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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.
Teaching my youngest to ride her bike.
Offseason Spin, thats it.
rest weekend, sleep in, eat cookies
Gonna enjoy the fall temps on a ride and a long run!
lots of trainer work – too cold to get outside anymore!
Run, gym, run, cycle and recover!
Learning how to kite-surf then watching monster trucks! ???
A very windy bike ride in Denmark
A little 1 hour swim and a short jog. Sadly, no time for more training this weekend.
Thanks for all the great reviews!
I have 2 easy runs on 5.80 km and one TRX park training in my schedule for weekend.
Chasing kids around the neighbourhood (my own) for trick-or-treating
Start the new season with a light spin.
A 2 hr run. Has to be on the treadmill since it seems to be raining all weekend.
A nice round of golf!
An OW competition in TLV’s port :)
1 hour bike Saturday and 20 min run Sunday. (Post IM recovery week)
Starting to run again after a couple months off.
Probably the last paddle this year as well as a nice fall ride and run :)
Helping a friend move. It’ll be a solid workout!
1000m pool swim and a 5km run….YES PLEASE
40 mile group ride in the rain!!!!
Long on Saturday and a lone Zwift session on Sunday
Show a similar comment, if it doesn’t snow I’ll be outside on my bike.
100km ride
Running, swimming, biking
Parkrun Saturday morning, followed by easy long run on Sunday
3.5 hr road bike ride + 25 min run tempo for SAT and SUN 1:30:00 run !
Zwift 6week FTP Week2 Day 4 Tempo!!
Half Saturday followed by 10k race sunday
mountain biking all weekend due to unseasonably warm weather
It’s going to be some hiking in the mountains for me
Just a hike!
Saturday- rest,
Sunday- long run
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15 km event in old Quebec City, Canada !
6×3 VO2Max intervals followed by 2 hours endurance.
Brick Sat and Rest on Sun. It’s part of the program.
Saturday – longish ride on my new Fat Bike. Venue TBD. Still sorting out seat position and shock settings
Sunday – Virtual Strides Run-of-The-Dead with a small group of friends. link to virtualstrides.com
My son and I are doing a 4 mile race tomorrow morning, a Halloween tradition!
Running the Houston Half as part of my training program for the Chevron Houston Marathon in January 2017
Enjoying a long ride tomorrow on what looks to be our last nice weather weekend for a while in Minnesota.
I’m going to Zwift!
Small running and indoor bike with Zwift!!!
Good luck everyone!
14k trailrun!! #yeah!
An easy four miler to get back into training!
My workout this weekend is cutting fire wood and running around cheering on my daughter in her cross country regional meet.
Chasing my son around at the State Cross Country meet. Great way to get some mileage in!
Bike with my husband through a new area we have wanted to go explore.
10 km spooky race.
This weekend i’ll be doing my long ride on my trainer with Zwift :-)
Sunday night swimming with my group
Long run on Sat
Tempo on Sun
An easy run on Saturday and a rest day Sunday.
A rest weekend – going to hike in wales and see a breeder about a Scottish Terrier puppy! Outdoors and dogs?! Can’t beat that!
This would be perfect for my family and sports recording
Of to the Ardennes for some steep hills :)
riding mtb for long time. repeat.
Zwift
Climbing!
Nothing, nowt, nada, rien,
Running home from work tonight 15miles, a bike ride at some point and a good handful of 12oz curls!!
16k run, 1 hour pool swim…maybe a bike if the snow holds off…otherwise…trainer time and trial of Zwift
The new wife and I will be running some cliff trails along the northwest shore of Maui to finish our honeymoon.
A swim, a run and hopefully a long ride on Sunday if the weather permits it…
Rest…rest…and more rest. Have a marathon next weekend. Keep up the great work DC!
Supposed to be in the high 60s here in northern Indiana, so going to go for a good long ride. Might be the last chance I have until spring! Maybe some pool work if I’m up to it.
Not much for me: I’ll be cheering buddies in as they run MCM, and watching an air show.
Some cycling, lets see how much time I have available for it…
My weekend is filled with two bike sessions (MTB) and one swim session.
easy spin on the bike and some strength training
Chasing Strava KOMs ;-)
Start the indoor trainer season, 40 KM Friday
Maybe an outdoor 60 km ride in -1 C Temps. Sunday.
After taking some time off; Getting back on the bike!
Super sick so just resting.
Two SUP rides on saturday and tuesday !
And finally, DJ Shadow in concert !
Walking house to house asking for candy.
Final training before tapering for next Saturday’s mountain bike race.
Cross-country race around Sandhurst.
Rebuilding the running legs after a 100miler 2 weeks. Bit of swimming and bike thrown in.
Routine bike through Boston’s suburbs.
Insanity workout that counts right? :)
I’ve got a killer brick workout planned
Unfortunately nothing :(
Some biking on the indoor trainer while watching the snow fall in Vermont! Oh and some laps in the pool. Probably a hike to see that snow.
Planning on running and swimming in the Philippines.
100km MTB ride Scherpenheuvel – Hapert
Bike and run for me.
Getting to ride my bike now that I’m tapering for NYC marathon.
Bit of trail running
Easy recovery long run after last weekends Half Marathon.
Running! And lots and lots of stretching.
Pool swim, indoor bike trainer, run, nap!
Running with the dogs.
Watch the Cubs play. Easy 11 miles to Wrigley. Then watch the Cubs play again.
Hitting up the gravel for a 50 mile ride on my trusty Eddie Merckx steed!
Easy ride with Friend on Saturday and the TT simulation on the trainer on Sunday!
Longish run on Sunday. Maybe some mountain biking on Saturday if I can squeeze it in.
My weekend athletic goals will be eating donuts and riding my MTB in preparation for Iceman Cometh.
A couple of Crossfit classes this weekend
Still recovering from my Half last week. Just some easy miles this weekend.