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. Calvin

    Run around near the harbor front

  2. Matic

    Easy cycling ride – rest days :)

  3. Ethan Beiler

    I’m out running and trying to do it fast. I gotta get my mileage up and my times down after a rough few months.

  4. Wil Mooney

    In between ferrying the kids to all manner of matches and training I had a lovely 60 k cycle in the rain . Loving the Irish weather

  5. Tom

    No adventures, just squeezing in trainer rides between family visits and work.

  6. Erik

    Running, 5k race and a distance run. And, unfortunately, lots of time spent at work.

  7. Alicia Chase

    4 1/2 hr hilly ride, 1 hr brick run–negative split, 2 hr z2 run. So, 7 1/2 hrs of whining and crying.

  8. Erica

    Doing some long rides to prepare for the MS150.

  9. Mauricio

    Last long brick (run/bike) before Victoria 70.3

  10. Tiziano

    All weekend running with my little baby

  11. KBogey

    Going for a couple of North Shore mountain bike rides as well as a long walk. Need some new gear to document my adventures!

  12. Jules

    Fri eve run – plod
    Sat Tough Mudder Midlands (laugh)
    Sun swim, sauna, jacuzzi then yoga sesh

  13. Jens

    Go running in gent today for their annual race through the city.
    One of my favourites running races and the weather was just perfect :D

  14. Brian

    Enjoyed a weekend off and discovered a new love for Belgium beer.

    Cheers

  15. Kevin

    This weekend I did a short 5k run on Sunday.

  16. Matthias

    Just a slower longer run in xero sandals and a tiny shakeout today.

  17. John Howlett

    15k interval run set on Friday
    2.5k sea swim followed by a 5k easy run Saturday morning
    65k bike with a quick 2k run off the bike Sunday.
    Thanks Ray..

  18. Miodrag

    10K run…training for my first half marathon…

  19. Judy Liu

    I had a great time pacing the NCRC Classic Half Marathon! I plan to race in the Race 13.1 Raleigh Half in two weeks so this served also as a nice long run.

  20. Adam

    Beautiful hike with my wife and dog (and Garmin) :)

  21. Charlie Boardman

    10mile run on Saturday and then rest day. Marathon next weekend!

  22. Joe

    Awesome run around Chicago this weekend!

  23. Nigel Gittins

    Injury hit and just smashed my watch screen. So need a new one to help with Boston qualifying 2018.

  24. Simon brimacombe

    1st swim in open water today for a few years – its was fantastic

  25. Irene Pappone

    First time I managed to log training in THE three disciplines all in one week end! Swimming was great, my long run was among the fastest of the year so far, only the ride was complicated, but I managed to avoid at least three crashes over just 30k!

  26. Jim Brown

    This weekend I’m pacing my son at his first 5k! Super excited!

  27. Jeremy Roebuck

    Stirling Scottish Marathon

  28. Mattias

    A ride on my road bike!

  29. Enrique Mordetzki

    Race next weekend 100 kmts from Piriápolis to Punta del Este and back. Race site at: link to laetapadelgiroenuruguay.com

  30. Anders

    I went for a run in the woods inbetween the tasks at home:)

  31. Patrick Itter

    Yesterday I finished my first triathlon ever and today an easy recovery ride with our Team.

  32. LETICIA VEGA

    I ran 4 miles this weekend

  33. Charlie G

    I had my first tri of the year this morning and now I’m enjoying my couch.

  34. Chris Savage

    Long run and maybe a nice bike ride in the sun! :)

  35. I ran my first 1/2 marathon. It was a trail half it it just about killed me. Now it’s time to target in on that first full!

  36. Saturday me a friend went on a long run with lots of elevation changes. Today Sunday, we have just been recovering with a lot of table tennis in the sun.

  37. Jim

    Just hiking this weekend!

  38. Christopher Aman

    Running, recovering from being sick

  39. Michael

    General Smallwood Tri

  40. Mark Ballard

    Sadly, with a broken leg I’m not being too athletic. I’ve been rebuilding my bike though in anticipation of healing….

  41. peter petzinger

    I’m trying to complete my first half ironman.

  42. Paul Mawson

    Went trail running through the local countryside park as I build up my mileage towards my first ultra, sadly all my training is with phone and the runtastic app which isn’t ideal

  43. Paul Merchant

    90km on the TT bike followed by unloading 300kg of gravel – let’s call it strength training!

  44. Jandre de Villiers

    Mountain bike ride at Bottelary hills MTB conservatory and runnig around after my kids!

  45. Stephan

    Long training bike and run

  46. Ulf Carlsson

    A nice run in the sun

  47. Tom

    Rained out where I am, so relegated to indoor work on the bike. But any day on the bike is a good day!

  48. Stephanie

    Saturday I ran a half marathon in lovely Ogde, UT. It was a blast!!!

  49. Danothy

    Local parkrun targeting sub 22 mins on Saturday, and a long run of about 32km on Sunday.

  50. Robert M

    Provided bike support at a local tri in the morning, then I went mountain biking.

  51. Martin

    Just did a 30k MTB ride.

  52. Mikkel Andersen

    After a nagging injury I’m finally back on both the road bike and the MTB. Hurray?

  53. Andreas Maninakis

    Attending a cycling race in the island of Paros.

  54. Vilmantas

    Brick bike-run in preparation for Madison 70.3.

  55. Yale glazer

    Ten mile trail race at South Mountain reservation on Saturday
    Long bike ride at Harriman state park on Sunday

  56. Piet

    Two hours of indoor fun this morning, outdoor sports was no success due to changing weather and me hurting my knee on friday…

  57. Jerry Bartolome

    6hr/1hr brick session on the bike trainer and treadmill…

  58. James Mc

    Zwift efondo and then some running intervals and a short race recce with my son.

  59. Larry Tomie

    Busy weekend with running, swimming and biking .. all planned.

  60. Wai

    Parkrun and digging holes and planting trees

  61. Nicolas

    Run 40+ miles this week… getting ready for my first marathon in less than 2 weeks now :)

  62. Vinny Lynch

    Bike maintenance!

  63. Mark Lewis

    I’m doing a hilly 40 mile ride

  64. Sylvester

    Both days of the weekend spent working on my swimming technique in an effort to be back to speed for my Alcatraz swim!

  65. Barry

    Done parkrun with the kids, good exercise for all the family. Bit slower than I would usually do it.

  66. Jim

    Ran my 4th Gothenburg half marathon Saturday. Did not reach my sub 2 hr goal, but bettered myself by 8 minutes. Watched the kids with determination push themselves in their age classes today.

  67. Stan Brzez

    After a week of doing nothing athletic wise, Running 10 miles at a local trail and then kicking back a cold one.

  68. Reto Freihofer

    Sat was road cycle for 25km
    Sun was spin bick first (26km/55min) and then supoort/photographer for my son’s MTB enduro race (did 26+km walking and MTBing).

  69. travis schlafke

    Low key weekend…easy run and easy ride. Recovery period from IM70.3 Santa Rosa!

  70. Lia

    Bike and run yesterday followed by 6 hours in the ER as my boyfriend blew out his knee playing in his rec soccer league :(

  71. Matt Rushing

    Couple of rides, maybe a run.

  72. Bret

    10k forest trail run followed by functional training

    and I spent the rest of the weekend building myself a plyometric box :)

  73. Milt MacFarlane

    Haha your Facey link said one night and the world’s my oyster, almost so this weekend I’ll train to eat some oysters
    link to youtu.be

  74. Michal

    Most probably my son and I wilk take part in an orienteering bike race. A debut for my son.

  75. Samuel Mills

    I graduated from college yesterday so my athletic adventures this weekend were limited to a fast 15 mile ride today. I did have to walk through a maze of secret service and police from the VP speaking at commencement yesterday. That could probably count as an athletic adventure too.

  76. Paul Mitton

    Nothing! At a wedding, really missed my Sunday bike ride :-(

  77. Marco Piccirilli

    Bike run bike, just going back in shape

  78. Casey Lichenstein

    No adventures for me this weekend. I chose to have a rest day Saturday and spend time with my kids all day. Today, Sunday, had to be a treadmill day because of all the rain.

  79. Lauri

    30 minutes on the treadmill.

  80. Aidas

    This weekend I have ridden in Lithuanian MTB marathon cup first stage and broken my chain in the middle of the second lap (of 3). :)

  81. Jeffery Rehner

    My plan is for a long run on Victoria Day (Canada)

  82. KKJ

    Bike is fixed – out for a spin!

  83. Geoff

    Just a couple of indoor trainer rides this weekend: 40 miles on Saturday and 65 miles on Sunday.

    Thanks, Ray!

  84. Tasos

    Indoor recovery after ACL surgery?

  85. Daniel

    Going to run on Sunday to get through the excesses of a big Saturday meal!

  86. Bob McMillen

    Riding all over Hilton Head Island and surroundings.

  87. Stuart

    This weekend was my B race. Phoenix Sprint Triathlon. First race on the new bike and a course I did last year! Tasted blood on the swim, puked 3 times on the bike & once in the run. Overall time was good and I ended up 9th. I then immediately went back to the lake to swim a mile for the Royal life saving society! Came 3rd! Might have even beaten Greg Whyte if I hadn’t raced immediately before! It was awesome because I knew 1/3 of the people there from the tri clubs I train with and I had a fair number of people coming to support us all! Epic day!

  88. This weekend was rained out. Spent four hours on the trainer, followed by a 6-mile treadmill run.

  89. Ivan Ivanusic

    I’m doing long ride with mountain bike and some interval session2

  90. Kris

    Hey. I’Ve Just completed my first race this year. Finish 2nd in my class so its byen a good weekend. Continue the good work!

  91. Kelsey

    Studying for exams! But will take a few hours off to jump on the indoor trainer.

  92. Martin

    Kayak in the Danube, mountainbiking, riding to work and home and on my TT bike for a time trial: that was my weekend :-)

  93. Tomas

    Only some easy running. Still recovering from a flu

  94. NB

    Just regular weekend ren

  95. Jean-Claude

    Tacx séance and some long hiking

  96. Alex Catmur

    An easy run, swimming with my son and lots & lots of DIY

  97. David

    Long swim, and then sailing on my boat that is also equipped with Garmin ANT+ gear.

  98. luca

    did a 145k bike ride…

  99. Ari Margolis

    Compete in a local XC Marathon race…

  100. Krzysztof

    I biked 190km yesterday (: