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5 Easy Steps To The Site
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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.
swimming, cycling, golf, track
Swimming, track, gymnastics, volleyball, and cycling. Thanks!
As much as possible, but I did not miss the cycling events!
Athletics, rugby, track cycling
Swimming, Cycling, Track, Volleyball, Diving, Gymnastics even Ping Pong… pretty much everything I can!!!
Watching Greg Van Avermaet win the olympic road race… Over and over again !
It was swimming, but now track.
watched some badminton the other day…but mostly swimming and volleyball
the volleyball is amazing so far
Track Cycling
Swimming & Tris
Gymnastics and swimming now moving on to track and field.
Football, aka Soccer. As much as I can. Also swimming and track and field. Women’s marathon.
Track, Swimming, Gymnastics, Weightlifting, and White Water Kayak!!- so awesome.
Swimming- sensational
Triatlhon
Basketball and of course, cycling!
Road cycling / track and field
Indoor Volleyball
I watch it all…
Cycling and tennis.
Soccer, Cycling and Judo
I’m watching road racing.
I watched the women’s marathon, men’s 10k final and some swimming.
Whatever clips my non-cable having self catches the next AM. Although cycling for sure… Those I find.
As many as I can. I don’t believe that there’s a single sport that I haven’t watched at some point.
Bike races both the men’s and women’s road race, plus the track racing.
I’ve been watching as much Olympic goodness as I possibly can — not just the big sports (swimming, track and field, gymastics, etc.), but also the lesser watched sports (field hockey, fencing, archery, etc.). I love the Olympics!
Thanks for the giveaway.
Richard
Shooting and trampoline.
Cycling and Boxing
Track, swimming, gymnastics, and will watch triathlon of course!
Well first it was swimming and gymnastics but now RUNNING…. the ladies marathon was very interesting. The USA did well, just not enough juice at the end.
All the “Athletics” events, which apparently is what they call the track & field + marathon.
Too much of it – all of the swimming, the cycling, the gymnastics, the women’s marathon, the track… now i just need a sleep marathon.
Swimming
Track cycling! (And whatever else is on)
Swimming, gymnastics, beach volleyball, road race (men’s and women’s) rowing, track and field and anything I can get away with when I’m not at work
Men’s and Women’s Road Race!!
Swimming, cycling and track and field.
Woman 10k sea swimming
volleyball, gymnastics, swimming, archery, cycling (obv), soccer, wrestling
Gymnastics! That crew is pretty darn amazing.
120km gravel tour
Cycling
Cycling individual time trials plus whatever happens to be on prime time. Mountain biking should be great this coming weekend.
Most of them…. LIVE!
All of it!
I’ve been watching the swimming and gymnastics
Swimming and cycling, velodromes are unexpectedly fun!
Swimming, diving and Track and Field.
Bike races, swimming, running events
Swimming, swimming, swimming!
Diving and soccer.
Swimming
Cycling for sure
Cycling – all three variants. And golf(!)
Apart from cycling, of course, I’ve really liked watching rowing. Talk about fitness! It’s amazing!
Swimming and track & field…doesnt get any better than that!
Thanks Ray….youre the man
MAtt Aguirre
Track and field all weekend long!
Watched a ton of swimming, now moving on to track events.
Track & field
Swimming and track!
Cycling, Athletics, Sailing, Rowing, Canoe, Volleyball
I’ve been watching mostly commercials.
Cycling time trial.
BUR everyday I spent many hours watching Olympic sports
My favourite was 10 Meter Air Rifle, perhaps because as a youngster I was a sport shooter myself.
In the middle ’70 we only had Spring Piston Air Rifle.
What a difference from modern pre-charged pneumatic (PCP) air rifle!
And, needless to say, I was on cloud nine when Niccolo’ Campriani won the Gold Medal setting a new olympic record!
Ciao!
Keiren!
Track cycling. Especially keirin!
Swimming and Diving, love the fancy green water!
Hi Ray! I was actually in Rio for the first week, I saw the opening ceremony, indoor and beach volleyball, one soccer match, multiple rowing events, road cycling, gymnastics, swimming, and basketball! It was an action-packed 12 days and I loved every second of it.
10,000 m final ?
Andre De Grasse takes bronze in the 100 m final!
beach volleyball
Any swimming I can catch.
Women’s Beach Volleyball ;p
Mostly been watching swimming but excited about triathlon in a few days!
Diving, swimming and womens handball.
Eventing
I have enjoyed swimming with Katie Ledecky
Field Hockey, Team Handball
I’m Olympics-obsessed…watching anything that happens to be on. Very much looking forward to the triathlon events this week. Thanks for the chance to win!
swimming and beach volleyball!
Been watching swimming, volleyball, and that equestrian event where the woman fell off the horse. Ouch!
I watched the women’s Keirin for the first time this year. This is so cool!
Track, gymnastics, cycling, swimming… A bit of everything! Love the Olympics
None. Don’t have a TV.
100 meters sprint
Watched cycling and basketball this weekend.
I´m following the cycling and golf.
Looking forward to cross country MTB competitions this weekend
Watched swimming, fencing, gymnastics, volleyball (both regular and beach), 100m sprint, basketball, a few minutes of wrestling, and painting. No wait that was what I was doing.
-Jay
Cycling and swim
Swimming, Cycling
watching pretty much everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Ray
Women’s swimming, particularly the 800M freestyle – most efficient strokes to watch. They need to add the 1500M!
Cool
Women’s hockey and Men’s light heavyweight boxing
Watching it all but especially the cycling and women’s soccer. Looking forward to Peter Sagan winning the MTB race. :-)
Bikes and boats
Rowing, track, athletics, swimming!
Track and Field: Men’s 100M
Track Cycling!!!