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. Nicklas Holm

    The Brooklyn Half!

  2. Mike Shirley

    Weight-lifting… in that I spent the weekend repeated lifting and lowering the increasing weight that is my 1-month old boy!

  3. Jimbo

    Went for Hash run in the blazing heat on Saturday.

  4. Alex

    Quick spin on the bike in the sunshine

  5. nicole

    Testrun and swim training

  6. TE

    Swim, run then run again!

  7. Jay

    Bike /run brick for upcoming duathlon if it doesn’t rain.

  8. Amy

    Running on the lake trail in Austin, Texas!

  9. Jimmy

    Just some endurance training in preparation of a 12 hour race.

  10. Dani Fernandez

    Watching Madrid winning his 33th league

  11. Lucci

    I did the Tour de Madison on Saturday and rode/run in DC on Sunday!

  12. Philip C

    Away watching football for the weekend so got to make up for it with a long run on Monday!

  13. Elias

    Orienteering every weekend

  14. Jeremy B

    Zip lining, running and road biking

  15. Alan Davies

    40 mile mountain bike ride to Rivington Pike

  16. Adam

    Copped a nice running lesson on the weekend
    I ran with a friend of mine who is a three-time Iron Man… needless to say I was given a running lesson… prior to him doing 1/2 marathon with me he decided to do a 70Km bike ride and he still thrashed the shit out of me… ?

  17. Heather

    Open water swimming and a couple great runs!

  18. Lisa

    Long run this morning and a 5K yesterday pushing a rider-athlete for Ainsley’s Angels.

  19. Dennis Nielsen

    85 km road bike ride.

  20. Wouter Van Genechten

    I had my first triathlon of the year on sunday. Was a half distance and I managed to decrease my time with 8 minutes compared to last year!

  21. Andy Rutherford

    Invaded Switzerland on a bike from Italy where they least expect an attack to come from

  22. Sherie M

    I rode a 33 mile charity event on Saturyda – Windy, cold, and hilly. Had a blast. Today, Sunday, I ran in a 1/2 marathon relay event – windy, cold, and flat. Had another blast!
    Ready for warm weather.

  23. René Pedersen

    2x long bike rides 100 km and 145 km

  24. Jonathan Winter

    Chilled pedal in the uk sun.

  25. Tim Michael

    Friday Lunch Run, a Short 5Km between the Rain Drops. Saturday roadbike 66Km in the afternoon Sun….Today Setup the 7000l Pool for the Kids and then walked 10km with the wife (5km into town, ate Dinner, then 5km Home) at a rather slow regenerative pace.
    Now achived Zombie Status in Front Office the TV Reading your Blog.

  26. Connie Smith

    Running and Yoga are my weekend adventures. Tomorrow is the official start of Ironman training. New or additional technology would go a long way in training.

  27. Peter

    Long run long bike , prep for Challenge Roth

  28. Michał Dawid

    Night run in home town.

  29. Bartosz Borkowski

    I’ll race a half marathon in beautiful Białowieża national park

  30. Andrew

    Relaxing weekend at home. Nothing planned.

  31. f

    Rowing the 210km 11-cities tour in the Netherlands.

  32. Alex Morrison

    Waiting for a strained intercostal to recover ?
    And staining garden furniture…

  33. Dan

    Club swim session on Saturday, moved up to the fast lane but quickly moved back down after warm up!
    Daddy and daughter dance show Sunday, not very athletic for me, but was for her. Then 8mile progressive run before bed for me!

  34. Jan

    First run with my girlfriend after a long period of illness. 5km but feelling like after a marathon :-)

  35. Oriel

    M2V Israel is just over (220 km mountain to valley run)
    So this weekend is ease running for me

  36. Vigimax

    A 10km run!

  37. Vincent

    Trail running, 22km.

  38. Adrienne L.

    Went on a hike and attended and Eagle Festival yesterday, then got up at 3:30am to volunteer at a race and then cheer half marathoners up the second mega hill on the course.

  39. Greg Olsen

    120km ride in the rain!

  40. Mark Ranum

    Heading out into the Manistee National Forrest for some running and mountain biking!

  41. Rafael Moreno Serrano

    I run a half marathon as preparation for my first half ironman in june

  42. Julie N

    We had a beautiful weekend here in Massachusetts. We are lucky enough to live on a lake. So this weekend was the years first run around the lake followed by some time kayaking. Not a bad way to spend a day!!

  43. David Juiliano

    I checked out Wanderlust which combined 5k and an hour of yoga. I’ve never done yoga but a girl was involved so I thought why not.

  44. Spence

    Mountain bike if rain holds off.

  45. Julian Fabian

    Running, Running, more running!

  46. Thomas Teglund

    A nice 60km road biking complemented with a 20km MTB and 2000m swimming – fantastic ?

  47. Erik Krause

    Did a nice 1.5 hour mountain bike ride with my wife yesterday at Duthie Hill near Seattle.

  48. I’ll be coaching and mentoring the NorthStar Development Cycling team on a longer ride in potentially rainy weather!

  49. Daniel

    TT Bike goes into the shop this week so it will be an early swim followed by a Zwift ride on the road bike and a short run in the wind and rain no doubt. Sunday is a long run at Te Henga reserve (Bethels beach) Auckland NZ.

  50. Johann K

    I rode the IM Hamburg bike course. It was awesome

  51. Mark Visser

    Run the Leiden marathon (and succeeded…3:29)

  52. Shelby Powell

    I’ve been sidelined from riding for a month due to a knee injury, but I’ve got the go ahead to start some light cycling. So, I’ll be doing some rehab cycling!

  53. Rech

    Long trainer ride. Nap. Long run. Nap

  54. Maarten

    Found out a bit late, but I did the whole set:
    run, swim, bike, lawn mowing and watching Giro!

  55. Daryle Yarab

    90 minutes on the trainer, 90 minutes on the treadmill. Then a nap.

  56. Wade

    Completed my favorite obstacle course race, The Battlegrounds. 5 miles and 30+ obstacles

  57. Shannon Parrington

    I went hiking this morning and a little boy on the bank of the creek showed us the baby frog he’d “captured.” It was smaller than the tip of his finger! So cute! And, yes, he put it back as soon as he showed us.

  58. Oleksandr

    Did the first bike/run brick after the flu, need at least to double the distance in less than 8 weeks

  59. John Crowley

    Tore knee ligaments. So need a pick me up

  60. Martin Nyholm Jelle

    Just doing a short ride on the bike, mostly planning to practice lifting the lid on the BBQ :)

  61. Steven

    Late Saturday night I jogged to the track to run a few laps with a friend in his 24-hour race. Pacers denied. Jogged home.
    A conversational 10-miles Sunday morning.
    And painting, athletic painting.

  62. Rachel McCullough

    Trail running both yesterday and today

  63. Rab Austen

    Tempo riding, no doubt with a headwind :)

  64. Ben McDonald

    I raced in the Xterra SE Championship at Oak Mountain in Pelham, AL. Josiah Middaugh defended his title and I was way behind him!

  65. Iaincbr

    Long bike Saturday and FTP test on Monday morning: waiting to get some metal out of my foot before running.

  66. Nathan Lobb

    long slow run in the sunshine

  67. Gert Burger

    Some single track rides in bush.

  68. tim

    Medium Run and a Short Ride will probably fit in. If weather were nicer I’d wish for a longer ride :)

  69. Michaël Van den Steen

    My friends and I are going to ride to the coast. In Belgium that’s not really far (83 KMS in our case) but just the feeling of seeing the sea and knowing you reached it by bike (normally we go by car) is awesome.
    If my brother and I feel like it we’re going back home by bike too :) Weather report looks very good as well so we’re really looking forward to the ride :)

  70. Kevin G

    I’m doing my long in preparation for a June Marathon.

  71. Will

    medical volunteer for the Cleveland marathon

  72. Philip Swift

    Pushing the stroller for 8 miles to get the little kid out and about.

  73. Eric Ericson

    Morgan Hill “Sprint” Triathlon. (Sprint in quotes, because it’s basically an Oly)

  74. Eli Selzer

    Went to Pasadena to check out the finale of the Tour of California and participated in a walk for melanoma research at Universal Studios. A light weekend, but a fun one; and I needed it.

  75. Dan Justus

    Recovery effort from half marathon training!

  76. Chuck Coleman

    Boca Honu workouts: Saturday – 60 mile ride followed by 30 minute run. Sunday 11 mile run followed by 1 hour swim. Then sleep!

  77. Arthur

    Bike racing

  78. Baran

    I have a long run and long bike as expected from a weekend

  79. Florian

    Swim Training in the morning and a nice ride in the evening

  80. lorenzo

    olympic tri Milan

  81. Tyler Pake

    I raced my second 10K in five days today and this one was 4 min faster than the one on Tuesday

  82. Amy H.

    I ran the Racks by the Tracks 10k with my family, and happily watched my kids win first in their age groups.. we didn’t tell them they were the only under 15’s running the race ;)

  83. Sarah

    It’s a recovery week for me after a 50-miler last weekend, but I did get out for a 3-mile run today (first run since the race) to work out some of the rust!

  84. Bill Brickey

    I’ve been working on my singletrack skills. Been practicing bunnyhops, trackstands and other skills to get dirty with!

  85. Neil Strenge

    Busy weekend marshalling at a 5k on Saturday, and banging out a 10k PB on Sunday!

  86. Todd Greene

    I ran the Brooklyn Half Marathon yesterday and swam today.

  87. Craig H

    Ride with the boys topped with a training 21.1k run.

  88. Brent

    Raced a race.
    Rode with friends.
    Did Groceries.
    Still need to cut grass.

  89. Den

    Ran some intervals on Saturday and a long run on Sunday.
    Getting ready for the ultratrail in two weeks.

  90. Rouleur

    100 miles on the bike, getting back into training following two weeks out due to a running injury and sinus infection!

  91. Steve Habegger

    5K race Saturday morning and recovery run on Sunday

  92. Brian Hodges

    Unfortunately, due to weather and an unruly disk in my bike, I’m down to watching sports from the couch this weekend. Might get to push a lawnmower by tonight.
    Back on the trails in another day or two, hopefully.

  93. Piet

    Been ill this weekend sadly…. back on the mountainbike next weekend!

  94. Michael

    ran 10 miles yesterday. it was hot and humid.

  95. Laura

    Sadly this weekend was more of a mental workout given that I was at a conference with no athletic adventure included. Back in the pool on Tuesday!

  96. Craig Scott

    A mountain bike in the Port Hills, Christchurch NZ before winter sets in.

  97. Tommy Vargas

    Fun half marathon coming up. Plan to PR!

  98. Brad Bowers

    50K bike ride and a 10K run. :)

  99. John Petersen

    Did a 2hr ride in zone 2 and a 8 mile run in zone 1.

  100. Jimmy Stevenson

    Happy birthday to me! I did a 90 min bike, 20 min run brick on my 35th birthday yesterday and an easy 45 minute run today. I’ll get an 80 minute hill repeat ride in tomorrow before my Tuesday rest.