This could alternatively be titled – ‘Pre-Sea Otter Cycling Event $500 Gadget Giveaway!’ Or, it could be titled ‘Crap, I meant to post this on Friday and therefore this is your consolation prize for it being a Monday…nobody likes Mondays.
Except, the second one is too long for the title. And the first one is confusing for those that don’t know what Sea Otter is. Thankfully, everyone knows what April is, so we’ll just go with it.
So here’s the deal – this giveaway gets you $500 worth of gadget goodness from Clever Training, my always excellent partner in this giveaway crime. And they’ll even let you wait till the end of the month to take advantage of any upcoming new devices in the next week or so (such as those announced this week at Sea Otter). It’s like having stock market options, without any real downside.
How to enter:
Simply leave a short description of an athletic adventure from this weekend. If you did a ‘recovery’ weekend…then…well…think of something vaguely athleticish.
The reason you need a short description of ‘why’ is that if you just put a single word (e.g. run), you’ll likely get caught up in my SPAM filters. And nobody wants to be sandwiched between two pieces of stale SPAM. Got all that?
By supporting the site through Clever Training you also can save 10% on almost anything they sell (or get points instead). If you win, you can use that credit for anything from the GoPro Hero6 Black, to a Suunto Spartan Ultra, to a random pair of socks, to the Garmin Vector 3 power meter, or heck, even towards a new trainer. Whatever floats your boat (note: they don’t sell kayaks). Also note, your credit is in US dollars, not some other funky Canadian currency or something – otherwise you’d get less. Nobody wants less.
Good luck!
The giveaway entry period will run through Thursday, April 19th, 2018 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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Doing X Adventure Dunborough short on Saturday and long on Sunday as neither are long enough.
First trip to the Perth hills on the bike for a year or so. Love it out there.
Went golfing with my Son. His first time out on a course.
I never win. :-( Oh, and I drank beer last weekend. For umm, recovery reasons.
Freezing rain in Ottawa. And while normally I would get out the spikes and go go go, it’s April and I really should not have to deal with ice. So off to the gym to life those heavy things. Not adventurous, but it does help me to get through adventures!
Just a couple short runs to keep the mileage going.
Unintended triathlon: Training swim of 2500yd, training run of 10k then my wife wanted to go on a bike ride which ended up being 15mi. So I treated myself to a great recovery dinner later!!!
Chased the 3 year and 21 month old around in circles all Sunday.
Just a slow jog around the neighborhood. In the Spring snow :-(
Did a morning and evening run on Saturday
I didn’t train because i was sick. This srping looks like winter to me.
Greenway exploring on the new bike.
18k trail run on San Tan Mountain in AZ.
Ride on the bike share, tore apart my old grill
First ride outside of the year on Saturday. Things are looking up.
Run in the rain
I’ve been training for an upcoming 10k and an eventual half marathon later this year.
Eleven mile long run and then chasing around the two kids all weekend…
I did a 4km open water swim
Ongoing recovery weekend – from spine fusion!!
30 laps of pool walking ??♂️?
Completed 5×10 under overs on Friday just to find myself sick over the weekend.
Open water swim for the first time in my local reservoir
Towing a couple of kids in their bike trailer down to the local park.
I did some practice laps of the upcoming MTB race we’re having in Cambodia in two weeks time
Biking, strength training, and step mill
45 mile ride woth 3k feet climbed, followed by a tempo run. Easy Peary lemon squeezy
Race #3 in our local gravel series, what would normally be an easy & fast 55 miles turned in to a brutal day with a high of 33°F & 40mph WNW wind with gusts over 50mph. Single speed hurt but we managed to beat most of the spinny geared guys.
10km race, which is usually the first race of the season for me. I use it to gauge my preseason fitness.
Watched the incredible runners finishing Boston despite the terrible weather
I’d like to win but all I did was Sufferfest on the trainer!
Raining outside so just a quick 90 min up Alpe du Zwift and back!
Lots of freezing rain over the weekend here so 2 hour Zwift on Saturday, and a really slow and tough half marathon run on Sunday
4am Tour of Watopia virtual ride/race followed by 7:30am local group ride/virtual race
I did a 5-mile aerobic run…followed by 6 hours riding in a car.
30km run – my first tarmac run >21km for a year and it hurt! Give me the trails any day…
10 mile run on tired legs, half marathon coming up!
Trail running before the deluge in nova
Shoveled the 20+” of snow we got in northern Wisconsin from Blizzard Evelyn
I raced a 2,000 meter rowing race in Philly, and did terribly.
Life is just a game, Boston rulez. a
Not a whole lot because of bad conditions. 10 mile treadmill run and an hour and change on Zwift/Xert!
On Saturday I ran 11 miles and on Sunday rode my bike 3 hours.
What was supposed to be a leisure ride Saturday turned into climbing some of the local inclines/hills, then hooking up with one of the local cycling clubs on the way back home for a few miles.
Short time-trial on the bike Saturday morning enjoying beautiful sunshine!
crappy weather, happy zwifter
Was at a conference, but got in two good days at the hotel gym.
What was supposed to be a leisure ride Saturday turned into climbing some of the local inclines/hills, then hooking up with one of the local cycling clubs on the way back home for a few miles.
I ran a 33 mile lap around Manhattan with Run2Revive to support Alzheimer’s and ALS research.
My athletic adventure this past weekend was shoveling an unwanted April blizzard several times. Apparently 20″ in 48 hours. I am so sore.
First ride outside. 1.5 hours in 20mph crosswinds and headwinds! Great start to the season!
This weekend I did the most epic cross-country skiing trip I´ve ever been on..bluebird and surrounded by mountains filled with deep snow. Hollywood would have called it a blockbuster…
Getting back into shape- 25 miles of mileage, both hard and recovery sandwich between 21 hours of continue education classes at work. It was a rough weekend with little sleep.
Overslept and missed the morning ride but wore myself out landscaping the house.
VO2 max run session and a jungle circuit on zwift. And the best workout of all, playing in a bouncy castle with my kids for 30min.
Did some yummy trail running, no tequila this time.
I was under Dr’s orders to do absolutely nothing athletic. Had a little surgery and sat around with ice on my balls mostly.
This weekend i was athletically looking after my 8yo sone whilst mum is away in san diego… son doing activity on my behalf – trying out fencing (as in swords not walls)
10 mile fastpack/hike in my new Bedrock Cairn 3D Pros.
Took the dog for a walk
I went for a short ride out of the neighborhood that ended rather quickly due to an old lady deciding my rear tire was a bumper. Oh well.
12km run
Work trip to Vancouver means I got to run Stanley Park and the sea wall! Beautiful!!!
Did a 10 Km hike up Sutton in Quebec, Canada. I’d really like to get the 500 USD, since I’m stuck with the funky Canadian currency ;-P
a ‘hike’ that turned into considerably more than planned, due to more snow than planned on the descent route.
Enjoyed a rainy Sunday with a nice 6 mile run
Felt great being out in the elements
Just my normal parkrun on Saturday morning. Do they have parkrun in the Netherlands yet?
70km club spin to the mountains!
What’s the TSS for spreading mulch all day
Long ride on saturday, first warm day of the year (before it got cold again on sunday…)
Spent the weekend taking fishing poles out of my dad’s garage and to FedEx, also moved a bunch of boxes, clothes, etc for my step-mother.
More recovery than activity, but such is life in mourning
So I had a recovery day sitting in the office working…and getting up and walking every now and then.
Got lazy and went fishing. Didn’t catch a thing but enjoyed my time.
31km ride followed by a 13km run… awesome 2+ hr workout!… would love to win!
Cleaned my road bike for the first time in 6 months.
On Saturday I had a thrilling 30 mile ride. Indoors on the trainer. I followed it up Sunday with a 4 mile fartlek run. Again indoors, on the treadmill. This winter just won’t go away!
Did an 8ish mile trail ride and some strength training.
Completed first triathlon (so). With no prior open water swimming experience, the first leg sure wasn’t pleasant at all.
Upped indoor trainer workouts from 60 to 90 minutes, same intensity, absolute killer but loving it.
Last 6km swim before swim race this weekend!
Recovering from the Tour of Watopia on Zwift.. While also still trying to get some running miles in for a North Face Trail run in DC
Working in the yard and training with our active dog who loves Intervals.
Run in the rain
BAA 5K on Saturday. First race since BAA 5K in 2016. Great to be back!
Rainy/stormy day in the Pacific NW. Had an outstanding workout doing a bunch of cross training machines that left me pretty much feeling exhausted, need to get some technology to better monitor the ebb and flow of my workouts.
This weekend we had a freezing rain storm accompanied by snow. The roads were super slippery and dangerous. So it was a recovery weekend for me but I still managed to go for a… trek to the local donut shop with my daughter :-) Recover and refuel :-)
First strength training in a while on Saturday (now properly sore) and a test run on the treadmill Sunday (have been laying off due to posterior tibial tendonitis).
Crap weather in Portugal…watching Amstel Classic was the most athletic thing to do :D
5.5mi run on Sat and a hilly 26.4mi ride on Sunday to prep for this year’s first race (oly dist) next weekend.
Slowly on the road to the gym again….walked 5 miles! Woohoo!
I ran the Desert Rats 50k in Fruita, CO.
Ran my 4th Half Marathon this weekend
Raced the RVa Monument Ave 10k
Early morning strength on Saturday, running on Sunday followed by stacking 2 tonne of firewood away!
Improved my best lap time on the local MTB race course by 45 seconds!
Still stuck inside on the trainer – will winter never end in this country!!! (Canada.)
Adam
Nice recovery treadmill run (first run after months of biking due to plantar fasciitis) … :)
Dropped off the rental car and ran home.
My weekend adventurous weekend activity was kayaking to three sisters springs and swim around that area with resident manatees!
Recovery from spin workout
Long slow distance ride