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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First bike ride in over a year (darned knees!). Only about 15 miles, but it’s better than the couch.
Hiking with the fam. And maybe sneaking in a ride on the trainer while kids nap.
Got the band back together for a great early morning ride.
Because of shin splits, I’ve limited myself to only one recovery run.
100 miles or so on the bike
This weekend I ran my 3rd 10k race ever. First one ever was on May 7th (Wings for Life World Run where I ran 11,76k) and the second one took place on 14th of May. Busy May but very satisfying :)
Already planned and signup for half-marathon on 8th of October. Training starts in June. Wish me luck :)
Intervals on saturday, long ride on sunday…training hard :)
I’ll be racing my second road bike race of the year, and hoping I don’t get dropped! :)
I should get back to the treadmill.
Den-Helder Maastricht loop
A estafette run of 420 km across the Netherlands.
From the north-west Den Helder to the south-east Maastricht.
Barely sleeping and all running.
The wife would love this for her post baby training
I had a great training weekend! Completed a one mile open water swim race in 64 degree water and followed that up with a nice 30 mile ride on some rolling terrain! Took Sunday off to cheer on friends at CHOO 70.3!
90k bike + brick run on Sat, 10k run on Sun with my daughter on a stroller.
Thanks Ray!
My buddy and I designed our own mini-tri as practice for the real thing!
Busy weekend so maybe just a run or maybe a hike. And probably some french toast!
Continuing on with C25K!
I did a roller ski treadmill VO2 test!
Nothing too special – a couple 10 mile rides
Saturday was long run day. Sunday was chase the kids around the park day.
We changed it up this weekend and did a 10mi hike with full backpacks to train for a trip to Colorado.
Training this weekend had to take a back seat to my wedding… Got a long slow run in and a few thousand easy meters in the pool. Two weeks to the first tri of the year here in the great white north!
A tough hilly hike in my beautiful island of Trinidad, hitting the first intercontinental ballistic tracking station in the world, a relic of WW2 and then the newer radar station across the valley.
link to strava.com
This is really cool to get this one!
skipped out on my 3 hr bike and swim set on Saturday in favor of non-athletic adventures. Did an 8mi run with 2x10min tempo at 10k pace on Sunday (after a BBQ with some cocktails and rose).
Splashing through the remnants of the foot of snow we got late last week.
Short (3 miles) fast run on Saturday with Sunday being a nice road ride over lunch in the country.
Ride Saturday-Run Sunday
Just a short run and then explored the world of Pandora at Disney in the evening
Running around the house after my son just getting started to learn how to run himself :)
One week prior my first ironman… and due to rain/cold did my long training section all indoor. What an adventure…
I’m going to Disney World!
Zwift riding and enjoying the Giro.
5k ‘Go Run (Chicago’s version of parkruns) followed by another 10 miles to get the full 13 on the calendar for this weekend. At least the rain held off for the first 5k.
Did a 3k swim workout..
Driving fifteen 16 yr olds in a van to a soccer tournament all around Boston while also trying to keep my 10k training up throughout the wild weekend. Early am/late evening runs for this guy
This weekend riding 40 miles on the wheels of my friends. Nothing says friendship like a good draft!
Recovering from IT band issues, so yoga on two days, my longest run in two months on Saturday, and some resistance band strengthening for my hips and glutes!
Been waiting for the 935 to come in stock on Garmin since it released… still waiting!
Long Hike in the White Mountains, NH w/ girlfriend and 2 puppies.
I’ll be racing!!
30 mile bike ride with friends!
Participated in the Real Ale Ride in Blanco, TX, but was only 9 miles out when they cancelled the ride due to rain, hail, and thunderstorms. Instead, spent an hour or two helping fellow cyclists push vehicles out of the muddy field where we had parked.
I will be doing a long bicycle run of 200 kms :D
Um, walking the floors of Costco? Best case a run by the lake and yoga.
Did a nice 2.5 hour tempo brick on Saturday, a 2600 yd pool swim Sunday morning and a 4 mile run in the rain Sunday evening.
I raced the “world’s hardest 10K” this weekend (the first 5K goes up 3000’+ in elevation).
Thanks for the giveaway, Ray!
I spent my weekend training for my first ever Triathlon which takes place in Ireland in two weeks. This involved my first ever open water swim in a new wetsuit, daunting but exhilarating. I’ve caught the triathlon bug, there’s no going back now. :)
A couple of easy 7 runs; better than nothing
Ran the Brooklyn half marathon this past weekend, so going to do easy runs for Memorial Day weekend… also hiking and some good BBQ!
Two long runs!
Saturday will be an hour long run and sunday it will be interval training.
Warm-up Cycling on Saturday and possibly taking part in the last Giro time trial on Sunday (the amateur one of course)
Did a 35km bike ride for Children’s Cancer Charity (børne cancer fonden).
Looking forward to exploring new mountain bike trails around my new home!
Weekends over, but I did my two runs, 16 and then 10.
A casual club ride on sunday morning
My first weekend ride after a long rehab due to a severe crash in 2016. It was painfully pleasurable !
Going for a long run with more than 800+D.Then watching the giro d’Italia.
Swimming in the pool and playing basketball!
running with my non-running daughter to help her get ready for first ever dad daughter 10k, which was her idea
Hiked 3-5 miles (forgot gps watch) with my newborn.
Easy 3 mile runs each day
A relaxing 10k run to jump start my training
Between kid’s activities and life, I’m planning on a couple of 30 minute HIIT sessions on the bike trainer.
Hiked a couple mountains while backpacking with the wife.
Trail Running on the Appalachian Trail.
I did some functional strength training and a spinning session.
Did the Vendome (41) Triathlon ! Medium distance.
Nice bike ride with some hills
prep for the GF Stevio
I’ll be doing an Half Distance Triathlon in Belgium, first one in my life!
#hype
6 mile ruck march with the troops.
Spent the weekend watching Netflix from the sofa instead of running a Tough Mudder. Stupid sinus infection..
Go for a run, and do some basketball with my daughter.
Twenty-mile trail run Saturday with a bunch of hills and an easy five on Sunday. Both in the rain.
I cycled 80km on Saturday and 150km on Sunday in a local sportive
I did a 16km run in unusally hot weather without any drink …
Best regards
Michael
I’d get a Garmin Edge 820 to take my cycling to the next level.
On Saturday a 40k bike ride and on Sunday it was a 10k run.
Watching my Track team run the 4x800m at IHSA State next weekend.
I was running the beautiful Rennsteig-Marathon in Thuringia (GER). Figuring out that I have to do the ultra marathon next year :)
I will do a perfect single trail run for about 30k in the woods around Vienna.
I’m working my way back from shoulder surgery in late January. So this weekend is my first six mile run since December ’16, a bike ride on the trainer, and maybe my first stab at swimming. A full, fun weekend!
Did lots of running this weekend, including a long run on Sunday. Great weather on the east coast for running.
I ended up doing a 1.5 Hour Zwift training session on Saturday while my 2 year old napped.
I will try to make my first century ride of the year.
Did some long walks.
Had a great, adventurous weekend… camping Friday with friends, took a long 45 mile bike route home Saturday, drove 2 1/2 hours to support friends in the eventually cancelled Mountains 2 Mainstreet 70.3 :(, and finished up this morning with the 10 mile run I didn’t get in yesterday.
Long bike ride, run and swim.
banyoles triathlon (half distance)
Just a bike ride..
a “long run” of 6 miles- still in recovery
Long bike Sunday and a run with the dog
Finally was able to ride outside all weekend! Two rides and a run. :)
Finally got my MTB back from Cannondale after two months to get shock serviced. So I will be on the trails.
Kids’ swim meet, first long course meet of the season!
Just going on a family hike this weekend, 6-7km
I did a Cooper test – 12minutes all out effort + some easy biking
Speed run and jump rope 12 sets of 250 jumps.
Just some training, Bike/Run Brick on Saturday and a long run Sunday
Just a couple of recovery runs