Socially Distant Sports Tech $500 Gadget Giveaway!

If there’s ever a time for a giveaway, this is definitely it. With a boatload of folks stuck inside, any bit of gadgetry cheer I can help usher in your general direction is a good. Plus, this post helps buy me a few more hours time to finish adding a couple of words to my nearly 11,000+ word long 2020 Indoor Trainer App Guide (you can see a sneak peek of it on my Instagram Stories). So whatever the reason – it’s time for a giveaway.

The winner will get a $500 credit to CleverTraining.com, my most excellent partner in this giveaway effort.  By supporting the site through Clever Training you also can save 10% on basically anything they sell (or get points instead that are kinda like cash).  If you win, you can use that credit for anything from a new trainer to a new watch. Or perhaps a new GoPro to properly document your backyard adventures, or simply new shoes to keep pacing around your living room.

In fact, with the current 20% off sale on smart trainers and related accessories, it’ll also cover a number of trainers that are now down to even $399 – sweet! Whatever floats your boat and keeps you happy (Note: While they don’t technically sell boats, they do sell stand-up paddleboards…which, are kinda like boats. And that also helps with social distancing. Just sail/paddle away!).

How to enter:

Simply leave a short description of the last workout you’ve managed while properly social distancing. It’s as simple as that!

The reason you need a short description of ‘why’ is that if you just put a simple one-word answer (i.e. ‘Walk’), you’ll likely get caught up in my SPAM filters.  And nobody wants to be sandwiched between two pieces of SPAM, especially if you’re pulling that can out of your hoarded stash.  Got all that? Good.

Good luck!

The giveaway entry period will run through Sunday, March 29th, 2020 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. Anyone in the world may enter, there’s no limitations there. However, some products can’t be shipped internationally – though most can.

FOUND THIS POST USEFUL? SUPPORT THE SITE!

Hopefully, you found this post useful. The website is really a labor of love, so please consider becoming a DC RAINMAKER Supporter. This gets you an ad-free experience, and access to our (mostly) bi-monthly behind-the-scenes video series of “Shed Talkin’”.

Support DCRainMaker - Shop on Amazon

Otherwise, perhaps consider using the below link if shopping on Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. It doesn’t cost you anything extra, but your purchases help support this website a lot. It could simply be buying toilet paper, or this pizza oven we use and love.

Tags:

4,083 Comments

  1. João Carlos Falcão

    in the garage alone with thousands of virtual athletes …

  2. Anna

    I ran Intervalls outside 10×400 With 200 rest. Distance was probably a bit off but better than nothing right :D

  3. Frank

    A Tacx trainer ride!

  4. Benoit

    I live in the country side so I guess it’s easier for me to keep my distances… Nonetheless, everytime I saw someone in front of me, I switched on the other side of the road.

  5. Arne

    Just rode up the alpe de zwift yesterday for like the 5th time while social distancing on my Elite Suito. ??‍♂️

  6. Alfred

    A new smart trainer, with accurate power data

  7. Anneli

    60 minutes L4 indoor training session :)

  8. Peter Dash

    Even group rides on Zwift feel a bit weird now but whatever, it keeps me sane.

  9. PSZ

    For raining days…

  10. Claudio

    A bike trainer will be a perfect match for quarantine…

  11. Theo

    I would love to upgrade my Tacx Flux to Neo!

  12. Rob H.

    Midday nursery (not so small toddler twins) break 37km local area escape-ride to keep my sanity in that difficult times. Don’t get me wrong I love and enjoy being with my kids even thankful to be able spending more time with them. But as you know very good… You need also some time off ;)
    Greetings

  13. Joao Nogueira

    No indoor trainer at the moment, so a quick 6k run around the block and a lot of rope skipping!

  14. Phill Saddington

    Got half way up Mount Ventoux in RGT and realised my knees was totally gone and could hardly walk for half an hour

  15. Lars Riegman

    Last night 23:00 biking home from work. All by my self.

  16. Valerio

    Solo ride in the hills behind the house-social distancing is not a problem for me :)

  17. Kamil

    Some turbo session and lonely run.

  18. Daniela

    I am working from home now and have to look after 2 young active boys. Working out when they are asleep is my sanity.
    Bikking in doors 45min with 3 x interval of 5min.

  19. Ridehardfox

    My God Corona sucks. I could really need a little cheer-up now! Been biking in the local woods. No one there except for me, so perfectly socially distant :)

  20. Hidde

    Trail run through the forest. Luckily not a very popular spot so it’s easy to keep your distance.

  21. Cyrille COISSARD

    40 minutes rowing manchine indoor, followed by 20 min of kettlebell outside in the sunny garden!

  22. Thor R

    I just had a dance off with my daughter in our lounge – take that isolation!

  23. Stéphane Marchand

    Wooot! Thanks Ray for illuminating next weeks :)
    Last workout this morning: running (as biking outside isn’t really allowed here). After a fresh warmup as the sun is rising behind the hills; around a field of ~1km perimiter divided in three parts: 200m flat, 500m downhill, 300m uphill (well, it’s a 30m+ change). So one part at full speed, two parts tempo, repeat during 30 minutes. Cool down and that’s up for 1hour limit. Crossed 1 woman w/ dog, see another one. Can’t wait to make some workouts with a home-trainer.

  24. Ron

    I went on a run on a country road

  25. Tjeerd Hans Terpstra

    My wife and I did a 15 min core workout in the back yard while our 8 months old son watched and laughed at us.

  26. Joffrey L

    3 hours home trainer

    Ass of steel :-)

  27. Dom

    A socially distant aquathon consisting of some dry swimming using rubber bands on my front porch followed by a 15k run across the nearby meadows.

  28. Renaud

    A 50′ bike trainer interval at the end of the day just to breathe!

  29. Mieszko

    Last workout I did was easy bike ride- for the first time outside this year. Now I’m waiting for my son to be born. Fingers crossed ;)

  30. Oren Feld

    Went to a 55km trail ride on my bike all alone at 5:30am to avoid the chance of meeting other riders.

  31. Zbynek Srubar

    Never done so many Pilates workout before :).

  32. volfoni

    Just reboot my HT sessions, stay safe.

  33. Brad Davis

    I broke a few ribs about six weeks ago, so I’m just getting back on my wheels this weekend for a quick 60k ride.

  34. Aidan

    A short ride around my local park.

  35. Steven Agar

    4m run last night, crossing the road to avoid people!

  36. Mike

    Just finished a 2.5 mile run, only my second in the last month due to an ankle injury.

  37. Benoit

    The last workout i’ve done, while properly social distancing, was 100km but it was prior the lockdown

  38. Ronald

    I did a slalom run keeping my distance from everyone else.

  39. Nic Lydford

    Sadly I’ve been in solitary due to a suspected case of COVID-19, do no workouts for me. Can’t wait to get out and get back to it :)

  40. Tom

    Discovered some small new roads because I wanted to stay close to home. 70km’s of sunshine.

  41. Tiago Dias

    One hour of short endurance blocks 5x ( 6′ @ Zone 3 + 2′ @ Zone 4 + 1′ @ Zone 1 )

  42. Ryan M

    Solo Ronde Hoep loop last weekend!

  43. Helena Kajlich

    Indoor workout in the garage with 2 kids cheering me on!

  44. Hidde

    id manage to get some run intervals in place on a very quiet road.

  45. fitz

    I live close to the forest, so social distancing is fairly easy while trail running.

  46. Jan Aniolek

    I did a trainer ride with RGT Cycling. It is nice that they offer premium access for everybody during the lock down but they are experiencing some tech issues with all the people tunning in.. I guess it is a nice way to test things for them too.

  47. Pavel

    Luckily cycling allows you to distance yourself and it’s not forbidden yet, so I did a 50k loop. Helps to wind down after working from home for the whole day

  48. Arend

    VO2max workout on my trusty old KK green machine

  49. Craig

    16.3 mile very chilly commute. Nice and steady to minimise any potential risk.

  50. Aaron P

    10km on a rowing machine…

  51. Caspar Andreis

    45 km on Zwift on my 2nd gen. Kickr alone in the basement. I made sure to get dropped out of the bunch.

  52. Jack Hawkins

    Running intervals on the cycle path

  53. David Scheers

    I did a 6km run yesterday (26/03) through Leuven city, which is quite desolated these days. So no problems for social distance :-)

  54. Kris

    Short hills next to the locked down track.

  55. Andrej B.

    Had a run yesterday evening.

  56. Pieter

    Solo, long, easy 20k run…

  57. Leonard

    I went on a 15k run and a 40k bike ride. In Friesland you can manage social distance easy (luckily!). So ousted sports is no problem but only solo!

  58. Edwin

    A 5K row on my indoor waterrower. Dude, I miss the outside now more than ever!

  59. Jukka

    Commuted this morning by running 7.6K forest path. Nice!

  60. Stuart Hamilton

    Road to work last Wednesday

  61. Dave O

    A couple of hours drifting around Watopia on Zwift. It was OK actually. Even better, I managed to get my teenage daughter onto it after me and she really enjoyed herself … with Netflix on as well :)

  62. Ian Marchant

    The last one would be on Sunday just gone. Managed a quick 5k at 10pm whilst avoiding everyone. pretty much like a normal run for me:-)

    Much harder to do anything now. Wife is in high risk category, and so keeping away is more important than ever!

  63. Martin

    15k run in the park early in the morning. During daytime there are some people in the park but no one bothers to wake up to enjoy the sunrise :) So social distancing by time

  64. Stanislav Sokolov

    Hit session at home that’s all

  65. Jonas S.

    Bike ride, alone into the “wilderness” of Franconia. Very few cars, not cyclists for 80% of the route. Still be friendly to the cyclists you meet.

  66. Pieter

    Doing a solo test ride on my just delivered Customline Ridley Noah Fast Disc to explore how the Sram Force Etap AXS and the Quarq powermeter are working :-)

  67. Igor

    I did a 4×5 min interval workout at Zwift

  68. Tristan Matthews

    Our first-time ever double zwift session with my wife and I, riding round Watopia with 25 of my close friends on a meetup enjoying a Wednesday night ‘virtual pub-ride’ (I did ride responsibly and saved the beer for post ride ;-)

  69. Ricardo Lucas

    Running on a trail before the country lockdown

  70. Peter Ong

    Basically riding solo outdoor to get fresh air.

  71. Dave Briggs

    21k cycle on my Yahoo Kickr trainer on Zwift

  72. Simon Phillips

    5k jog around Cardiff in the UK. Socially distant with my FR920 so it would definitely be time for a watch upgrade

  73. Harmless

    Training@homegym: core stability, kettlebell work and plyometrics.

  74. Pawel

    quite tough 45min tempo run, going wide around anyone that passed by

  75. Dave Briggs

    21k cycle on my Yahoo Kickr on Zwift

  76. Stefan Kinell

    Yesterday evening coaching session in orienteering, with a bunch of kids 13-18 years running in the forest and finding their way with a map. Social, but still with some social distancing.

  77. Daniel

    Easy bike commutes so far :)

  78. indrek

    1 hour assault bike. 800 cal.

  79. Dondellinger

    Hello, montee de l’alpe d’huez (YouTube) sur mon vieux home trainer, belles images pour s’évader plus loin que mon jardin !
    Bises (1m) à tous

  80. Jordi

    Just today I have climbed stairs during 30 minutes with a 10Kg weighted vest, 1Kg on each ankle and 0.75Kg on each wrist. Three floors up, three floors down.

  81. Alex

    Elliptical, 1h33m04s, 1004 Calories. Stayed mainly in Z2 (easy) and Z3 (aerobic).

  82. Pepe Nicola

    Just finished Alpe du Zwift under 60min!

  83. Sebastiaan Verweij

    My local 10k was cancelled so I’ve resorted to some easy runs at the moment, dialling down the training. Can’t wait to get stuck in again — maybe with a new Fenix watch?

  84. Martin

    12m lunchtime ride

  85. lukian

    A brisk walk three days ago felt short after being asked by police to leave the empty parking space I was making laps…

  86. Daniel Nimpfer

    Took part in the “Tour of Europa” by FulGaz Stage 1 – with a warm up and a cool down 77 minutes

  87. Matthew McGheRyzak-e

    Solo run through the fields near home – lumpy, bump and deserted

  88. Luis Javier

    A 6 km. easy, easy run, hallway up, hallway down.

  89. Steve A

    Early morning solo effort riding up a local hill – not a soul about; well, the sheep farmer 2 miles away!

  90. Gareth Evans

    The last socially distant workout I did was a 6.5k extended block loop run, up my road, through a park, back up the cycleway and down my road again. I encountered two other people on the run, ran on the road to keep a 3m distance from one and crossed the road to give another a wide berth.

  91. Vincent

    Hi,
    Zwift – FTP Builder Training Plan (Week 1 / Session 4)
    Vincent

  92. GaborK

    52 min circuit training in the living room, BAU

  93. James

    Kettlebell workout in the garden

  94. Stephen Haley

    TrainerRoad is my friend. Just completed a set of over/under intervals

  95. Rob Pearce

    My second ever Zwift ride, including a 20 min ftp test.

  96. Julien Goessens

    Inside gym workout with my 2 boys!

  97. Lindley

    Five easy miles running one of my usual routes.

  98. Tristan

    Doing a 1,5h walk with my girlfriend whilst avoiding runners by at least 1,5m :)

  99. Jordi

    35min circuit training in the house

  100. zib

    a run with one other person in an awkward but safe distance of 1.5 meters away at all times