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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.
Probably a few wattbike sessions, quick and easy but all I’ve got time for.
Nothing! Need a break. Hot tub time. ALL weekend.
Swim, bike, run, and eat my way through the second weekend of my taper for IM Florida!! ?
A birthday bicycle ride with my brother.
Some trainerroad rides and an outside run :)
10 miles trail running + speed work sunday. Can’t wait!
More half marathon training long runs and hopefully setting the bike up on my old trainer while I wait for the Magnus to ship.
A Venice runaround (using your post as inspiration!
Cycling all the way up Tama river in Tokyo, Japan.
Going for a run along the danube
12 mile trail run with friends Saturday.
Ocean swim to get ready for IM Flordia
A quick run with kids on Saturday and a long solo run on Sunday
Road traning and track training on saturday. Then cyclocross on sunday.
A couple trail runs and a trainer ride if I’m lucky
MTB season ended, time for some trail running on Saturday
Think it’s time to set the turbo up indoors and spend an hour trying to get used to the mind-crushing boredom of it all…
Training… Saturday almost always involves the week’s “long run”. Given no specific upcoming race it will probably aim to be ~10 miles or so.
I’d also love to get on the bike at some point for a minimum of an hour. I seem to be a mostly indoor rider now anyway, but with winter coming in MN I may try to squeeze in something outside.
Well, tomorrow I have a group ride to a bakery (80k) and on sunday I am going for a 10k run. Oh and right now I am preparing for a little wellness in the sauna – I mean it’s off-season, so this will be enough from athletic standpoint for today.
This weekend is rest and recovery before starting a new 12 week training program Monday.
Some ridge running, hopefully!
Going out on a couple of short runs.
The usual Saturday long bike ride :)
Mountainbike weekend!
Long ride, then another long ride
Will be running 30k this afternoon (maybe 10k more if the weather holds).
Thanks Ray for all the goodies!
Trail riding on the mtb :)
I’m still resting from the big race last weekend- hence I’ll likely do some impromptu easy run/ride with friends!
Doing some serious hiking in Allgäu as a practice for climbing Mount Kinabalu on the island of Borneo at the end of November this year…
Swimming
I’m going for a 30km trail run on Monte Canto.
Get in another ride two before the weather goes south
Long run on Saturday, then a Cyclocross race on Sunday….yeeehaw
Saturday: easy spinning on the turbo while watching premiership (need a lot of saddle time to get ready for touring in a few weeks)
Sunday: jogging around the Marine Corps Marathon course to cheer on my teammates.
Swim and swim
Swim, swim and swim again!
A few five mile runs out in the rain, it looks like.
This weekend mark the end of my marathon recovery program, which means I can finally do a long run again. I would have never though that long run Sunday would become my version of church on Sunday morning…
25km trail run and 35km mountain biking
Brick Training :
Pool Swim
Zwift Ride
Snow run
Going on my usual 80 km ride with the Paris Levallois club on Sunday morning.
Swimming and swimming
I am running the Javelina Jundred 100 mile race in the 90 degree Arizona desert
Run when its not raining hard. Create and ride a new computrainer course. Watch the Cubs, they win when I’m in a bar!! Work on my halloween costume.
Back on the bike after a layoff for a ruptured disc.
Riding the trainer due to rain:(
I will be doing my second ride on my new trainer! I waited for your review to come out and once it did, I finally went for it. Very excited!!!!
I have a bad cold, so the only thing on my agenda this weekend is rest! Hopefully I’ll be back in the saddle by Tuesday or Wednesday.
A nice long run.
Well we are taking a trip to Legoland with the kiddos. Rest weekend. ;)
I’m going to make my Wahoo KICKR suffer in my garage :-)
Saturday I’m shooting for a long road ride. Probably something like 5 hours and 5,000ft+ feet of climbing.
15k easy run!
Easy – set myself up for a double whammy by joining the cycle people on Saturday and buying new running shoes today, so that pretty much settles Sunday’s.
Riding and birthday parties!
Some swimming for the wife and I!
Visiting family. Looking forward to getting back on my bike next week though – I’ve been off of due to an operation on my leg…
Cycling in the mountains!
easy ride on zwift
Walking around the park with my newborn!
Cycle the green belt in town and finally get to enjoy some cooler weather.
Still getting back to structured training after a long tri season. Some sweet spot worker on Saturday and a 12k run in the morning. Hitting the trainer for a 3h ride on Sunday and a short run afterwards.
I will be supporting my friends during their race, which I unfortunately must skip because of an injury.
Cyclocross Race Saturday and Soccer game Sunday
Indoor trainer for me.
Hi Ray,
Thank you for the great contest, I am actually very interested in a Hero5..
All weeknd training plans have not been defined, but Saturday and Sunday afternoon I will do some indoor climbing with my daughter..
Larping this weekend
This weekend is a trip to the Penrose Park Velodrome (aka Mr. Bumpyface) in St. Louis for a test lap. I registered for the 100 Miles of Nowhere charity ride they put on over at FatCyclist.com. My tentative plan was to do it at the Velodrome, but I have a couple of concerns. First the nickname (what I’m going to check out this weekend), and second it’s not in the greatest neighborhood (guess also what I’ll be checking this weekend).
Other than that, I’ll be checking to see where some friends are planning on riding and maybe join them.
Run Saturday, Swim Sunday
Spin up through the Perth hills if the rain hold off. Still awaiting the Australian spring.
Start running after a post marathon depression. Well, something like a little dip in running.
Dog agility practice (lots of sprinting) and a trainer ride!
Sat: 10k road race, 1 hr Trainer Road
Sun: 2hr Trainer Road, 15k easy run
This weekend I’m heading out with my new fenix 3 HR to give it a first spin out running! Not quite sure how long it will be though, probably around the 10K-mark!
Trip to the Philippines
Sat: 1mi fun run with the kids & the last 5k race of the season
Sun: 13mi training run in prep for next season
And a birthday party celebration
A little bit of running Saturday and a Zwift ride on Sunday.
swim-bike-run-drink
Easy today, easy + sprints tomorrow and long run on sunday
Hopefully have some time to go to the park to train a bit for my next half marathon the following weekend.
Injury rehabilitation. And a nice long walk! :)
Hopefully play some hockey!
Will be hitting TrainerRoad for an hour session on Sunday, along with an Achilles rehab run of a mile. Glad to be running again!
Easy saturday + Oly Duathlon on sunday!
I hope Gweden is OK too! :-)
I’ll probably go for my normal 8 km run around near water and forest!
I have my first cyclocross race Saturday!
20k saturday and some hill climbing sunday
Climbing ladders and crawling through attics to install lights in our house. Not a traditional training method, but I’m sure i’ll work out quite a few muscles in the process.
Run on Saturday and Soccer game on Sunday.
Coming back from health challenges I am building a new base and the forecast for rain all this week puts me on the trainer and then the gym for the treadmill.
A medium pace run and a bike around the lake with the kids.
I’m tapering for a race on 11/5 so my weekend training will just be a 10m trail run on Saturday and about 5m on Sunday. Thanks for the giveaway Ray!
In the Czech Republic we have really cool autumn. This is time to take a bike and enjoy ride in the mountains. Outdoor gives more and what I love about the doing exercises outside is that you can get dirty. I will definitely go to muddy terrain. Oh yeah, Halloween. This is connected with night hiking on the top of the highest peak of Beskydy mountains, I cannot wait.
Pedal, pedal, mash them until I’m soft …
Cross !!
Hiking in the wilds of MN with some buddies (and their dogs).
slow buildup on the bike after a broken leg injury (to get ready in time for snowboard season!)
10-12 mile trail run Saturday, then mountain bike Sunday
Long Aerobic Ride
Gym on Saturday and Sunday.