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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.
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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.
Bike, then bike some more. Enjoy the beautiful fall weather!
This weekend in race-weekend. Canicross race with the dogs, with the first heat on saturday, and the second heat on sunday.
Hilly ride Sat, Velodrome potentially Sun.
pool and bike spinning!
Saturday: tempo intervals and Sunday: more intervalls untill I start puking :)
Training rides in fall weather
cardiac today
marathon speed tommorow
long range + hills sunday
Heading to the Sierra Nevadas to hit the MTB trails for the last of the european sun.
Marathon of kitchen remodeling, but i’ll probably try to get a jog in at some point.
riding up mt dandenong as my gravel bike that was going to take me up Mt Donna Buang needs new disk pads…
Hopefully I can get in a 8-10 mile run at some point this weekend.
A long run and chasing my kids around
Short swinning session on Saturday + easy run. Sunday is reserved for swimming competition in a local swimming poll.
An easy 10k with a friend!
Last 10-mile taper run before the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon next weekend.
Run, run, sleep and run ;-)
Heading out for a nice run and enjoying all the autumn colours
Ride 50 miles to the dam and back.
Sadly, I’m away from home, caretaking for a terminally ill parent. Instead of training for Pittsburgh’s upcoming Dirty Dozen hillclimb, I’ll be sitting bedside all weekend.
I am planning a short training run and supporting my son as he participates in his swim team’s aquathon to raise money for team event.
Probably I’ll go mountain biking, enduro style: Uphill slowly on the road, downhill on the trail… slowly too!
Like every weekend :-)
40 mile ride Saturday.
Ride my road bike through the beautiful fall foliage of SW Ohio.
Long easy run on Saturday, then rest and drink on Sunday!
Have a half marathon trail run where I will be required to run with scissors… I like to live dangerously… and the option of doing 10 easy miles on my bike on Sunday.
Cross training & watching the Cubs win
100 km trail marathon in South-Estonia on saturday (link to trailrun.ee)
My very first 1/2 Ironman, tommorow!
A slow 5 mile run to test the knee and a long bike if the knee is capable! If not, then I’ll hit the pool again for the gazillionth time.
Park run
Putting in some miles on the trainer in Zwift
Long run with the dog and the double jogging stroller
This weekend will be pretty strenuous – I’m running an intense 1K race with my daughter!
Trail ridding
Tacxing my Neo watching Jack Bauer from TV-series 24 , 3-4 hours on saturday, 2-3 hours on sunday. Greetings from Finland! :)
6mi run
Rest. Pain. Pain. Pain. Rest. Race. Race. (repeat until spring)
Mountain Bike training; tonight (night ride), tomorrow, and Sunday.
Cyclocross race Sunday!
Getting an easy run on Sunday, as Saturday’s is my younger son’s first birthday.
Cyyyyyyyyyycliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!
Early morning hike with the pup on Saturday, then some Z2 on the trainer.
Long run, long ride, daughters crew regatta, Halloween spooky party and trick or treating with the kiddos!
The OMM for this weekend. 2 days of orienteering in some remote part of the uk
I’m tapering off for a marathon on November 6th. That means I’m running a 15km on Saturday, followed by a couple of short run during the week. Good luck everyone!
Austin 70.3
Cycling in the Natural State
Resting for myhalf marathon on Tuesday
Nothing crazy, just a chill bike ride if weather is nice.
Swim: Vasa in Garage
Bike: TR and Walking dead in the garage
Run: In da rain.
Recon and create the 2017 XTERRA ST. Louis bike course
Some walking and functional mobility exercises hopefully as I build back up from injury.
If the weather forecast stays like this, an outside ride. If the weather changes, an indoor ride on Zwift! :)
Bike and Run in French Riviera ;)
Trainerroad/Kickr on Sat, Club social ride on Sunday
Interval training plus a long run! :)
Two trainerroad workouts on my vortex smart
A nice and slow long run
Squat training!
Moving my complete interior from one house to another, so lifting boxes and furniture from the floor all day long..
Would love to timelaps that btw ;)
Commuting to work on saturday and 10k run on sunday.
Going for a 50 km ride on Sunday if the Weather behaves, if not then an indoor session!
This weekend a long hike, followed by some good speed work.
I’m non-running the Frankfurt Marathon due to an injury.
Going for a long walk with two furry critters.
probably 10k of running and some 20k of bicycle
Its a birthday weekend. So time to go out. That means it’ll be all about turbos.
15k race on Saturday with an easy 8 on Sunday!
Fall in the Northeast US means trainer season, so pedaling away indoors.
Racing the Javelina Jundred (100k)
My pointer finger, mouse wheeling down this page only to find the submit button back all the way up the top,
But a bike ride with a newbie to the sport kicks off Saturday morning….
Simon
I’ll probably go for a run once or twice, and take enough rest in between. Running one of the tougher half marathons of Belgium in two weeks :)
20k bike ride in the local forest
Trail riding with some back roads to and from.
If the weather holds, I will be demoing a mountain bike.
Hopefully the end of season Falling Leaves ride (100miler), providing my achillies tendinopathy doesn’t play up!)
two rainy rides or the trainer. I vote for the rain.
This weeken I’ll be attending a race. A bridge running race. We actually have to use bridges in the Netherlands to get some climbing meters in our runs.
Hoping to set a new PR!
If friday night is included in the week-end: a 26 km night trail! First one!
If not: rest is also part of an athletic program right?
Parkrun and a bike ride tomorrow – long run and a swim on Sunday
I plan on doing a session on the trainer in the basement and a small run to see if my runners knee is getting better.
More training for a 24hr. This weekend will be one of the last weekends before the slide into tapering, so I need to net at least 8 hours on the trail. Plenty of good trail-running.
I’ll be running in the Columbia river gorge this weekend. Should be beautiful!
Trying to catch a last glimpse of autumn before the first white stuff !
See the little nephews, walking the tree top park.
Swim together in the baby pool.
Suffer Score will stay below 5.
Cycle over to my brother-in-law’s farm and have some nice Pumpkin soup!
Does fly fishing count as athletic?!?
Hoping to get in one off-road and one road ride!
Trail biking!
Ah, this weekend will be simple-
Saturday: Ride ~ 4.5 hrs and swim 2 hrs
Sunday: Repeat
Hopefully som long run and possibly even some cycling (racer or cx)!
Run, run, run and then run a bit more.
As much running as I can to offset all the chocolate!
An easy 8 mile run and that’s it!
Sprint Duathlon Saturday, spectating a marathon on Sunday!
Marathon training is in full swing; that said, tomorrow is a 16 miler z2 long run.
Running until I’ve earned an ice cream!
Testing my new Garmin Forerunner 235 and retiring my old 310XT.
Got my Tacx today, so setting up the whole thing and try some Zwift rides!
Running! Lots of running in prep for the next 26.2 in a couple of weeks.
Strength training, run and bike. And eat and drink.