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.

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4,083 Comments

  1. Colin LaRue

    Completed Trainer Road Bays+1 workout while also cruising around on Zwift.

  2. Charlie Parker

    Quiet roads around home last weekend, short 20 mile loop – was lovely!

  3. Ben

    33 miles and 8500 ft of climbing in the Adirondacks of NY…managed to only see 5 other people on the snowy trails.

  4. Henrik Forsell

    Out running with my 8 year old son biking next to me. Keeping our distances to everybody else, of course! :)

  5. Donna Ventura

    First ever (for my club) tri club meet up on Zwift!! In the summer months we usually ride Thursday mornings together. This year we started earlier and indoors! Unfortunately no post ride crumb buns could be shared.

  6. Chris

    1.5 hour ride this morning. Nice not having to think about what time to leave – usually wait for rush hour traffic to die down.

  7. David Sammut

    Went out for a jog and even noticed dogs are keeping their distance from me……..

  8. Arnau Mundet

    30 minutes doing stairs. Mind exausting.

  9. Dustin

    Greetings from Minnesota! I managed to get 4 running miles in yesterday. Social distancing was easy. The streets were eerily quiet.

  10. NeilB

    Just a not very quick 8mile hike in the mountains. Took my time to relax and enjoy the views.

  11. I’ve just bought a water rower. Been doing 5 minutes series every two hours to get started.

  12. Linas

    It was a 30 min interval HIIT session together with the guys from GCN on youtube.

  13. Mads Kristensen

    Waiting tills nightfall before going on a bike ride. Hardly met anyone…

  14. Christopher Gore

    I ran around the neighborhood for an hour. It was an awesome run for sure!

  15. Bryce Harris

    11k trail run around the Maribyrnong River. Didn’t pass a single person

  16. Alex Paul

    Thanks for al the content as always. Last social distant workout was a Zwift session. Riding the streets of London. Thank God for Zwift in this crisis. Can’t wait to wake up and hear some news that Zwift and IRONMAN are partnering. Hopefully April 1st.

  17. Kasia Bienkowska

    Just 4k run on my own

  18. Kristin

    I walked to and from getting carry out sushi for dinner tonight.

  19. Peter

    I went for a 5K run early this morning. And, I moved off the sidewalk whenever I had to pass someone.

  20. James

    I went for a run the other morning. Turns out people still aren’t out at 630 here.

  21. Quentin van Marcke

    Me please.

  22. Luca F

    “Silent yoga session” using videocall with my bro. Great time!

  23. Laurel

    Cycled solo then cut the grass!!

  24. Jovencio Luspian

    Run intervals at the walkway of the building where I live late at night when no one was around.

  25. MAC

    One hour of social distancing spinning!

  26. PaulW

    Fitness Boxing on Switch.

  27. Josh M

    Gravel bike powermeter

  28. Scott D

    I’ve been walking/hiking my dog up to two times a day, that counts right?

  29. matt wakeman

    two-hour mountain bike ride following someone much faster than me, so I could never get within 6 meters of them…

  30. Nicholas Wood

    Managed a 14km run along the coastal path way (1km from home). Not too many people out mostly people walking their dogs. Left early and was home for breakfast with family.

  31. Harry

    10 mile stress-relief run around my neighborhood.

  32. Meow Leng Heng

    My last work out was a 50km ride on my road bike all by myself.

  33. Paul Brown

    A swim with an empty lane on both sides of me in the pool.

  34. Robert P

    5k run on a track in Chicago

  35. Ken Clark

    Early morning solo run

  36. gaukler

    One hour structured workout on my bike trainer, watching youtube.

  37. Stefan

    9km run in a park

  38. Very short but lovely little 40km loop around the city.

  39. Ole

    Did my first ever Zwift Race. Crit City. Astonished by the number of people riding well above the race category.

  40. Chris

    Just restarted my Zwift account. so a group meetup with my some of my tri buddies

  41. Tom

    Easy five miler to get something in before the rain.

  42. Cédric Charest

    Bought a Kickr climb this week to prepare myself to have some fun while staying inside!

  43. Nick

    Did the 4x4x48 run challenge by myself this week

  44. Pedro Navarro

    6K run on the deserted streets of San Jose, CA!

  45. Phil Buckley

    Massively intense Trainerroad session on the static trainer in the garden shed!

  46. Grant Ironside

    rejoined my old squad for a 60min group ride/workout on Zwift – loved the banter

  47. Daniel H

    tbh , i did nothing in the last days , no workout, nothing at all

  48. Charles Meehan

    Stage 5 of the Tour of Watopia on Zwift

  49. Tim

    Ive been keeping up with the Tour of Zwift!!!

  50. gui mauve

    Riding the Epic Kom on zwift with friends.

  51. Oleksandr

    I have done interval training in the forest! Looking forward to new watch, because mine is already kinda old ;)

  52. Deniz Caglar

    20km easy ride at the weekend. It was great!

  53. Simon Brunner

    Went on a run in the local forest. Just saw some deer.

  54. Pete Johnston

    4:00 am downtown run with absolutely no traffic is the best and then a 30 mile ride in horse country with one friend sharing the lane

  55. Toni

    last days only zwift and sufferfest rides

  56. Duff

    Did some Rouvy rides in Spain last week, back to TrainerRoad this week.

  57. Alex

    Tour of Watopia #5. Keeping it z2 during the lock down to avoid reaching the fitness plateau with no races in sight.

  58. Daniel

    Wednesday – 3x Alpe du Zwift

  59. Lee Weikert

    Zwift Tour of Watopia Stage 4

  60. Javier Biscontin

    TRXed on my garage!

  61. Kate

    Laps … out the home office, down the hall, thru the garage, out thru the cattio, up the backstairs, thru the bedroom, and repeat. Only a 100 steps/lap. #stayhomesavelives
    Too many people out on the trails. :(

  62. Roger

    I did 13k run this morning and as in the uk are only allowed out once a day for exercise did 30 min online yoga tonight. On the bike tomorrow as have to have a day each

  63. Claude Langlois

    Did tour of Watopia stage 5 this morning.

  64. Stephen M.

    Houston TX here. Was able to get in a rousing 4 mile loop!

  65. Matt Bates

    I completed a 30 minute body weight, muscle activating workout on the patio next to the pool, while the kids took their afternoon nap.

  66. Rob

    8.5 miler around deserted community college

  67. Nate L

    TrainerRoad Carpathian Peak while simultaneously not virtually social distancing with 1100 other people on a zwift group ride

  68. Adam

    Inside monkii bars workout. Thank goodness for all my poor choice Kickstarter campaigns

  69. Kjell

    Went nordic skiing with a pulk and my tent and a good sleeping bag

  70. Carlos Cabral

    A one hour Zwift ride.

  71. Jemma Crow

    A ‘groundhog day’ style cycle in a circle just by my local park. No passers by but perfect to practice clip in skills

  72. Greg Jones

    A four-mile run at 6 AM, in the rain…because NO ONE felt like practicing social distancing at 6 PM.

  73. Ingo

    Did a Zwift Ride with Lucy Charles! … never saw her … after an hour i gave up and finished my ride… alone

  74. Bridget Dawes

    I ran some 1600m repeats last night on a dirt track down the street from my house.

  75. B Mart

    Tour of Watopia Stage 4!

  76. Jade

    Treadmill workout on zwift lol

  77. Ali Fowler

    30km cycle close to home

  78. Kelly D

    I just walked on my treadmill.

  79. David Gutierrez

    sorting two pallets worth of flagstone and started digging out the base where a new stone wall will go in the garden. I did some time on the trainer this morning, but I am wiped out after working with the stone all day.

  80. albert

    A virtual ride on zwift around London.

  81. FINBAR O KANE

    Hi managed to get a 30 minute spin with my wife. I used the Bianchi ebike that my parents bought me for turning 50. Haven’t been able to cycle much since getting diagnosed with Myelofibrosis 2 years ago. Ebike are great!!!

  82. Simone

    I have done yoga yesterday, the first time in over a year. Why I ever stopped, stretching is good :)

  83. Luis De Freitas

    I zwift for 1hr

  84. Nikolaj Larsen

    Yesterday morning on my Hometrainer – alone Training for my Mountainbike season – hope to be able to join the kids training soon (kids MTB Trainer in Denmark)

  85. Helmut

    Really need this:) as does everyone else commenting…Thanks for running this comp.

  86. Stephen Gunn

    Did a nice 5 mile run in the spring sunshine yesterday.

  87. Cristina

    last friday was my latest run

  88. Fran

    I managed to get a little 1 hour aerobic run with my son right after confinement was imposed. Good ol´times!

  89. Mark C. Ryan

    A half hour walk to a YouTube video.

  90. Alison Porte

    The toilet roll 10k.
    It’s a solo race, you dash shop to shop trying to find a roll that’s been missed by the rampaging hordes
    ?‍♀️

  91. Doyle Strack

    1 hour ride in the basement

  92. Michael

    Running 10km through the woods.

  93. Jason Hall

    Running and biking on top of a mountain in western NC. No one around for a long distance!

  94. Trevor

    Ran outside 5 miles

  95. James

    It was a boring couple of laps of a flat desert course on Road Grand Tours. Not very interesting.

  96. Nick V

    40k on Zwift with dead legs

  97. Craig Herrington

    Snuck away for a 30 minute ride with Zwift while my kids homeschooled themselves!

  98. Charlie Hay

    TrainerRoad “Disaster” 4hr workout: good in theory, hell in practice.

  99. Adrian Wong

    Getting back into Zwift more than ever whilst stuck at home!

  100. David Graham

    Sweet spot reps on the turbo