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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.
Marine Corps Marathon!
This weekend I need to find a 2-3% grade incline that lasts a half-mile to start doing “accordion runs”, per my coach. Sounds like a fun workout: Up the hill at my 10K pace, back down to the start before I hit my target half-marathon mile pace time, start again at exactly the HM-mile-pace time. So I’ll be going up the hill at 7:10/mi (3:35), and then have just shy of four minutes to make it back to the start to go again at 7:30.
Lots of mountain biking!
End of season break. Cross “training” with some mountain biking on Saturday and hiking on Sunday.
Cycling hill training til exhaustion. Then cycle back home.
2 days – 3 ice hockey games – 3 wins – go for it!
Gonna do an 11 mile run, and then carve pumpkins of course!
Trainer ride while listening to the DC Rainmaker Podcast….?
Don’t forget to randomly choose me! :D
FGP-Test in Sunday
Trail runs getting ready for a 50k
Running the Marine Corps Marathon!
May be a ride with Zwift ;-)
Taper run for Princeton half Marathon. Probably about 7 miles on Sunday
Hey, it’s recovery time, before starting to prepare next year…
Probably, a half-marathon run
2 hour fall bike ride enjoying the foliage and kicking some can
Some easy fall weather rails-to-trails miles this weekend, maybe even pulling the kiddos!
Sunday is going to be hours of riding off the hangover from the Saturday night Halloween party.
Walking the dog, sneak a ride (probably trainer) and running to the porcelain for internal purging for one of those over 50 inspections.
This weekend on Saturday, we are racing the Seaside ten miler in Ocean City, MD along the boardwalk. Sunday we are doing a free 5k to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Park Seevice at Assateague National Seashore.
Eat,Cycle, Sleep…Repeat
I planned a short 5k training run and an orienteering competition.
TrainerRoad is waiting for me.
Working my way up to a 5K, after 2 years since my last IM.
7k today, 1:20:00 running tomorrow. Nothing on sunday.
Weather permitting, do a nice long ride around Portland Oregon
Sat 1.5 hours of sweet spot, Sun: 3 hours aerobic endurance.
I’ll go for a bit of a run on Saturday morning, then a bike ride on Sunday afternoon, followed (or maybe interrupted) by the all-important liver workout.
Do some riding in the hills by my house
around 100km cycling close to Toulouse (you should come there some time, Ray, very nice places to ride!)
I’m hoping to fit in a couple of bike rides while carting kids around to get candy. They’ll be easy rides because a cold is trying to get me.
10k training gallop
I’m waiting eagerly for my 4iii power meter to arrive today and then will be skipping all of my planned rest-week TrainerRoad weekend workouts to test it outside with some local hills and flats to satisfy my inner geek.
Kids birthday party so no training, maybe can sneak a run in
I have a 3-hour long-slow-distance run scheduled on Saturday as part of my training for an upcoming marathon in December, and I’ll carry my battery pack for my phone with me so I can leave Pokemon GO running to rack up a bunch of candies for my pokemon buddy, thanks to the Halloween event they have going on. ;)
Yes, I am a grown man, a runner, and I enjoy playing Pokemon GO. :p ;)
Final weekend of team time trial training for the Tour de Greene TTT in Texas.
Friday 50 km cycle today (30 & 20) (commute to and from work, 11 km lunch run
Saturday 5 km park run race (plus some afters) then turbo session. Halloween party.
Long run Sunday. Longer lunch
Brick saturday and Sunday off :-)
Just did a 16-miler, so this weekend’s going to be some nice, easy treadmill runs while I listen to the DCR and TRS podcasts.
I will be doing a long run this weekend and biking.
Hiking in the Alps…
Ride the trainer, it’s raining outside.
Running my first marathon… preparation lasted 3weeks and started after 3weeks off at the end of tri season
Ljubljana half this weekend!!!
IMAZ training,
Easy 5k on Saturday then hilly 12k off road on Sunday.
Easy run 7 miles before a 10 mile race next weekend.
Ride on my bike in Jersey, as weather will allow it!!! Maybe I’ll put on a costume :)
perfect weather for some pool sessions!
Healing my flu so rest :-(
Trail run in the mountain! ?
Completed an Ironman last weekend so taking it easy but will most likely still hop on the bike and go for a good run.
This weekend will be zwift friday night (maybe)
zwift saturday and a cross race on sunday
Park run on Saturday morning, 50 mile bike ride on Sunday
This weekend is my birthday ride!
Running, always.
After long trip to the US, back home and will take my poodle for long easy run on the forest: I need to open my legs and she needs to get steam up.
Rainy weekend. Lots of zwift!
Long Trail Run around the local woods
Zwifting on Saturday, long run on Sunday!
This weekend has some sprint training and weight lifting lined up. My high school son is ramping up his offseason training for football, and needs a training partner.
Plus, it is more fun trying to keep up with him, then a long ride on the trainer in the basement!
Training is happening for an early January half marathon. Here’s hoping the race is held without snow. ;)
5K race on Saturday. Hiking on Sunday.
Racing 1/2 marathon on Saturday morning. Eating after that.
Riding 100k Saturday
Trainer sessions! Saturday is 90 minutes of over-unders, and Sunday is 2 hours and 45 minutes of endurance. Unless the weather cooperates and I get outside one more time before the Chicago winter sets in.
Got a soccer match on saturday and I’ll be trying to destroy my PR sunday on a 10K run!
Cool smooth 10km in the nearby park.
Swimming Saturday. Yoga Sunday. Thanks for the giveaway.
2.5 hour trainer ride while it’s raining out today. Hoping for better weather tomorrow so I can get out and ride.
Mostly rest and a little yoga this weekend.
18 mile run with 12 at marathon pace on Saturday. Rest Sunday.
Riding at the velodrome after work, rock concert at the Horseshoe late tonight. Up early for an easy mountain bike ride with some friends, nap, get ready for Halloween party. Sunday rest. A weekend of dancing and riding!
A long ride with at least 2000m+ on Saturday. Sleep untill late on Sunday!
I’ve a hilly run in south of france!!!
Long run on Saturday and a 90 min TrainerRoad session on Sunday :-/
Taking it easy this weekend. Been pushing hard for over a year now and it’s time for a short break and some much needed family time.
50 mile Belfast to Killyleagh out-and-back with coffee stop! Gym on Sunday.
Tempo run today, TRX tomorrow, long run Sunday!
Last weekend before last race of the year next weekend, so just a nice easy run and swim on Saturday and then an easy long bike ride on Sunday! Looking forward to off-season soon.
I’ll be on the bike on Saturday, and then a long run on Sunday.
It’s started snowing in Ottawa so it will be a trainer ride on Saturday followed by a 10-15k run on Sunday.
Saturday a zombie run with the kids. Sunday trainer session to get prepared for next spring.
Supposed to rain this weekend, but if the weather cooperates, bikes rides Saturday and Sunday.
Quick run and then Mizzou tailgate!
Running the Hot Chocolate 15K in Chicago on Sunday!
Some running plus the best weight lifting program ever, aka hauling brush…
Me, my wife and the little one are doing Pillage the Village in Reigate on Saturday – spooky fun for the little one but I’m expecting I won’t get much of a chance to fit a ride in. Hoping to fit in an easy couple of hours Sunday instead!
I’m running at Regionals for cross country!
Weather is improving here in the Middle East, so a short run outdoors.
Whats on the docket? Hopefully been able to run without pain. :(
Taking my mountain bike out to Allen’s Mountain for some sweet, sweet climbing.
90 mins of cycling hill repeats on Saturday followed by a hike with the fam to walk it off. Easy-ish 60 min TrainerRoad workout in the pain cave on Sunday!
Ride my new Felt AR3 and try to jog a few miles
Thanks Ray!
I’ll be starting off a solid week of training with some steady bike & swim sessions
Easy run ahead of TCS NYCM
some indoor TrainerRoad action on the KICKR
Long run in the beautiful autumn colors.
hopefully, an FTP test today (Friday) to start a new cycle, 1k swimming tomorrow morning, and easy run on Sunday, or a ride with the boys.