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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This past weekend, I went for a nice bike ride along the local rail trail and stopped off for a beer at the end.
A little running and a lot of watching lacrosse!
Did a nice gravel ride during a randomly hot spring day.
Ran my first half marathon! After having been a little lazy in the last weeks coming up to it, I was accepting a 02:15 time, but kept on going 5:38min/k, so sub two hours was in sight. Until I started struggling at k 19… I clocked in at 02:00:38 :)
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Just a bit of Freeletics – that’s it!
Easy 12 miles on Saturday and Sunday rest.
Moved around three bedrooms and reassembled a crib to make ready for child number 2 coming soon.
Did my first mountain bike 2 day stage race. What a blast!
Recovery weekend. Weather was awful!
2 Z3 Interval Rides, Saturday and Sunday.
2700 yd swim Sat and 2:15 bike Sun. Bike was indoors because apparently spring is not coming to Chicago this year. I’m guessing because of the crappy weather….
Hopped on my road bike for the first time in months and enjoyed one of my favorite neighborhood loops.
First time this year out with the kids (4,6) on their bikes and me in my running shoes for about 7km :-) Never ever again! They challenged me in sub-7-year-old-ones-superspeed-cycling intervals and ignored my gasping and begging for moderate speed. Most of them in sub 3:45 min/km pace, which is FAR away from what I can manage over that distance….
Did some time on the Peloton bike. Great investment.
Rode Sat on my single and Sunday on the tandem with my wife.
Recovery from last week Paris marathon.
A little walk on Sunday
Ran 6 miles on both weekend days!
Went for a long MTB weekend to Italy
Short ~10k run, which after a few days of dietary exceptions felt more like a ~20k run. Seriously need to get back on track with training…
Hi Ray – I’ll be cycling my way to work in my normal Sunday commute – Working day in UAE ! Cheers Nick
Enjoyed the brief spell of early summer in NJ by shedding the winter gear on a slow but beautiful 30 mile bike ride.
An easy 11 around Town Lake in Austin, TX.
I finally installed the pull up bar in my office.
A lovely 80km ride with just one layer and did we see the Spring here in the UK ?
Stuck inside on the indoor bike trainer and treadmill due to the weekend long snow storm in April.
I did a short run and strength training
Back to back long runs! On treadmills. Because it was cold out. Help me.
There was a big rain/snow/ice weather event in Toronto (Canada), so that forced my long run indoors. Ever wondered what running 2+hours on an indoor track would be like? Now I know – it sucks. ;)
Ran and swam Saturday then an easy spin sunday
Finished off a 2-week high intensity, high volume block with a 14km run workout on Saturday, 2300m Swim Sunday, and a 50km FTP Build workout ride on the trainer Sunday night. Rest day today!
swim bike sleep
Saturday hiking (12k), super nice weather, Sunday bike ride, a bit windy to my taste, around 45k
I unexpectedly knocked 5 minutes off my 10k pb (non-race!) – w00t w00t
Had to abort my Saturday long run right before 14km.
100km club ride, with new top speed hit for my road bike. Also less athletic, great cake stop.
I went on a short run with my 3yr old daughter.
45 minutes HIIT workout on my indoor trainer.
Went for a four mile run, then recovered once I came down with a sinus infection. Not a good weekend.
This past weekend was a recovery weekend as I ran the Umstead 100-miler the previous weekend and I have the Dam Good Run 40K next weekend.
Just my std. 50 miles local all-star group ride.
Hung out and watched the Belgian Waffle Ride. Also demoed the new Canyon Grail.
Saturday was a 12m trail run around Ennerdale Water in the beautiful Lake District, UK. Sunday a 6miler on tired legs with my girlfriend…
Easy loop around the local mtb trail, not too much rain the night before so not a mud fest.
Easy run
Ran a 14 km tour at 11 km/h.
I was thinking of my next week training programm, and thinking process was very difficult by itself!
I went swimming for the first time in months!
Getting through the ice storm in the basement on Zwift
The wife and I went on a 20 mile ride to welcome in the warm weather of spring!
I rode in the wind. It was not fun. Then it started raining.
I ran a 5K with my young son. While overall we weren’t winning any awards, I am enjoying my child being a little older and able to run most, if not all, of a race.
Sunday morning walk with the children and grandparents.
I need a new Garmin bike computer.
20km on zwift
A couple long runs in Boston before the weather took a turn for the worse.
I did a 83 mile ride previewing the first half of Haute Route San Francisco Day 2 route.
Not much different from any other weekend:
Sat: Ride then Swim
Sun: Swim (no riding in the rain for me; at least not intentionally).
Threw my kid around the pool in Palm Springs! My back is aching…
Moved roughly 12″ of snow off of the driveway, just to get ready for 6-10″ more on Wednesday.
Did a nice 5miler race in sunny Florida.
Reviewed my TrainerRoad plan.
Focused on recovery with much couch time and some yoga.
I ran the course of a 10K I will be racing in three weeks.
Went for a bike ride. Still trying to lose that winter weight.
I did a fairly easy 6 mile run.
Took the rescue swimmer pre test for my agency.
On Saturday, planned a 10+ mile run, but only made it 8 miles due to some traveling fatigue and the warm 90 degree Fahrenheit weather. Sunday was traveling home.
I ran for the first time since November after an injury.
It wasn’t far, it wasn’t fast, but it was a run!
Google rolled out a map update it seems, and renamed cities in Germany. So, given sunshine and warm weather, this Sunday I cycled the 140km needed to check if Braunschweig really has been renamed to Brunswick. Nope, signs say otherwise.
Spent some time on the trainer watching Amstel Gold.
Went for a gentle stroll in the countryside.
2700 yard swim + 8.5 mile Boulder County Heil Valley Ranch hike. Good Sunday.
Got a new mountain bike this weekend. Adventure has just begun!!
Recovery weekend…but a hawk caught a baby rabbit 10 feet in front of me. I think that was pretty athletic of the hawk.
I live in the Middle East, so it’s getting too hot here to train outdoors. I sat and watched Netflix on my new BKool Pro 2 trainer – loving it so far.
A short trail run in the backyard of Lausanne
Training run for the Peachtree Road Race.
Resting and recovering from a long attorney week. Did some long bus comutting run on saturday! Always on the hustle
With lots of rain and cold temperatures, I took it easy this weekend.
Mixed training: a spinning hour and swimming hour on sunday – both inside because of bad weather
Got addicted to Strava and ran a 6 mile route to try and hit as many segments as I could this weekend.
I did a 2h moderate training jog in preparation for Madeira Island Ultra Trail marathon end of April
Just a couple of 40km rides this past weekend.
Saturday was my first time riding one of my all-time favorite road routes this year. 82 degrees and sunny!
Took on Stage 5 of the Tour de Watopia. First time doing the Three Sisters route. That was a lot of digital climbing.
I did a 2 hour indoor triathlon at Lifetime Fitness
I play fútbol.
Over the weekend it snowed 13″+ here so my ride was a trainer ride.
trying to finish the Etixx Classics Tour in Belgium: 200 km – 2190 altitude
Ran a nice eleven.
Went mountain biking with the family at Moors Valley Country Park
1st time golf
15 mile run before 8.30am on Saturday. Quite long for me and had to fit around family.
Paint Creek 45
Gentle spin Saturday followed by an athletic effort 5km. Perhaps not the wisest prep for spending Sunday at a sportive, but who wants a sensible life…
Weight training on Saturday and swimming with my son on Sunday morning!
i went for a lovely near the beach run in tel aviv, 18 km
Spent it doing taxes…. and then recovering from doing taxes… My head hurts!
A little grand Fondo training ride in the rain.
Wanted to run the hm of Bonn, Germany. Instead I did the houseround since forever and it emptied my head perfectly in Springtime feeling.