains!!
Group ride, several group cookouts, running with the dog.
A couple short runsas a final prep for the San Diego rock & roll next weekend.
Interval training to improve half marathon speed.
It gonna be a Saturday lsd run and to “devote 200%” on the Wood wedding anniversary with my wife =)
Not sure there is much on the agenda for this weekend. I just completed the American Triple T in Ohio last weekend which consists of 4 triathlons in 3 days with over 140 miles of racing. A weekend with the family and maybe a short run sounds good.
Indoor trainer workout of intervals with a short ride to a cookout.
Planning to fit in two 50km ride and three 5 km run this week before a bike race this weekend bike race.
20 miles Friday. Sat off. 26 Sunday. Club ride Monday night.
Sprint triathlon with my 11yr old and a long run
10 mile run before the 1/2 marathon next weekend.
at least 2x 25miles biking plus a hike
Visiting family in North and South Carolina. Going running at the beach.
10 mile hike on Saturday, 12 mile LSD run on Sunday, taper weekday and half marathon race next Saturday.
I plan to do hill climb repeats. It’s on a short 1.4km hill with an average grade of 10%. I plan to do 5 reps
Saturday – bike 20 miles run 5 miles then attend swim clinic. Sunday rest and recover. Monday bike ride with husband.
Healing up from CTS surgery. Back on the bike in 6 weeks I hope. Recumbent training till then!
Tempo run on Saturday and an easy ride on the hotel spin bike Sunday to set up taper week next week for the first Olympic Tri of the season.
All I got this weekend was some hockey and packing up about 100 boxes of stuff. #moving.
This is mostly a taper weekend preparing for a long journey next Saturday. Short runs and walking the dogs on a gorgeous Alaska day are in the works.
Some hiking, volunteering for a race, and running the BolderBOULDER tomorrow, or course!
A bit of cycling, dog walking and spectating a golf tournament!!
Easy recovery 7k run after a long week
A short run on Saturday, followed by eating dessert as many times as possible over next 36 hours.
Long run on Sunday
30 km bike and after 9 kms running
On Saturday, we will have a gym workout reunion with old friends and coach, and on Sunday morning a cycling ride, about 200km to protaras sea-side and back :)
Trainer workout yesterday. Run Monday followed by more running while spectating CapTex Tri in Austin.
Thanks for offering an awesome giveaway.
I’m planning on doing a nice, long slow run to get the miles up. Thanks!