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In Depth Product Reviews
You probably stumbled upon here looking for a review of a sports gadget. If you’re trying to decide which unit to buy – check out my in-depth reviews section. Some reviews are over 60 pages long when printed out, with hundreds of photos! I aim to leave no stone unturned.
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Read My Sports Gadget Recommendations.
Here’s my most recent GPS watch guide here, and cycling GPS computers here. Plus there are smart trainers here, all in these guides cover almost every category of sports gadgets out there. Looking for the equipment I use day-to-day? I also just put together my complete ‘Gear I Use’ equipment list, from swim to bike to run and everything in between (plus a few extra things). And to compliment that, here’s The Girl’s (my wife’s) list. Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by!
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Have some fun in the travel section.
I travel a fair bit, both for work and for fun. Here’s a bunch of random trip reports and daily trip-logs that I’ve put together and posted. I’ve sorted it all by world geography, in an attempt to make it easy to figure out where I’ve been.
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My Photography Gear: The Cameras/Drones/Action Cams I Use Daily
The most common question I receive outside of the “what’s the best GPS watch for me” variant, are photography-esq based. So in efforts to combat the amount of emails I need to sort through on a daily basis, I’ve complied this “My Photography Gear” post for your curious minds (including drones & action cams!)! It’s a nice break from the day-to-day sports-tech talk, and I hope you get something out of it!
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The Swim/Bike/Run Gear I Use List
Many readers stumble into my website in search of information on the latest and greatest sports tech products. But at the end of the day, you might just be wondering “What does Ray use when not testing new products?”. So here is the most up to date list of products I like and fit the bill for me and my training needs best! DC Rainmaker 2024 swim, bike, run, and general gear list. But wait, are you a female and feel like these things might not apply to you? If that’s the case (but certainly not saying my choices aren’t good for women), and you just want to see a different gear junkies “picks”, check out The Girl’s Gear Guide too.
Ran my first full marathon, added on an extra couple of miles for fun (read cool down) in preparation for my first ultra marathon in two weeks.
Crossfit session, followed by a run down the beach in Brazil doing intervals. Painful and hot!
I pray for sunny weather as it is raining 3 weeks already…
So if my pray is successful, i am going on a looooong mtb trip with my girl.
We are hitting the trails before a skyrun coming up in less than 2 weeks.
Saturday run of 19 km :-)
I want to complete the 10k in less then 50 minutes.
Running 12 km around the lake.
I have started running 2 weeks ago, this weekend I am planning to run my first ever 10k!
Doing a half distance triathlon this weekend, first race in 20 month :-) finaly racing again
Just a light run in the nature. :)
I did (and finished) my first 100 km of trail running
Ironman Lake Placid Training, 70.3 Worlds Training, Ironman Maryland Training. What the hell did I sign up for this summer!!!
Recovery swim and a long bike training.
35KM trail run
Unnfortunately, it was only fighting against the flu…
Go to watch how two rescued seals are going back to sea.
and then back to normal: sea swim, and some long run/bike session during weekend.
An easy early morning run in Wellington. Chilly and awesome.
Travelling to France for a wedding, of course taking my bike to get some power miles in.
Kaking a flight to Brussels for 20km de Bruxelles link to 20kmdebruxelles.be
Having a great birthday party… and to compensate all the beer and snacks do some road cycling on Sunday :-)
After a 70.3 the last week end, nothing yet!
This weekend I will mostly be moving house, i’m sure that qualifies as strength work, well it does in my head anyway.
Discover some new trails by bike.
Ride my bike in the awesome wether we have here in Sweden
Start the tapering week for a century next Sunday and adjust new shoes after the last ones gave up after a decade of good service.
I’m taking advantage of the great weather in the PNW to get some walks and runs in with the family
A light, one-hour workout in the garage on the trainer Saturday and a 44 km road cycling race Sunday.
Ran 2 times under the sun this weekend, it was great to have it back in Paris :)
Heading out for the Snikke-run on saturday !
Completed my first triathlon, it was hard but I was quite happy to finish in less than 3 hours.
Swim 3 hr workout , SAT Sun.
Open water swim in Shepperton followed by a cycle on the Saturday; cheeky 11 mile run on the sunday
Nice 70 mile ride through the Hampshire hills
This weekend I had a 15k on the bicycle with a friend, nothing too sporty, just enjoying the warm days of May
/Rob
2 day hike slash camping trip. Heavy backpack, but rewarding and nice weather.
I’m gonna ride up the highest mountain in Israel! Only 1900 meters high but still ☺️
parkrun and then a long run
This weekend I rode 133KM felt really good after it and feel like im on course for the 160KM ride i have booked in next month :)
I did a short, 60 km Vitamin D ride on sunday
Some running in Tirana! Both with a stroller and without, hopefully some mile repeats.
Lovely club ride out, very pleasant 80k
Breaking in some new trial shoes with a few laps in the woods at the Ramapo Reservation!
Long bike ride outside – now that the weather has *finally* warmed up after a long winter. :)
Supervising the teenagers at the 1/2 final of France’s triathlon championship on saturday. Followed by a recovery bike ride on sunday !
Hi did a 40 mile bike training ride in preparation for my 1st triathlon in 4 weeks time. Then spent the remainder of the weekend having fun with my partner and children
I did the Neckarsulm Triathlon with my league team! Didn’t perform as good as I hoped, but we made place 7 out of 17 so it’s all good!
First open water session done for this year – still freezing…
Bootcamp on Sat morning then long cycle run at high average (for me) mph on Sun.
I had a couple of trainings on the trainer, good ones.
No training for me this weekend. Just working around the house, which is also some sort of workout.
Strength training and swimming!
Open water Swtim near Rome ;)
Sat for a mock CFA exam on Saturday (2*3hr sessions). That’s one athletic adventure for your glutes :)
Bike training on the French Riviera ;)
Running with my dog.
Going for a nice trailrun
Just did an easy 11 miles ahead of a race tomorrow. Ate lots of pizza too!
Intervals workout on the bike.
Couple of hours strength exercises.
Saturday morning I did an easy 12k run in Amsterdam with fellow conference attendees. Sightseeing, networking, and an easy workout at the same time :)
Run 12 km
5K swim and a LSD run
Swimming, cycling and running as I can, coming back from injuries but wishing to get the training volume back asap! #trilife
Walking the lazy dog along the beach and bike around the city, if it’s not too hot :)
Half-Marathon in Ottawa, Canada. My third one!…
Easy recovery run, with a currywurst stop in-between. Just normal training things.
This is a long weekend here in Norway, so I’ll go on a two day trail running trip to somewhere around where I live as a final big trip before an ultra in June. And the plan is to (somehow) link this up for a whisky and bonfire evening with some friends in the same mountain area as the running. So, the plan is trail running, whiskey and bonfire. :-)
Not much… A new Springer spaniel puppy means staying close to home… Maybe a few sneaky runs while she sleeps…
I did my first race this weekend. Just 5k running to benchmark for tri season. Sub 21min, 8th in my agegroup.
Some easy fatbike riding!☀️
Next weekend will be the first time I ride with my wife on a long ride with her new road bike :)
Cycling in Andalusia
For the first time I did a cross run with stroller… Son did fall asleep, couldn´t be as bad for him…
Good 180km bike ride for the first time on Saturday…. And Sunday riding with my wife 120km hilly ride and then got my bike chain broken when attacking one bug climb behind my wife and our car driving behind her :(…. Just to then wait 2h in the road until she realized I never caught up :( (never riding without phone or money again)
7 mile run on Saturday and then continuing my new found obsession with Olympic lifting on Sunday.
Not sure it gardening counts too, but Sunday got pretty hardcore digging out the pumpkin patch!
Coaching a Let Me Run 5k for 4th and 5th grade boys.
I took my daughter (4 year old) in our new running pram for our longest pram run – 10km.
I rocked a Bike-Run-Bike-Run-Bike crazy brick. Longest training session of the year, but lots of fun!
Going to cycle in Auvergne and climb the Puy-de-Dôme. Just a relaxing vacation after the Emmelshausen mountainbike marathon wich was a DNF due to a crash….
This week end I did a wonderful trail running session (about 13km) around Como’s lake mountains (italy).
We’re going on a trip with the kids and are camping at a lake. I hope to take af few laps around it (about 3 miles cirucumference).
4 hour ride with 3 of those hours at IF .80
Ran UTA100 in the Blue Mountains, NSW Aussieland
Sick and insomniac kids put an end to my plans for a decent ride this weekend. I did get to mow the lawn though, before squeezing in a Sunday night turbo session. In fact, family disruptions stopped 1 track session, and open water swim, and two possible pool sessions this week, on top of the weekend ride cancellation, so clearly a win here is just what I need ;)
A long run on the beach
First race of the season this weekend!
This week end: hard workout session (swim) + 10k of running in Milan, italy.
I went for a run on Saturday and a bike ride on Sunday. The weather was great :-)
Getting ready for my applicant physical fitness test, chin-ups, sit-ups, push-ups and 1.5 mile run oh boy!
I’ll be out Gravel Grinding, riding a bicycle on gravel roads that is :) //Patrick
Some snorkeling and some cliffing.
Taper this week, then a hill climb race on Sunday..!!
Fingers crossed it doesn’t rain.
Doing my best to finish preparing for a half distance tri in two weeks…
I must ride my bike. MUST ;)
Cycling a bit and some easy running this week.
Saturday: Fathersday Walk from my daughters Kindergarten
Sunday: Run a 10k
Went on a 80km cycle ride in the heat and humidity of Mumbai on saturday.
Did an easy 10k run on Sunday.
It will be a Cannondale bikes testing day for me and my wife on great new singletrails. Going to test Scalpel and Habit, our sun will join us on his Cannondale Street 24 (great looking bike imho). It would be lot of fun, full head of thoughts and lond day :)
A MTB tour at the french side of the border
As it turned out, I caught a bad stomach bug which ruined my planned workouts over the weekend. Looking forward to getting back to it this week!
I’ve just cycled 90km on saturday 130km on sunday