March Power Meter Giveaway Time!

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It’s March already.  Which means that for many in the Northern Hemisphere you’re likely starting to increase the mileage and times of your workouts in preparation for the spring and summer ahead.  As such, there’s likely no better time to up your training game with some new gadgets.  Thus, I’m here to give you the power.  Or rather, my partner in giveaway crime Clever Training is.  I’m just like the guy calling you to tell you that you won the sweepstakes.

In any case….

As of a few weeks ago, Clever Training now stocks Stages power meters.  So they’ll be giving the winner a free Stages power meter of their choice.  As for the crank flavor: Carbon, aluminum, cookie-dough..whatever floats your boat…it’s yours.  Hell – I’ll even say that you can pick up the entire crankset if you want.  Hopefully, the CT folks won’t mind, because I’m writing this late and had a few too many glasses of wine to bother calling them.  You can thank me later…or now.

How to enter:

Simply leave a short description of your cycling plans for the weekend (or, if you enter in on Monday, what you cycled over the weekend).

Note that if you partied in a hot-tub at a ski resort instead of cycling this weekend, that’s fully acceptable.  I’m 100% on your side. Obviously though, simply detail that activity instead as your response.

Good luck!

The giveaway entry period will run through Monday, March 6th, 2017 until 11:59PM US Eastern Time.  Winner will be selected randomly.  One entry per person.  The selected product/products will then be ordered immediately and shipped immediately, assuming they’re in stock.

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6,095 Comments

  1. Angus Boyd

    Rain forecast = garage and Zwift

  2. Szenteleki Gábor

    Only 40km road bikinng, i try to prepare new season

  3. Lukas Skala

    I am sick at the monent, rest time scheduled. But power meter would definitely make me feel better

  4. PeterC

    Nothing exciting. Just a quick 30 minutes on the training.

  5. Pascal D.

    I hope to find a timeslot without rain.

  6. Peter

    Zwift time it will be for me. Riding volcano

  7. Bostjan

    I plan to do a conconi test

  8. Michael Swann

    Cycling plans for this weekend: none. I’m watching live motorsport and walking around doing so.

  9. Tijs

    Just a short solo rerun of the final omloop sections

  10. Michael

    This weekend will be short 30min 100w swift session slowly building up my time after an ankle sprain :(

  11. Florian

    Currently recovering from a cold, so I’m gonna read cycling-related stuff and dream of going for rides again.

  12. Edoardo Silvi

    it’s going to be rainy this weekend here in Reggio Emilia.
    So no training outside. a lot of sauna this weekend waiting for better days.

  13. jallal

    No cycling for me this week-end : I’ll run Paris half marathon !

  14. Bruce Burkhalter

    More rain in SF. :-( Hope to get on the trainer.

  15. Richard

    Brick on the turbo today, hopefully 2 hour ride outside tomorrow if the weather agrees.

  16. Torgeir Nes

    Only a long run scheduled for this weekend.
    Hoping the winter is done soon so the racer can come out of storage.

  17. Rally Wachtel

    I’m planning doing a quick 40-50K to test my bike after the winter maintenance.

  18. tudor

    most probably 1.5h of zwift ;-)

  19. Vaughan

    Sitting on sofa watching strade win by Sagan hopefully whilst procrastinating too much to get on trainer

  20. Les

    Just a session on the trainer today and a ride Sunday

  21. Rikki keene

    Getting back on the bike after a year off, starting off saturday with some indoor training on my tacx vortex then tomorrow heading out onto the open road to feel that bitter british wind :)
    Will be getting right back into things training for a few 100mile rides in the summer.

  22. Andrew Kennedy

    Squeeze in some zwift sessions either side of wife being away!

  23. Markus

    Easy zone2 and then some core work.

  24. Steve Addison

    Going to do park run (not cycling I know) on saturday followed by a lovely 4:15 turbo session courtesy of TrainerRoad. Sunday will be around 3 hour club ride with my tri club before retiring to the sofa the rest of the day!

  25. Rod

    No such thing as bad weather…rain, snow, dry, cold and wet, cold and dry, I ride. I plan on a couple 50+ mile days this weekend.

  26. AndyCS

    I’ll be doing a cool 45m of 90-110 threshold work on the trainer while nursing a very tight right calf that probably will keep me from running today, and tomorrow it’ll be time to run in the morning and sightseeing in the afternoon.
    Carbon for me! *-*

  27. Shayne Ludlow

    Mountain biking in the wet………fun fun fun

  28. Gordon

    Spin Saturday and MTB Sunday!

  29. Mikael Åkerfelt

    Strade Bianche on the couch is the plan.

  30. Ivan Ivanusic

    I’m going to mtb race on Pakostane, Croatia ;)

  31. BartW

    A short low level interval training on the Tacx

  32. David McCulloch

    Not cycling this weekend but volunteering as course marshal for the local Amy Gillet big bike ride, which I usually enter. Giving back to the community.

  33. Klemens

    Sweetspot and threshold work on the Tacx Neo

  34. Phil

    Zwift racing – it’s a bit damp outside.

  35. Steven

    Forced to rest because of knee injury.
    I’ll be watching Strade Bianche, though. That counts, right?

  36. Bobby

    Running a marathon on Sunday, so an easy Zwift session on Monday as recovery

  37. Robert Pettifer

    Dodging the storms, getting a few Km in hopefully.

  38. PatDes

    Couple of hrs easy swifting Saturday am. Bike clean. 80 mile sportive Sunday. Ride On!

  39. Tri-Sepp

    As whe got about 15 deg. Celcius right now i will go out for 2 MTB rides with approx. 50-60km and get some mud on me and the bike :)

  40. This afternoon 3h on the kickr with trainerroad whilst our youngest is having his afternoon sleep.
    Weather here in Bruges is still gray and rainy, and I’m sort of a saloncoureur as they say…

    Cheers

  41. Bambang Purnomo

    1 hour indoor session watching the blacklist redemption…

  42. Dave Robinson

    It’s 11am on Saturday and part-way through the plan:
    – Saturday am – two (well, one and a half) rides up the same pass on the Kickr, brought to a merciful end with a snapped belt
    – Sunday am – 70 mile sportive , starting 16 miles from home – for my first century ride of the year. And it’ll be raining
    – Monday am – back on the fixie for my regular commute

  43. Nate Maietta

    Just an easy ride down Mt.Vernon Trail in your old stomping grounds. Thanks!

  44. Peter

    2hr Sweet spot workout on Trainer road on Saturday, off day on Sunday, so I’ll probably make a double recipe of Bolognese from the Food Lab cookbool. Don’t quite have the weather yet for outside rides :-/

  45. Eberhard

    Will workout to preparing myself for a 10K (next Saturday).

  46. Jasper

    I just returned from a week of snowboarding, so this weekend will just be a bit of recovery riding.

  47. Joff Lenr

    running 12k today, probably biking 60k tomorrow :-)

  48. Ryan

    3 hr Zwift Ride Sunday while dreaming of spring

  49. Denis Ho

    Doing a run on Sunday. And finally doing a tune on the commuter

  50. Michael Andersen

    Hoping for a couple of rides on the Mountainbike this weekend

  51. Mark Thorburn

    Trying to get up and down Dundonald Hill as fast as possible. Usually one or the other but want both together.

  52. Alda

    I gonna try some km on trainer, maybe a walk with dogs.

  53. I will take my mountainbike out for a ride in the snow.

  54. Adam

    Lots and lots of indoor cycling. Not really.
    Lots and lots of driving the kids to their sporting activities. Really.

  55. Dagfinn

    It’s gone be a barf o Rama. Sick kids.

  56. Seamus B.

    Easy spin out after a long run.

  57. BERT

    I have my last long run coming up today (for a marathon in late March). I’ll likely be doing a long slow flat ride tomorrow :-)

  58. Martin

    Injury at the moment.

    So will have to stick to indoor cycling. 45min @ 165 Bpm for both days.

  59. Tm_T

    Looks like my weekend is granny bike hitting icy snowy roads for some hours, base training time.

  60. Ralph moore

    Sufferfest on the trainer. Still recovering from my most recent wreck so not gonna hit the road.

  61. Steven Chasteen

    Cycling is on hold this weekend. My city is hosting a marathon run Sunday and I’ll be running.

  62. paulo

    planing a long road bike journey on sunday over big rain…

  63. Mark E

    3.5 hours on the trainer and watching videos. Good times.

  64. Christopher Butler

    I just finally gave in and bought a Kickr yesterday, so the plan today is to get it up and running on Zwift. Hopefully it is the last cold weekend here!

  65. Harriet

    No cycling sadly as at my parents and no space for bikes on trains. Getting some MTB in next weekend though

  66. Andreas Haukaas

    Crosscountry skiing with my two daughters.

  67. Ivan Murdock

    Looks like two days of warm weather and two 100K days.

  68. Daniel Vela

    For saturday i will do 30min interval plan. Sunday 1h:30 loooong run…. whoooa

  69. Tim

    Rode my fatbike on Friday and have to travel Saturday. Hotel stationary for me this week until a long layover and a rental.

  70. Rohan

    Racing the rain this weekend. I failed today, so I will try again tomorrow.

  71. Matt

    Trainer time in fridges NYC!

  72. Had a long ride to the Coast Planned. Looked at the weather forecast – Zwift it is. Such is the reality of being a Cyclist in the UK.

  73. George

    A loop through a local reserve called Suikerbos rand, 62km, 1000m ascend on our (Wife, myself and a friend) mountain bikes.

    G

  74. Rob Ferguson

    I am manning the cake stall at the spring sportive organised by my club. A job of key importance.

  75. Allan mackenzie

    5 hour neo/zwift session planned for Sunday morning

  76. Petr Havlicem

    Sat – morning – 30min HIIT on TT bike with avgSpd 30km/h
    Sat – evening – 90min MTB 29er technique
    Sun – morning – 120min long road ride
    Sun – evening – 2-3k easy tempo swim

  77. Daniel

    Just trying to ride every day.

  78. Brett C

    If it’s raining I’ll be on zwift riding the new volcano course. If weather is good I’ll be out on the road bike :)

  79. Jelle

    First some Saturday morning maintenance, then on my mountain bike to the my brother in law to admire his new bike and hopefully a test ride. On Sunday some decent Tacx action on my road bike to work on my endurance and bike position.

  80. Amanda McMurray

    No riding this weekend, time for a little rest after a 325 mile work week.

  81. Adam W

    I’m going to check that are there still some places when Winter still rules and get her out from here;D

  82. Kevin Christenson

    Almost ice out here in Minnesota so a 30 mile lake loop is in order ?

  83. Patrik

    Dreaming of riding with power on a sunny summer day

  84. Ken Press

    Gonna spend time in pain cave riding the zwift volcano.

  85. Luca

    Sat morning swimm 2000
    Sat afternoon 70k bike
    Sun morning long bike ride

  86. AJ

    Long ride today and long run tomorrow…. they are too hard to fit in during the week!

  87. Chris

    Explore Berlin where I’ve just arrived

  88. Matt Tinnelly

    Saturday; 2hr MT Bike and 90 min Indoor trainer strength set.
    Sunday; 3 hr TT ride, 30 minutes run.

  89. Horatiu

    This weekend: indoor training.

  90. Seet

    A 2 hour run, followed by 3 hours on the trainer.

  91. Patricio Miranda

    No bike plans this Weekend but i will do some Skiing with the Family.

  92. Matt Owen

    Hitting the up the trainer for a spin or two

  93. Stephen Hancock

    Saturday- long FTP builder workout
    Sunday- hard recovery ride

  94. Allan chan

    Recovery week, so light spinning

  95. Jean Marc gagnon

    A little 90 minutes this morning…. indoor… here in Montreal it’s -20 c

  96. Anneli

    Indoor cycling on trainer – 1h L3 session it is. Too cold and slippery outside. :)

  97. Emil Schjøtt

    Ive got a long steady ride tomorrow and intervals on monday!

  98. Socia

    Ease back in and get back some of what I lost being sick the last couple of weeks.

  99. Ekku

    Few hours on indoor trainer on sunday.

  100. Yale glazer

    I might spin tomorrow – however as it’s gonna be below freezing here all weekend, no outdoor cycling :(