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In Depth Product Reviews
You probably stumbled upon here looking for a review of a sports gadget. If you’re trying to decide which unit to buy – check out my in-depth reviews section. Some reviews are over 60 pages long when printed out, with hundreds of photos! I aim to leave no stone unturned.
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Read My Sports Gadget Recommendations.
Here’s my most recent GPS watch guide here, and cycling GPS computers here. Plus there are smart trainers here, all in these guides cover almost every category of sports gadgets out there. Looking for the equipment I use day-to-day? I also just put together my complete ‘Gear I Use’ equipment list, from swim to bike to run and everything in between (plus a few extra things). And to compliment that, here’s The Girl’s (my wife’s) list. Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by!
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Have some fun in the travel section.
I travel a fair bit, both for work and for fun. Here’s a bunch of random trip reports and daily trip-logs that I’ve put together and posted. I’ve sorted it all by world geography, in an attempt to make it easy to figure out where I’ve been.
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My Photography Gear: The Cameras/Drones/Action Cams I Use Daily
The most common question I receive outside of the “what’s the best GPS watch for me” variant, are photography-esq based. So in efforts to combat the amount of emails I need to sort through on a daily basis, I’ve complied this “My Photography Gear” post for your curious minds (including drones & action cams!)! It’s a nice break from the day-to-day sports-tech talk, and I hope you get something out of it!
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The Swim/Bike/Run Gear I Use List
Many readers stumble into my website in search of information on the latest and greatest sports tech products. But at the end of the day, you might just be wondering “What does Ray use when not testing new products?”. So here is the most up to date list of products I like and fit the bill for me and my training needs best! DC Rainmaker 2023 swim, bike, run, and general gear list. But wait, are you a female and feel like these things might not apply to you? If that’s the case (but certainly not saying my choices aren’t good for women), and you just want to see a different gear junkies “picks”, check out The Girl’s Gear Guide too.
Running for the first time post foot surgery
Was sick for a few weeks, so easy getting back into training for me.
Did and early summer (88 degree!) Pinehurst Loop on the backup bike.
Getting ready for Augusta 70.3.
Training for Hardrock 100. It will be my first time trying this race. I’m so excited yet scared.
running, always!!!!!!
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.
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.
90km time trial + 10k easy run in hot, humid Panama City tropical roads
A short 30 minute easy run and trying to recover from a cold )-:
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!
First all family bike ride with our 11 month old son and his 3 year old big sister :D Roll on summer!
Heading to the California desert for camping and mountain biking!
Back to training (was sidelined by injury):
Sat: 85K ride
Sun: 5K run
Mon: 45K leisure fun ride
Triathlon training in Alaska whilst on holidays, cold!
strength and biking
Hopefully some biking and running in between chasing after the kids!
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
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!
A bike ride as usual and a run marking the preparation start for run event due to in 1 month
Running a half marathon
The past weekend not so much, bit of running. Coming weekend, 20km run with loads and loads of others (40k).
Going back to running again, training to 55km Karkonoski Marathon. Had a break, a new family member took all the time. :)
Celebrating my 40th birthday! A gift from DCR would be perfect
Celebrating the long weekend in Canada
A couple of long rides and a two hour run
Lots of swimming, and a bit of a run
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 :-).
I will attend an Olympic distance triathlon.
Last weekend only relaxing. Next weekend I will do a 2k open water swimming and a 70k bike ride.
Thanks Ray
Bike + Hike
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.
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!
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.
Did a 15km mountain run with some snow cover. Spend 3 hours.
Long runs back to back, 30 + 20
I plan to work on running 5 miles in under 40 minutes.
Holding my 1 year old daughters hands as she learns to walk and following her around an art gallery.
12-15 mile long run Saturday followed by paddleboarding with the kids on Sunday.
I will be cycling around Houston
Weekend off in order to heal my hip
Couple bike rides in the sun!
Raced a sprint tri on Sunday
i’ll be running the mountains to beach half marathon with my friends at november project LAX and CLIF bar!
I am just wander around. Who knows if today is my lucky day!
20 miler in preparation for a 50K in early June!
Circling a lake through hills on a new road bike – 36-72 miles. :)
just getting in some base miles on the bike after a long hiatus.
70k cycling on Saturday, 12k run on Sunday…then hopefully endless kilometers on my brand new motorcycle!!
I’m looking forward to a nice long-jog by the Danube in Vienna!
I’ll be biking with my husband and three year old!!
Put 300 km in distance on my bike.
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.
Hi Ray,
Thanks for doing these give-a-ways! This weekend:
-Saturday – Long swim
-Sunday – Trainer ride using a BestBikeSplit simulation on TrainerRoad
-Nick
Bike ride on Saturday and short run on sunday.
FK cycling group rides to prepare for Vätterundan 2017 challenge.
Sofa surfing
I am going on a 32 mile training ? run
Ran a half marathon. Now, time to start training for a century ride.
Rest weekend with a 30km easy ride last night to stretch out the legs.
Finally got outside for a bike ride!
Antibiotics race… down with a nasty flu.
running trails and loving it!
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 ;).
Hiked Harper’s Ferry, went up to the overlook. Fantastic view! Now to start training for that marathon in October…
Running through the rolling foothills of Wisconsin, plus maybe some golf!
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.
Riding hills!
Just ran the Green Bay Marathon on May 21, going to do the Chicago Soldier Field 10 miler on Memorial Day weekend
90 minute run and long bike ride planned for this weekend. Hoping to do some hiking with the family as well.
swimming, I’m recovering from an ankle injury
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…).
3 hour hilly trail run Saturday. 2 hour flat trail run Sunday.
Running my first full marathon on Sunday!
A 90 min run at first and then 40×25 swimming.
Running on Kansas hills. (yes, we have them!)
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.
Belgian Wafer Ride!!!
Do a half Marathon for fun!
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!
10 miler then Memorial Day BBQ
Half marathon followed up by more marathon training.
Going hiking for some geocaches
I went for an adventure-walk with my boyfriend in Copenhagen, enjoying the lovely weather. And then I went dancing as usually on saturday :)
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)
Going on a longer ride, looking at 150 miles in the Texas heat and humidity.
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
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)
Will run and relax.
Riding up Mt. Hamilton to the Lick Observatory and back down, ~1 mile open water swim, and 10 miles run on the bay trail.
My adventure this weekend was running a half marathon with no watch, no headphones — just running by feel — and achieving a PR!
Running a training half marathon and then chasing my 3 toddlers around trying to keep them in one piece!
My sad adventure was running long, unfortunately, my bike is still on the garage fixing the rear suspension :_(
Going to go for a nice looong run on Sunday since i’ll have all day Monday to recover!
Running daily in Alaska while on vacation!
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
Mountain bike ride in San Diego
Hiking with my family.
I plan to get a long run in before BBQ on Monday :)
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!