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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.
Can’t stop watching swimming, cycling, running and of course soccer since I’m brazilian !
Judo…
Cycling pursuit
All swimming, and a few track events
Cycling, tennis, swimming
Track Pursuit
Swimming, beach volleyball, track
Swimming and bike events
My favorite Olympic event so far has been the Men’s and Women’s road race. I have also been watching the women’s beach volley ball games.
Swimming , cycling , track and field
All of them. Cycling to athletics to swimming to dressage to archery to tennis.
Swimming
Cycling, rowing, swimming
Men’s indoor volleyball and swimming.
I’ve really enjoyed beach volley. Thse women and men have more reflexes than Batman!!!
Watching a lot of olympics. Swimming, gymnastics, volleyball, whatever.
Track, swimming and cycling
Swimming.
Cycling and swimming have been the ones I’ve been watching :)
Following so many sports! But running and swimming are among my favorites
Swimming
track and field,swimming, cycling, anything I can work into my schedule
Cycling and Track & Field
Gymnastics, swimming, basketball, and everything in-between
Cycling, swimming, gymnastics, sailing, crew, canoeing, archery, weight lifting, and fencing.
Cycling, rugby, swimming, track and field, triathlon (eventually), shooting.
Track and field! Womens gymnastics and swimming are always good too
Cycling , swimming, track, gymnastics,
Rugby. First time in the Olympics since television was invented.
I watched Beachvolleyball a Lot, also the Swimming Events
all cycling, swimming and football
Swimming and gymnastics
Track
Swimming, cycling, and running of course!
Time trial!
T&F.
Men’s Keirin. There’s a Malaysian athlete and we’ve never won gold!
Swimming, gymnastics, track, basketball, volleyball, cycling road and track.
Triathlon and cycling. Boring.
Triathlon and gymnastics. Swimming too
100m + 200m men’s sprints
Everything! Thanks Internet! Really enjoying the obscure, lesser watched sports.
cycling
Track and Field!
Swimming is my favourite event!
Wrestling
Swimming, biking, running :) Diving, fencing, equestrian and more.
Table tennis!
Cycling and beach volleyball.
Mostly the track events, but have seen a bit of the gymnastics and swimming also.
I’ve been watching all I can from swimming, gymnastics, track, basketball, volleyball, cycling road and rolling.
Road and Track Cycling
Cycling
Women’s beach volleyball
Field hockey!
Swimming, T&F, volleyball.
Cycling, fencing, gymnastics
Swimming
Swimming, track & field, velodrome events
What a ride by local hero Kristin Armstrong!
Road Races, Time Trials. Would love a new Wahoo Trainer!
Swimming
Swimming, and most Track events.
Watching any cycling I can get …
Swimming and cycling
I’ve been watching track and field and synchronized swimming.
Swimming, tennis
Watching everything from Archery to Rowing. Lots of track cycling this week.
Swimming
Gymnastics and swimming!
Gymnastics, track & field, diving, and swimming
Swimming – still trying to explain to my 4 year old how awesome it is that 35 year old won gold in the 50m free.
Track and field, swimming, gymnastics and volleyball. So much to watch and not enough time :)
Tennis singles where PR won it’s FIRST gold medal!! Mens 100 meter! And of course the mens road race!
Track cycling, some swimming, 10km and marathons. Water polo, rugby 7s, pretty much everything.
I’ve been watching all the highlights on the NBC iOS app with my kids. It’s been a good way to introduce them to a wide variety of sports. The coverage is not satisfactory, though. I want to see more cycling and triathlon!
Swimming, Gymnastics, and Volleyball
dressage
i’ve been watching road and track cycling, a lot of gymnastics and swimming, and some late night soccer.
We’ve watched mostly Swimming, but just started watching Track!
Watching almost everything; cycling, rowing, swimming, volleyball, love all of it!
Women’s skeet.
Swimming, cycling, track & field and soon triathlon!
The 400m! Crazy.
Swimming
sailing, my favourite!
Swimming, boxing, track distance events, heptathlon
I’m Canadian, so I’ve been watching Penny Oleksiak tear up the swimming events.
Swimming, track, and beach volleyball!
been watching as much Olympic coverage as possible. Enjoyed road cycling, swimming, beach volleyball. Currently watching Track and field (400m)
This could be very useful this winter.
Track cycling, track and field, and road cycling
All cycling events. Long live the live-streams!
Badminton
Gymnastics swimming and track
Cycling, athletics, swimming and rowing
Men’s long jumping
Swimming and track & field
The 100m. Bolt is a legend!!!
Swimming, cycling, table tennis, track & field, marathon and triathlon.