The Day in May DCR $500 Gadget Giveaway!

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It’s a day in May.  No, not May Day.  That, according to Wikipedia is May 1st.  Rather, it’s May 20th – which I reason is 20 times better than May 1st (albeit, less awesome than May 5th).  Why’s it better?  Because I’m giving away gadget awesomeness.  I originally planned to give away the Garmin FR935 GPS watch, the backorder is basically down to almost nothing.  But then I figured – you can choose anything you’d like.  Perhaps you’re more of a cyclist, or you just want a large pile of compression sleeves instead.  Your choice.

Speaking of coverage – if you didn’t see my tweet yesterday, there’s a BOATLOAD of sales on right now (both from Clever Training as well as others).  The best deal being 30% off the Garmin FR735XT GPS watch.  But also some solid 20% off deals on power meters, trainers, and 25% off on Suunto gear.  The full details are here!

In any case, the winner will get a $500 credit to CleverTraining.com, my most excellent partner in this giveaway crime.  By supporting the site through Clever Training you also can save 10% on basically anything they sell (or get points instead).  If you win, you can use that credit for anything from the GoPro Hero5 Black to that Garmin FR935, to a random pair of socks to the PowerTap C1 power meter, or heck, even towards a new trainer.  With that kind of credit, the world is your oyster (except…they don’t sell oysters).

How to enter:

Simply leave a note about what athletic adventures you’re up to this weekend.  Easy as that!

Oh – and you’ll likely avoid the SPAM filters if you’re more detailed than just the word ‘run’.  Nobody likes to get sandwiched between two pieces of SPAM. Got all that?

Good luck!

The giveaway entry period will run through Tuesday, May 23rd, 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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7,467 Comments

  1. Daniel Lott

    Hiking Scott’s Gap. Nice little 3 mile loop.

  2. Kokchoon Oon

    Training for upcoming race.

  3. Sean Lally

    Lovely ride in the sun on Sat and a ride in the rain today!
    link to strava.com

  4. Francis Limousy

    I’ll try to find a moment between the thunderstorms for my planned fartlek rum

  5. Bob mako

    Hiking with my lab today. Back to the gym tomorrow

  6. Leonid

    5.8 km swim on Oceanman

  7. Luke Bosman

    Cycled with the club yesterday, accompanied by a journalist from Cycling Weekly, and today did five hill repeats up my favourite Fell.

  8. Wim Boonstra

    Watch the girls on the run 5k in Rhode Island!

  9. Fabiano Araujo

    Recover from upper airways sickness. :/

  10. Bruce Collin

    I am heading out for a easy bike ride in the country

  11. Markus

    3 day runhiking through the Oslomarka, North of Oslo.

  12. Maryro

    Some biking and easy running still recovering from 2 marathons in 4 weeks and last one was last week. Finally spring has arrived in Canada

  13. Ubaldo

    This weekend will be relaxing with a simple run and bike riding with the kids!

  14. Vicente

    This week-end is time for a long awaited family visit!

  15. Todd

    Training run for upcoming marathon. Battling a very persistent, very large blister.

  16. Dan Walker

    Over 70 degrees in Seattle? Time for an outdoor ride this weekend!

  17. Michael Westapher

    I rode my bike up Mt Bachelor in Bend this weekend!

    link to strava.com

  18. JimL

    Fun time trial this morning with both kids and I

  19. Milessio

    parkrun on Saturday
    The Hard Way Half (marathon) on Isle of Portland, England, with 475m of climbing.

  20. Kevin Knight

    Competed in a duathlon, a rather wet and muddy one.

  21. Willie Swart

    Finished the first week of a 10 week training program. Many short but more intense runs for a while.

  22. Gail

    Now that ToC is over, I’m running long and heading for the ocean for a swim!

  23. Daniel Dillon

    Recovery!

  24. Amy Shores

    I complete a half marathon this morning!

  25. Mikael Ahlfors

    Some runnings, golf and cycling.

  26. Armin Hackmann

    Cycling to THW nearest ‘mountains’ (~30km), running some hill repeats and back home via bike…

  27. Nacho

    It was a full Ironman indeed

  28. Eric

    Completed back to back V02Max workout without drop in power.

  29. Zeljko Perkovic

    I am training my dog, biking and running!!!

  30. Paul Molnar

    Super lame “Athletic Adventure” here. I ran 2 miles yesterday, and will do 2 hours on the trainer today.

  31. Massimo Torino

    about 30K steps and real Italian pizza :)

  32. Tracey

    Played 3 hours of pickleball 5 times this week. Improving!

  33. Ian Flight

    Recovering from my first IT band injury with short runs and my first organized cycling event #NavyRide!

  34. Mark

    Parkrun, trainerroad bit of cross trainer. Walking the dog & sorting a cracked cylinder head on step sons mini

  35. Richard

    Running the Wimbledon Common half marathon

  36. John Fox

    A hard trail run followed by a nice open water swim

  37. Dario

    Learn to swim (I mean, to swim below 2min/100m…)

  38. Steve

    Hitting the trails! Training for my first 50k!!!!! Can’t let the wife have all the fun and glory.

  39. Simon

    Since the coming weekend is a long weekend my girlfriend and me are going to do lots of cycling tours because she got her new ebike to train with me at my pace.

  40. F. Javier González Vidal

    Unfortunately this weekend I must study and there is no time for sport. Can’t wait to finish that blonda exam and start the Valencia marathon in November!

  41. Art Thompson

    Just finished a 4-miler on the San Francisco waterfront!

  42. cristina

    Went cycling in the woods with my yellow lab Bela.

  43. Bruno Medeiros

    Long run on Sunday!

  44. Tim

    Road bike training rides, trail rides with son, and climbing the tree T our local park.

  45. Push

    Bagging a few snowcapped peaks!

  46. Luke

    I ran both days this weekend!

  47. Raúl

    My adventure is to recover after a surgery in both legs. I’ve been in pain for years with no one knowing what I had. Until I found out and the best solution was surgery.

    I will start swimming in 3 weeks. I don’t know when I will run (march is the goal) so the 935 could help me swimming and biking.

    If you have an injury keep looking, I encourage you all to fight and find a solution.

  48. Nicholas

    Cycling and running with 7yr old daughter

  49. Eduardo

    10k running on Saturday and Mtb on Sunday

  50. Keith Hudson

    Training for my first ever half marathon!

  51. A

    First proper run in a long time, which let’s say is a hard comeback after a long depression.

  52. Hybry

    Not much sports taking place this weekend as I will be attending a bachelor party. Hope to make up the km next weekend with a long run

  53. Michele

    I will do a 420 km bike ride

  54. Charlie O

    I got a long ride in, starting early doors.

  55. Blake Sims

    A bike ride, a run and a hike with the kids!

  56. Cameron Mumby

    Coaching kids football in the morning followed by a long trail run in the afternoon.

  57. Michael Kasinkas

    Going for an 8mile run and then the legend of Zelda concert :-D

  58. martin

    I paddled down a river and out an inlet right into the teeth of a gale. had a blast just as the wind was blasting me. :)

  59. Joel

    A 5:30am run before meetings and an evening swim. Oh joy!!!

  60. Joe Kalis

    We are breaking in our new kiddie carrying bike trailer! Little dude is digging it so far

  61. Nuno

    I headed to Normandy, côte fleurie, and discovered the coast along Cabourg, Houlgate… An amazing scenery to run in!

  62. Tom

    Long weekend around these parts, so did a Kayak trip and short ride yesterday, run today and then plan a long ride tomorrow morning :)

  63. Elar

    I hope it counts as atheltic adventure but i transported 15tonnes of sand with wheelbarrow at my new house and everything hurts! Like I haven’t done anything relatively sporty EVER!

  64. Wendy

    Running! Every day, all the time.

  65. Annette

    Tracking my friend online at IM 70.3 Chattanooga- and did a run with 10x2min. intervalles…..
    Thanks in advance ;-)

  66. Ville

    Swimming, biking and running :)

  67. Marc Best

    Posted to F3 in Morehead City, NC and ran around New Bern, NC. Great weather!

  68. Pete

    First 100 mile bike ride!! (hopefully)

  69. Gordon Moat

    So far this weekend, severe thunder storms and flash flooding. That means I’m working on flexibility, arm exercises, and washing my bicycle.

  70. Rafael Tadashi

    This weekend any activity is an activity. Hasnt seen this rain in a long time

    • Giampaolo

      A long run of at least 20km. Despite the high temperature and humidity here in Japan

  71. Stacey

    Getting my long ride in and my veggie garden finally planted!

  72. Dimitris Apostolou

    Rest due to injury :)

  73. Sandy

    Run 7 miles. And avoid the pastries and cookies in the break room.

  74. Staci

    Recovering from a 100 mile trail race!

  75. Ted

    Was supporting the wife who ran the Copenhagen Marathon. Trying to keep this knee injury from getting any worse myself…

  76. Sjoerd

    Two 100km+ bike rides should do the trick.

  77. Felix Hagemann

    Running in my university town on the old trails….

  78. Daniel Paris

    Just a steady ride for me this weekend! Go house work to do

  79. Karen Hughes

    Just a short run and then lots of stretching as I’m just coming back from an injury.

  80. Gary Spanedda

    Took my 24 yr old nephew on his 2nd “road ride” with his new Cannondale at 7-Lakes Drive in the Hudson Valley in New York State.

    Feels good to get the next generation out there!

  81. Joe H

    Just a gentle 80km recovery spin on the bike this morning after smashing my legs to pieces in a fell race last Wednesday.

  82. Stefan

    25 km long run and 5 hours on the trainer

  83. Niklas

    It’s about time to start with roller skiing, winter is eventually coming and I need to be prepared… :)

  84. Rudy

    Went cycling! 150k on the Veluwezoom :)

  85. Ciaran McQuade

    Hilly17 miles run on Saturday followed by 22 more on Sunday.

  86. Diogo Almeida

    I run a ultra-trail em Melgaço a small town in Portugal. 47k with 1900m Climb in very extremily hot comditions

  87. Bostjan

    Running 10km on 37.th marathon 3❤ in Radenci

  88. Jiri

    Only 54km trail run race :-)

  89. Dave Dupuis

    A 50km bike ride with friends !

  90. Carlos

    Soccer match on Saturday and 15K easy run on Sunday to build base for NYC Marathon in Nov.

  91. Mart

    2 bike races. First 50km and second one day after was 87k. thinking of completing first marathon in autumn. I have done some half-marathons.

  92. Lee B

    Catching up on biking mileage after running a half marathon a couple weeks ago.

  93. Bill

    Bad weekend for me. My activity consists of walking between breweries.

  94. Roman Wienicke

    A short Mountainbike race and an very short road sprint uphill timetrail.

  95. Shane Healy

    8km comfortable plus some football golf afterwards

  96. J HAROLD HANSON II

    This coming weekend I will be doing my final prep for the following weekend’s Newport Marathon in Newport, Oregon. This is my first ever marathon and I am very excited to complete it. I have an old Forerunner 25 that a friend gave me to help keep track of my miles and training but this prize would set me up to start buying some proper equipment so that I can achieve my goal to go to the Boston Marathon in a couple years.

  97. Kate

    It turned out I’m pregnant, which mobilized me to excersise for the first time in a very long time.

  98. Raymond

    Al sorts of activities From a birthday ride on Friday to a morning run on sunday

  99. D Lo

    A personal best at Saturday morning’s Parkrun

  100. Bradley Smith

    Refereeing soccer!