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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Couple hours of TrainerRoad since it won’t stop snowing
100k of scottish spring time, at last
Seeing an improvement on my form and cardio on last Sunday’s run.
Got rained into the gym and that’s where I might have torn my meniscus. Dreadmill no more.
Weekend bike ride with sore back nagging….
First swim after long illness. Long walks.
Worked all weekend. Athletic adventure included running from code to code, down to trauma bay, and restraining myself from wanting to loose it on people! Back to weightlifting today though!
Did an obstacle Race this past weekend. the Goliath Gauntlet.
Volleyball and Pilates!!
On Saturday we rode the 9th annual Monkey Knife Fight from Emmaus, PA (in 85 degrees of sunshine!) – the event raised over $20k to fight cancer :)
(Also, some truly brutal hills…)
Recovered from IM 70.3 FL by watching my son row at his state HS championships. Yelled too much. Ran the side of the course till my legs screamed. A good event!
I was shredding pow in the never ending ski season.
Ran the Derby (UK) 10km in 39:20 on achey legs and was then persuaded to do the 3km ‘fun’ run afterwards by my 8 year old son…
This weekend I didn’t run or cycle, I just did a short 10km hike with the love of my life and our dogs :)
Two miles flat out. Not trained for it, but when a buddy throws out a challenge, you go for it.
Did a nice 2 mile recovery walk.
Enjoyed a 95km bike ride in the sun, felt like summer here in Belgium ?
Training for Gran Fondo NY. Hill Repeats Saturday, Endurance ride on Sunday
Did a squat, row & run workout that wrecked me, walking the next day was awful.
I did a bit of indoor rowing.
A couple hours on the trainer and Zwift.
Long and slow run for me
Lots and lost of walking at Disney
First 2 real rides after being sick.
Did 102 miles in the cold, wet, and wind.
Walked to the mailbox. Unexpected triple bypass surgery 2 weeks ago. First cardiac rehab session earlier today.
Shoveling the 22″ of snow we got in Minnesota
Marathon training … 32 km !
I walked from the sofa to the fridge!
Nothing interesting last we, just a regular easy run to keep up the pace.
Was supposed to be running Boston, but a calf strain during the taper last week put me on the shelf
On Sunday I did a MTB race, without a wahoo element bolt on it… :-(
Amstel Gold sportive, only 150km, but that was enough.
Enjoyed gorgeous 60 degree weather with the kids on Saturday and on Sunday wrapped up week 7 of my half marathon training with a long run in 40 degree weather with 31 degree windchill and 25 mph wind. Not quite what I had in mind when I signed up for a spring half.
I couldn’t get out on the bike this weekend, but I did some maintenance so that my Monday morning bike commute would go smoothly.
Saturday morning my daughter got a medal in a badminton tournament. From there I went to swim in the pool (in this part of Canada we are not any time near open water swimming yet, even with swimsuit). Sunday long run. And today, Monday, a 7-a-side game of football (they call it soccer over here). Being in the category 50-59, that’s athletic enough.
Long weekend run in the wind, rain, and cold of Illinois.
Running side by side with my son on his scooter, does that count as athletic ?
Recovery training I’m afraid… Thanks Ray!
Stair race UP One Penn Plaza (55 stories & 1210 steps) Sat morn.
Lincoln Tunnel 5k Sun morn – Just as you get to see NYC you turn around & run away.
78 miles on the bike with no arm/leg warmers!
Had a massive PR run in the Amstel Gold Race 140k tour edition!
First pub ride of the year! 60 odd km and only one beer.
2 hour trainer ride as it was a snow storm in Spring.
I went and played in a 1 day hockey tournament in Montreal — 5 games in one day which included playing Les Canadiennes de Montreal which is a female pro team including gold medalist Hilary Knight! Awesome
Still recovering from a foot injury so i had a 2 hour walk in the Lake District. One of the nicest walks i’ve ever done.
Long slow run around the Kaiteriteri forest.
Did some climbing!
Fought 22 mph winds all of Saturday morning because I’m too excited about my new bike to let it collect dust in the garage
Trail running and MTB – great spring weather: sunny and +25C
Did my last ‘long’ training run before my first real marathon (which is apparently the oldes marathon of the Netherlands, Enschede Marathon)
Well, when on a stag do it’s quite hard to exercise! But to go out and get home we only had walk up/down a 25% hill! Great quad and calf work out.
hi dcrm, good weekend for race
Indoor workouts till the snow stops falling… in June?
Still working on the Tour of Watopia.
Got a 15k Run with my little boy of 11 months in historischen stroller done and relaxed on sunday with the rest of the family.
16 KM ON 1200m Vertical
Trainerroad and a 10 mile run Saturday, 50 miles outside on Sunday. Lots of beers after and work in between.
Did a 5k run followed by a couple of hours volunteering which involved a community clean up
I was watching full coverage of Boston Marathon this morning. Still in recovery mode after IM 70.3 Oceanside.
I did a 2 hour pre-ride of the Xterra course here in Austin ahead of racing this weekend. Scared (and scarred) myself plenty of times!
TT Race
Rode Sa Calobra in Mallorca. :)
BTW I saw you last March in Port de Pollenca, passed you on your way back from Cap Formentor.
Did a 100k bike ride with good friends on Saturday, and a nice 4 hour hike with the family Sunday.
Lots of squats while doing yardwork.
SkiMo on a Colorado 14er with wicked winds on the summit…the kind that knock you off of your feet.
Did a short run on Saturday and a short Zwift climb on Sunday.
Long easy row on the Tennessee River.
Full day of downhill skiing with my daughters and wife, followed by a 10k run in the evening sun.
did first run in two weeks to feel if an upcoming injury was better, but unfortunately no… some extra rest :(
Competed in a Run-Bike-Run event in Ter Idzard where I scored my first podium finish of the year!
I ran a new PR on 10K!
We traveled to my in laws. I brought my bike, trainer and sneakers. We’re at the beach but it’s not quite beach weather so I’m still doing everything indoors…. for now.
I don’t know if qualifies as athletic but did the office furniture shuffle from one office to another almost better than any weight lifting I have done anytime recently still sore from Saturday
Swift through torontos ice storm
Two runs this weekend, one with a friend, the other to go have a picnic with the kids (they were on the bike)
3 mile easy run on Saturday and then 4 1/2 hours on the bike trainer on Sunday while watching it snow outside. Felt like a productive training at least.
I did the South Beach Triathlon this past weekend. Conditions were brutal but I had a blast!!!
one run around town early saturday morning
Got some vert in, 1500m in 22km on Table Mountain. Good morning spent in the clouds.
Thought I’d be smart and outwit Mother Nature and her cold/wind/sleet by running on the gym treadmill. Ironically my run stopped at 9 miles because I was overheating!
First outdoor ride of the year. Not breaking any records, but still felt athletic after a couple months laid up with a broken foot..
Getting ready for the Tour de Cookie in a month.
First long bike ride of the year!
I hiked to the local fishing hole. A couple mile hike, took a good spot and caught a few little fishies. And I nice little hike Home. A good recovery weekend!
Ran around with the kids, while the sun was still shining.
Will winter ever go away?!
Enjoyed the first sunshine on the MTB on the house track!
During this past weekend, I had my long run in preparation to the Star Wars Half Marathon this weekend.
Very slow, very large volume before the monster week that is this week. Go slow to go fast.
the weather here in Iowa was crap all weekend, so I was stuck swimming in the pool and running on a treadmill. Maybe next weekend?
Saturday morning ride and Sunday practice tri to work out the kinks, getting ready for the real thing next weekend.
Saturday: bike, run, bike.
Sunday: bike, run, bike.
Trail run on Saturday, which involved getting stung by something.
Sunday I just finished a trail semi marathon race and Saturday I had my birthday party and I thought I could not do much after some drinks and few sleep, but to my surprise I finished 110/1157!
Getting back into the game after several months off (first marathon was 11/11/17). Cheers!
I had a relaxing weekend with a nice 3 hour stroll through the dunes of Bergen aan Zee!
Friday – ErgVideo Tempo Vercors Massif ride
Saturday – Zwift Ride to Sky – Alpe d’Huez Watopia
Sunday – 10K run with Ms. G.
This Sunday I did a 13km run by the sea in beautiful Thessaloniki Greece.
7 km of post-flue running
40 mile bike ride early Sunday before supporting at the Brighton Marathon.
Coming Sunday the first swim-run of the season