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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Dashing through Frankfurt and Amsterdam airports :)
Hiked up Mont Blanc (the one near Montreal, Quebec, not the French one!) and ran a (quick for me) 13km!
Sat- Nice hilly ride followed by city-biking and an adventurous walk down vegi food lane.
Sun- medium-long run over 11K with some altitude.
Thanks in advance.
I dived in my bed this week-end
Strenous dog-walking on Sunday!!!!
Did some running and hour of strength training.
I ran the SV Half Marathon.
Time-pressed sprint workout on the bike Saturday evening.
Did a comparative test between my Garmin and Wahoo, DCR style on saturday. And got hit by car on a sunday. So that was an action filled 150km on the bike.
My athletic adventures involved a lot of scrubbing, hauling trash, and carrying boxes to and from my car. (I was moving out of my old place & into my new house.) I did get my bike set up on the trainer though, so more adventures are in my future (especially if I win!)
Long, cold, rainy day at the Boston Marathon as a spectator cheering at the finish line.
Ran my first desert 10K trail race!
Due to a muscle fiber crack the days were spent at the gym.
back to back rec league games = 10K of total jogging/sprinting over a couple hours
I took advantage of the nice weather before snow came in. Early Spring in Iowa is always volatile. I took a nice 5 mile run in the early morning.
Easy 3 miles, and then multiple laps around the neighborhood with my girls on the bikes.
Final race prep for the Gila. Thanks!
An “epic”50 mile ride according to Strava with the local fast guys.
Finally weather to go out riding.
I did a 1000 mile drive…..Set a PR
well, last Sunday I did my second half-triathlon ever and I think I was well prepared …
my body was doing fine but I was nervous as hell …
apparently to such a degree, that when I went running I ran along females, the group which started before men. I then realized that I forgot to do my 3rd bike lap …
luckily, I am listed as DNF instead of DSQ =D
I ran the Brighton Marathon in 3:18:54. Really happy with my time.
12 mi run in Memphis and enjoying some blues music!
My weekend included three days of endurance training in preparation for my ride from Seattle to Portland in July. Can’t Wait!
PR’d in the Boston Marathon under horrendous conditions!
Did my first bike ride with a lot of hills. Well, there is room for improvement.
Did first bike ride of the year!!!
Saturday was the last day of my spring training camp – ended up with a social 70-km Ride, and a brick-ish Trailrun right after.
Did some hiking and shooting to relax for the weekend!
Full blown off season mode which means other sports… ran the Hockanum River Canoe Race, finished in second which is good, behind my uncle and cousin which is bad!
40 mile gravel ride.
Easy swim on Saturday to loosen the body then 4 hour bike followed by 1 hour run on Sunday
Will be trying the new weehoo trailerbike with my son. I bet he wont pedal but ah well. Dad will pull him just up the hill for fun.
I spent the weekend on my mountain bike trying not to fall down.
Last Sunday went to Geraardsbergen. The organizers of Challenge Geraardsbergen offered the possibility to do a recce of the bike course for their race on June 10th. Twice the famous Muur van Geraardsbergen, cobbles included…
played soccer in the rain and a 10 mile run
Went for a recovery walk with the wife and baby :)
Bike ride up Mt Tam.
Had a rough weekend, just wasn’t feeling it at the gym, on the bike, in the pool, not even in my running shoes. Did them all but it felt like I was just going through the motions. The highlight of my weekend was playing disc golf with the family. I basically slaughtered all the competition, I attribute my success to all the hard work involved in my tri-training. That and the fact that my wife and kids have virtually zero frisbee experience.
Took the little one to the zoo wandering around for one day. Got the bikes out for a short ride too.
I flew from CO to San Diego first thing Saturday morning to race the Belgian Waffle Ride on Sunday. 137 miles, 10k climbing and 8.5 hours later, I was done and dusted. Flew back and was at work Monday morning. I don’t think anyone even realized I was gone! My one regret is not having a power meter on my “gravel bike” as this is easily the most epic thing I’ve done. If only I had numbers to pour over, I’d be able to extend my fun. The one thing I didn’t do this weekend… was my taxes.
I didn’t do a bike race because it was cancelled due to weather. Winter is drunk and needs to go home!
Well, shoveling a record amount of April snow is a kind of cross training, I presume.
Did a hilly 55 mile mixed terrain road ride, to prep for the 100 mile gravel ride this weekend… That I am not ready for.
Indoor Zwifting due to a spring ice storm. Gotta love Canada!
Road racing in upstate NY, and won the race!
Celebrated spring with a hard hill climb on the road bike :)
90 Minutes of Hot Yoga and 2 hours in the gym
Indoor trainer ride and a trail run for me. Thanks, Ray!!
36k hike in 9 hours, 1200m of elevation gain in temps starting at 23C ending at 7C.
Did an intense pool session
Cross country skiing! It was the last weekend of the season for Royal Gorge and it did not disappoint, even with Spring conditions (ie slush and mud puddles). ;)
12 mile run on saturday followed by an easy 5k on sunday
Self-imposed 5k to establish baseline for build phase interval times. Then did 8-min FTP test the following day. No rest though — chasing a 3 year old every minute he is awake.
Short run on the treadmill while trying to get over plantar fasciitis…
Went for a run with my girl to help her coming back from her injured ankle.
Completed Tour of Watopia – Stage 5
Running from one terminal to the next (about a quarter mile) trying to catch our next flight from Beijing to the US. Just made it with 15 mins to spare. All that interval training during the week paid off.
Spring is not going to arrive here in Kansas, and I would love a power meter or smart trainer to use till warmer weather is finally here
I ran my first half-marathon race ever and beat my goal-time of under 2 hours by 4 minutes. Was a good weekend!
With 18″ of new snow in Minnesota over the weekend most of the exercise was flipping channels on the remote & binging on Netflix. But I am happy to say that I got my 3 mile run in each day to keep my 3 yr running streak going!
Missed my favorite KOM by 2 just seconds…
Last weekend I thought seriously about an epic 80-100k gravel ride on my CX bike. I really thought hard about it and it sounded like a really great idea. Then it got cold, and I got to feeling a little sick… or not really sick, but definitely not feeling up to getting off the couch, much less going on an epic 80-100k gravel ride in ~5ºC temps.
I was busy recovering this weekend while planning some training for an upcoming marathon. Perhaps a BQ?
Continued recovering from some recent illness/injury setbacks.
Nearly back to where I was. :-)
Nothing Special, just an easy 10k ride along the Loire with the 2 kids in tow along with my wife and dad…
Also, cleaning the gutters, felled a couple of trees (for core work and upper body strength).
Hill climbs on Saturday and a 72 mile ride on Sunday.
Went for a couple runs and spent the rest of the weekend at kids sporting events.
This weekend I ran some easy 20k. Getting ready for a half marathon in 4 weeks.
Cheers
I prepared for my next running event. It was a pretty good weekend.
Looking to go for a 100 + bike ride…
This weekend I ran my first race, the Horsetooth Half Marathon down in Fort Collins, CO! Had a blast and a great race!
Scouting ride on my CX bike for an upcoming mixed-terrain ride/event that raises money for Bikes Not Bombs.
Did a charity bike ride for Parkinson’s therapy.
Also lifted a lot of heavy stuff for moving.
After so many months of indoor biking on Zwift, there was finally some borderline shorts wearing temperature on Sunday here in Canada. And then it snowed overnight. Back to the cave.
Big training weekend, 101-mile bike ride, transition run on Saturday, then 13 mile run on Sunday. Getting ready for IM Santa Rosa. Love me some gadgets!
I took the kids swimming
On Saturday I ran 6 on a new (to me) trail and got freezing rained on. On Sunday I ran 4 in my neighborhood and ice fell from the trees onto my head. Also it’s April.
Only a 6k with intervals on both mornings cuz I had to work in the afternoon… which arguably was more athelic…
Rode Tunnel to Pinehurst and back home. 30 miles, 3166 ft of elevation, and perfect weather.
Just the usual run that starts out to be a 5k than becomes a 7k.
Power is out due to ice storms. I pulled on the starter cord for my generator a lot… does that count?
Zwifting in snowy Chicago
Bad weather, so hit the gym.
Plan to do a 1.5k swim in the morning and a 5k run in the evening.
A half-marathon trail. The finish almost killed me…
‘Recovery’ run, after being ill for 10 days with a nasty virus
My adventure from this weekend was on a Monday, but it’s a local holiday, so I think that counts: The Boston Marathon in spectacularly awful conditions. Not my best race, but given the conditions and a DNF last year, I’m really proud of this.
Went for a long run with my son; we are jointly training for his first half marathon.
Sunny saturday a very very lite ride on MTB…’cause sunday I had a trail run of 20km and 1300d+. What a week end !
Long trainer ride on the Kickr
Here in Barcelona we are taking advantage of the improving weather, so I had a rewarding sport weekend:
– 50km MTB on friday afternoon,
– 12km run on saturday morning (very early because of my son’s basketball match at 09:00 am)
– 100km on road bike on sunday.
Although it’s just 5k. I have run my fastest last weekend!
Did a 50 mile road race on Sat and a wet, windy, rainy crit on Sun. Results were bad but I had fun!
Who’d have thought I’d be riding my fat bike in snow on Apr 15! Newspaper headlines are reading “historic storm” etc etc. 23″ onf white stuff in my part of Wisconsin. Not a hard decision between fat bike on the deserted roads vs trainer in the basement.
Started my bike ride in 65F sunny weather and finished it in 45 and downpours!
MTB in the woods of southern Denmark among wolves.
A nice 100km bike ride
Up & down 7.5kft of Welsh hills enjoying mixed weather on a 117mile loop
Cross train Saturday, casual road ride Sunday with friends.