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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.
Did an 11 mile training run on Saturday morning with some friends.
All day at coaching daughter’s softball team Saturday in a tournament. Miserably cold for April. Sunday, short first ride with new Watteam Powerbeat in 30 mph winds and installed new hub on Powertap wheel. Worn slick. Need some new gear.
1200 meters in the pool during kids swim school.
Half-Marathon in my new Saucony :-)
Recovery weekend. One short 6 min trail run in prep for 50k next weekend
Enjoyed a taste of NYC spring weather with a 10mi progression run. Nevermind the rain today!
Saturday: brick training; Sunday: nice 15K long run under the trees.
A rare sunny day in NE Scotland, it was going to be a big hill climb or 100k on the bike, somehow we achieved both in one ride!
Dirt roads and out running dogs on my drop bar 29er.
Biked with my new Assioma Uno power pedal.
i went for a ride into a hard blowing headwind, got blown sideways, and rode home with a hard blowing tailwind
I shoveled way too much snow for mid April
Running half-marathon in Budapest, Hungary.
A hilly 5hr training ride in preparation for 225km event in 8 weeks.
Did some tanning with an easy ride
This weekend my buddy and I did the Mt. Diablo Trails Challenge. 50km race w/ 7200 elevation gain.
Riding around Sierra de Espadan, in Spain, a little paradise
Nine mile trail run
Athletic weekend consisted of continued taper for the London Marathon and walking the dogling around Longshaw, Peak District:)
4 hr brick madness with great friends in beautiful weather.
Interval training in preparation for climbing tourmalet
Cycled 50 miles in brutal wind in Georgia on Saturday, then ran 5 miles in the rain on Sunday.
Cross-Training on Sat; Recuperating (from workout & a hangover) on Sunday
I ran my first half marathon, below my target time of 1h50′, despite having been sick for the previous three days. It was great!
Ran 15km (ish) home from work on Friday night, as a ‘should I enter a half marathon?’ test. Still undecided but it did let me justify beer and nachos when I got home.
Quick Bike ride on Friday after work, and finally got to enjoy spring weather in the northeast on Saturday.
A flat,muddy,rainy run back home after a week in the Lake District. Back to 0 elevation gains. Slowly getting faster.
First ride on my new road bike!
My team and I rode a charity ride to fund leukemia and lymphoma society. It was an epic metric century ride through beautiful North Carolina countryside.
My wife and I rode our new “gravel” bikes we got after moving to Belgium recently
Green run 10k where the organizer plant 3 trees for every runner in the race.
I did some miles in sunny Spain as part of a training camp…
Some walk in the forest.
trainerroad eclipse and watched a movie on the amazons (used my scosche monitor i got on clevertraining =)
Trail running up the Manitou Incline then onto Barr Camp and back down below Pikes Peak, a solid 13 mi/4000′ gain of a day.
Won a local duathlon!
I did two runs – 10k on Saturday and 17k on Sunday :)
Swim Bike Run here in Indy. Thanks DCR!
Brandan
Just an 8 mile hike – great weather for it ?
Rode 35 miles to a coffee shop/pupuseria with my wife
Run in the heat
Rode Brabantse Pijl on saturday and did my last LSD run for the marathon next week !
I ran an easy 10k with my wife.
I ran 8 flights of stairs up and down several times in my apartement building. That counts for workout :D
A long slow distance run ..
New Forest Spring Sportive – first outdoor ride of the year
Ran a nice easy 14 miler.
Cycled the AMSTEL GOLD RACE 150km, crushed some PR’s according to the live segments of my Wahoo Element Bolt, but still guesstimating the Watts. Spend the Sunday watching the Pro’s.
Rage in the Sage
Started the weekend with a 7mile run on Friday evening, a short bike of 12miles on Saturady, and finished with 1500yard swim on Sunday … Hope everyone had a great weekend!
Rode from Amsterdam to Keukenhof to see the tulips. Yes…into the stiff North Sea headwind.
Rode for the first time in 2 months….yikes
I ran 6k with the dog:)
1st spring Tri of the season, 1:04:48 with limited training time (2 kids under 2yrs), pleases with that
Ride around 180km this weekend.
This weekend it was the sickest of them all! 2 Races cancelled due to weather!
Lovely spring ride with friends from TRISudbury
A 14k run in the sunshine on Saturday. Unfortunately my Plantar Fasciit decided to have a bad day on Sunday, so I just took a 3k slow run with one of the dogs then.
Getting soaking wet and cold walking around in chicago and then spending a couple of hours recovering in an airplane. Not as sporty as I wanted.
Enjoyed a nice 30 mike ride with friends followed by a swim and easy run after a post 70.3 recovery week.
Did my first long’ish ride of the year (>80Km). Is spring or summer here yet?
Seems to have been a long winter for some of us that stayed in the northern hemisphere. ..envy…
Steve
TV marathon on indoor trainer over a freezing rain/ice storm weekend.
Due to a massive ice storm in southern Ontario this weekend I did 100km on Zwift to unlock the 100km badge and the 25 laps of the Volcano loop badge.
Then I went outside and dug the car and house out of the ice.
My weekend involved jamming in two 6 mile runnings days between gardening and yard work. I must say, gardening was a lot more tiring!
I raced a 12k trail race on a wonderful mountain in Cyprus.
I did nothing, still in recovery mode after the previous weekends Xterra tri!
I was on a Triathlon coaching weekend, aiming to get my qualifications. I managed to cram in 3 Sufferfest’s videos too.
Short bike ride Saturday before wife & daughter woke-up
Running trails through the Welsh countryside
Did some local plogging. I think the key pocket on my running shorts needs to be way bigger to hold the trash.
Ran a 5k with my daughter on Saturday.
Slip, sliding on the snow and ice
Played tennis. Lost on the second round once again. Meh.
Ran the Annual Sabino Canyon Sunset Run in Tucson, AZ, 7.4 miles, ~700 vertical feet
Pilates!
Did an E to M Pace hilly interval run enjoying the first of the UK sunshine.
I got the monday’s bad. Make me a winner.
I painted the house without getting any paint my 4 small children….and a 20 mile trainer ride.
Did a short run to loosen up the legs after beeing ill the whole week.
Just took a relaxed 40km walk :-)
Atlas Stones. Strongman stuff.
Grand Fondo bike ride in preparation for the race I’ll take part on May 1st – of course followed by a nice little brick run on very wobbly legs.
100k inc the famous alpe du Stroud
I went running for the third time of the week. And I cannot remember when that has last happened. So that was something new and “adventurous”.
I did a 35 miler. And then an easy spin the next day. I am not sure why I am so sore.
Easy indoor spin due to rain!!!
Easy ride they said… 90km and 2000ft later I was done… Literally
All indoor training for me which included a 2000m interval swim, a 80km on the trainer and a 14km run!
As I continue to rebuild form after not being able to train for a while I climbed the first handful of bends of Zwift’s road to the sky.
I just finished the Boston marathon ;) Not the best weather, but we couldn’t choose the date I guess :p
First group ride with a new bike after the winter in the basement. Plenty of PR’s to motivate for the next group ride.
Coming back to running after a 4yr injury forced lay off, did my first 8k for 4 years
FTP test on zwift Saturday. 30 mile recovery ride through the scenic farmlands of western Colorado on Sunday.
About 1.5 hours on the trainer on Saturday followed by a 10 mile run on Sunday
The sunday I went to ride a bike near to Bogotá, 80 km of which 16k was mountain to a site called Alto de las Margaritas
Unfortunately limited to gardening this weekend, but it’s almost exercise. :-)
2 hours newborn walk
Trying to ride every road in my hometown. Did another section. Only 20 miles but 4k of climbing!
Long run in the windy wind.
watch it snow while biking on the trainer in the Northeast USA