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. Chris

    Trail riding in the countryside around my town, as training for the 24h MTB race on the nuerburgring race track.

  2. Pedro

    Long road ride, local mountain, best place in the world! :-)

  3. Joe Strafach

    Doing the Tour de Lyme bike ride. About 100k through middle of connecticut.

  4. Ian Smith

    Trail run followed by a road run.

  5. JuhaR

    I run 15km with too warm clothes and swet some litres and biked 45km in high wind conditions. Finnish summer starting, temperature +15 celsius.

  6. Robin

    Ran a pretty blissful 12 miles on some rocky, rooty trails!

  7. Megan Gardam

    I signed up for my second 140.6 race. That meant getting on my bike and working on bike fitness for this coming season was the first order of the weekend.

  8. Victor

    short run in the park

  9. Jeff

    Keep following my hal higdon marathon plan

  10. Andrew B Gaylord

    Just a little bike riding in between hitting up some class 3-4 whitewater in my kayak & just maybe get a hike in at the state park.

  11. Arthur

    I ran an 18k prep race for an upcoming marathon

  12. jdb

    just a 15K run

  13. Rob

    Running 9KM and mountainbiking

  14. Dominik

    I have wife’s birthday and wedding anniversary so I will probably end only with one recovery run.

  15. Mayk

    ~150 km running (45) and cycling (105). Unfortunately no time for a swim.

  16. Stefan

    Ran 30 mins on Sunday as a preparation for next weeks 10Km-race

  17. Tim

    Short recovery run on Saturday. Sunday rest for upcoming week of training.

  18. Alasdair Gardner

    I had a 1500m outdoor swim in a very cold loch on Saturday and a 3 1/2 hour 91km bike on Sunday.

    Training for 70.3 Edinburgh,

    As always Ray, thank you and keep up the good work

  19. dolf denkens

    Unfortunately hotel gyms are the only sport activities I can foresee in my next weekend

  20. Damian

    Will be hitting the Elliptical this weekend, keeping fit while ankle injury heals.

  21. Tom

    One short run, when I should have done a lot more…

  22. Paul Langelaan

    Next weekend, Dutch championship Duathlon, 10k run – 60k bike and another 10k run for me!

  23. Matthias

    Just a 13 km run very relaxed on Sunday morning. :-)

  24. Guido Borio

    A very long run on Sunday!

  25. BASTARD

    Dimanche, j’ai eu le plaisir de faire le triathlon d’Enghien.
    La matin j’ai fais le XS en relais avec ma femme et ma mère un super moment de partage en Famille, a refaire.
    Et l’après-midi, je l’ai fait tout seul au format M et encore un super moment passé avec mon club de triathlon!!!!

  26. Drew Downing

    went out and got lost on the bike in the northernmost parts of a Fort Worth, Texas. Ended up on a 1+KM long stretch of gravel wishing my frame would fit something bigger than 25c tires. All in all, about 100k solo ride, so not a bad day.

  27. M. Gehle

    Only one gran fondo ride

  28. Ziga

    I was in bed all weekend with a fever, so no athletic adventures for me…

  29. Přemysl Kachlík

    This weekend I am about to slash my running deficit. My year goal is 2000 km and I am behind my schedule. :)

  30. Pedro

    Not much with all the rain here at home.
    Hope i can get this time back during the week

  31. Tiago Duarte

    Médio findo Gatineau – Canada!
    :-D

  32. Bryant Weathers

    Not much! The weather really sucked so it didn’t allow us to do much of anything outside. I bike commuter home Friday night and I think that’s it

  33. Ondrej

    I’ll hit a 20km run just to see what it feels like

  34. Scott Craig-Mackie

    Final prep for my first ever IM70.3

  35. Zigor Aretxbala

    I will not be able to do any athletic adventures. Right now preparing on a tough mind adventure for a very important test. May be, just a quick run to get some oxygen in my brain.

  36. Paul

    Easy taper weekend with a run to the pool then swim on Saturday and an easy long run in the Sunday sun

  37. Philip King

    Long road ride Saturday in the first proper warm day in Sweden this year. Trail running was planned on Sunday but a poorly timed car tyre blowout meant a simple run home instead.

  38. Atesz

    Swimming, running and riding :) training to my triathlon race

  39. Paul Shaw

    A relaxing riverside run

  40. Justin Deardorff

    Tacking on mountain bike and trail running miles, weather permitting.

  41. Johan

    as this weekend will be four days long for me, it should be possible to squeeze in some mountainbiking, but with a 6 month old baby you never know who will get sick or no sleep…

  42. Joseph B

    A long trail run on Saturday and a bit of romantic walk, meaning with GF, on Sunday. Hope to be lucky!

  43. Ryan

    Went for a 30 mile ride, a 5 mile run, and a 3 mile run pushing my daughter in her stroller. Good times!!!!

  44. Lisa

    Sunday I raced a half-marathon that was being held at the same time in different cities all over Russia. I finished 9th female in St. Petersburg and 34th in Russia. Not bad for a middle-aged mom of three ;) Next stop – Stockholm marathon.

  45. Jo Ln

    I’m so glad the random number generator chose me ! :D

    Did a 10k run followed by 50K on the TT bike.

  46. spagbol1

    Cyclotour du Lac Leman

  47. Eberhard

    Did a 15 k run plus some Intervalls.

  48. Ruben Kvalsvik

    Going for a smooth sunny ride. Or more likely a rainy one?

  49. Dusan

    No time at weekend so long run today.

  50. Nick Ward

    Scuba diving for me ;)

  51. Going to test my new 5x with a short run/swim.

  52. Jonathan DeAngelis

    Biggest adventures will be taking my daughter to gymnastics, my son to karate and trying to squeeze in 50 miles on the bike.

  53. Manuel E

    watching the MTB World Cup in Nove Mesto, go spaniards!

  54. Rob

    13 mile long run in Orange Beach

  55. OperationOne

    nothing too hard, simply a short easy run called 100km del Passatore, from Florence to Faenza. as a bonus, 1100m d+, because 100km flat are too easy :D (AAARGH!) :D

  56. L. Muir

    Running and mountain biking on our local trails!

  57. Sue

    Long run for me – and a long walk and 1 soccer game :)

  58. Jason Uhlrich

    This coming weekend I plan on doing some hiking in the smokies and a few runs!

  59. Jenn

    Solo bike ride in 85+ temps and then spent Sunday cheering my friends on for 70.3

  60. Joe

    A nice long run on a trail.

  61. Thomas

    hard mountainbiking … with nice weather

  62. Stefano

    26 km long bike ride with my wife on the countryside around Florence (Italy)

  63. Jason

    Training cut short due to kids races. But get to run parents 1 mile push and push a stroller for 5k at a 6 year olds pace.

  64. Ray Maker

    Walking the beaches in New Smyrna beach florida.

  65. Huub

    130km traing with 3 mtb circuits. As preperation on a TransAlpe in june ???

  66. Michal

    Some interval session and long endurance ride with exploring new roads in mind.

  67. Carl Englund

    soem core stregth and a long run.

  68. DJE

    Just a few km on my bike in the sun :o)

  69. Khanh Le

    I intended to run for at least 30 minutes this weekend!

  70. Jesus campos

    Climb machu Picchu

  71. Wes Thompson

    Saturday, planning a long ride up into the mountains behind Brisbane, Australia and a long run on the Sunday around the ‘River Loop’ in the city.

  72. Koen

    Yesterday I went to watch the Dutch championships 1/2 distance triathlon and take pictures of competing friends. 1/2 distance is a bit to far for me right now, but next year I’m in. Today I’m getting new running shoes and I have a 10km training run planned.

  73. Koen Boer

    Went for a short flat trail run in The Netherlands.

  74. Chris A

    Getting my fixed gear back on the road and a little ride with my daughter

  75. Shelley

    Olympic tri as warm up for 70.3 in 3 weeks. Swan in 53 degree water.brrrrrrrrr. $500 towards power meter would be awesome!

  76. Chris Hern

    Raining so looking to spend some time on book running some of the giro De’talia they have going all while catching up on the last few stages.

  77. Mike Cousins

    This weekend I am back at training for the Leadville 100. I had a horrible 50 mile race in pouring rain last weekend, then took a few days off to celebrate retiring from the military after 32 years. Although the race was tough, I learned a lot: both about my mental toughness (50 mi, 48 degrees, and pouring rain) and about ultra racing. Excited and motivated to train harder now!

  78. Brian McBride

    Run /Bike /run

  79. Francis chua

    Training for a 10km PB for my dad in June for Father’s Day

  80. Aislinn

    This weekend I’m competing in two Orienteering World Cup races in Finland, representing Australia.

  81. Mehul

    60kms bike ride on Saturday followed by 15km run on Sunday !!!

  82. Josh

    44mi ride to Wachusett Dam. :)

  83. Dries Leys

    Ha! A half marathon is coming up!

  84. Patrick B

    4 mile run on the coast path with the wife then a 10 mile cycle.

  85. Ron Skinner

    doing some road fun on the bike!

  86. George

    Nothing, since I broke my toe!

  87. Alex Lemmerman

    relaxing

  88. Fred

    Tennis, mountain biking and slow run after returning from a broken rib.

  89. Stefan

    Long distance bike ride with my wife.

  90. Olaf L

    I ran the Brooklyn half. And finally decided to start training for my first full marathon :)

  91. Mathew

    IM Canada training for me. On Saturday I cycled 120 km with 2250 m of climb and on Sunday I swam 2700 m OW and ran 15 km in Z3.

  92. Jack

    Finishing up marathon training!

  93. Vojtech

    Hilly timetrial to feel my legs burn…

  94. Pavel Hruska

    I was Relaxing and enjoying 110 km bike ride on Saturday. 6 km trail run on Sundat.

  95. Pieter Lingier

    This weekend I’m running the 20km of Brussels, it’ll be hot (30°C), but still aiming for a new PR!

  96. doc

    I floated around 30 minutes in the pool if that count?

  97. Evan

    Extremely hilly trail 10k in NH this weekend–only got a little lost (unlike other runners who added extra miles!)

  98. Athletic adventures? How the hell can I adventure without my gear from clever training? I mean come on now – Gimme.. Gimme gimme gimme.

  99. Ryan McCauley

    Hooked up IRONMAN 70.3 Chattanooga!

  100. Jo

    Do a 15km run if the weather is good. Training for my first marathon :)