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. Eric

    Long run

  2. martin

    This weekend I just finish my first triathlon. I do exercise regularly so I know how my body behave, but it was very interesting to see my body such exhausted as never seen before. My fennix 3 is my best fella since it came to market. When was 1km to finish I told myself to speed up, but display showed the same numbers as before. One, two more tries, but Fenix showed me the cruelty of reality. I felt that im pushing it hard and flying like Bolt, but pace 4:50min/km was still there, not moving up or down. Mind was in different dimension for a while after finish. I couldnt talk, I couldnt move, I was just enjoyoing to be “not moving” a brathing calmly.

    Thanks DC, you have your part my first triathlon as well.

  3. Stockae92

    did both road and mtb this weekend. :)

  4. Jay

    Just doing a chill ride with some friends!

  5. James Grantham

    I ran with a friend who hasn’t run in a long time. While the pace was slower than my usual, the company was great and the time flew by. Glad to have him back at it!

  6. Anna Pry

    our adventure this weekend was to take 4 kids and a dog to a local campground, in the rain, while pregnant…i didn’t get a wink of sleep!

  7. Jason

    Bike stage race!!!

  8. Nate

    Hiking in GA

  9. Mira Barta

    13 km trail run with my White shepherds and some short biking in the woods.

  10. Cezary

    You can’t win if you don’t try, so let’s try again.

  11. Matt Jury

    Enjoyed the beautiful (albeit HOT) San Diego weather and got in a run, bike, and swim–although waaaaaaaay shorter than an actual triathlon!!

  12. Andrew Jenner

    On holiday in the Outer Hebrides. Alternating runs and rides with constant head wind

  13. Marcos Buosi

    Joined a Duathlon Race and finished 2nd im my category (30-34yrs)!!

  14. Daniel

    did Morgan Hill tri, and some beer repeats

  15. Brian

    Murph Workout: 1 mile run, 100 pull ups, 200 pushups, 300 air squats, followed by another 1 mile run.

    Possibly 20-50 mile road bike ride, pending on weather.

  16. Chipper Nicodemus

    My weekend adventures involve running, wine tasting and chasing around my 1.5-year-old daughter. Maybe not in that order.

  17. Kevin Dawson

    10k run and an hour’s off-road biking followed by a 5 hour flight to the Middle East ?

  18. Paul Burgess

    Cycle, cycle, CYCLE!!!

    Lots of cycling….

  19. Jonathan Patterson

    9mile run and London’s finest sunday roast dinner (in the basement of an ex Soho Brothel)

  20. Val

    Long run in the rain!!

  21. Bramble

    Does shopping for athletic adventures count?

  22. Wendy Burgess

    This weekend I just hit the gym…thanks DC!

  23. Laco Kader

    running ridge of Mala Fatra

  24. Jason M

    Riding up to Laguna and spending the weekend with friends. Thanks!

  25. Jon

    5.5 hour ride on sat. 2 hour run on sunday

  26. Ruben kuperus

    The coming weekend starts early for me, thursday I’m going to the Eifel in germay for 4 days of cycling. The weather is nice, the traffic is low and a beautifull scenery.

  27. Kent Dale

    Open water swim and a run

  28. Dennis Vukelic

    I’m going to try and fit in a couple runs between coaching my kid’s soccer team, then get on the ice and play some father son ice hockey.

  29. Petar

    Finally getting back on my bike after a month of not riding at all ☺️

  30. Lauren

    Going on a kayak/hiking trip :) much needed relaxation and quick escape from a hectic life!

  31. Mahesh V

    14mi long run followed by a 3.5mi/900ft climb trail run near Pullman,WA. My ancient tech FR210 is falling apart from all the sweat (sorry about the visual)…

  32. Josu

    Long tri training in NY for the weekend!

  33. I had my biggest training weekend yet. 45 miles swim, bike, run. Training for my first olympic distance triathlon next month!

  34. Terrance Ramirez

    I’m running in my 24th Bolder Boulder 10k.

  35. Glaucos

    I think I’ll go for a bike ride in the mountain near Torino… nothing special! :-)

  36. Ryan

    An early morning run then a dip in the pool.

  37. peter p

    Did a trial run of last 20k for upcoming 50k race

  38. matt greenhill

    I will be racing an Olympic Distance draft legal triathlon in Calaponte Italy.
    Calaponte Tri week, puglia, Italy.

  39. George

    Running a long 32k in Nicosia – Cyprus

  40. John G Wilson

    Saturday was an easy 6 mile run to a bakery with friends followed up by a swim at the pool. Sunday was an easy 20 mile mountain bike ride on some local fireroads.

  41. ailsa c

    Took the running clinic participants out on a run

  42. Damian Sowa

    I am building a fence! It’s athletic because I jackhammered out 4 2′ deep 12″ diameter concrete posts!

  43. Tom Short

    I’ve got an FTP test lined up and a long ride before Monday rolls in.

  44. Alison

    Having been inspired by my old training buddies who recently completed Ironman, I’m determined to get back to some pre-babies level of fitness and (hopefully) return to Ironman training. I’ve set up the trainer so hope to do some Zwifting and will jump in the pool before the toddler has his swimming lesson. No running yet as it’s pretty soon post-birth of my baby but if I can manage it I might throw in a walk with the Chariot and the kids. Would love a new multi sports watch as mine is pretty dated now!

  45. Tony B

    Well, the weekend is over, but it was the Soapstone Trail Race for me on Sunday, and track meet for the kid on Saturday.

  46. Ed

    Continuing my recovery runs from my most recent marathon three weeks ago!

  47. Patrick Lankeit

    I will ride unknown paths in my home forest with the MTB! Just to enjoy nature!

  48. Steve Yates

    I’ll be going for a bike ride, exploring some new roads around where I live, to fill in some more explorer tiles on my veloviewer!

  49. Beatriz Salvat

    I had bronchitis all last week so I was out of training until Saturday when I decided I was good enough to go our and rise some 40 miles…. bad idea….

  50. Brian Kelleher

    Building for a big day of climbing on the bike in the near future.

  51. Marcin

    Bike ride, Mazurialake district in Poland

  52. Mike

    A round of golf, a 10k road race and SUP with the wife before a Memorial Day partying!

  53. Bike trip to the seaside with my hockey team mates.

  54. Larry Y

    Trail runs! May 21 race 5k at the NY NJ Trail Conference headquarters. They make the maps, and maintain many of the trails.

    Then a leisurely trail run on Memorial Day weekend.

  55. Mario Talavera

    This weekend I am going to run a trail, twice. because Ragnar…

  56. Adrien

    Pre-work run, nice and easy

  57. Chris

    Camping weekend – slept under a poncho.

  58. Aris Koutsomitopoulos

    Summer for good here in Greece so I’m just planning a 20k long fun-run with the rat-pack :-)

  59. Edgaras

    Try to do longest bike ride 60km!

  60. Sven

    Friday evening i had a nice swim, saturday was lazy and sunday I had a nice trip with my new bike – great weekend.

  61. Shawn M

    Getting some National Bike Challenge miles in and getting started into running more…next up will be swimming.

  62. Leo Goodstadt

    Track training on Vibram five fingers: not because I am going barefoot running and all but because three weeks after stepping on a strategically placed sharp lego block, I still can’t run in normal shoes…

  63. Gael

    Running through Point Lookout State Park in Maryland or Rock Creek Parkway in DC

  64. John gee

    5:30saturday ride along the Durban coast line, awesome sun up this time of year, no wind, beaut 25 degrees

  65. John Rampulla

    SWIM>BIKE>RUN>BEER

  66. Mark Precious

    This weekend – hoping to get in the longest long trail run and first bike ride since a nasty crash and broken bone.

  67. porek388

    Today 30km ride.

  68. Jacco

    Sadly not much I think. Rebuilding our bathroom! Hope to sneak in a run though!

  69. Carly

    On holiday right now but will be getting a run in tomorrow.

  70. David Faria

    Recovery weekend at a friend’s wedding!

  71. Fabian

    Swim, Bike, Run. What else?

  72. Grega

    open water swim race on saturday and a long bike ride on sunday

  73. Stephen Harding

    Ran ran and ran. New marathon training cycle started. Whole new crowd of folks to coach.

  74. Ana

    An easy 8 km. run on Sunday.

  75. Leon

    Being on a training camp

  76. Greg

    On saturday easy bike and 7km below and above the threshold. On sunday swimming pool and easy running.

  77. Bryan

    Eat a lot of food in Houston, TX.

  78. Shirley

    Swimbikerun

  79. Aasen

    Have been out running several meters along Alcudia beach in Mallorca.
    Hoping to get in a bikerida soon.

  80. Robert Kallin

    Most likely a 3-4h bike ride with friends.

  81. Anca G

    running a 5k. Thanks!

  82. Keith Shuker

    MTB at a trail centre this weekend, followed by an actual mountain after that!

  83. DoDaDum

    Did a short bike ride on one day, and a short run on the other.

  84. Doug

    My athletic achievement for the weekend was to slog it out in the rain for an hour. Take your moments away from childcare at any time! :)

  85. Jens

    Recovery ride/run after my 1/8 triathlon of Maastricht!

  86. Francis Oliver

    Hard triple brick workout on Saturday and long run on Sunday… legs are fired!

  87. Loren

    This weekend I am running the trails in Bastrop, Tx in a much anticipated trip home. The goal is to knock out 8 miles and then hang with the family next to the BBQ pit.

  88. Jade

    I’m gonna do my first sub2 21k challenge!

  89. James

    50 K bike ride

  90. Ian Cullen

    Getting lost somewhere in the midlands in my bike.

  91. Andy C

    Start running again after a long break do to a hectic past couple of months.

  92. Mark A

    I’ll probably go for a sail.

  93. simon cotton

    Easy recovery run Saturday, hanging on to the boys to the best of my current ability for 12 miles Sunday morning.

  94. Amy H

    Taking my nephews and niece camping!

  95. Nicolas

    Bike ride to the beach, an amazing sandwich, and losing a phone…but found it in the end! Beautiful weather here in Seattle!

  96. Giovanni Corradini

    Long run in Reggio Emilia, Italy!

  97. Sean Dooley

    Did a half ironman

  98. James A

    Park Run with the 2 kids in the buggy and then a family cycle ride and a picnic in the sun.

  99. Jason C

    Hill climb race this weekend.

  100. Michael J Smith

    Training for IMCDA 70.3!