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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.
Went out for a 12k run, managed to squeeze in some hot yoga for the aching muscles on sunday.
A gentle session on the turbo… not very exciting or cool, but much needed.
Start training for my first 70.3 for next year
Long trail running for me . BTW nice work on the Halloween party/costumes looked good
Trainer Road workouts… and High intensity pumpkin carving
Thanks for the great blog. This weekend my girl and I will be going on a long hike (weather permitting).
Cyclocross races
thru hike in the Sierra Nevadas :)
It’s running on the treadmill while watching The Martian on the projector screen!
Just a ride with my mates, no timing, no racing, no rush just a nice old fashioned ride out
Bike and sun … And run !
The plan for the weekend is riding and hiking to enjoy the last bit of the fall colours before they are gone for the year. Plus some pumpkin spice overdose.
I will go for a nice easy run (10k) with a new GoPro on my head!! I will then share the video and show Montreal to the world ☺
Not sure, but probably some swimming, some cycling and some running!
It’s all about the bike – Rebuilding a coupe of free hub bodies and then hammering out 3.5 hours of Sufferfest and an iddle play with Zwift
Austin 70.3
A couples workout session of weight lifting, cross training, jump rope and kick boxing to prepare for a snorkeling trip to Mexico.
Well. Not much. Just a short run after an injury…
Trying to stay ahead of my kids at Parkrun!
Getting back into running after 3 months of plantar fascitis frustration!
Just swimming (3 km)
Jumping rope full body fat blast
6km easy recovery run on saturday for me.
A nice long run
Run 10 miles in the dirt Saturday. Roll a pumpkin at the Knights Ferry Pumpkin Roll on Sunday.
Just walking for me. Trying to rehab a hip injury.
20-minute FTP test. Ugh!
Stacking a cord of firewood and Sunday morning Bball.
1.5 hour swim and 112 mile bike on sat followed by brick run as a race rehearsal for IMAZ.
Following Joe Friel’s recovery workouts after IM Az. Saturday 45 min swim, 1:15 min run. Sunday is a brick 2 hr bike followed by a 10 min. run. Next week back to the base, build…
Afternoon long run…
Doing some low mileage, low effort 3 milers, trying to get back into it . . .
65 mile ride.
Unfortunately recovering from a flu.
Just the usual 16km…
Spending some quality time with the family
Marine Corps Marathon!
Just some easy biking
Swimming about 1k on saturday. (If time/kids/girlfriend permits…) Running about 10 k on sunday morning.
A 5 hour bike ride
Running 1mile
Agility training to prepare for skiing!
Biking 90 miles from Philadelphia to the beach to visit my favorite cafe, eating a quick meal, then biking 90 miles home! Just your average Sunday..
Five mile run and enjoying the fall weather with family.
Spending time with my sexy husband (the one that enters me for contests without me knowing it)
Simple, lots and lots of road miles Friday and Saturday followed Mtb on Sunday
Long run Saturday followed. Y an easy bike on Sunday. Still hot here!
90 mins of trainerroad sweet spot base
Rained most of the weekend. Rode the trainer for a couple of hours.
Hope I recover enough from wrist surgery to paddle again before it gets too cold and I’m stuck using my kayak erg until the ice breaks up. Ride my bike as a substitute.See if I can get out of last place on my local hill climb Garmin Connect segment.
Recovery (aka being lazy)
Last sprint tri of the season!!
Excessive amount of Halloween trick or treatin’ :)
In New England,USA getting a few more outdoor rides in before winter weather arrives is on my weekend agenda : )
Run, run, run. Focusing on my 5K pacing.
I did a 120-mile ride on Zwift. This weekend will be some Zwift racing and a run.
I plan on doing a training run to be ready for the Shiner Beer Half Marathon in Shiner, Texas.
Group ride south of sydney to the shire
Run with the old dog and attempt to train the new dog.
Easy 5k run.
Just a 10k recovery run
Killed my feet running a race last weekend so I’ll be riding only this weekend.
Spend some more time on the bike, on the skinny tires, before ol’ man winter shows his face
Rnr. Post surgery. Maybe a long walk
Injury recovering exercises….thanks!
loving these unusually nice temps…plan to enjoy a nice long hike, yoga and a run. Pure bliss
Gym and pool – an indoors weekend!
Going out with the club on some crazy steep hills before the Austin Tour Das Hugel!
get out on the dirt trails and start pedaling!
27 kilometer long run on Sunday! Preparing for a marathon at the end of november :-)
Ride a century
Marathon on tap for this weekend (with 0 training to boot!)
A whole lot of fork put downs and a 100km cycle.
Double race weekend, Saturday 5k and Sunday 70.3
PSU vs Iowa Football
Finishing up my 5k training hopefully I’ll run sub 19min in my race. And preparing for my second CX race.
I’m gonna cycle around sunny Singapore!
Zwifting on a KK Rock and Roll
(& quietly cursing the pricing and proprietary wireless protocol of the Smart Control Unit upgrade).
Got the Firest sessions out of the season done today. SO I’m trying a longer run this weekend!
Weekend away with the family. Rest, recovery, recharge!
40 to 50 road bike ride on Saturday and about 10 mile mountain bike on Sunday.
a long run for 2hours and a long warm bath too relax as usual.
I have a 5K that I’ve been training for and that’s this weekend!
4 mile run in the morning, maybe anot hour at the gym, 8 mile bike ride, surfing and paddle boarding
going to buy new tyres for my bicycle. =D
Walk and take care of the kids
Going for a short hike in Banff
Round the island (RTI) bike ride in Singapore!
Off season group rides. No training until next year.
Nice early Sunday morning ride.
No training this weekend. This weekend I ran the 41rst Marine Corps Marathon!
Zwift, Zwift, and more Zwift!
A 10k!
A trail run & getting my new smart trainer set up on Zwift
First post injury run
Medium hills ride to get the legs working again!
Going to be 23 in November in Calgary. Getting the new bike built for my wife so we can ride together.
Sat – Easy cycle 50km followed by 30min HIIT training
Sun – 45min Indoor Cycling followed by 60min Weights Training followed by another 60min Indoor Cycling
Turkey run prep. Some easy 5k runs to get some legs under me.
A walk along the beach with my wife Friday night, a flat ride with a bunch on Saturday and a solo cruise through the hills on Sunday.