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. Felix de Guzman

    long run with my wife

  2. Mm

    Climb race

  3. Chris ONeill

    LochLoman Standard Distance Triathlon on Sunday. Swim, bike, run on the bonnie, bonnie, banks of Loch Lomond :-)

  4. Mike Costlow

    Got in a great run on the bike and hike next to the house. First time in months that there were other people to wave at while I ran!

  5. Martti Rydman

    roller ski in Oulunsalo

  6. Trevor

    Two easy 10 mile days as part of a recovery week. A few weeks until Grandma’s marathon!

  7. Nic Pillinger

    ETU middle distance AG champs at Powerman Sankt Wendel

  8. John Bairen

    will be doing whatever is necessary to get back on track for my 3000 miles this year goal.

  9. Gareth Jones

    Swansea triathlon

  10. marco pellacani

    Mountain hilke!

  11. Sebastian

    Ramping up triathlon training and doing a long bike workout

  12. Thien Son Mac

    I had an 18km long run on Sunday!

  13. Average Joe

    Lake day for an open water swim.

  14. Edu Callejo Mora

    Run, no mather time and pace.

  15. Ann Correa

    free weights, pruned shrubs in front of house and spread mulch, and a 12 mile long slow run!

  16. Dan Doyle

    14 mile run and some swimming

  17. Bryan

    Nice long bike ride and hopefully a run if my ankle will allow it.

  18. Great watch! Much better than Suunto Core ;)

  19. Mike B.

    What’ll I be doing this weekend? Staying awake for three fourteen hour workdays inside a Class C environment where I can’t have food or coffee.

  20. Kelly

    Narragansett Bay Wheelmen’s South Coast Century with some cycling friends.

  21. Tosin M. Akinmusuru

    Costco runs, Dunkin dips and Maytag spin cycles.

  22. dale jayne

    Trail running at Maryville College in beautiful east tennessee.

  23. Bryan Vivero

    NY gran fondo

  24. Thomas

    Long run in sunshine

  25. Muckyb

    I’m heading south to climb the Ventoux for the first time(s)!

  26. Dan

    Saturday is outdoor riding day… the one day I don’t watch tv while on the bike.

  27. Rodolphe N

    A long and sunny ride followed by a S triathlon on Sunday !

  28. Espen

    I just took a short cycle trip through the woods.

  29. Rui Lima de Almeida

    Getting ready for an awesome Half Marathon in the Douro wine area in Portugal, this weekend!

  30. Chris Carland

    I plan on biking the countryside!

  31. Tim Bruner

    Bike ride and yard work

  32. luis

    rest this week after 70.3 last weekend.

  33. Wim Hendrickx

    No longer a iphone in my pocket during lunch runs!

  34. Ben Groth

    Running up and down hills with visiting family.

  35. Kyle

    I ran and swam with a 4 and 6 year old but not much other than that.

  36. I have a rough long run coming up in the dead heat and humidity of the south…should a sticky, soaked, miserable time…

  37. Kevin

    I want!

  38. Michael Weyant

    A long run and bike ride getting ready for a 70.3 in a couple of weeks.

  39. Stuart

    Going for a ride on my bike! Thanks for this opportunity!

  40. Just back from 3 days of hiking in the White Mountains

  41. dancov

    running and mtb as every w-end

  42. Tom

    Multiple trips with the new puppy to the off-leash park, and a family (all-day) outing to the local theme park. Not super-athletic, but racked up a lot of steps!

  43. No adventure for me I just injuried my back helping a friend!

  44. Jay Medlock

    Probably just a short run…maybe a bit of speed work or a short bike ride. It’s already hot here in FL.

  45. Amanda McMurray

    No big plans, just rest & recovery from a week of riding.

  46. G.van Meeteren

    Trailing trough the Kennemer Duinen in the Netherlands.

  47. Brad

    Planning on getting some miles in on the beach at Mustang Island State Park while I’m there for a conference. Flat hard pack – cars can drive on the beach in Texas. Always a pretty place to run.

  48. Andrei

    Another weekend out in the mountains with my bike.

  49. Esteban

    Brick workout: bike + running.

  50. Steban

    My first olympic tri. Wish me luck!!!!!

  51. Dave McKeown

    Biked Saturday, Ran in the rain Sunday, and Biked Monday (it was Victoria Day long weekend in Canada)

  52. Villegas

    21k run on saturday and resting on sunday

  53. Tom K.

    1h pool swim on Saturday and 50 km Bike ride on Sunday if my children will let me:)

  54. Alex

    Barentoky Mountains & Giro D’Italia!

  55. Raphaël Bolduc

    I had a cold so I took it easy this weekend. I did 2 easy bike rides

  56. Pupe

    i will be running with my dog

  57. Eric Giroux

    Running In The Rain. Kelly-style.

  58. Laura

    Running with my boyfriend.

  59. Elin

    Second weekend in Milan for a 10 day trip, so my second chance at Milano Nord parkrun where I managed to exactly match my time from the previous week. Not bad after a week of pizza and gelato gluttony!

  60. Evan

    I will be biking in preparation for the Ride the Rockies tour in Colorado in June!

  61. Lee Thurber

    I ran a 5k this weekend. My goal is to break 20 minutes and ran a 20:24. a ten second PR now that I am over 40! Going to be kicking into marathon training next. Want to get a BQ

  62. TAS

    Hiking and Trail-running in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park

  63. Jet

    Time to bike out again after another week of indoor training!

  64. Carlos

    Swam at the hotel pool!

  65. Frédéric

    Triathlon on Sunday in France : “Chemin des Dames” at about 1h45 from Paris

  66. Edward Ng

    Put on a set of new wheels and tires on my touring bike and took it out on some commute rides.

    -Ed

  67. Brandon Hopkins

    I’ll be volunteering at a swim meet, and maybe get a run or two in

  68. Coral

    Headed up to NYC (from Philly) to see one of my good friends from college who was in town from California (extra bonus: I found out she just bought her first bike!!!)!

  69. Sven Huisman

    I did a 21.1K race on Sunday morning and ran a PR of 1:23:53. In the afternoon, I paced the 10K race for a couple of friends (easy recovery run for me) :-)

  70. Brian

    Some interval runs for me.

  71. Steven

    Riding to Venice!

  72. Renee

    Awesome Weekend! My 1st outdoor bike ride of the season. Got to try out my Christmas/birthday presents (Varia Rearview Radar & Varia Vision In-sight Display) from my husband! Also did a long run!

  73. Leah Gregory

    I’ll be doing my long run on Saturday! Let’s hope its cool!

  74. John B

    Working all weekend! :|

  75. Ben Anderson

    Maybe some camping and fishing on the agenda

  76. Per Bergkvist

    I will go for a slow bike ride in southern parts of Stockholm, just to release a lot of stress hormones flooding my entire body at the moment, from too much to do at work.

  77. carl

    running through the hills of wales!

  78. Thijs Rieken

    Technically not this weekend, but next Thursday I’ll be running a nice 10k in Delft!

  79. Eric R

    Long run (13 miles) followed by a 40ish mile ride!

  80. Joseph A Patrowicz

    I’ve been out of running for a while due to taking care of my sick wife. I’m going to get back into a routine on Saturday starting with a 2-3 mile run and some resistance training

  81. Bryan

    run. :) ok, and ride and swim. mostly so I can EAT

  82. Abby

    keep up w my hubby… and by “keep up” I mean leave him in my dust…

  83. twoxj

    Long ride, long run, and lots of sun.

  84. Dan

    Hiking in Snowshoe, WV.

  85. Brad Mockford

    I went for a run with my 8yo Daughter. I wore my 910XT, she wore my old FR305.
    One of us needs a new FR935 :)

  86. Blair Oliver

    Planned to, and actually won, a road race.

  87. DavidG

    Recovering from a bad dose of tonsillitis, so probably not much ;(

  88. Hari

    As there is a long weekend ahead, I will go for 2 trail runs in the woods and a hike into the nearby mountains.

  89. Michael Kijewski

    Heavy into my run block to get my base up for my first marathon!

  90. David

    Rain allowing, going on a long bike ride early Saturday morning

  91. Dawar

    Hopefully a nice hike and a few long runs

  92. Martin

    A run or bike ride before the weekend. And then on Saturday off to Bonaire for a week of Scuba Diving!

  93. Ralph Bower

    Swimming, biking, running, golfing, bbqing

  94. Paul Davis

    Did a 5k Muddy Dog Challenge with my dog, raising funds for Battersea Dogs’ Home and getting completely soaked and covered in mud at the same time. Dog loved it, I had fun and the kids had a great time laughing at me, what could be better?

  95. Aaron Eicher

    Training for Comrades [Ultra] Marathon this week! Love your reviews!

  96. Kris

    Ride around my town and an early AM trainer session before a flight.

  97. Bsquared

    Last weekend rode my first double century, so naturally this weekend its finishing the outside yard work that didn’t get done :)

  98. Hugues Parmentier

    Light running in the woods around Brussels (Belgium) + bike with my sons

  99. Jay M

    Still in recovery from my last adventure. Recovery counts as an athletic adventure, right?

  100. John T

    Gate City Marathon