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5 Easy Steps To The Site
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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.
On the rollers watching the classics.
On Saturday I’ve done 120km’s somewhere I’ve never been before, the sun was high and the sky was clear :)
This weekend was the Belgian Waffle Ride in San Diego California, 130miles with 50 miles of dirt climbs and decents. Real epic race and tons of fun. Waffles in the morning, beers at the end who can ask for more.
Busted my ankle this weekend so a new gadget will help distract me while I mend myself back together :)
5 laps around the 1km pond here in Cochrane AB… before the snow hit again!
I planned to bike/run, but the visit to the doctor stopped that idea. Sigh.
Dide a nice ride to the world famous Grebbeberg near Rhenen! 121 km.
I ran up the stairs of the Utah State Capitol on Sunday, does that count?! Lol
I did a long 3 hours ride on Saturday. Followed with 2 easy hours on Sunday.
Thanks for the chance to participate!!
Strength Training (aka moving houses)
Surfed 35 degree Lake Erie
Easy miles
Rode 40 miles Saturday and a Zwift race on Sunday
Did a longer run and shorter ride at the weekend. Needs to long run and long ride next weekend!
20k trail prepping for my marathon in Stockholm.
Did a 40 mile hilly ride.
Short 17 mile run
13.1mi Run Saturday Morning on the Swamp Rabbit Trail in Greenville, SC before tailgating, taking in the spring football game in Clemson and capping off the evening with the Clemson Baseball game.
Since it hit 80s in NYC on Friday, I decide to ride to work. Couldn’t resist the warm weather. I took Saturday as a rest day, and Sunday was time for some steady state intervals on the Kickr. I’m hoping the coming weekend is nice so I can get outside some more when it’s warm, instead of being bundled in layers upon layers of cycling clothes.
Saturday: did a 22km jog (pace was really slow) and on Sunday I went out with the Boys from the cycling club for a 100k ride.
Went for a 10 mile row on the Potomac R.
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I did a 25k run in the woods as training for my 50miles end of the month
Writing on my thesis is very athletic right?
I didn’t run this weekend… because here in Southern Ontario (Orillia) we got dumped on with 40+cm of snow & ice pellets & freezing rain… just about everything got cancelled… if I won… it would go towards a bike trainer or a treadmill
Zwifted for an hour. Adventure!
20 mile recovery ride trying to avoid the wind that was blowing in a storm
First 100k of the year, spring is finally here.
A little 18k run on sunday under freezing rain/ice pellets in Montreal. Not the nicest spring so far for outdoors activities in north-eastern America thus far.
I ran three times around a 2 mile track nearby in east Texas. The wind was so forceful on the back half that I was more or less running in place.
Rode the 70.3 Chattanooga erg file from best bike split on TrainerRoad. Pretty cool how technology keeps advancing
Played in a weekend hockey tournament, call it a cross-training marathon
40 minute ride on my trainer while watching Netflix.
Doing the Mayors bike ride for trails
On Saturday morning run and bike. Evening was weight lifting.
Sunday nice 2h bike ride.
2nd longest ride of the year, now with a decent speed.
Great group ride, flat and fast!
preparing for Liege Bastogne Liege…
Easy ride Saturday. Sunday funday chilling with the family.
I “ran” a lot of errands this weekend trying to catch up. Hope that counts?
25K Rattler Trail Race
I went for a run and a bike ride. I turned the wrong direction out of my driveway on my ride and ended up having to ride uphill with a headwind the entire way back. I also witnessed a man attacking someone else but the assailant gave up when he saw me slowing down and watching, prepared to call the cops if need be.
We are having a delightful snow and ice storm in Northern Ontario and I’m stuck inside on the trainer
A fast 50 mile road ride with fast friends
Every day’s a recovery day; I’m only 3 months post-op from a hip replacement. So…. a walk of 45 min. on the trainer?
I went for a good 150km ride but terrible headache stopped be way earlier..
Did a little running around in between doing taxes.
Great little bike trip with kids.
Rock climbing weekend for me!
Walking around Singapore in the humidity.
Good ol’ 10k run with flowers blooming everywhere. Love my hometown in April.
Cheers!
X-C skiing season just ended, so got back in the pool for a 50 minute swim.
Just did two outside!! Nice weather
Currently running hobbled but a couple of short 5 milers on Saturday and Sunday.
Windy bike ride that was supposed to be easy. It wasn’t.
Did an intervals session on Saturday morning. First repetitions went ok but last 3 were a nightmare.
Just a long run on Sunday
Short bike ride despite my pollen allergies… :-/
Ran 32k through the deep snow. At I kept the 90 km/h wind to my back and took the train back home.
10 mile trail run on a no carb diet. So hard…
Speed work (Chasing my daughters and her soccer team (6U) up and down the sideline.)
I went skiing. It was great.
recovery Yoga weekend
Nice easy weekend spending time with the family.
My first run of the year in shorts instead of tights. Spring at last!
Saturday was a 60 mike ride through Marin that turned into an 80 mike ride and 4500 feet of elevation!!
Mountain biking with new tubeless setup, and fighting air leaks…
Garden Spot Village Half Marathon in New Holland, PA(near Lancaster)
I did a hard interval training as preparation to a 5k race in two weeks.
Morgan Territory and Mt. Diablo yesterday. Recovery day today :)
1st outdoor cycle of 2018 in the northeast, before 4 days of rain
I was able to get in a good, hard 40 miles in the windy, but sunny and warm weather here in Georgia on Saturday. Then, I was in recovery mode all day Sunday pretty much…
Rode indoors on my wahoo
Saturday hiked old rag and Sunday ran 16 miles. Kinda sore today.
Visited family in Dallas. Only athletic stuff I did was help walk their new born around the block a couple times to get her to sleep. Absolutely beautiful weather.
Indoor trainer session followed by my first short brick run of the season.
Ran Brighton Marathon in the UK – and had a good dose of cramp!
First long ride for this season (100k+)- ended in a real disaster, suffering a lot.
I ran 7 miles up and down the Seine while in Paris for work
This weekend it was first time with nice weather in a long time so it was nice to return to the road…until I was facing a 10% climb! Thats when I realize I am still in winter shape.
Good luck everyone
I went trail running, but it turned out it was closer to ice skating than running
I did laps on the booty loop!
I did an awesome round of Leg and LISS training, legs totally destroyed!
It was in fact a recovery weekend, after taking an 8 hour exam all day Friday. But I did go for a hike with my wife and my two little girls on Saturday, not a lot of TSS, but it was great fun!
Ran 8km around Bergen Airport
Racing the London Marathon
I took the weekend off after alot of Zwift riding over the last few weeks.
Minnesota Masters SCY State Swim Meet
Did a return-from-a-crash ride. I was a little stressed in the beginning, but the good sensations returned after a couple of Km’s. Pretty happy :)
Shoveled over 20 inches of snow in an April blizzard in Minnesota!
Battling unseasonably cold weather and a stiff wind on a ride out in the country.
3 hour trail run with friends
Nothing really special since I’m on tapering period for a coming race in two week.
Wish me good luck!!! (for the Giveaway :D )
I hit the slopes to get in a possible last weekend of boarding.
Some friends and I did a 200 km round trip ride to visit a fantastic bakery and eat multiple slices of cake each!
My first short loop in the Santa Monica Mountains – beautiful! Looking forward to discover more…
Ran a double marathon chasing a new puppy around the house!
Looking after our 10 month old child – physically more tiring than any workout!
Pool time on Saturday. Sunday was lower body resistance, stepper and rower at the gym. Two more weeks of Plantar’s PT before running resumes – fingers crossed!
With the first days of sunny, warm(ish) weather here in Scotland I was out on my bike; club run followed by lazy Sunday ride. Lovely
Ran through the woods as it was finally dry enough to make it through somewhat cleanly