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. David Clark

    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.

  2. Alex Lovelock

    Crossfit session, followed by a run down the beach in Brazil doing intervals. Painful and hot!

  3. Valentin Stefanov

    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.

  4. Daniel S.

    We are hitting the trails before a skyrun coming up in less than 2 weeks.

  5. simon juul

    Saturday run of 19 km :-)

  6. Leon Klerks

    I want to complete the 10k in less then 50 minutes.

  7. Vitali Nazaranka

    Running 12 km around the lake.

  8. Başak Erman

    I have started running 2 weeks ago, this weekend I am planning to run my first ever 10k!

  9. Guido

    Doing a half distance triathlon this weekend, first race in 20 month :-) finaly racing again

  10. Flóra

    Just a light run in the nature. :)

  11. Davide

    I did (and finished) my first 100 km of trail running

  12. julie smith

    Ironman Lake Placid Training, 70.3 Worlds Training, Ironman Maryland Training. What the hell did I sign up for this summer!!!

  13. Dora

    Recovery swim and a long bike training.

  14. Jan Jozaf

    Unnfortunately, it was only fighting against the flu…

  15. Dusan

    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.

  16. Steve Cropp

    An easy early morning run in Wellington. Chilly and awesome.

  17. Tom Milverton

    Travelling to France for a wedding, of course taking my bike to get some power miles in.

  18. Polina Petkova

    Kaking a flight to Brussels for 20km de Bruxelles link to 20kmdebruxelles.be

  19. Robert

    Having a great birthday party… and to compensate all the beer and snacks do some road cycling on Sunday :-)

  20. Thomas LOISEAU

    After a 70.3 the last week end, nothing yet!

  21. Chris Flavell

    This weekend I will mostly be moving house, i’m sure that qualifies as strength work, well it does in my head anyway.

  22. Marko

    Discover some new trails by bike.

  23. Nicklas

    Ride my bike in the awesome wether we have here in Sweden

  24. Leonardo Nascimento

    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.

  25. Jonathan M Warner

    I’m taking advantage of the great weather in the PNW to get some walks and runs in with the family

  26. Fred2

    A light, one-hour workout in the garage on the trainer Saturday and a 44 km road cycling race Sunday.

  27. Cédric

    Ran 2 times under the sun this weekend, it was great to have it back in Paris :)

  28. Johan

    Heading out for the Snikke-run on saturday !

  29. Benoit

    Completed my first triathlon, it was hard but I was quite happy to finish in less than 3 hours.

  30. Jonny

    Open water swim in Shepperton followed by a cycle on the Saturday; cheeky 11 mile run on the sunday

  31. Joe White

    Nice 70 mile ride through the Hampshire hills

  32. Rob

    This weekend I had a 15k on the bicycle with a friend, nothing too sporty, just enjoying the warm days of May

    /Rob

  33. Dimitri BE

    2 day hike slash camping trip. Heavy backpack, but rewarding and nice weather.

  34. Noam

    I’m gonna ride up the highest mountain in Israel! Only 1900 meters high but still ☺️

  35. Stephen Brown

    parkrun and then a long run

  36. Daniel Newns

    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 :)

  37. Jeroen

    I did a short, 60 km Vitamin D ride on sunday

  38. Stephanos Ritsi

    Some running in Tirana! Both with a stroller and without, hopefully some mile repeats.

  39. Simon Saunders

    Lovely club ride out, very pleasant 80k

  40. Andrew Grubb

    Breaking in some new trial shoes with a few laps in the woods at the Ramapo Reservation!

  41. Timo Möttönen

    Long bike ride outside – now that the weather has *finally* warmed up after a long winter. :)

  42. Vector

    Supervising the teenagers at the 1/2 final of France’s triathlon championship on saturday. Followed by a recovery bike ride on sunday !

  43. Lee

    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

  44. Sebastian Hohlbaum

    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!

  45. Michael Janssen

    First open water session done for this year – still freezing…

  46. Stuart

    Bootcamp on Sat morning then long cycle run at high average (for me) mph on Sun.

  47. Virgil

    I had a couple of trainings on the trainer, good ones.

  48. Peter V

    No training for me this weekend. Just working around the house, which is also some sort of workout.

  49. Strength training and swimming!

  50. Antonio Grimaldi

    Open water Swtim near Rome ;)

  51. Leman

    Sat for a mock CFA exam on Saturday (2*3hr sessions). That’s one athletic adventure for your glutes :)

  52. Alby

    Bike training on the French Riviera ;)

  53. Keng Yih Chew

    Running with my dog.

  54. Rob

    Going for a nice trailrun

  55. Seamus B.

    Just did an easy 11 miles ahead of a race tomorrow. Ate lots of pizza too!

  56. Kevin

    Intervals workout on the bike.

  57. Tanel

    Couple of hours strength exercises.

  58. Saturday morning I did an easy 12k run in Amsterdam with fellow conference attendees. Sightseeing, networking, and an easy workout at the same time :)

  59. Ricardas

    Run 12 km

  60. Rahul

    5K swim and a LSD run

  61. Vincent Levesque

    Swimming, cycling and running as I can, coming back from injuries but wishing to get the training volume back asap! #trilife

  62. alainquimarche

    Walking the lazy dog along the beach and bike around the city, if it’s not too hot :)

  63. Jaime Barillas

    Half-Marathon in Ottawa, Canada. My third one!…

  64. Patrick

    Easy recovery run, with a currywurst stop in-between. Just normal training things.

  65. Christian

    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. :-)

  66. dan

    Not much… A new Springer spaniel puppy means staying close to home… Maybe a few sneaky runs while she sleeps…

  67. Arne Früke

    I did my first race this weekend. Just 5k running to benchmark for tri season. Sub 21min, 8th in my agegroup.

  68. Jani T.

    Some easy fatbike riding!☀️

  69. Cyril

    Next weekend will be the first time I ride with my wife on a long ride with her new road bike :)

  70. Phil

    Cycling in Andalusia

  71. Julian Laudenbacher

    For the first time I did a cross run with stroller… Son did fall asleep, couldn´t be as bad for him…

  72. Rodrigo Aja

    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)

  73. Albert T

    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!

  74. Patrick Mast

    Coaching a Let Me Run 5k for 4th and 5th grade boys.

  75. Bronwyn lyndon

    I took my daughter (4 year old) in our new running pram for our longest pram run – 10km.

  76. Garrett Molzer

    I rocked a Bike-Run-Bike-Run-Bike crazy brick. Longest training session of the year, but lots of fun!

  77. 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….

  78. Seb

    This week end I did a wonderful trail running session (about 13km) around Como’s lake mountains (italy).

  79. Christophe

    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).

  80. Moshe C

    4 hour ride with 3 of those hours at IF .80

  81. Billy

    Ran UTA100 in the Blue Mountains, NSW Aussieland

  82. Jeremy Grand-Scrutton

    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 ;)

  83. Emilien

    A long run on the beach

  84. Justas B

    First race of the season this weekend!

  85. Sebastiano

    This week end: hard workout session (swim) + 10k of running in Milan, italy.

  86. Wilco

    I went for a run on Saturday and a bike ride on Sunday. The weather was great :-)

  87. Kirk

    Getting ready for my applicant physical fitness test, chin-ups, sit-ups, push-ups and 1.5 mile run oh boy!

  88. Patrick Mollbrink

    I’ll be out Gravel Grinding, riding a bicycle on gravel roads that is :) //Patrick

  89. Tibs

    Some snorkeling and some cliffing.

  90. Simba

    Taper this week, then a hill climb race on Sunday..!!
    Fingers crossed it doesn’t rain.

  91. Jon P.

    Doing my best to finish preparing for a half distance tri in two weeks…

  92. Mieszko

    I must ride my bike. MUST ;)

  93. Arjen

    Cycling a bit and some easy running this week.

  94. Oliver

    Saturday: Fathersday Walk from my daughters Kindergarten
    Sunday: Run a 10k

  95. Ninad W

    Went on a 80km cycle ride in the heat and humidity of Mumbai on saturday.
    Did an easy 10k run on Sunday.

  96. Lukas Motan

    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 :)

  97. Axel

    A MTB tour at the french side of the border

  98. Shawn

    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!

  99. Michal

    I’ve just cycled 90km on saturday 130km on sunday