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. sophia

    morning walk with my son

  2. Gijom

    Running Bay2breakers with family in San Francisco.

  3. Jeff Hinrichs

    I did a 9-mile run with 500 feet of climbing in preparation for an upcoming half marathon.

  4. Tom S

    Long training ride followed by brick run on Saturday. Easier day in the saddle on Sunday.

  5. Went out for a double on Saturday and helped out an Ironman friend to keep up the pace in his long run on Sunday.

  6. Mike G

    I’ll be running around at my daughter’s graduation 2500 miles away. I can’t bring my bike for the trip. :(

  7. Ryan Menze

    I will be racing my bike in Bend Oregon for the Bend don’t Break road race.

  8. Deva Solomon

    Mountainbiking in Carbondale Colorado

  9. Ryan S

    Mountain biking with friends

  10. Mikko

    Changed tyres to our car. Thats all.

  11. jason flowers

    my athletic adventure this sat will be swimming / running in San Francisco bay training for escape alcatraz triathlon .

  12. Thomas Larsen

    No biking. Taking the bike apart. Painting the frame and putting it back together as DI2. So maybe a little running (while the paint dries).

  13. Amar

    Taking my daughter(23 months) for a hike!
    Amar

  14. Christopher Ashford

    300k ride!

  15. Ron

    Short ride on the trainer

  16. Joel

    Pretty much long run Sundays! Feels great!

  17. Domas

    Trail running

  18. planning to go for first run after ankle injury

  19. Dom ultra

    Long run with my teammates

  20. Dow Walker

    Going for a long run and some core work.

  21. Aina

    I would like to run 10K in order to train for a half marathon next month.

  22. K Larsen

    1 run and a promised bike ride with my 4 1/2 yo :) on his new pedal bike!

  23. Linas

    I know how to use it for the purpose :-)

  24. Antonio Alonso

    I very much enjoyed a nice bike ride in the southern roads of Gran Canaria ;)

  25. Keegsieb

    Not much- just finished track season. We will see if I can get ready for summer!

  26. Miguel Guimarães

    Bike Ride on the camino de Santiago

  27. Robert DeMeulemeester

    100 mi ride to Island Beach State Park, then 100K Biergarden ride, and an hour spin.

  28. Heiko Heiko

    Team Triathlon this weekend, 3x500m swim, 40k group ride w\ drafting and 10k run.

  29. Cristina Gama

    Just going for a walk

  30. Bobby B

    The wife and I plan on hiking a 12 mile loop in the Ouachitas

  31. Jar

    Most likely running three laps around Central Park-training for the San Francisco Marathon!

  32. Semi Ennafaa

    Just crosscountry running And having fun

  33. Vincent

    Trailrunning!!

  34. Sangiometti

    Strength Training followed by OWS on Saturday. Long bike ride on Sunday.

  35. Steven Weber

    NYPD Memorial 5k

  36. Oren Rabinovitch

    Running mountain to valley race in northern Israel

  37. Ricardo Hernandez R

    Duatlon on Saturday to return with everything to the trialon next year.
    Well, actually just running and swimming.:)

  38. Andy

    No riding and running because of a hamstring pull.
    14000 steps (Garmin 920xt) on Saturday and lots of yard work on Sunday.

  39. david coles

    competing at Tour of the Battenkill in beautiful upstate NY

  40. Juwon Suh

    Off to a long run!

  41. Kristof Van Hemeldonck

    Planning to race either saturday arvo or Sunday morning, which will be the first one after competing in Grafton 10 days ago. Hope the form is still there

  42. Mike freestone

    A little swim. A little bike and a little run.

  43. Marco

    45km road bike
    1500m swim
    14km run

  44. Allan Møller

    Went to Rome with mother in law, nephew and girlfriend and the chosen one
    Walked around the sights in Rome doing 16km Friday, without any complaints from the 79 year old mother in law. Most complaints from the young ones :)

  45. Justin

    Cycling! Getting ready for a ride from Ottawa to Kingston and back!

  46. Karim M. Demirdache

    Bike in Hollywood hills…on vacation so taking it easy!

  47. Joris

    I was working on my running form in the woods on Saturday and played a field hockey match on Sunday. Both in really great weather with lots of sunshine but not too hot.

  48. Jim Peters

    Running a half marathon on Sunday

  49. Patrick Hopewell

    Lake Cane swim then 3 hr bike

  50. Bret Bartness

    Whitewater kayaking class.

  51. Erik Molina

    Kicking this bug and cycling through town, over pali, through Waimanalo, past Makapu’u down heart break, and around Diamond Head!

  52. Joshua Ebersole

    I enjoyed a typical Saturday run and Sunday hike with my GSP

  53. Chong Pak

    Riding my bike, and trying to do laundry. Not at the same time.

  54. Joshua Blazzard

    Enjoying some trail running and mountain biking!

  55. Aaron Simmons

    Heading up to Austin to run Town Lake…afterwards head down to Shady Grove for some pecan-crusted catfish!

  56. Eli

    Getting more miles in on the bike before BRAG next month

  57. Pete

    I’m running a local 10K race this Sunday :)

  58. Steven Camilleri

    Two triathlons. A sprint on Saturday and an Olympic distance race on Sunday…

  59. Turner S. Thompson III

    Had to skip Saturday’s “Beat The Train” ride to volunteer for a golf outing (so not a golfer). Sunday was a rain-out before a family BBQ. So I’ll consider this a recovery weekend, but still filled with good times & most conversations ended up including cycling. But then again, don’t ALL conversations include cycling, or is it just me?

  60. Rafael Olea

    Running in Ibirapuera Park Sao Paulo Brazil

  61. GB qualifier for Rotterdam ITU champs at Dorney… My early season has been too disrupted to be at the pointy end this time but fun racing along side Tri2O, Savage Tri and GB team mates!

  62. Bryan

    checking out some back roads that I haven’t explored yet

  63. Mauricio Solis

    60 mile bike ride to loose the legs after yesterday Century ride in VA

  64. John

    10 Mile trail run with hills

  65. Mark Jenneson

    Going to Greece. A week of running, cycling and swimming in the sun. (And maybe some beers and nice food)

  66. Osman mir

    Recovery by doing nothing.

  67. Dave

    Resting!

  68. DonB

    Bike ride and a run.

  69. Charles Z.

    Ran my first marathon this Sunday.

  70. Thobias

    Going for a 3+h ride around the lake to test out my 2 month old bonk free diet. That is low on carb, high on fat :)

  71. Justin kusterer

    Does yard work count?

  72. steven

    Gardening… don’t laugh it’s hard work.

  73. Garrett McCullough

    Saturday is my long day for my running plan. I’ll be running 2hrs or so

  74. Matt Coarr

    Cooling down during a recovery week with a 50 mile ride and some race volunteering!

  75. Mike Smith

    last long training ride for Dirty Kanza

  76. Hey Ray!
    Next weekend is memorial day weekend in the US, so I’ll be doing some beach runs. My calves are hurting already.

  77. Greg

    I’m gonna do something. Something sounds good

  78. Jake s

    Belgian waffle ride

  79. Steve

    Buying my first road bike and taking that sucker for a spin!

  80. Adrian Cowan

    Park run in Brisbane and then building a deck!

  81. jaymaker

    Swimming, biking, running, napping, yard working, and kid adventuring, hopefully.

  82. Jake

    Golf!

  83. Matt LeGrand

    Off to Seattle for a little run / bike.

  84. Maureen

    Currently on a cruise through Alaska so running in every port and working out in the gym on sea days.

  85. D Pindell

    Training for my first sprint tri.

  86. Dirk

    Easy runs in between conference events and transcontinental flights

  87. XJing

    I went on a hike to the mountains! It was beauuutiful, couldn’t have asked for anything better. Shame I don’t live near the mountains, so trips like that are much too infrequent

  88. Sara M. in CA

    Hopefully going for a swim to get back into triathlon training!

  89. Roland

    Parkrun on Saturday

  90. Chris Howell

    150 Miles of gravel grinding!

  91. Mark Z

    A week ago I decided to change my habits an live more active (healthy) life. I tought that running would be a good start. Found your site. Pretty exited. A lot of usefull information. Deep diving into gear reviews and other usefull information. Thank you.

  92. alejandro ponce

    I run and swim…no time to bike…

  93. David

    Just an easy run, I have an race the next weekend after. Ok, maybe 3 easy runs, since it is a 3 day weekend!

  94. Therese Soco

    Brooklyn Half and relaxing day at a vineyard

  95. Tom

    If the sun is shining will be out amongst the hills on the bike – if not then in the pool and watching our boy George Bennett kick ass in Cali…

  96. Tom

    Maybe a ride and a run but lots of rest!!

  97. Tanya

    Busy week so lots of feet-up time, but can never say no to a run if the weather is agreeable!

  98. Slav

    Hiking around 12km in Mont Megantic Québec

  99. Dean

    Watched my older daughter’s first swim meet! That’s how it is these days but I did ride my trainer. :)

  100. Stephen Cooper

    I rode around a campsite with my boys and their friends for hours. Traditional western Canadian start of summer camping season in all its glory!