The April $500 DCR Gadget Giveaway!

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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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5,704 Comments

  1. Julie Chan

    I did my first outdoor 35 miles ride for the start of the season.

  2. Alan

    Skiing in Val thorens

  3. Alejandro Camacho

    Paddleboarding + Easy running over in La Paz, MX.

  4. Piet Hein Minnecre

    Nice and gentle bikeride in the Kempen on the border between NL and BE.

  5. Harry

    Had a tough crossfit workout on saturday, then had to take the wife shopping. On sunday there was a buddy wod in the crossfit box and they needed an extra…… guess who volunteered. ?

  6. Brad stalter

    Taking my son to swim lessons!!

  7. Mark

    Went on a training ride, prepping for the Tour des Chutes. Wind was sucky, but still, better to be on the bike than not! :)

  8. Pascal

    A cool run in the French Alps, followed by biking in magnificent landscape.

  9. Josh

    Disney Dark Side Half Marathon!

  10. Konstantinos Damalas

    Easy 18k on the track.

  11. Chris C

    I put in a lot of miles on Zwift. Tour of Watopia still counts as an adventure, right?

  12. Derek Crocker

    2 Tough in-door bike rides using TrainerRoad. Where is the warm weather

  13. Matotato

    I was on a trainer on sunday otherwise working. Great giveaway.thx

  14. Arie Piet de Vogel

    Enjoying the weather. 100+ bike ride on Saturday. Strength training Sunday morning and a 8 km trail run in the evening.

  15. Hannes

    Went for a 2h ride, but it felt like much more. Well, beginning of season I guess :(

  16. Patrick Cooney

    I had a nice (albeit short) tandem ride with my wife, on an otherwise *very* busy weekend.

  17. Carly

    Upping my mileage after injury, managing an 8 mile run.

  18. Thomas

    I ran the half-marathon in Bonn

  19. JOCHEN

    Bike 2 spring, a nice round.

  20. Alex

    Swim in openwater, and bike transition

  21. Alex Léger

    A nice and easy run in the vineyards in Bourgogne !

  22. Roland

    I finally participated in my first 10k race this year after having to skip the usual 3 races in 1Q due to sickness and other impediments. As the weather was that great I decided afterwards to do additional 70k on my bike.

  23. Drew

    Spent the weekend moving… so stairs, deadlifts, sprint work. Looking forward to next week when normal cycling commute returns so I can have a break.

  24. Mike

    45 mile ride with some new gravel roads.

  25. Beau

    Got my final long ride in before first event of Tri season… looking forward to this coming Saturday – 54′ water temps and 40′ air temps…. chilly

  26. Jason C

    Easy 3 mile run.

  27. Elie Silver

    I watched my wife run her first boston marathon in a monsoon!

  28. Martin Smejkal

    2 big rides with my mates. Looking forward to test my form in upcoming races.

  29. Participated in an orienteering competition and then spent two days in Como enjoying life.

  30. Max

    Early (6:30am) and cold (4°C) Sunday morning ride with two colleagues.

  31. nicolas le bras

    I did a nice bike ride of 80kms , with a beautiful weather (for the UK !) , followed by some rest the next day !

  32. Nurlan

    I’m getting back to regular training in swimming pool, so i swam :)

  33. Phillip Smith

    This weekend was 3 hours on the bike with hill reps on Saturday and give up 20 minutes into the Sunday ride since I was knackered!

  34. david

    climb the summit near my house with my brother-in-law. In the snow the last 2 km!

  35. Erik

    No cycling this weekend, walk to the pub counts?

  36. Matthew

    Normal Saturday/Sunday long/less long runs. Plus yard work

  37. Gilles

    Preparing my first triathlon

  38. Nicholas

    I ran my first 5K this weekend.

  39. Thomas Haley

    25 mile bike ride, half of it with tremendous tailwind, and the other half, well, I’m trying to forget that return leg.

  40. Greg O

    I coached a U8 soccer game and then went for my last long training run before the race this coming weekend.

  41. isle

    long swim

  42. Vidar Kveli Fjelltun

    Did a 55 km bikeride in the sun.

  43. Charlie Ko

    I run Boston Marathon, heavy rain & strong wind, freezing cold!!!

  44. Dov Cohn

    6 mile Tempo run was a final prep for the Tarheel 10miler next weekend.

  45. Jeffrey Schmidt

    Since it was snowing, I skipped the bike ride & hit the gym

  46. Ivan LALEOUSE

    I run near the sea

  47. Xavier

    => new hoops!

  48. Carlos Monteiro

    I have made a nice mountain bike ride!

  49. Colm Costelloe

    A long run and short bike. Finally weather is breaking!

  50. Eyvind Bugten

    cross country skiing on Saturday and Sunday.

  51. Irina

    I swam 1,7 km and walked 11km.

  52. Joe Orick

    I ran and I ran and I ran and I was tired.

  53. Ar

    Went for a nice 10K

  54. Matt

    I am starting with cycling, went for two nice uphill rides on the weekend.

  55. Matt L.

    Got a lift and treadmill run on Saturday. Looked out the window on wonderful April ice storm on Sunday

  56. Ravi Arepalli

    Plan to start off on a new round of insanity max 30 training.

  57. Roy

    Long training ride leading a bunch of school girls.

  58. Os

    I swam/ran the Boston Marathon. Fun times.

  59. Yurii

    5k Parkrun in Moscow

  60. Nir Oren

    first 110km cycle in a while. Still recovering…

  61. Anete

    I went for a short, but useful walk with my husband.

  62. Guruprasad

    went for a 5 mile hike!

  63. Anthony

    training for work, training for ironman

  64. Mark M

    Solo ride and club ride 120 miles in total. A good weekend even though it was cold.

  65. Francesco

    Run, swim and long flat bike ride
    Cheers

  66. Alex T

    This weeekend I got out for my first outdoor road ride of the season! Our New England weather is finally starting to give way to spring.

  67. Wouter

    One week after running the Rotterdam Marathon I did a 5 km run this weekend.

  68. Scott

    camping and gravel grinding.

  69. Katrin Book

    7,4 mile run on Saturday first 4 miles with the dog) then the rest without her on Saturday, on Sunday 33 miles on the trainer ( cycleops magnum) then another 30 min run

  70. elquike

    First triathlon of the year. So Saturday rest and Sunday also rest … after finishing, though

  71. derek

    building up my running mileage after a long winter. there’s still some s now but pavement is increasingly clear.

  72. Mike

    Went on the first outdoor ride of the season. Took it easy with a 30km ride.

  73. Szatmari Gergely

    Some long distance rounds with bike and also a half marathon on the other day.

  74. Jonathan Sourkes

    I suffered my way through the BWR!

  75. Tatsuji

    Lots of running after a toddler.

  76. Stef

    did a 80k bike loop and a bit of running

  77. Jonathan Burchmore

    I ran. And ran and ran and ran. Then I slept and did it all over again the next day.

  78. Jamie Morrison

    I did a long trainer ride and a long run.

  79. Keith Gemeinhart

    I’m breaking in some new racing flats for a couple of upcoming races.

  80. Ryan G

    Does putting in new tile in my bathroom count as an athletic adventure? I’m going to say yes!

  81. B Tsang

    Did Alpe du Zwift but even harder was moving a mountain of mulch into my garden beds in pouring rain.

  82. Jérôme Simon

    I did a nice run with my wife around the Puy de Dôme.

  83. Dan Benton

    Recovering from an ear operation. Though I didn’t go anywhere, my balance issues made it quite a spin

  84. Oprea George

    Just waiting for the weeekend, new cycling aventure in the mountains besides good friends :)

  85. Jonny Burrows

    100km on the fixie followed by a lot of birthday cake…

  86. Joseph B

    Cycling along Geneva Lake and a 10km run.
    Have a good move to Amsterdam!

  87. BartW

    Going for a open water swim which i haven’t done for a month.

  88. Allan Chan

    Got to swim and do a long bike ride!

  89. Jean-Christophe

    I did a ride around the lake in Neuchâtel. And a lot of washing ;)

  90. Thorsten Marx

    To get back in shape by running!

  91. Steve Wu

    Looking forward to riding on weekends

  92. Ed S

    More cycling on Zwift do to the cold and snow that will not end…..

  93. Rich S.

    Chasing, lifting and running with toddlers! Tough work!

  94. Andy

    5 mile run in central park.

  95. Josh Goldschmidt

    No running! Recovery from Boston.

  96. Mike S

    Did a fast 40 mile with some fast guys! My butt was kicked but managed to survive lol

  97. Jan knyttl

    Had halfmarathon last weekend and crosscountry skiing the weekend after this one, so my plans is simple. Have a rest.

  98. Paulo Menezes

    I did a 55k bike recovery ride.

  99. Chris K

    I sat on the trainer, this will make me feel better about doing that

  100. Brad Wright

    Hmmm, I guess I did a 9.5 mile pyramid run on Sunday. But more importantly…give me stuff :).