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. Murray

    Running for the first time post foot surgery

  2. Guido

    Was sick for a few weeks, so easy getting back into training for me.

  3. Kurt Freytag

    Did and early summer (88 degree!) Pinehurst Loop on the backup bike.

  4. Jody

    Getting ready for Augusta 70.3.

  5. Wesley

    Training for Hardrock 100. It will be my first time trying this race. I’m so excited yet scared.

  6. Daniel Vieira

    running, always!!!!!!

  7. Ara Parseghian

    On saturday, I ran to the pool for a hard swim; on Sunday, I hit a hard hill repeat workout (8x 1/4 mile) in the wind and rain.

  8. Miguel Badillo

    I will attempt to find time early Saturday morning for a 10 plus mile run. Also going to smoke a pork loin and baked beans. Classic Americana fare.

  9. JOSE ODALY

    90km time trial + 10k easy run in hot, humid Panama City tropical roads

  10. Kelly

    A short 30 minute easy run and trying to recover from a cold )-:

  11. Drew

    Finally was able to start weight bearing after a stress fracture this weekend! Upper body training continued, and now the slow ramp up to running begins anew!

  12. Paul Ver

    First all family bike ride with our 11 month old son and his 3 year old big sister :D Roll on summer!

  13. Heading to the California desert for camping and mountain biking!

  14. Johan

    Back to training (was sidelined by injury):
    Sat: 85K ride
    Sun: 5K run
    Mon: 45K leisure fun ride

  15. Mark

    Triathlon training in Alaska whilst on holidays, cold!

  16. jon

    strength and biking

  17. Wei

    Hopefully some biking and running in between chasing after the kids!

  18. PPP

    No training just adventures and fun

    It’s bit late for weekend plans, but

    Saturday I Cycled to sauna 2*16 and because it was so nice cycled 8 km just for fun
    Sunday I did 75 km sightseeing ride to suburban area west from Helsinki

  19. Daniel Morrissey

    I am FINALLY getting my ENTIRE FAMILY together to run a 5K! I’ve been a runner for years and finally have the rest of the family joining in! Excited to dial back personal expectations and just have fun with the fam!

  20. Donce

    A bike ride as usual and a run marking the preparation start for run event due to in 1 month

  21. Bruce Mazie

    Running a half marathon

  22. Pawel

    The past weekend not so much, bit of running. Coming weekend, 20km run with loads and loads of others (40k).

  23. Radosław Rusin

    Going back to running again, training to 55km Karkonoski Marathon. Had a break, a new family member took all the time. :)

  24. BJH

    Celebrating my 40th birthday! A gift from DCR would be perfect

  25. hal

    Celebrating the long weekend in Canada

  26. beth

    A couple of long rides and a two hour run

  27. William

    Lots of swimming, and a bit of a run

  28. Bruce

    Unseasonably hot weekend in San Diego.
    Gym for weight training Friday morning, then son’s BMX racing in evening.
    Outside all day Saturday for daughter’s end of season lacrosse tournament (3 games of hot and windy).
    Daughter under the weather with fever, so son and I went for short, easy bike ride (still hot and windy).
    Thanks for the giveaways :-).

  29. Tony Kung

    I will attend an Olympic distance triathlon.

  30. Paulo Menezes

    Last weekend only relaxing. Next weekend I will do a 2k open water swimming and a 70k bike ride.

    Thanks Ray

  31. Martin-Y

    Bike + Hike

  32. Michael Weber

    This weekend I am going to be running trails in post recovery of a trail race, enjoy some hoppy beverages, prep the house for sale.

  33. Chris Murphy

    Finally done with grad school! I’ll be in Milwaukee visiting my girlfriend and doing some running up that way, then returning back home for a trail cleanup/run with the local group on Monday!

  34. Ramses Ayala

    I was out in San Francisco visiting family so things were more haphazard than usual. Went for an 8 mile run out in the hills of San Francisco; took my kids to the pool to enjoy the sunny and warm weather, and convinced my wife to get on a bike for the first time in nearly 30 years.

  35. Sai To Wang

    Did a 15km mountain run with some snow cover. Spend 3 hours.

  36. SF

    Long runs back to back, 30 + 20

  37. Ray Reynolds

    I plan to work on running 5 miles in under 40 minutes.

  38. Nigel

    Holding my 1 year old daughters hands as she learns to walk and following her around an art gallery.

  39. Mike Yankel

    12-15 mile long run Saturday followed by paddleboarding with the kids on Sunday.

  40. renato cunha

    I will be cycling around Houston

  41. Dany Boulay

    Weekend off in order to heal my hip

  42. Dan Hurd

    Couple bike rides in the sun!

  43. Matt

    Raced a sprint tri on Sunday

  44. angel b.

    i’ll be running the mountains to beach half marathon with my friends at november project LAX and CLIF bar!

  45. I am just wander around. Who knows if today is my lucky day!

  46. Margaret

    20 miler in preparation for a 50K in early June!

  47. David Sherrod

    Circling a lake through hills on a new road bike – 36-72 miles. :)

  48. zom

    just getting in some base miles on the bike after a long hiatus.

  49. Marco

    70k cycling on Saturday, 12k run on Sunday…then hopefully endless kilometers on my brand new motorcycle!!

  50. Daniel

    I’m looking forward to a nice long-jog by the Danube in Vienna!

  51. Grace

    I’ll be biking with my husband and three year old!!

  52. Vincent Chang

    Put 300 km in distance on my bike.

  53. I think it was meant for this past weekend. Not much athletic adventures. I went on a run on Saturday and then had a potluck to wish one of our founders of our running group goodbye as she leaves us to move to another state. Then I got all the yard work done that has been building up for the past couple months. It was a busy Saturday.

  54. Nick_MN

    Hi Ray,

    Thanks for doing these give-a-ways! This weekend:
    -Saturday – Long swim
    -Sunday – Trainer ride using a BestBikeSplit simulation on TrainerRoad

    -Nick

  55. Eric Champigny

    Bike ride on Saturday and short run on sunday.

  56. Mika övermark

    FK cycling group rides to prepare for Vätterundan 2017 challenge.

  57. Jurassic

    Sofa surfing

  58. Adam Reitz

    I am going on a 32 mile training ? run

  59. Mike Walker

    Ran a half marathon. Now, time to start training for a century ride.

  60. SIBeckers

    Rest weekend with a 30km easy ride last night to stretch out the legs.

  61. Joe

    Finally got outside for a bike ride!

  62. David

    Antibiotics race… down with a nasty flu.

  63. Kerry Herbine

    running trails and loving it!

  64. Arek

    As it is going to rain until weekend my previous MTB ride in mountains plans are going to be replaced with some road riding. Will it be 2 passes and one summit ride, approached with car, or only local not-so-interesting hills I don’t know yet ;).

  65. Josiah

    Hiked Harper’s Ferry, went up to the overlook. Fantastic view! Now to start training for that marathon in October…

  66. David

    Running through the rolling foothills of Wisconsin, plus maybe some golf!

  67. Bethany

    I’ll be doing a “long”trail run, which for me right now is 6 miles as I’m just coming back from having my second child.

  68. DVO

    Riding hills!

  69. Lisa verdon

    Just ran the Green Bay Marathon on May 21, going to do the Chicago Soldier Field 10 miler on Memorial Day weekend

  70. Joe

    90 minute run and long bike ride planned for this weekend. Hoping to do some hiking with the family as well.

  71. Mark Harris

    swimming, I’m recovering from an ankle injury

  72. Austin

    Heading to Virginia beach with friends, and hope to get in some good open water swims. And hopefully stay away from Mary Lee (the shark…).

  73. Adrian Walton

    3 hour hilly trail run Saturday. 2 hour flat trail run Sunday.

  74. Josh

    Running my first full marathon on Sunday!

  75. Marcin

    A 90 min run at first and then 40×25 swimming.

  76. Chris Clark

    Running on Kansas hills. (yes, we have them!)

  77. Participating in the Open North-Netherlands Championship half-marathon in Klazienaveen. It will be a hot one, 27-29C, but the last time I ran there was a full-marathon at 30C, so it can’t be that bad.

  78. Marc G

    Belgian Wafer Ride!!!

  79. Sasha

    Do a half Marathon for fun!

  80. Travis

    This weekend, I will be doing an early morning 20 miler on the tri-bike, followed by a 5 mile run while pushing two of my boys in a stroller, supervising two boys on bikes, and giving intermittent boosts to a 4 year old who just learned to ride without training wheels! It’s my favorite workout of the week!

  81. Grant

    10 miler then Memorial Day BBQ

  82. Nick Kobi

    Half marathon followed up by more marathon training.

  83. Kyle Pennell

    Going hiking for some geocaches

  84. Charlotte Hansen

    I went for an adventure-walk with my boyfriend in Copenhagen, enjoying the lovely weather. And then I went dancing as usually on saturday :)

  85. David Nighorn

    I plan to pick up my series of weekend long rides. Many obligations have gotten in the way recently but I’ve now decided that this is a priority – even if it means getting up really early. First ride will be 2 hours (this is long for me. My longest trainer ride is 90 minutes)

  86. Chad Bowser

    Going on a longer ride, looking at 150 miles in the Texas heat and humidity.

  87. Pedro Silva

    Hi Ray! It was a busy weekend…training hard for my first olympic triathlon on June 24th (St. John’s day on some cities of Portugal).
    Did some brickworkout on saturday – 35 km bike ride (uphill sprint series) followed by a 4 km run at a moderate/hard pace. On Sunday it was a 82 km bike ride with some buddies.

    Cheers,
    Pedro Silva aka swim.bike.pita.run

  88. Matt

    Maybe it’s not “athletic”, but I carefully navigated the uneven stones of Pompeii for 5 hours Saturday. (I opted to frontload the schedule to avoid trying to run or bike in Naples)

  89. Artur Halat

    Will run and relax.

  90. Martin Williams

    Riding up Mt. Hamilton to the Lick Observatory and back down, ~1 mile open water swim, and 10 miles run on the bay trail.

  91. Dexter Lo

    My adventure this weekend was running a half marathon with no watch, no headphones — just running by feel — and achieving a PR!

  92. Jon Lauth

    Running a training half marathon and then chasing my 3 toddlers around trying to keep them in one piece!

  93. Carlos

    My sad adventure was running long, unfortunately, my bike is still on the garage fixing the rear suspension :_(

  94. Joe Chada

    Going to go for a nice looong run on Sunday since i’ll have all day Monday to recover!

  95. Philip Sokolowski

    Running daily in Alaska while on vacation!

  96. Martin J

    I will go for a long Bike ride (5-6h) on Saturady and on Sunday there is a early swim session scheduled. In the evening I will go for a short run.

    Have a sportive weekend all of you

  97. Timothy OLeary

    Mountain bike ride in San Diego

  98. vadam76

    Hiking with my family.

  99. I plan to get a long run in before BBQ on Monday :)

  100. Thomas Quade

    Due to the heat here in the bootheal of New Mexico, heading up to snow canyon to do some hill work at higher altitude…..harder work in a cooler environment!