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. Lynn

    Biking. Loads and loads of wet, windy weather biking this weekend as I train for Ironman Canada in a midwest spring that won’t warm up.

  2. Éric BRONSARD

    Nice swim yesterday, and a long bike ride today, even if it’s 10 degrees outside

  3. Kevin Leung

    First outdoor ride in a LONG time!

  4. Orange Theory, coaching kids soccer & baseball, then a run to finish it off

  5. Jun Zhao

    Long run and a long ride for the holiday weekend.

  6. Euan

    Riding bikes, as always!

  7. Erik

    No sports past weekend, just putting new flooring in my new house. So there was enough athletic exercise :)

  8. Brian Norton

    Got my personal best 5K :-) 29:10!

  9. Quoc

    Did a long run on the Sammamish River Trail yesterday!

  10. Massimo

    Last fine-tune run training for my next race next-week: 100 Km del Passatore

  11. Kent Cowgill

    Running along the Mississippi River while I’m in New Orleans this weekend.

  12. Myria

    Moving heavy metal repeatedly for no apparent reason.

  13. cinzia

    I tried to improve my uphill prowess! :)

  14. Jarrett

    Winds 22mph gusting 31 :(

  15. Jason

    Since I raced back to back weekends (a sprint and a half iron)…I’m taking a week off…watching my wife race a half marathon down in Fredericksburg, VA. I might hop on the rollers later on.

  16. Benjamin Morgan

    Group ride with friends in rural South Carolina. Approximately 24 miles on Saturday and a personal record of 17 mph.

  17. Erol Bayram

    Probably some running and cycling

  18. Aldo

    Well I have to be a little more specific then (if possible, you can cancel my previous entry): had a run yesterday and I wish I had the 935 with me.

  19. Mark A.

    Running adventures in the Colorado front range!

  20. Mike

    Sat on the couch- recovering form achilles surgery….

  21. Blaine Boxwell

    I have an easy 5 mile les on Saturday and a 2 hour tour of the waterfront on Sunday

  22. Bradley R Hammond

    Ramping up the running miles.

  23. Susan

    This weekend I participated in my first bike races. 40k individual time trial and 40k team time trial. I am beat today.

  24. Danny Gillins

    Got lost on a bike ride, but found a new area I haven’t explored before.

  25. Alex

    I walked around the zoo! That counts, right?

  26. Andrew

    Riding Zwift waiting for my wife to give birth.

  27. andrejs

    Constantly looking for something decent to run in Florida. It’s hopeless!

    Probably a longer run – 3,2,1 mile intervals.

  28. Ray Jasicki

    Sprint intervals on the treadmill to speed (Stupid Rain) up my 5K speed for my upcoming sprint Tri. Oh yeah, and I should probably do a few laps in the pool.

  29. Bartek_Zet

    Triathlon Sierakow

  30. Pat Cade

    State Track Meet. Coaching, not running.

  31. Ee Tze Tan

    I plan to complete a 1 hour swim and a 5k run this weekend beside daddy duty.

  32. Michael S.

    On saturday: sports meeting in the school of my sun – for the kids AND the parents! :-)
    On sunday I jumped through a high rope course together with my 11y old sun. Very funny :-)
    Of course we rode the 16 km to the high rope course on our bikes.

  33. Randy Hammons

    Hoping to get in 150+ miles of cycling with buddies across Saturday and Sunday!

  34. Bart

    Saturday morning group bike ride.

  35. Aidan Lightfoot

    Exploring XC trails in Ellison Provincial Park just outside it Vernon, BC

  36. Patrick Santana

    Starting with a long ride and ending with an easy run. :-)

  37. Michal

    Some cycling with tacx and looong walk with dogie :).

  38. Artir

    awesome local trail run :)

  39. Glen

    Hopefully a run in NYC Central Park; nice change for a Texan

  40. Michael Black

    Biked and ran around DC

  41. Greg P

    Was supposed to race a half ironman but was rained out :(

  42. Joe

    Riding new route with good friends.

  43. Alex P

    Sat: 70k bike run
    Sunday: This is rest day!

  44. Jason C

    Have to make up athletic adventures next weekend. Stuck at work in Mission Control all weekend.

  45. Mark

    Enjoy the southern California weather with a ride along the coast.

  46. Hans

    Long run with beautiful weather.

  47. Marc

    25km ride to a bump that qualifies as a climb, a few repeats up to the temple on top, and back home again… if the roads are not too flooded!

  48. Lyen

    Running with the kids – we’re working on pacing and not just sprint, stop, sprint, stop!

  49. S A

    Slow and easy 90 minute run and a solid 40 mile bike around the reservoir.

  50. Axel M

    Wife is sick, so just moved around the children in the bakfiets to give her some rest…

  51. Laura Owen

    Friday: lots of climbing during my daughter’s field trip; Saturday: running with the dogs and bike ride; Sunday: Trail running. It was a great weekend!

  52. Oded

    I walked fast among hundred in the Recon expo in Las Vegas. That about 6 miles of pure sweat and enjoyment. For that I need good watch and good shoes to walk so much.

  53. Pat O'Leary

    Biking Skyline Drive end-to-end w/ the gang.

  54. Paul

    Did a triathlon simulation with my tri club on Saturday and a group bike ride on Sunday.

  55. Benoit Delhaye

    Going out for a sloid long run with long marathon pace portions !

  56. mike

    Getting out and enjoying the nice weather in Vegas before the heat gets turned up.

  57. Bouker Pool

    Long run through some new trails and the first outdoor ride of the season!

  58. Ja'far

    Mile TT?

  59. Mamour

    I ran on my “go to” trail one last time before my wife and I moved cities. It was bittersweet!

  60. Noah

    Shock Wiz tuning

  61. Alberto Fernández

    A duatlon Cross near my home.

  62. ErR

    5K running TT.

  63. Fernando

    Not much. I watched a marathon and cheered the runners, surely that counts!

  64. Dan Sherman

    Running injury so I started a new round of P90X. Funny how the legs workout takes me out for days when I typically run ~40 miles/week.

  65. Hidetake Yamanaka

    First open water swim of the season! Barely made it 200 meters.

  66. John

    Heading out for a long bike ride and hike.

  67. Julien

    A bit of cycling

  68. Mabel

    9k on Saturday,

  69. Tor Lien Mjell

    I doing what is called the “7 fjellturen”, which is Norwegian for 7 mountain hike. It is roughly 35 km with 2800 m incline. people normally hike it, but I will attempt to run hopefully most of it.
    The goal is below 6 hours, but what I have to beat (my former record) is 7 hours and 30
    Minutes :-)

  70. Mike

    long ride in country

  71. Long rides – doc said I need more endurance training, so long rides to be!

  72. Nick

    Not so much training as ‘cross training’ doing some DIY in the garden

  73. Jacob Roth

    Simple run, gearing up for a big week.

  74. Sean Ormerod

    A couple of rides one in an epic headwind. Though the spring cleaning of the home was less fun then the headwind!

  75. Paul B.

    Weekend of running and strength training at the gym. Whoopee!

  76. Joakim

    Short run followed by a long bike ride throughout Stockholm looking for new Running shoes for The Girl.
    Upside, Got to try on the “Just arrived” FR935, Felt really good as I’ve been following the comments here on a daily basis for almost two months!
    And it looks like we will be needing two after comparison to the Fenix5s on The Girl :)

  77. Francisco Moreira

    I’m Training the fuck out because i want to win my AG

  78. Chris Rodriguez

    I got smashed by the Belgian Waffle Ride in San Diego, CA to much heat not enough water and dehydration set in….. you win some, you lose some

  79. Ryan Luetkemeyer

    Did a century ride and BBQ’ed this weekend!

  80. NPeter

    I want to ride my bike after days of illnes :D

  81. John

    Long run, long bike, long nap!

  82. MJL

    It was a slow weekend here, unless a coach can vicariously count the exercise that his soccer players got in a few games. :-) I’d still be in the hunt for some prizes, though! The season is almost over.

  83. Roger

    Do the park loop on my bike. There is a KOM that’s just waiting for me, that I edge ever closer to attaining.

  84. Max

    The last of two simple ride with my singlespeed ended up riding for 15 kms with a flat rear tire. Very gently and very slow ’til home.

  85. Montserrat

    Sunny day in Autumn Buenos Aires, Argentina. I went for a run at Bosques de Palermo and did some jumping rope.

  86. Jorge Gonzalez

    Hi Ray. This weekend I was very happy testing my new wahoo kickr trainer. I did on Saturday some solid tempo intervals ( 3 x10 min) and on Sunday enjoyed testing the resistance on Road Grand Tours climbing the Stelvio.

  87. Gary Nolan

    Finally starting Triathlon season….Hammonton Triathlon. Hope everyone has a safe and happy weekend!

  88. Phil Mills

    long trainer rides in the late pm.

  89. Bill Shepard

    We did a 47 windy beach ride. The boss got a chance to ride her new P2. She has a Tri in two weeks and this was the first big ride and she loved it.

  90. Rick

    Long run and a long ride on the new tri bike-can’t wait…….and then a few tasty beverages!

  91. Chris Portman

    Long ride

  92. Scotty G

    This past weekend was a recovery weekend, having just run the Pacific Northwest Marathon last weekend. So upper body weights and an easy swim….no running this weekend! Besides, Florida is too humid after having been in Oregon. :/

  93. Zane

    Went for a ride up through New Hampshire.

  94. Matthew Patterson

    Adventures were merely watching my kids do a triathlon and a swim meet…..

  95. Ravi

    80 K ride, just for a picture.

    “Do I feel lucky?” Well, do ya, punk?

  96. Fredrik

    Recovering from setting a personal best on the Göteborgsvarvet half marathon. An easy run at the start of the week and then some intervals mid week and a long run in the weekend.

  97. Colin

    I went for a blast along the beautiful Columbia river on my new triathlon bike!

  98. Jeff Elmer

    This weekend ran 6 miles both Saturday and Sunday.

  99. Went for a 6 mile run and coached my son’s 7th grade AAU basketball team to a tournament championship…and wished for a new Garmin watch!

  100. Chris Blecher

    Couple of 30 mile rides around the town to work on climbing and cadence followed by a day of golf.