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. Moe

    Running and cycling. Nothing fancy.

  2. Adrian Wong

    Looking forward to a Sunday spin with some friends plus great coffee afterwards at Pattison’s in St Ives.

  3. roy george

    soccer soccer and seoocer

  4. Chad

    Xterra Oak Mountain off-road triathlon, then beer, then rest!

  5. Markus

    Did a couple of sprint sessions (run & bike) this Weekend… hope it will work for the

  6. Patrik

    A bike ride on saturday. Finally getting some decent weather here.

  7. Andreas Mouskos

    2,5 hours cycling on Saturday
    1:15 trail run on Sunday an 30 min open water swimming :)

  8. Leon Booyens

    First rest weekend in ages.

  9. Naz

    Preparing for Elsinore Ironman 70.3 , long race pace bike sessions followed by long run in very warm conditions in Dubai.

  10. Jaco

    This weekend only a easy run.

  11. Aurimas

    Easy ride with coach on Sarurday looking what to improve in technique, hard vo2max intervals on Sunday

  12. Stefano

    Swim&bike

  13. Tom van de keere

    This weekend My girlfriend and me raced the European championship duathlon in sankt wendel Germany.
    I have a 920xt but she has a basic tomtom watch and every transition she has to stop and start a new session so she looses time. She was 3 overall and won her age group. I would buy a watch for her. (Also, its her birthday the 23th!) gr.

  14. Keijo

    Trailrunning in the Finnish forests.

  15. Chris Brown

    41 mile bike ride Saturday – with 10 of that volunteering to be the bike lead/course sweeper for a local charity road 7k race followed by 2000 meters in the pool Sunday

  16. Lars Ejaas

    I will do tons of running as always ;-)
    But on Thursday I will do a local 10K training race: Think I will try to hold my predicted Half Marathon Pace for a half marathon coming soon!
    Sunday I will do my first Vo2max test as a runner. Full lactate and Spiometry – looking forward to the results: Not so much the test!

  17. Matt B

    I had to hike through the airport traveling

  18. Kate

    Hiking at Mt Bromo on Java, Indonesia!

  19. Anders Ryman

    I went for some hill training and then some flat roads with a nice tailwind.

  20. Julius Griškevičius

    70+ km MTB marathon!

  21. James

    Past or future weekend….

    This past weekend went for a peaceful hike in the woods in a light rain marveling at all the wildlife doing there thing rain or shine. Also gauging the trails for future trail running this summer.

    Watched a bunch of 20 somethings gather in the cold drizzle to play kickball of all things. To be young again.

    Sunday was another rainy morning but was able to get a nice ride in on the cruiser bike enjoying a break in the clouds and a bit of sunshine.

    Next Weekend hoping for a repeat of finding new Adventures, maybe little less rain and more sunshine but either way plan on getting out and enjoying the trails and wildlife as never know what is around the next corner, sometimes a little frog may jump out of your way startling you into a fit of laughter.

    Also plan on tweaking the newest “old” gravel bike for future exploring of the road less traveled.

    Oh can’t forget the possible find of an 80s WindSurfer that can also be used as a Paddleboard, or so they say….

    May just have to test that theory….

    Mahalo

  22. Jin

    Half distance triathlon race. I was very excited pre-race but my performance didn’t meet my expectation. Nutrition plan needs lots of work….

  23. Duong Le

    Hey, thank you for the give away!

    I have decided to advance my half ironman journey 1 year, meaning I will race my first event next month! Of course I’m scared ? The shit out of me but it should be fine! This coming weekend I’ll run a half marathon and probably try open water swimming for the first time! Tick tock!

  24. John keighley

    Hoping the delivery of my new bike happens this week, so I can take it on my holiday for a trip into the Welsh mountains!

  25. Sebastian Haager

    A weekend in the Rockies – big ride and a few shorter runs

  26. Anders Rothman

    A lot of walking done, sadly no running

  27. Jesse

    24k run in two hours, including 6k in 25 min. Hottest day of the spring!

  28. Karl

    Training-Tri for the 14.06

  29. Mark

    My athletic adventures were quite limited- they involved mushroom hunting in the woods and wading up a trout stream in the rain. Running had to be delayed since I didn’t pack warm enough gear for a getaway weekend :-(. But the fishing was great!

  30. Stephan Salzer

    Preparing my first triathlon debut with swim and bike at saturday and bike and run on sunday! All with my new Aeoroad bike delivered on friday ?

  31. Lalit Sharma

    Planning a 4 day cycle journey that will bleed over into the weekend.

  32. Christine Purviance

    This weekend (today) I ran the Windermere Half Marathon with my husband and son. Ok, so our son kicked our hiney, taking 1st in his age group and in top 20 finishers.

  33. Tuomas Tuisku

    Orienteering in Finish nature.

  34. Jon P

    Missing training due to child care, doh!

  35. Risto Rautiainen

    Good long bike ride!

  36. Adam W

    A bit late, but a mate and I went for a Sunday morning recovery ride. (Recovery from a night for me though)

  37. Calle

    No training at all this weekend! Instead two days of successful rest.

  38. Tom

    I had a nice and easy long run in Berlin

  39. JamesC

    Hitting the trails on Saturday with recovery run on the Sunday

  40. Lucas

    Cyclist trying my hand, or feet at running.
    Saturday I ran 7.3km, Sunday managed 13km.

    Thanks for the comp.

  41. Erik

    Joined a half marathon and knocked out some extra miles.

  42. Mads Frederiksen

    On saterday i did a bikerun for 40k alone on a hill route, on sunday a did a 100k bikerun on a flat route on a sonny day

  43. Ward VR

    Practicing my speed work with a 10k. Aiming for my old fitness level back again (42min).

  44. Anand

    hilly 60K bike on saturday and an easy 10K on sunday

  45. Magnus

    Spent saturday with an easy run and sunday with a 150km road race, with the longest ride this year, prior to sunday, being 70km.

  46. Alex Viva

    Training for a century!

  47. Ekku

    No training, just trying to get rid of this flu :(

  48. Phil Wilson

    Some running, some family time and some sort of strength work.

  49. Fabian

    Run-Bike-Run 4h in total on Sunday!

  50. Luk

    Aiming for a marathon sub 3:30 and a 10 K in 42:00. Will need help from CT

  51. Viral Patel

    Hockey training!

  52. markus

    Time trialling and a granfondo.

  53. Randall McQuade

    Was out for a windy bike ride Saturday.

  54. Zukkis

    Half marathon in Oulu, Finland, on Saturday.

  55. Joel Flores

    Rest, rest, and more rest. I am trying to recover from a cold so that I can feel good doing some training on my Boston trip next week.

  56. Nick

    Riding a new groupset for the first time

  57. Alain Zancaner

    This weekend came back from holidays and ran Sunday a short 10km race in Ghent (Stadsloop De Gentenaar) in stead of a LSD. Next stop Marathon of Bruges

  58. Kelly Harper

    This fat ol’ man is simply trying to train for below 2 hours on a 1/2 marathon next month. Did some brutal speedwork over the weekend and wishing I wasn’t so old!

  59. Zdenek

    Moving to new apartment and some swimming for recovery…

  60. A 23k easy run on Saturday before the Cyclotour du Léman – a 176k bike ride around Lake Geneva – on Sunday.

  61. Nico74

    I did a big 200+km bike ride!
    Hard as hell but so good

  62. Staffan Nilsson

    Go for a 10 k run and then do something gym training.

  63. Ricky

    I rode my bike in a casual group and then found that a crash from my last ride left my frame damaged, so now I need to have it replaced

  64. Mlrtyme

    2 hours on the trainer. Then 6 mile easy run.

    …and some yoga.

  65. Octavio Gomez

    Saturday windy recovery Ride after Monterrey 70.3 last week. Sunday easy recovery swim ready for back to training for Escape for Alcatraz next month!

  66. Liina

    My workout consisted of weeding the summerhous’s garden. Back still hurts :)

  67. Nath74

    i swim a good 2km at my local swiming pool.

  68. Mal

    14km run Saturday in preparation for the Gold Coast Half Marathon in July. Social cycle on Sunday with the expat team.

  69. Nico

    Did a small bike tour after a long week out of office…

  70. Markus Höhne

    On saturday I visit the bike festival in willingen. After that I ran 20k from half the way to there to home. On sunday then a 75k bike ride. Cheers and Greets

  71. Bjorn van der Neut

    Back after 2 years of not running because of a jumpers knee. So now i may run 12x1min with 1min rest.

  72. Theresa J

    We went out for a hiking and then dog beach

  73. Heini

    Ironman 70.3 St. Pölten. Travelled from Nordics to Austria to race in winter weather :P

  74. Jaya kumar

    Training bricks for ironman

  75. Akshay Samel

    150km ride, training towards IM Copenhagen

  76. Ian Cassidy

    Saturday 1Mile TT
    Sunday RR

  77. Simon​ Buerger

    Parkrun on Saturday and a long run on Sunday :)

  78. Anusia tilaka

    Doing century ride

  79. Michael Bartlett

    Enjoying the outdoors and nature, getting ready for a olympic tri and the anchorage marathon ????????????

  80. Roman Lebedev

    Going to have long easy run eary on the saturday morning followed by supporting my daughter on annual kid’s charity run event. On sunday gonna have outdoor brick.

  81. Jay

    Brick training

  82. Nestor

    Hi. Over-under LT intervals on saturday, running, and long steady run on sunday (3 hours, all). Bye.

  83. Max P.

    Finally running 21k again

  84. Jody

    Doing a long run in preparation for a half marathon in 2 weeks

  85. Markus

    easy morning run in the forest on sunday

  86. Daniel M.

    Long ride

  87. Steve

    Training for the worlds toughest mudder, so I’m Looking for a training companion (kick butt gps multi function data collector ?).

  88. Kasper Læssø

    To race’s, nothing specie finished with the bunch

  89. Mark

    Taking the mountain bike out to get muddy, and in an effort to find some hills in the very flat area where I live!

  90. Andrew Byatt

    Tapering for my first half next weekend! Did a gentle 10km on Saturday afternoon.

  91. Robert Black

    10km hard run with 174+ cadence

  92. Cec

    10k run on the beach

  93. Guy BELLOT

    100K solo bike ride + recovery run

  94. Thomas

    Finishing the build up of my new bike, and then two very nice trail oriented rides in the spring forest :)

  95. Dan morley

    Swim, bike, and run over two days

  96. Simon

    Why run, swim, bike, swim of course. Hang on, did I get the order right there?

  97. Sandi morley

    Bike ride and yard work

  98. David Manley

    Long brick Saturday. Crazy hilly trail race Sunday.

  99. Rudy

    Going for a hike up in the mountains, a MTB ride, and maybe a run, not particularly in that order.

  100. Lots of plan but Nothing serious, i ran to chili urgence but ont sure that count ?