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. Marije

    Nothing but a walk, to my frustration. I got a prescription of antibiotics last Friday to cure an infection. This will probably mean I can’t start the triathlon I was training for in 2 weeks, so I am a bit disappointed…

  2. Linus De Paoli

    Did a short 7km run after a road trip with my parents

  3. Marten De Dycker

    Recover from the 80km I ran on Thursday and starting to run back on Monday to prepare for my 1st 100 mile race

  4. Enrique Ortiz

    Road bike -40mile + 10krun

  5. Stuart

    Just an easy recovery ride

  6. Danko

    One or two MTB rides on the local mountain.

  7. Ricardo

    Taper weekend, 7 days before Ironman Brazil.

  8. David Garcia

    Wake boarding weekend!!!

  9. Craig Hoskin

    Since its travel time for work, it’s hitting the pavements

  10. Kim Gydemand

    Did a 10 k competition

  11. Michael

    A sunday morning run and a sunday evening run and a core workout

  12. Ro Meyden

    Ran 14 km – personal record but also came in last!

  13. Jeffrey Morgan

    Weekend of training. 1.5 hours on the bike followed by 30 min run on Saturday, and 45min run on Sunday

  14. I will do my longest run because because olympus marathon 44km 3300m+ (GR) is comming in hot! ???

  15. Luis

    long bike plus run sat and swim long run sunday!

  16. Today MTB race 65 km and back home 156 km :) how and very very hard day.

  17. Ricky roberts

    Indoor rowing with some weightlifting after. The next day an open water swim with my new new wave swim buoy!

  18. I’m still regenerating from a tough Transvulcania but I was cheering today for my wife who participated at a women’s run here in Vienna, Austria. With running after the kids I got my 14000 steps as well. ?

  19. Marty

    Racing mountain 2 main tri in Greenville sc

  20. Lauren D

    The very, very beginning of marathon training for October. So 5 miles today

  21. John

    The Brooklyn Half Marathon!

  22. Sean Ostermann

    Fargo marathon 10k. Just back from an injury. First run in 6 months.

  23. René Trbušek

    Ran very nice 36km trail race. But my legs are in fire today. :)

  24. Martin Anastasovski

    Group ride ~120 km road bike

  25. Scott Michaels

    Solo break on my last appearance at the Windermere Sunday group ride before I move to North Carolina… Can’t wait to explore the Appalachians!

  26. DatMat

    Running 13k, and looking forward to 10k race in few weeks.

  27. Troy Boone

    Saturday was a 90 minute bike and 5 mile run off the bike then my oldest daughter graduated from high school. Sunday was a nice easy 6 mile run then a nap.

  28. Greg Hilton

    First ever open water swim Saturday, bike and household chores Sunday!!

  29. Tanel

    Easy run, 6km

  30. Jeroen

    Walk a lot of steps going nowhere (back and front), short run trying emptying my head. Didn’t work…short sprint, did feel a little bit better

  31. Did a road bike on Saturday up to the highest point nearby (870m) and Sunday had a really great mountain biking tech-ish ride. Still feel the rocks in my hands :)

  32. Katalina Aguilar

    21k run

  33. Stefan

    Getting back in shape!

  34. Nancy van der kamp

    I was practicing training, running because on the end of juni i’ll be running my first 5 km contest

  35. Jan Krejčí

    long intensified run, short bike ride around the dam, easy walk, cheering on fire fighters competition and lot of fun with friends on local fun fair :)

  36. Jason Evans

    First outdoor road ride of the year (I am in Newfoundland after all! – a slight snow flurry out there right now!)

  37. Sam Standerwick

    My 100th parkrun on Saturday followed by on Sunday a really bad run at a hilly 10k trail race – no idea why, just one of those days I guess. But really looking forward to a fell-running course next weekend.

  38. Jordi

    Run and swim

  39. Dwayne

    1st Rogaine of the season coming up – need some off trail running time in the hills.

  40. HH

    Back to back long easy to prepare for an upcoming ultra!

  41. Hike and Trail running in the park and a long run for ultra and marathon training while raising funds for St. Jude for my charity bib to run in the Marines Corps marathon this fall. link to heroes.stjude.org

  42. Jerc

    Just went for a quick hike to the mountains.

  43. Jeff

    General Smallwood tri on Saturday, hilly 60 mile ride and a swim on Sunday. And then sleep.

  44. Hugo McHugh

    Saturday 9 mile run and Sunday was a marshal at the Worcester marathon and half marathon here in the UK

  45. Duncan Platt

    Just a 10 mile trail run. Easy weekend planned after two ultras in the last month

  46. Jake Smith

    Run training in Scottsdale, AZ!

  47. Dennis Smith

    Not feeling the best along with threatening weather so an hour a day on my Stages SC3.

  48. Max

    Going for a run and some resistance band exercises- been 2 weeks since my first marathon so I’m easing back in!

  49. Mikko

    Short bike ride with my MTB. Lovely weather!

  50. Ziga

    Two runs planned for the weekend. Two runs completed this weekend.

  51. Daniel

    Did the bike course of challenge Roth.

  52. Scott

    Memorial swim for an old friend who passed

  53. Henry Collet

    Walking the Dorset hills

  54. David B

    Cramming mileage to hopefully get some last fitness gains before Ojai Marathon next Sunday

  55. Steve Harlowe

    I am running marathon number 32 at Dorchester in Dorset, England. It is part of my quest to reach 100 marathons.

  56. Chris Goslar

    Saturday – 140km training ride
    Sunday – 160km Black Rat sportive

  57. Garret Barends

    After a long period of being injured, the well known ITBS, i got back on track the last 6 weeks. This weekend i managed to put my first quality 300m’s in the bank. An emotional moment for someone totally into the game of running.

  58. Sam Peterson

    Last workout before the move to Portland

  59. Enes

    This weekend was a family biking tour of the beautiful Brioni Islands.

  60. Florian

    A short tempo run on saterday, followed by a 101km bike workout this morning with my club.

  61. Chris Steinbart

    I am taking my family to hike parts of the Grand Canyon this week

  62. andrew burt

    long trail run on wildwood trail in portland saturday, pool swim on sunday!

  63. Marek

    Swimming and then a nice family run with wife and daughter ;-)

  64. Dustin Ray

    I’ll be doing PT and foundation training so hopefully I can get my hips and butt sorted enough to race this summer.

  65. caffeetrinker

    Last Runs before Ultra… .

  66. James

    I did my first road ride in 6 months to celebrate the life of a friend who was taken from us one year ago while on his bike. If felt amazing being off the trainer and on the open road again.

  67. Kevin

    Volunteering at and then running in a local 5K.

  68. Sam

    Easy running around Boston.

  69. Michi

    Roadcycling in the mountains

  70. Brittta Luebbert

    Cycling sportive,in the rain

  71. Peter Nielsen

    Had some hill training for the first time in a month?

  72. Eric Chung

    Early morning 25 km long run, and lots of reading!

  73. E White

    First weekend back on the turbo trainer after a few weeks off with an injury

  74. Mark

    Beach run in Florida

  75. bobbies mach

    Walking miles and miles supporting son at football tournament then back to training in Monday!!

  76. Erica Melton

    Half marathon

  77. Jesper

    Did my last long run before ahead of the marathon two weeks from now. Was supposed to be a nice confidence booster with a fast finish but instead I completely bonked in the heat. Oops!

  78. A moderate training run with hill sprints on Saturday and a tempo run on Sunday – bit of prepping for a 4×4.5km relay run on Ascension Day! B-)

  79. Stefan

    Two easy 12km-runs in the sun!
    Penguins lead 4:0 in the 5th Game of the Eastern Conference. Yes!

  80. Jauho

    Hosting 20 relatives :|

  81. Dave Hewet

    After a weekend of fatherly duties, and trying to find the time to get a run in. Tonight was the night, with kids feed, bathed and tucked into bed. It was my time. So managed to haul myself around 6 miles of undulating roads.

  82. Charlie Anderson

    Tennis drills and a ride if the rain ever stops.

  83. Maciej Czapnik

    Ride my heart out!

  84. Tomas

    Started taper on Saturday, therefore long run was difficult as hell. After that one I’ve started doubting how my marathon run will end up next Sunday. However, looking forward visit Edinburgh and finish a marathon track there.

  85. Alan Taylor Farnes

    I’m riding with the group I always ride with on Saturday mornings and doing the same route we always do on Saturday mornings. Except, I am attempting to ride with the A group (21 mph avg) instead of the B group (20 mph avg) for the first time. Excited.

  86. Paul

    Ran around the neighborhood lake.

  87. Sandijs

    Weekend is over already but I started my Saturday on SUP in a bog, some cycling later and pool today.

  88. Dale Krambier

    43 mile bike ride outside of Athens, GA yesterday and a 6 mile trail run today.

  89. Darren Spicknell

    Hike with the kids and a keep on the taper runs before first marathon next weekend.

  90. Hannah

    Getting back in to tennis and a long walk with the dog!

  91. Lee

    Camping with the kids. Going to go on some beach cruises on the bikes.

  92. Ted E

    Running some old friends into the ground. Then me.

  93. Norbert Smith

    Getting ready fir my first sprint triathlon in thirty years, without that magnificent gadget.

  94. Just to get those easy minutes under the belt.

  95. Elisa Coyne

    Just finished MCM Historic half marathon today…..cool, overcast weather!

  96. David Perez

    I’ll try to do my first trail. 21 kms of mountain.

  97. Ben Mullin

    Royal 162 gravel race in Southern Minnesota. 40 degrees, raining, 15 mph winds, soft and squishy gravel, one thing deep River crossing, and 6k feet of climbing. Good times.

  98. Gerrit van der Heide

    A nice 10 km run in friday and a up tempo racebike ride on saturday.

  99. Chris

    Hanging at the beach, by which I mean maximizing my recovery time of course…

  100. Martin Devine

    Running on familiar roads in the first Stirling Scottish Marathon…