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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.
Overdue to get back on the bike after travel and sick time.
Spending some much needed time on the bike or running…haven’t decided which yet.
I cheer for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and it’s home coming so we have a noon kick. I knocked out an 18 miler last night and will probably run 6-8 miles early in the morning so I can get a decent tailgate in beforehand.
Bike or swimming.
Saturday morning 10k maintenance run, cheer on my daughter at the 4A High school regional championships, put together my first bike trainer and try it out! Finish with my own 3000 yard workout in the pool Sunday afternoon
Easy 6 miles with my stroller buddy.
Long ride on Saturday. May be recovery ride on Sunday.
Offseason ? Only one long run Sunday (20ishkm)
A light spin after recovering from a nasty cold!
Trying to fit in a ride between ferrying my two kids two and from football and rugby.
If the rain stops, some basketball, otherwise the trusty old treadmill
Rowing practice. So having a waterproof camera would be great to finally analyze technique.
It’s Fall! CX time in Western PA!
HIIT Hill Sprints – not looking forward to it!
Tempo ride on Saturday, Fun ride and weights sunday
Probably towing my two year old in the chariot during a cycle through Edmonton’s river valley trails.
Doing the normal Saturday group ride.
Off season mode, so an easy run and a long bike.
Trail de Bruxelles 13K!
Drinking some beer
Starting to ramp up on winter base training!
50 mi rides and suspension training in between
Rest and eat burger!
Parkrun followed by swimming on Sunday
Last long run before the NYC marathon !!! Would love to win this before leaving ;)
30 mile kickr ride Saturday and 8 mile run Sunday.
5 mile run to loosen up after 1/2 Marathon.
Trail run
With the NYC Marathon coming up I’m taking it a bit slow… a few miles of running and then a short cycling session to keep some movement in the legs.
Off season fun! Trail running, Mountain Biking and lots and lots of soccer spectating!! :)
Morning Run on saturday.. 45 minutes or so. Afternoon ride for a couple of hrs on Sunday
Hiking weekend in the middle of Germany.
Biking, running and eating candy!
First 5k of the year.
Watching Watford play football (soccer), then maybe a run on Sunday – not much time for that since my own peanut arrived a few months back…
FTP test on the trainer
Cycling of course …
CX race- New Minas, NS
I will be doing an easy 40 mile ride on saturday and easy 30 mile ride on sunday!
10km with max effort 5km at the end. Plus a little Halloween fun with the kids!
A long run!
Just a short 5k run around my local roads.
Bike ride on the one sunny day Vancouver has had in weeks.
The Dublin Marathon! (Wish me luck)
I’ll be attending the Marine Corps Marathon in DC this weekend!
There is nothing on the training calendar for met this weekend which kills me because it is foretasted to be unseasonably warm 77 degrees Fahrenheit here. I am still on an off season rest after my last marathon 2 weeks ago.
Roller-ski training and/or uphill ski imitation
Stair Running
MTB riding …
Walk and trick-o-treat with the kids then carry the kids and run like we’re running away from IT.
Tapering for 70.3
A practice brick session to simulate my preparations for the first Ironman coming up in 2 weeks.
MTB & cross-country running
Coaching the freshmen rowers and training myself! (spinning, functional strength training and yoga)
Flips Tires like a Boss
Watching my son play soccer, would love a new way to capture it.
easy running
Hitting mountains for the last time before snow kicks in
Running a first 30k training run after winning the German Championships in 24-h-Trailrun with my relay team 3 weeks ago. This will also be the beginning of those long, slow runs over the winter … :)
Weather got cold here in NY time to start spending time on zwift and get the base miles going.
Two hour long run.
Cross racing this weekend!!
On a business trip, so some light running with some hotel room burpees!
Nothing special, just all purpose miles (more than 10, less than 20). For the most part I’m in standby mode now that winter is coming on.
Resting my creaky ankle. Unfortunately.
I will be heading out for a bike ride and hopefully a run in the Texas heat!
5K airport run at CLT!
Two surfing sessions on saturday and a volcano hiking tour and a surf session followed by yoga on sunday.
In the UK so it’s X country for me
Time for some Halloween Strava art obviously ? ? ?
I’m a youth hockey referee and i’ll be working 5 games this weekend. All the skating is good off season work for cycling!
Slowly but surely riding to my mileage goal for the year, off for a lovely fall ride with great friends.
Mountain biking and hiking!
21k run
I’ll be racing in the Sacramento Cyclocross Series in Auburn CA on Sun with a short run afterwards. I’Il hit the gym for a little functional strength work on Sat.
Going really fast on my bike and then “recovery” beer afterwards.
Hill repeats on the local 1000 foot mountain.
run and run for my post season improvement on my run pace and distance and hopefully break the 1h50min half marathon
Saturday is a 40mile road bike group ride (Climbing Day). Sunday is MTB day around 20 miles.
Weights after an extended hiatus. Cheers.
feeling a 10 miler this weekend
East Coast Trail 50k in Newfoundland! Followed by a marathon.*
*”Marathon” referred to in the post is actually a Netflix marathon.
easy run weekend
Watching Island House Triathlon with Rachel Klamer riding my TT bike!
And packing for the move to the USA in december ;)
Recovery run 10k
2k warmup + 2*5*400/200 + 2k cooldown ! :-)
Slowly working my way back into runs after my first 100 miler a few weeks ago. Strength training, a few short miles, and rolling out the legs!
Finally getting a mtn bike ride in.
Woo hoo! Thanks Ray!
We are surfing in Co.Sligo along the Wild Atlantic Way. And believe me, it will be WILD
I’m gonna ride on the trainer for an hour or 2 watching Netflix
Just steady rides. Off season – nothing intense. Club ride saturday morning and a cafe ride Sunday.
The Sunday will be like the other Sundays! Trail running with the rest of TrailFit Elsinore. Running and body-weight core training in one packet ?
Some trail running in Fontainebleau forest (FRA) ;)
parkrun fast then LSR
Cross Country racing #mud
Hill repeats !!!
Around 40miles in the road bike to make a 90mile week ??
The last big adventure of the year. A 450km ride from Seoul to Busan.
Hopefully a long run and maybe break out the trainer for the first time. But it just got cold and I’m a wimp.
A run and a swim.