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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.
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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.
Great weekend at work, very refreshing!
Ice storm in Toronto last weekend, so relegated to Zwifting 89 km and 1404 m elevation by completing Tour of Watopia Stage 5 and London Triple Loops while watching new Lost in Space series on Netflix.
12 stage road relays in Sutton Park (Birmingham UK)
Instead of running did a bit of cycling! New experience… not sure if this is something for me.
I’m back from knee surgery and recovering with bike rounds.
Sat night I did the 10K Orbis run for vision in Hong Kong
Next weekend Aquathon Terra14 Trial-run
10km run to the butcher to pick up a Rib Eye on the bone.
Had a nice run with the kids…
I did a long bike ride 100km.
I cycled 130 km, to the beautiful lake Bled and back.
I surfed on my SUP!
Simple run for 10k and then… digging in the garden :-|
A quick trainer ride
Everything was technically athletic last weekend, as I’d just had a kidney stone removed! I’m now enviously looking at the sunshine and willing myself to recover fully so I can get outside and enjoy it…
Walked around London seeing the sights
My athletic activity was a 50K ride in the beautiful spring weather in Sweden
I did run in mountain for the first time in 3 month. Next day was hard to go down the stairs.
Did on Sunday a 18k LR
I’m recovering from a foot injury from my recent marathon, but will try to do some hilly cycling of 120km with my friends this weekend!
I went for a 10 k run and did a mellow MTB ride with a friend.
Swim + Trail run + Park with kids.- My weekend olympics.
Hello, I’m gonna do some relaxing shooting pictures at a weekend-getaway with my children…
Ran the Boston Marathon under the most extreme weather I have experienced while running
My athletic adventure last weekend was Zwift.
I went swimming with my 2 year old daughter. 30min of playing around in the childrens pool, sandwiched between two set of 500m all out swimming.
I took a bike ride to Djurgården, a nice green lush part of Stockholm, just by the water. No cars, no noise and no troubles.
On Saturday, 45 min in the bicycle and 33 in the treadmill
Me and hubby visited Williamsport, Md and hiked 5 miles on the C&O Canal. At least that’s what my 935 said ;-)
Did a 90 min long run in sunny weather
Outstanding!
Salisbury 1 hour score Orienteering event in surprisingly hot weather!
Had a hard strength training for upper body and recovery easy walks.
I did a 70 km ride.
Did a long run with friends we were visiting, in the trails and hills around Gif-sur-Yvette. Great run for just on two hours – was nice to be running, slowly and easily, outside the city and for a longer time than recently. Cheers!
Good morning (or should I start with Goeden moregen now ? ),
Last weekend was bike focused. After spending several sessions on the trainer watching great Monuments previous weekend, I switched to outside for that weekend long bike. Plan was to hit first Century of that year and it terms of time in the saddle it was more or less like that, but real mileage was just something above 50 Km as I was trying to follow scenic riding routes along the Rhein river around Bonn and a) there was traffic and they are narrow b) few times I wasn’t sure where to go c) there was marathon run in Bonn that day and for sure I paused on the way to cheer up to the runners/just see how it is going.
Nice weekend ride at chatting speed along the river. 40km of enjoying good company and the first rays of sunshine.
This week, went twice for a short run, to go easy after the Paris marathon… Oh, and some Sufferfest on the bike also !
Finally some sunshine to do a long bike ride outside
Just getting fat at hone. Watched some NBA games…
I did a nice 62k MTB ride in the woods around the lake in Sumava mountains.
This weekend was a recovery weekend, but I was still able to get out and do a quick ride about town to see all the flowers in bloom. I’d love to put the $500 towards a shiny new GoPro for my upcoming adventures in Greece!
100 km on the road and in the evening 45 km MTB :-)
first ride over 100km for the year planned for sunday!
Hilly stroller run Friday, long run Saturday
Athletic adventure this weekend….hours of coaching kids softball and soccer…..
I had a 45 miles bike ride Friday that was not E as planned, and paid for it during my run Saturday morning. Oh…also installed a power meter! Go me!
23k marathon tempo running.
Bought a new bike and took it out for a spin (50km)to test it out!
Rude, run, swimm.
I was on a plane for most of it, but airports count as hiking right? (I may have also walked the length of manhattan trying to adjust to the new time zone anyway)
It’s recovery week after the GF Firenze!
relaxed weekend riding mtb with family
Still cold in Chicago so I was on the trainer… 2 hours each day to get a movie in each time!
Cycling through the dunes on the Dutch island Ameland.
First trailrun with my dog! :-) A very nice experience!
Exiting twilight running festival ahead, doing 10k run there.
Started at home to ride with our group, flatted on the front after 2km on the way to the meeting spot to come to the conclusion that my pump had a leak as well! Stopped a cyclist passing by, he was nice enough to give me a CO2 cartridge so I could inlfate my tyre enough to limp back home. Back home I pumped up my tyre enough for the ride, grabbed another CO2 cartridge just in case (since my pump was broken) and set out to chase the group with half an hour delay. After 50km of solo riding I found the group and joined them for the rest of the 110km ride. What a ride it was!
Short run last weekend. Tapering for first half ironman.
I went for a long run with 3 x 2 mi repeats followed by 60 min of easy running.
I realised two ride : a short one saturday and a long one sunday.
I will be starting a kayaking course.
It was a light weekend for me as I was getting over the flu. I had a couple of short walks in the woods to get my energy up.
On Saturday I did a group run, then played in a table tennis tournament. Recovery swim on Sunday.
I had a great ride with my favorite cycling group. The B group was on fire. Killer Bs!!
Weather was too bad to take the bikes out, so my wife and I played some racquetball. Also did some zwifting.
Even though I planned to do a long run it just ended up doing a short 6k run.
I plan to do a 40 mile bicycle ride this Sunday as long as it doesn’t rain.
Due to ice storms I spent the weekend exercising in VR. Specifically I tried BoxVR and loved it.
210km ride to pick up my car
Hawkshead Trail race up in the glorious English Lake District. His, mud, and lots more hills.
I’m currently on sick leave, having Pfeiffer disease… serious bummer to my training schedule. I am however despirately making plans to come back stronger! Some tools & gadgets might help there. Cheers :)
This weekend: a sunny early morning 40k ride on Moscow river embarkment. Testing my new 105 brakes, getting prepared for a future 100k bike-stroll to one of the local towns – just for fun!
I ran through Seattle WA, then hopped a plane east to Virginia and finished with a 35 mile bike ride. Also today (April 19) is my birthday so I’m doing my annual birthday ride.
Did the Haute route. It was fantastic.
I ran my first 5k of the season, went to a yoga class, and sent my first indoor 5.10
I packed up stuff for moving
FTP test after a long break. Didn’t go too well…
Technically it was after the weekend, but — the Boston Marathon!
I did run in the park and went to mountains close by for a ride
Actively recovering from a chronic plantar fasciitis by a 100km bike ride on Saturday, a 11.5km running race on Sunday…and strength training by assembling new sofa in the living room B-)
80 km MTB ride.
Pushing one kid in the stroller while chasing the other on her bike… And a bit of family bike riding too
A hill training ride that included headwinds, rain, and hail…
Probably going to get out on my road bike for a short-ish spin. Weather’s finally turning so it should be a gorgeous day to be outside and be on a bike.
Did a nice bike ride and the first miles on it this year
Last weekend’s adventure was an 65-mile organized ride followed by registering for may is bike mknth (MIBM).
The very weekend in Denmark with some decent weather, so I was out for 40 km on the bike Saturday and 10 km run Sunday.
It was a nasty weekend with weather but was able to jump on the trainer and conquer the Alp de Zwift and then a recovery ride on the road to ruins course
While vacationing overseas, I repeatedly simultaneously carried a backpack loaded with about 50 pounds of stuff, a 30 pound toddler and a 20 pound daypack. Not exactly a workout, but physically taxing nonetheless.
I ran 10.5mi on Sat building up to my 2nd marathon. Would’ve gone farther but forgot to clear a long run with the Mrs. first. Spent the rest of the day doing yard work… should’ve kept running.
Last longish run before marathon relay this weekend.
10 km run and gym
Walki with the baby up and down the house, “shaking” her
Did a ride on my new MTB with a friend. Luckily he had a navigation system (not garmin) which knew the best offroad ways. It was lots of fun and a bit muddy, but this was great.
Ran on the treadmill.
I went running with a friend from college and he took me lifting. Turns out that’s a completely different can of worms compared to purely running.
12km run through botanic gardens.
A 2.5 hour ride in the awesome 75 degree and sunny spring weather.
ran the 7 mile bridge in fl keys
Went for a run along the beach during the first nice spring day we’ve had all year. Then flew some kites on the beach with my kids.