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. Cason

    Miles and miles on the bike!

  2. Shai simchi

    This weekend was recon on Mt Hamilton for a bike race there next week.

  3. Jacqueline

    Dragon boat training!!

  4. Gerhard

    Watched an Ironman 70.3 in St. Pölten in Austria. Got motivated and made a little biketour and adding a 10km run

  5. Boris Parizot

    training a friend who is running his first 10k, fun !

  6. Ola

    Participate in the Swedish championship in duathlon!

  7. Steve Anderson

    Long run Saturday!

  8. Stacey

    Planning on camping and some bike riding. Also plan on doing some walking. I need to get back to my routine.

  9. Jasvinder Jugdev

    70mile loop 2000m of climb all b4 lunch
    Develop a cold and rest up

  10. David Turner

    Mountain bike ride and an easy jog.

  11. Collin R.

    Rode some on the Silver Comet!

  12. Yaniv Kalif

    Well its mountain bike climbing challange this week..
    So climbing that is all about…

  13. Promot Thakarn

    Run 5 Miles and swim 1 km on same day this weekend.

  14. O.

    Group ride on Saturday, rest day on a rainy Sunday. I could use an FE-C compatible trainer yanno…

  15. Leanne Fidler

    A half ironman over 2 days. Swim/Bike on Saturday and run on Sunday.

  16. Mike Courtney

    3 hour tail run for map reading practice on Saturday and a 20 mile blast in the bike on Sunday.

  17. Martin G

    67 miles sportive in the sun!

  18. Henrik

    First 1k run after months of physiotherapi.

  19. Andrew

    Long run around the national mall in D.C

  20. David Lloyd

    I will be swimming and biking if the rain stops. Hangout Music Fest is going on in town this weekend. So there is plenty of good people watching to be done.

  21. Lukas

    maybe last skitour for this season…

  22. Easy 12K run along the Fraser River

  23. Tobias Alt

    Short distance Triathlon in South-West Germany with 31 teammates

  24. Max Jaeger

    A wonderful Sunday morning long run!

  25. Juha

    Club ride and weekly run

  26. Brian

    Getting back to running after a 5th metatarsal fracture.

  27. Joshua

    A quick tool around town; nothing too crazy.

  28. John Dozier

    Waiting for MN to warm up for fun

  29. Daniel

    Getting my run regime back on track.

  30. Robert mcmillan

    My weekends keep getting overfilled with yard work and honey do list DIY projects but I did get out for an easy ride on the bike. Back to the training plan during the week!

  31. Roopak

    Cycling in Yangmingshan National Park

  32. Fabian

    Thanks Ray for all of the reviews. I will be bike riding around town before it heats up too much here in Miami.

  33. Gila Robinson

    This weekend, no running (thanks a lot, persistent foot injury!), but plenty of playing outside with the kids!

  34. Jonas

    Long trail run on Saturday. Sunday, I will act pacer for my girlfriend and one of our dogs when they train canicross.

  35. Brent M

    Marathon training finally back on track with a 32km run after illness and injury

  36. Zach carr

    Olympic Tri where I did my first Tri at 8 year’s ago

  37. Ken Chiu

    Doing my first URL rude on the road to enjoy some spring greatness and ice cream mud ride!

    Good luck to everyone!

  38. Roy C.

    Sufferfest training!

  39. Jimmy S

    First ride out after getting knocked off by a car three weeks ago and fracturing the radial head in my right elbow. Just on the hybrid though, still can’t operate the drop bar shifters on the road bike yet.

  40. Jonas

    I’ll do some weght training and maybe light running.

  41. Peter Kun

    Grafman Middle Distance Triathlon

  42. Shane

    A swim and a walk along the beach

  43. Kevin

    Went for a ride. Going for a swim-run now. I want a power meter!!!

  44. Jaymeth Maddox

    I did a 30 mile ride with some friends and then relaxed in the beautiful sunshine and late spring weather here in New England.

  45. Denis

    608km bike… Sun, snow, rain,wind, warm,cold :-)

  46. John manser

    Leading a coffee shop ride.

  47. Laura

    Some short, steep heat adaptation runs on the trails–as I didn’t get up early enough for the under 80F weather.

  48. Taking my running tribe for an early Sunday morning run in the hills on our backyard. We’re stronger training together and it makes it so much more fun.

  49. John

    Cycling our local “hills” to get in some climbing for next weekends Spin the Lakes tour in Huntsville, On. Such an amazing ride!

  50. Louise B.

    Running Saturday, walking Sunday, riding Monday…Happy Victoria Day!

  51. Jeff

    I ran my first sprint triathlon of the season. Had great swim leg, good bike ride, but think I could have done a little better on the run.

  52. Ryan Shawgo

    Did a short ride to help the wife prep for a triathlon in July. Awesome day for a ride in new england.

  53. Bernard

    After 18 months of no running at all (plenty of cycling though) I went for a 5k run on the beach just now. Guess tomorrow is gonna hurt like hell…. Do clevertraining.com sell anything to stop the burn?

  54. Dimitrios Athanasiadis

    I will cycle 100 miles this weekend

  55. Max

    Heading to the pool to work on speed and getting better at flip turns

  56. Elaine K

    Running happy hour, soccer, gym session, and more running!!

  57. JAIME LOPEZ

    No big adventures just an 11 mile long run.

  58. Russ

    Marine Historic Half today, an awesome day for a race.

  59. Jon

    Watching HS track and then a run for me.

  60. Eirik Berg Nordheim

    Started running again recently, too much too soon, so my atheltic adventures this weekend are foam rolling, applying ice to sore joints and muscles, contemplating life and fighting the urge to go for another run. My body is telling me no, but my mind, my mind is telling me.. well.. I’m trying to be rational so, it’s also telling me no actually.

  61. Nadal

    New baby born just yesterday. So imagine…

  62. Mats B

    I will ride a long gravel ride on my dear cx bike.

  63. Linda

    Kitesurfing when there finally is wind otherwise I Will paint our house.

  64. James

    Running with my brother in law, chasing Strava segments.

  65. Simon B

    Did a 10 miler lon jog

  66. Yves

    I’m still recovering from a ligament rupture. Only a nice and easy 10k jog in the sun.

  67. R Cuadro

    Swimming in the pool for the first time of the season and a brisk bike ride

  68. Jeffg

    Mostly TR rides on the trainer

  69. Rob Brunton

    10 Mile run this morning!

  70. Monica Cohen

    I ran a 5k, after about 11,500 yards of swimming in two days. And I ate. And napped.

  71. Andrew

    Sunday is long run day. 15 Miles. I think its about time to upgrade my 920xt.

  72. Mike G

    I’m training for a 70.3 in hopes of showing up on race day somewhat fit enough to compete. Thank you!

  73. Mark Williams

    Still recovering from a 24hr trail relay race. Nothing but yard work and tennis with my 10yr old son this weekend.

  74. Jons

    After some illness only a single MTB ride of around 90 km.

  75. Erich

    Mountain biking. bike cleaning. Mountain biking again

  76. Alexander Bakkum

    Run a 10 EM and biked a 90K so not that much, but I certainly can use the credits to by some tech to improve my training.

  77. Dan360

    Lapping session at Olympic velodrome in london

  78. Vince

    Hilly 45 miler on the bike Saturday and rode sweeper behind the local Girls on the Run 5K Sunday morning.

  79. Rob McMurry

    Continue building up up running schedule after lethargic winter layoff.

  80. Tim ridgway

    I will bike and run…maybe a jog with my dog as well

  81. Patrick

    Just bought a jogging (err…) RUNNING stroller to push my new little guy.

  82. Wayne

    Doing a 133 mile bike ride with over 13300ft of climbing ?

  83. Sean hultman

    the plan is a nice leasurely run in one of the local parks. Just to get my mind cleared.

  84. Lisa

    Last long brick before my 70.3 in 2 weeks

  85. Ralph Mlady

    Teaching Spinning® Instructors.

  86. Chris

    My activity saw me biting my nails as I took my 7yr old nephew to his first skate park!
    Now I know how my parents felt when they first took me :-)

  87. David Herzog

    Bay to Breakers in San Francisco

  88. Adam

    Running on one day, and cycling the other.

  89. Kei Legrand

    This weekend I was inspired to continue on training with a short bike ride to a hill near my local hiking spot. After the ride, I will run up and do some hill repeats to prepare me for my next short trail race in August. The objectuve is to build some muscle endurance uphill. At the moment I am also trying out the new Stryd sensor, so most of my run will be to register more data into my Powercenter. I am always inspired by your reviews Mr. rainmaker and it has helped me a lot in getting the right gear! I hope I get chosen for the give away since I’m trying to replace my old FR925xt with the new FR935. Thank you for all your efforts!

  90. Rory Carthy

    Last long training ride before a 200km climbs sportive in June, and maybe a
    5km run for the craic too!

  91. Kevin Verhaege

    Running and bikeride training for my next big trip to Kroatië

  92. Carlos Alvarez

    I’m between marathon training programs so the next few weeks is a lot of recovery and easy runs. Took in a nice 6 mile run this morning!

  93. Cedric

    Cross training (furniture building ?)

  94. Rogério Santos

    Did my first >100km race: UTSM2017 , in Portalegre – Portugal
    I guess i will feel good and proud, as soon as i regain control of my body……….. ;-)

  95. Keith McUmber

    Going to try the stand up paddle board for the first time. Cross training?

  96. Simon Wharton

    parkrun and then longer run Sunday as I continue to try and get speed and stamina back following injury

  97. Manoj

    I will go for long distance run..

  98. Adam Glover

    Busy family weekend, so just a turbo trainer session me me

  99. Erica Wyatt

    I will keep checking the Garmin 30K leaderboard and walking as many steps as possible to FINALLY get 1st place!

  100. Michael Watkins

    I did my first group bike ride with my LBS. Looking forward to many more!