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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.
Easy run and family bike ride!
Would put $500 toward a new trainer to replace my CycleOps Wind Traininer
Best friends weekend on the bike: Dutch Mountains (Limburg)!
My son has a hockey tournament so besides being there I will be on the bike trainer in between games. Maybe watch Game of Thrones at the same time.
Run 10km of training for my second half marathon.
Run & Bike
I will be doing a bit riding and hopefully off to the pool for some laps.
Big brick days to prepare for next race.
Well the weekend has passed and I managed two runs, a 3 mile run in Oklahoma City along their riverwalk area on Saturday and a 3.5 mile run in Albuquerque around the University of New Mexico campus. Nice easy weekend… Thanks again for the chance Ray!
An easy 10k run after my last 37k run from last Sunday.
bike ride in San Francisco
Leaving my run shoes and bike home and canoeing on Berounka river, if there will be enough water to do that. ;) .
I plan on going on a ride after] I finish building my step daughter’s tree house. Hopefully, I will be able to achieve this before it gets too hot.
a couple long bike rides!!!
Just jogging 12K.
Half ironman for me in prep for a full ironman in a couple of weeks. Eek.
First outdoor ride with my new tri bike
Ironman Chattanooga 70.3!!
Start on my triathlon training plan and continue recovering from last weekends trail race.
Hanging with my wife Friday, easy group social ride (65-70 miles) Saturday and then skipping a wedding Sunday for a 125 mile gravel ride. Sleeping in Monday. Hopefully managing to keep my daily running streak since Christmas going as well.
Thanks for the giveaway!!
The snow has finally melted! So mountain biking all around Hood River!
I celebrated my birthday with a bike tour accompanied by my lovely wife.
I had my comeback race! 10km, and slow (1:07:00), but my first race in over 2 ½ years after taking a long break from running due to illness. Starting again has been really difficult, but it’s amazing, and I definitely appreciate it a lot more!
A 21k run at marathon pace just for fun
Running park run aiming for a p.b. hopefully sub 19!
Extra-long week-end means riding Friday-Monday in preparation for cycling vacation in Lake Placid.
a century ride towards monte amiata in tuscany
Was leading up to a sprint tri on Monday.
Friday was a short swim (1500m)
Saturday was a quick run (4.5km)
Sunday off
Holiday Monday was a sprint tri. Took about 4mins off last year. 13th overall. 3rd in AG. (1:05:42)
My weekend wil be a nice 4h bike ride the Saturday and a 1:45h run the Sunday. Then its a few more weeks before my first 70.3 IronMan race.
A long ride and run
3 mile run, 5 mile bike.
Some table tennis training on friday, a 15km run on saturday and a 70km bikeride on sunday.
Museums and Museums!
good long swim.
Got in a Friday masters swim, Saturday track for some 800’s, and a FTP test on the bike for Sunday!
Easy 12 miler
Hiking and Mountain Biking
Broke my 10k PR at a race throughout the coast of Brazil! Now I am just recovering for next week!
I will take a bike trip to the lake with my dog.
Preparing for a OD Triathlon, so weekend will be full of running, swimming and cycling
Enjoy a longer ride around Skaraborg, Sweden
Running in beautiful Flagstaff, AZ. Avoiding snow pack, but running up to a 10,800 ft saddle in the local peaks and back down. Would love a Garmin Fenix to eventually accompany me for that!
Easy run in sunny Amsterdam
I’ll be taking my dog-like cat for a leisure run in the park.
Time for a long run in the sun again I guess :-)
kitesurfing
This weekend it is good weather, and I think I gone make a long ride.
Definitely doing some biking
Running point to point Grand Canyon
Last weekend had new PR for half marathon and looking forward to add few more miles to complete this week to make it 70 miles for May!
I will be running and lifting weights.
Hoping to sneak in a local 5k Saturday morning!
I will be incorporating a kayak, bike, run triathlon up in Northern Minnesota, and enjoying the long weekend.
Long slow distance half marathon, building volume for the Amsterdam Marathon in October!
A long trailrun with some speed in the middle
6mi taper run + 2 hr indoor trainer
Raced my second solo MTB race, and got my butt handed to me by a bunch of 40+ guys!
I will run 10km saturday and 50km road bike sunday
Hilly road with my new wheels…
Watching the Giro and 60k bikeride
Im gonna bike around my neighborhood:)
Fill the Bern
Trainer work on Saturday! Took Sunday off.
Last weekend was spent wandering around the field all day as steward for the highland games. Next weekend I’m getting the bike out of the garage for the first time this year…
Finally sun and i had have a long ride
Getting out the bicycle for some short but intense climbing training.
Run in the forest of Taunus!
Great American River Run – Half Marathon along the Mississippi River in Downtown Memphis.
A long steady run on the Vancouver Seawall in the sunshine!
8 mile run coming back from injury!
Canicross – Chasing the dogs through the forest.
I’ll be running this weekend. Hopefully the BBQ’s wont do too much damage.
I’ll be doing nothing as I’ll be on my stag do before I get married!
…Maybe a quick 5k if theres time
Parkrun as usual, and orienteering!
Did a 5k run with my wife and dog this weekend. After the run, there were food trucks and wine tasting. Doesn’t get much better than that!
Ran a total of 14 Miles over the weekend with my new Fenix 5s!
Out for a run
Hitting my home-trail on saturday!
I plan on stretching out 50 miles in preparation for the “Hotter than Hell 100” bike ride in August.
Bike riding with my precious son!
Mountain biking and trail running through Killington in Vermont! Gonna be an awesome time
A week after a 70.3 I will be back to building some endurance.
A (hot) mountainbike ride in the forrest!
Camping!
A 5h ride with my bike.
Ironman Lanzarote
Cycling the canyons.
Run in colors. Not an adventure one, but this is kinda different from running in the forests so for me it is gonna be big adventure. :)
Will be doing my first 50 miles bike ride. I am looking forward to it.
Run 15km on the trail with about 600m total ascent.
Being as I’m stuck in Northern Alaska, my adventure will consist of running on an indoor track followed by a long sauna session. Summer can’t come soon enough!
I have a new coach with very intense workouts, and perceived effort is very big for her. My activities this weekend were a brick on Saturday, and a Zone 2 run on Sunday. The Brick run was for bounds up a hill and jogging back down, and at the 1 hour mark of the Sunday Zone 2 run, I was to do butt-kicks, high knees and grapevines. She’s pretty intense.
Doing a short recovery run after my marathon last weekend :)
Going to a longer run than usual. 25km is planned near Budapest.
You are the best
Still flogging through Couch to 5k on rehab from IT band problems. Need you improve core as well!.
I will run for 6 km and do a bike trail in the forest
Continue the base training program and progress to the full program without injuries.
Long live DC!
Weights on Friday, Long Run on Saturday, Long Ride on Sunday followed by bar-b-cue. Another long ride on Monday to burn off the bar-b-cue.
Cheers.
I’ll be attending my local park run now I’m allowed to exercise again (my little boy was born 6weeks ago!) cannot wait to get running again!