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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.
A 20min shakeup up run on Sat before Christchurch Marathon on Sun.
Free stuff is needed
Training plans are/were to take a quick blast down the hill to the office and maximum effort back up.
long run on saturday and stretching the rest of the weekend with bbq thrown in there
A few runs with my son in the stroller.
Stand up paddle board, bike and run this weekend.
My girlfriend’s sister got married. Not much time for training!
6 mile run on Saturday and a 25 mile bike on Sunday.
Plan on riding 50 miles with friends.
Planned a short 42.2km “training” run at the Edinburgh marathon and nailed it!
4 mile run, ribs and whiskey.
Will be working, being on call. Hopefully time for a longish bike ride and a short run
Planned on biking around Lake Washington but my rear derailleur still hasn’t arrived :(
5.5 mile half marathon training run on Monday.
Beer & bbq. Couple of short runs to work off the beer.
Sorry if this is a duplicate
I’m planning a 3 day solo tour, camping along the way :-)
Just an easy weekend after completing previous one my first triathlon of the season.
A short run on Saturday and some 40-50k on bike on Sunday
Racing the Outlaw Half. And recovering. BBQ may be involved in the second!
Long run on Sat, recovery run on Sun., walk in the park on Mon.
Planned for the weekend was:
1.) ~60km ride to my parents and back (check)
2.) a ~20km run (got pushed to tomorrow because I unexpectedly had to work yesterday :/)
Saturday: Easy 11K
Sunday: Long Run (16K)
Monday: Barbecue Day!
3 trainer road rides on the kickr
Wow nice!
a short 5 mile run in Saturday, BBQ with family and friends on Sunday, on the bike on Monday
Sturday – organising a trail running competition with my sport club
Sunday running in off trail/orienteering 90 minutes
Monday – watt based intervals in Zwift
Beers at the pool. Back at it on Tues
Planning for a TR workout, an outdoor ride and a short run.
I’ll be putting in a long ride on my bike this weekend. Hopefully the weather cooperates.
Swiming in the sea for the first time this year.
Greetings from Sweden
Open water swimming in the gulf and beach runs!
10mi run + hot power yoga
I rode Bike The Drive in Chicago, ran 9 miles on Sat morning and rode 27 miles on my bike this morning.
Ditto what someone else said… Looked for a good marathon at the Bayshore Marathon in Traverse City, MI. Ended up with a poor split in heat and humidity. Enjoying the recovery on the couch now.
Did my training run on Saturday, did some insane core work Sunday (yard work), and today after it cools off after dinner I hope to get in 2.5 miles with my 7yo who has been training to run his first 5k in 2 weeks. He’ll be faster than me before I know it.
Saturday long run, Sunday rest. Monday run and boot camp. And, chasing around the kiddos at the pool.
I went on a couple of easy runs over the weekend, and today am partaking in some burgers and hot dogs with the family!
Raced Boston’s Run to Remember Half Marathon. My goal half for spring training!
I’ll be alternately zwifting and running. 11 month old baby means any training gets squeezed in and around meal/bath/nap time.
4.5 hour bike Saturday followed by 45 min run. 2 hour run on Sunday followed by an hour bike. Monday rest and eat BBQ.
Fri – Quick 15 mile ride. Catch up with friends I haven’t seen in months and the new X-Men.
Sat – Replace window assembly in car, clean garage and get KTM ready for Sunday ride.
Sun – Hit the trails on Orange. BBQ after cleaning up.
Mon – Breakfast with friends, taking advantage of Memorial Day sales, get ready for the week and give the body a needed day of rest.
Long cycle around the beautiful mountains of Kerry in Ireland. Doesn’t get any better. ?
Trying out a wetsuit before my first open water swim!
I ran the Med City Marathon on Sunday, as a training run for Grandma’s in 3 weeks.
My training plan is to pace fellow runner in a half marathon in 2:13 time frame follow by a 15km trail back to the nature as recovery run.
Signed up for Dublin marathon race series so got myslef out running and also trying daily 4 minute very intense hiit sessions
Back to back runs (12 and 15 milers) in preparation for July 100miles run in Tahoe!
My plans include a couple of long runs and some strength training so I can have that slice of apple pie guilt free!
I ran 2 marathons this months so I’m taking it easy 6 miles run Sat, Sunday and Monday off.
Signed for the Captextri but bad weather a lot of rain
BBQ and pool parties after morning HIIT workouts
Training hard for my first marathon !!!
Running between 4 barbeques telling myself gluttony is an acceptable part of training.
Much riding, running, and grilling!
Managed 5k while it wasn’t raining. Success!
Doing my first marathon at Notre Dame in South Bend.
First ever 20 min FTP test with my new Stages. Thx for the reviews!
4mi run with the wife tomorrow morning. Mamma needs an new HR Garmin.
I was pretty sure to do a long run and a long ride. But in fact, almost nothing unfortunately… next time !
The past weekend just won an MTB competition here in Mexico City, a 22km in total, 5 laps of 4.4 km with a time of 1 hour 21 mins.
I will be continuing training for the Trek 100 charity ride at Trek headquarters in Waterloo Wisconsin USA want to get at least 40 miles in
I wll be doing a Duathlon race this weekend. But on usual weekends when I’m not racing, I’ll be doing tempo runs over a hilly course with my running group of around 10k & above in the morning, 20 laps in the pool during noon and finished it off a 20k easy ride in the evening for Saturdays. Sundays are reserve for long haul rides on bike or LSD in the morning, follower by 20 laps in the pool during noon and finished it with cross-training in the gym in the evening.
Long training ride with friends if the rain holds off.
Made some artisanal bread and I plan on sitting down with it, some butter, some honey, and some cheese.
I kept it pretty lazy for the long weekend, just 3K in the pool on Sunday.
It was a little bit of everything, getting back into training. Two km swimming, a quick bike ride and a short run!
Riding in the Alabama heat, swimming in the Tennessee and running the Shoals
I took Friday off for a 4-day weekend & walked 3 times (15 miles total) between Thursday night and today. Sucks coming back from an injury!
I will be taking part in the The Great Relay, Singapore with 3 of my good friends running a total of 100km this weekend.
Yard work followed by a swim – run brick
Spent the weekend outside. Swam a little too.
Run, rest, and eat. A great weekend!
My training plans involve trying to bump up my PD curve in WKO4.
race half marathon on Saturday and 10K on Sunday back to back.
I will be participating in a 100km relay race with my buddies on Saturday in The Great Singapore Relay. Following that, I will do a Recovery Run on Sunday morning to complete a Back2Back weekend programme :)
Nice ride out to the country Sunday, gym Monday
I ran the Virginia 10 miler course to get a feel for the route again.
Hard Saturday am group ride, then saddle sore recovery for the remainder of the weekend.
Spent the weekend at a soccer tournament with my 16 year old son in Maryland. I found a park with trails on Saturday and had more of an adventure than planned, including one fall. Sunday was a travel day and I did my long run on Monday (training for half marathon on June 12).
To have my first summer bike ride be a 42.5 mile ride on Long Beach Island, NJ followed by a Cohiba robusto!
just a nice long run a a bike ride with friends
Long run with srrides
My training plans wound up being a bust due to real life, so… it’s back to commuting as training this week!
Two short rides, one towing a Burley. A spot of open water, a bit in the pool and as little running as I could get away with :)
Went outside he box with prime rib today. Will need extra training time this week as a result.
Taking 10-15 minute walks with my dog. I strained my back a few weeks ago to the point where I couldn’t even bend down to ut shoes on. Pain is less now so I can go slowly go back to running 4-6 miles week. I will start again next week.
Reno-Tahoe Odyssey 178 mile relay race, as an ultra team.
Working on climbing endurance. There’s two really big hills near my house and I’m working on conquering both before the summer’s out.
Relaxing post-honeymoon cruise along the beach with my wife. Then bbq!
I plan to take an extended bike ride Saturday and have a swim workout on Sunday. Back to work Monday.
Group trail run and then some cross and strength training.
I am racing, but hey, racing is training and training is racing!!
I’m currently recovering from shin splints, only strength training.
Final training runs for a half marathon and continuing to build towards my 70.3 in July…and a little dirt biking if the weather is nice!
Saturday: 100 km base building ride down Beach Rd
Sunday: 8 km run
Steady State intervals and wash my bike.
Ribs! And biking up tunnel road
Lots of food and running with a swim and a ride sprinkled in there.
Several 30 mile rides in hot weather and dodging rain storms.
Not a holiday here in Canada. Our holiday was last week. Did 12 miles on Sunday in the humid heat. Felt sorry for those racing.
Riding, running and watching racing all day Sunday.