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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.
I will be doing weight training preparing for pull vault and hurdles in the spring track and filed season.
Trail run (maybe walk or drag or carry) with boisterous Labrador pup
Medium length run then a righteous IPA
Pool swim
Cycling up a small hill, maybe a swim afterwards.
Run 10 km and Bike 90 km
Cross training and trail running
Now that the weekend is actually over, I can say that it involved a lot less training than I had intended. How does that happen? And so often, as well?
Finished last 3 week trading block. Now taper for JFK 50 mile trail run in Maryland next month on my 56th birthday.
Restarting to run… After a few years of stopping!
Wakeboarding… 60km scenic two wheeled bike adventure with several km or gravel! Bulk Making a Murder ep watching.
Avoiding Eastern Brown snakes while MTB’g through the local Conservation park.
Am slowly mastering the rollers. Can now remove bottle from cage, drink from bottle and return it to the cage without a wobble.
Cycling, cycling and cycling
A swim session with a masters group who all put me to shame and an easy long run I think.
Recovering after Beach to Battleship, so just walk with the dog on Capitol Hill. Does it count?
Sleeping a lot, pampering myself before off-season training to start…
Rock climbing
Its my birthday on Monday so parkrun and gym done this weekend to make it feel less guilty.
Easy and long rides!
Trainerroad!
long runs both sat and sun…we’ll see how i feel on mon morning
Cross Racing!
Nothing on the weekend, but I’m taking off Monday and riding as far/long as I can.
Potomac loop and Beach Drive
Trainer :(
The “November Project” has made the Harvard sports stadium popular for morning work outs, I have joined them a few times, but this weekend I have just been running a lot of stairs by myself :)
Boxing practice
Easy run and first walk outdoor with my daughter!
Recovering from man flu. You know, the nearly almost deadly strain that befalls all fellas with an X and a Y.
After that, it’ll be training hard to get back up to speed.
X-fit and some cycling
Run 8 miles on Saturday.
Finish off the first week of base training.
Hiking and bouldering through the Red River Gorge, then a swim tomorrow morning.
Not much – flying back to Sydney from NYC. Although a swim on Monday to recover from jet lag.
Exploring Okinawa Japan on my Fuji Norcom Straight.
A couple of trail runs in San Diego’s backcountry!
A very touch weight training gym workout. And the GoPro would be awesome for my scuba diving!
25 mile ride for a cappuccino on Saturday and a 35 mile ride for a warm Belgian waffle on Sunday
Saturday – easy road ride.
Sunday – find new trails in a new area.
If I win, I’m going to use this on my Honeymoon in January! We are going to Australia to have a Triathlon-themed Honeymoon! This weekend I am going to swim endless laps in the pool!
Just trying to get back into shape after a serious car accident this summer.
Lots of Base miles
7 Bridges Walk. 28km walk in 7 hours.
Road ride on Saturday and back on the saddle on Sunday for MTB ride!
26k trail run in the woods!
Sat: 95km ride to an abandoned mining town in the mountains NW of Tokyo.
Sun: 15km run around Tokyo.
Puking my guts out from having the stomach flu!
Mtb race called Happy witchride 23riders at the start 18 made it to the finish 95km later
I’ll be track cycling at Milton Velodrome!
Please let it be me… it would make me a hero.
Sadly, this weekend’s cycling was rained out.
A commute in the dark now the clocks have changed:(
After a strained ankle and a stubbed toe I was very happy to run the Devils Chase in Salem, MA. 9th place officially (6th place according to race time)!!
Halloween in Salem is super fun!
Yay Go Pro’s!!
treadmill run!
Traveling this week without much gear – so running and bodyweight work for the week
80k bike followed by a day of rest.
No training except for the Shanghai Marathon on Sunday….
Chasing my daughter around the house, and if she allows, a nice fall ride outdoors.
Did a big weights/gym workout yesterday, Zwift tonight, run and swim Halloween Monday!
Some miles on a trail, and lots of Kettlebells; that’s on my regular weekend docket. I’ve been contemplating a GoPro to take on my runs, so super excited about this giveaway.
Biking and swimming!
Ironman 70.3 Los Cabos
Do easy 6k erging and 10k run!
Short run on Saturday. Trainerroad Frissel on Sunday. Building a set of stairs and… Painting. Meh.
Did a big run in the weekend just gone. Looking forward to a bigger run this weekend! Go large!
GoPro Hero 5–I got some downhills I gotta capture!
2 short runs this weekend, both under 5 miles @ a conversational pace.
Just keep running. Just keep running. running.
Running, rest, repeat.
First ride on trainer after collarbone operation 2 weeks ago. Good to be back.
Recovery!
I have the weekend off the bike – 2017 starts Monday!
weekdays : some runs
short cycling around 30-40 km on Friday.
Spinning on Saturday.
Hike on Sunday.
i hope the weather clears time everytime :)
This weekend was all about enjoying the trails and fall colors!
indoor swim on saturday and a 5k halloween race Sunday.
Walked walked and walked some more while visiting our daughter at college
Hiking and camping out in the mountains
Hours and hours of trainerroad. Heaven.
Running a 10K race on Sunday.
Long weekend (if you skip Monday – which most do) for Melbourne Cup Day. So … looking for Strava Cups :-)
Lots of walking around. I should have been less lazy and packed running shoes for this trip to NY.
Housework and hitting the gym.
Brick session on the mountain bike.
Taking it easy this weekend. Riding on Sunday and that is it.
Rode a solo LAMB ride, (125 mile “Loop around Mobile Bay”) on my Specialized Roubaix. Enjoyed lunch at the infamous Flora-Bama lounge on Perdido Key. I’d share a link to a video of the ride but alas, I don’t have a GoPro Hero5Black. ?
Running through the mountains of NC
Two trainer rides and some heavy weightlifting. Great weekend!
This weekend starts power-based base training for next season!
Moving this weekend, so got in a quick run on Saturday before another long day of cardio up and down the stairs… Sunday another leg day as the heavy stuff needed to come out, then a nice ride. Now time for an adult beverage, lol
Chill weekend. Take the kiddo for a ride on the city bike.
Short run, short ride
Going for a ride down beach rd in Melbourne AUSTRALIA
Tapering before Iceman next weekend .
A long run! FitStar training too
Same as always, taking the kids for a run & a ride. Swimming with them is a bit hard…
Saturday was a 2.5 hour ride on the trainer, followed by a 20′ run. Ugh.
Swim to justify eating more! :)
This weekend is all for resting. Too much jet lag to go out, plus the rain!
parkrun Nosehill :)
Had a ACL tear in March.
Running indoors with Treadmill. Planning for a marathon before this year!
Play some soccer on Sunday