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. Mike

    I’m going biking on an island near Seattle

  2. Emma S.

    I’ll be going for a cruise in Central Park this morning!

  3. Bruce

    Weekend training consists of whatever Coach Russo, #russoracing, orders, and always includes a workout at the lab! #ttbikefit

  4. Kevin

    I’ll be hitting a 30mi ride x 5 mi run brick this weekend followed by a punishing indoor session from SufferFest.

  5. Stephen

    Tapered for sunday’s Powerman Duathlon Asia Championship race!

  6. Andreas Krohn

    Going to cruise the trails with my Flash.

  7. Adam M Goldstein

    Bread N’ Butter 2 x 20s

  8. Jeff

    Planning on a few hours outside despite a high temp of 36 degrees! I’m not very smart. ;-)

  9. Darren H

    ZHR Great Watopian Mountain Goat Road Race for Saturday afternoon and then over to Box Hill (virtual!) for the Sunday leg turner. Spring is nearly here ;)

  10. Ben

    I’m hosting a gravel group ride Sunday!

  11. Shannon Dilley

    Not riding until Monday. This weekend is all about skiing…maybe not hot tubs, but much skiing for sure.

  12. Chris

    Cycling – replacing my broken seatpost clamp whilst wishing I was in NYC so I could do another SoulCycle session. In the absence of that I’ll be running, trying to figure out why my trusted trainers are suddenly giving me a blister on the arch of each foot.

  13. Dave Bettell

    9 weeks out from 70.3 Busselton, long brick sat, 100k recovery ride Sunday

  14. Bernhard

    First Ride this year with my Road Bike – a nice sunny Session at the danube ??

  15. Christian

    Zwift Castelli Cat & Mouse race + Pretzel(s)

  16. Tim Carpenter

    Enjoying the end of summer in the Perth, Western Australia, hills!

  17. Stephen Allison

    Due to parental commitments I’m forgoing the only sunny day this weekend and will be heading out in the p*****g rain on Sunday morning instead! 50 miles of rain soaked hills in the north of England… bliss

  18. Ville

    Today it was 8x4min intervals on indoor trainer :) still winter here at Finland

  19. Puuuh….riding plans…..its running weekend (10km/37min is the plan) so only a nice round La Capella with my Crossbike :-)

  20. Kevin

    50 – 60 road miles Saturday and 10-20 off-road miles on Sunday.

  21. Luc

    Looking and calculating to buy a new bike, a free Stages powermeter would be nice ? And after al the Numbers going on a LSD ride to think everyting over.

  22. Dee Berry

    Aaaahhh bike plans for someone (yes me) who lives in temperamental Michigan; where it’s sunny & 70 one weekend and 22 with snow the following? Well, I can tell you that riding for 1 1/2 hours on the trainer while watching the series finale of Weeds is what is scheduled. But, that schedule may be edited. It’s my birthday. I don’t recover as quickly anymore. I may be taking a 2 hour nap instead ?

  23. Gavin Fraser

    Early morning Saturday road ride putting my 74 year old father through his paces!! Glorious weather, good chat and great coffee to round it off – perfect!

  24. zaly

    Long ride on Saturday before supporting my friend at powerman malaysia asian championship on Sunday

  25. Chris Pollett

    Tapering for a mountain training camp in a week. Couple light spins on zwift and a 100k gravel Monday to ensure i get my smile on.
    5 stages in the house and a 6th would put one on every bike. :-)

  26. Pieter

    Preparing for a mtb race next week

  27. Jakob Holm Hansen

    Most likely an easy ride on the home trainer, due to a long period of downtime.

  28. FrostByteVA

    Family time weekend so that when my new bike arrives on Friday, I can justify being away all of next weekend breaking it in.

  29. Olivier from Paris

    Will try to get rid of neverending flu on the trainer, Paris weather this weekend not pushing for any outdoor activity

  30. Barry

    Just an easy 3 hour spin.

  31. Claus Andrés

    It will be a workout on my hometrainer… No wind and a lot of heat

  32. Scott

    Saturday: 20k triathlon route practice with the wife.
    Another ride by myself probably 20/30k.
    Sunday ride with my mate 30/50k. Commute all week so love to ride the bike in anger at the weekend!

  33. Kasper de Jonge

    Did a 55 KM session on Zwift on Saturday morning working on my endurance and flying to the MS mothership on Sunday

  34. Martin

    Saturday 50 km after an interval track run, Sunday 100 km :)

  35. David J Martin

    Saturday is my long slow run day and Sunday is my off day, but I usually get an easy 60 minute recovery rise in after my run. With today’s temps here in Columbus, OH the ride will likely be in Zwift.

  36. Starting up my brick sessions. 3hour bike, followed by a 5k run. In preparation for IM Maastricht. Would be great to add a power meter for training sessions!

  37. Sergio Gonzalez

    Going out to hit a few Hills around Bogotá – Colombia!

  38. Tomer

    Some laps in CP on a borrowed bike in the cold

  39. Andrew

    Zone 2 rides all weekend. A new PM would be perfect for this!

  40. Nicholas Wood

    Moving house is the focus this weekend. Hopefully I’ll reward myself with a casual ride on Sunday afternoon

  41. Aaron Urquidez

    Rolling out of bed right now to head out for a mountain bike ride in the beautiful Arizona weather. Too much work makes this my first ride in months…I’m really looking forward to it! :)

  42. Josh

    I’ll be trying Zwift’s new volcano climb. Too cold to ride outside!

  43. John Hale

    My cycling plans dashed by subbing into a rowing crew for a race tomorrow!

  44. Led a group trainer session to kick off the weekend followed by wigs and beer with good friends.

  45. Jari

    No cycling this weekend but ice skating on lake here in Finland

  46. Warren Haas

    I’m going to be sitting at home with a freshly broken thumb. Hopefully that won’t stop me from setting up my trainer.

  47. Gilbert

    This weekend is a 2 hour bike training in Z2 and having no idea what wattage i am doing. A power meter would be so welcome to get more feel for mij training.
    And after that a 1 :10 hour run in (you guessed it) Z2 …

  48. Gera

    This is an indoor training weekend. One and a half hour of sweat !

  49. I had my bike at the office and did some easy spins while working the last couple of weeks, but now when spring approaches I just took the bike home again to prepare it for some intervals and soon to get it outside. So this weekend the plan is 8km of easy running, plus 4x4min intervals on the trainer. I might stick in some easy spinning on the bike in front of netflix too.

  50. Pek

    Replace a Saturday ride with a long bus ride to race venue(bike packed neatly in the cargo bay)….go all out for Sunday’s 10km run-60km bike-10km run! Friday B event for the season!

  51. Kyle Robinson

    My plans you say? That would require a link to TP account lol! Anyway ride on Monday an hour and half, Bmx bike sprints Wednesday. Lifting and plyo sets in between. I race and coach Bmx riders all over the US! Go Big or Go Home!
    Kyle Robinson

  52. Gho Seng Wee

    Racing in Powerman Malaysia! It’s a 10 km / 60 km / 10 km duathlon.

  53. Katelyn

    Due to weather, I’ll be on the trainer for 3 hours!

  54. zlemanz

    Still to pick a road bike for this season – will focus on swim and run this weekend instead :)

  55. Matt M

    Confined to doing a sufferfest on a spin bike this weekend!

  56. Mike Kelly

    90 glorious minutes of Trainer Road agony in the basement today, 2 hours easy on the riad tomorrow.

  57. Paul Allen

    Doing a should 20 minute ride on Saturday before my long run and a little over 2 hours on Sunday, all of it being done on a trainer using Zwift.

  58. Troy Martin

    Cold here in PA so it long trainer ride for me with some climbing intervals mixed in. Can’t wait for spring.

  59. Kelly Hutton

    Tackling the new Volcano Mountain on zwift!

  60. A little cold this weekend in NYC, so will be logging some miles on Zwift.

  61. Tom D

    Getting the bike back on the trainer while I get in some Zwift miles, as this mornings snow is keeping me trapped indoors.

  62. Alasdair Corfield

    Riding in the sleet in Scotland!

  63. Valentino Carvalhosa

    Attend powerman Malaysia

  64. Jesse

    Pre ride of the Barry Roubaix course today and bike polo tomorrow!

  65. Tero

    I’m going to have a rest day or two….

  66. Tom Widrick

    2 hour zwift Saturday 1 hour zwift on Sunday followed by a short run.

  67. Martin Lind Ommen

    We are just finishing up packing our bags, to go skiing in Sweden for the next week. The bags are kind of heavy, so that is something.

  68. Ben

    Doing a tt tomorrow to check in with how the training has gone over the last few months. Fingers crossed for a pb!!

  69. Will Greco

    With the sub zero weather outside I’ll be in Zwift land (my basement) this weekend. Ride on.

  70. James Roberts

    Just finished the Rottnest channel swim, so looking to get the ball rolling again with a few loops of the river in Perth!

  71. Lily

    This weekend the ride is in the woods near my home. I”ll be there with a bunch of friends.

  72. Jesper Claesson

    Did 2 hours of Zwifting this morning with a nice group. Might go for a short spin tomorrow as well.

  73. Kelly Galvan

    Spring Fling racing today with GP VeloTek. Long Zwift ride tomorrow. In conjunction with daughter volleyball , shopping , cleaning .. you name it: Busy mom here. Love it

  74. Corey

    Riding around on zwift

  75. Tom

    Trainer road and zwift.

  76. Paul Dieras

    It’s chilly here in NYC, so it will be a long ride on my kickr with the 4-hour longfellow from trainerroad!

  77. Stefaan Carbon

    Zwift it is, it’s -13C today in Quebec. I’ll do a race both Saturday and Sunday.

  78. Dylan

    Cycle around Cape Town Peninsula training for triathlon Champs in two weeks time.

  79. Joe D.

    Some quality trainer time!

  80. Brian S

    It’s about 23f here in NYC so it’s time get on the kicker for a few hours. Tomorrow temp should get to the upper 30’s so i will proabably ride outside for a few hours mid-day. Maybe 55 to 60 miles.

  81. Am adding mileage towards my 185 mile sponsored ride around london for cancer research. Am using a weekend away in Northumberland as a training camp and embrace those hills. Calfs will be screaming.

  82. Max Aulbert

    After an easy 50k ride yesterday I did my first 100k ride this year. Collected over 1,000m eleavtion. My very first time to climb that much. :) Lets see what tomorrow brings.

  83. Owen wood

    Riding MTB bikes for 2 hours on Sunday

  84. Brandon B

    I’ll be running 19 miles getting ready for the Boston marathon then spinning out the legs after. Tomorrow I’m going to ride to the park with my son. Can’t wait to get back to serious cycling training!

  85. Monica

    Heading out on what is going to be a super windy ride up A1A. My goal is to not get blown into the Indian River. Wish me luck!

  86. Rolf-Arne Halvorsen

    4 hours on my indoor trainer today :-/

  87. Dean Mieczkowski

    I’m typing this saturday morning on my trainer. Hopefully will get out on the MTB one day or the other this weekend.

  88. Anders Majland

    Still cold and wet herefter with temperatures just sjove freezing. So this weekend will just be an indoor ride

  89. Anthony

    5 hour ride on the trainer. 2x2hrs aerobic with an hour in the middle at Ironman race pace! #IMTX

  90. Risto Rautiainen

    Two hard trainer rides!

  91. Patrick Myers

    My plan is to stay in bed and dream of spending time on my trainer. :)

  92. Sebastien

    I broke my bike in a crash so no riding this week end, I’ll go for a run, but I sure intend on putting a power meter on my next bike!

  93. Kurt Hatwell

    50mi road bike in the sun with friends taking in the hills….

  94. If the weather isn’t horrible I will be taking my bike out for the first time properly this year. I am still a bit of a newb, and just replaced my tires, chain, cassette, and adjusted my riding position so I hopefully will get less back ache when i start getting past 40 miles

  95. Mark macdonald

    This weekend I will likely try to complete 4 Zwift sessions to help increase my mileage in preparation for a South Carolina training camp on the 10th March. Hope my legs can handle a whole week of riding outside. Looking forward to testing them out.

  96. Michael

    We’ve swapped weather for February and march – it’s gonna be a bit nippy up here this weekend, around -15˚C before the windchill. So the bike is going to stay on the trainer for the time being.

  97. Craig

    Trainer road to hide from the rain, outside sunday for 3 hours

  98. John

    Busy weekend as usual. I am a spinning instructor. So bike to gym, indoor class, bike home then Mountain biking Saturday. Sunday hopefully will be road bike in the morning and spinning class after.

  99. Antoine

    Around 40km on monday, my newborn prévents me from doing more!

  100. Erling Madsen

    This weekend im going to race an Xterra cross duathlon sunday. 5km run- 20km Mtb- 5km run.