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. Travis music

    Four miles on the trails yesterday to muddy for anyone else to be there.

  2. Andrew Weyl

    Did a 3×1 mile Tempo workout with a two mile warm up and cool down

  3. Zack

    An hour biking indoors in front of the tv.

  4. Jason

    Went for a long walk while on a work cal.

  5. Corey W.

    Short (23 mile) bike ride yesterday. Shorts and short-sleeves in the sun…very important vitamin d

  6. Rad

    13 km run in the forest, 6 am, yesterday

  7. 70km Zwift Group ride via a meetup my cycling team setup. It included 26 people from around our province.

  8. Matthew Gardiner

    Long zwift ride

  9. Jeremy Marquez

    Upgrade to a Neo 2T just in time for the …. summer?

  10. Allan Wingenbach

    My last workout while social distancing was riding snow-packed trails on my mountain bike using spiked tires through the forest behind my house on Wednesday – did not see one other person the whole time!

  11. Charlie Anderson

    Got out for a nice ~1hour ride in the country. Nice to get some fresh air!

  12. stefanosM

    just dance on wii with my kids

  13. Kyle J

    Spent 1.5 hours on the trainer yesterday… and it is an old piece of junk that surely needs an upgrade

  14. Dave

    endurance with 5 min. HC intervals

  15. CMV

    Short 4.5k solo run in the city, jumping from one side of the street to the other whenever I saw someone in the distance!

  16. Pedro

    Just did strength training, barbell. And that’s it for today.
    Most of the days Trainerroad sweet spot plan, or rouvy, but we still can ride outside, alone or in two’s the most, sensibly!

  17. Simon

    I completed the first session of a free „Corona-special“ training plan on TrainingPeaks/Zwift: VO2 Max intervals ?

  18. Joost

    A did a TrainerRoad training (Mont Albert +1).

  19. Pedro Lobo

    Hi,

    Just a simple TRX train with my boys and some calisthenics!!

    Stay safe!!

  20. Martin Levasseur

    Well, I’ve been running more and more now that it’s getting a bit nicer outside. I’ve also got a few weights at home, so keeping busy there too. Finally, my gym trainer even sent me a bunch of training videos, so going through those as well.

  21. Stephen Gaetke

    My last workout was a 5 mile run….two days before I tested positive for COVID-19. 10 days later, I have beaten down the beer virus and am ready to win a KICKR Climb to go with the newly purchased KICKR Core (isolation has not been kind to the wallet…:)

  22. Michael Harman

    We live really close to a major park, so I obviously wasn’t going to ride around that. But thankfully there are some pretty empty roads nearby that I rode on instead, got in about 25 miles yesterday.

  23. Jozef

    I ride alone the local paths early morning. The mornings are still cold. Today was -2C.

  24. Tobias Schmidt

    I did a 1h group ride on Zwift yesterday.

  25. Dana Harman

    I’m a member of Cyclebar, they’re doing live, virtual workouts on Instagram. I did one of those yesterday on our KICKR CORE.

  26. Billy McSnook

    Raced the last stage of the Zwift Tour of Watopia. Got a breakthrough and utterly ruined myself in the process.

  27. Pat McC

    Last workout was a bike commute (working supporting staff doing essential Covid-19 work). Much easier to do physical distancing when the roads are quiet.

  28. Andrew

    30 minutes on my vasa this morning.

  29. Nicocha

    This Week in use my old hometrainer to connecte it to goldencheetah. Then after 5 years, il use it for a FTP test (20mn duration). It was so hard but after; i decide to build a non hazardous training with this old bike on my prehistorical hometrainer.

  30. Kyle Demerath

    I wouldn’t say I managed it. Kaiser +2 destroyed me.

  31. Tim Waterman

    Did a Zwift workout in my garage yesterday

  32. Gary

    25 mile ride on Wednesday in chilly Rochester, NY

  33. Matt F

    Tour de Watopia stage 5, avoided everyone at home to complete this!

  34. Eric Bressler

    Mtn bike/Trail run brick @ 5m separation

  35. JSN

    Last workout was a structured run-through on the Snap.

  36. Renee

    I did a 1.5 hour bike on my trainer followed by a 10 min run on my treadmill

  37. Andy Rowe

    A 5 mile run early in the morning.

  38. Carl Belanger

    A short Trainneroad session!

  39. CPD

    First ride on Zwift yesterday.

  40. My bike & trainer and my home office are in the same room, so I now I hardly ever leave the spare bedroom….

    My last workout was Mount Field on Trainerroad

    Tues, Thurs & Sun – TR (I’ve gone back to Sweet Spot Base 1)
    Wed & Sat – Zwift (non-structured active recovery)
    When I can be bothered – some body weight core work….

  41. Peter Homsek

    SST session on Tacx training app

  42. Luciano

    Yeah, just rolling on my old kurt road machine, that’s how to safely exercise when drivers get even crazier due the lockdown!

  43. Brian

    Went on a fifteen mile farm road trek and finally felt some sunshine!

  44. Saad

    Parked two miles from the trail, then took back roads that cut across the trail. Waved at the few fellow riders I saw from a safe distance.

  45. Duff

    Good old damn climb in the Tennessee hills

  46. Joe

    Golf- the ultimate social distancing sport. Nobody within 200 yards of me!

  47. Will Mann

    Zwift race yesterday!

  48. Greg J

    30 miles on the Direto this morning

  49. Leland

    7 miles on the basement treadmill. Thrilling!

  50. Nerijus Visminas

    Cycled to work at 8 PM to gather my stuff i need to continue work from home.

  51. James Brimson

    10k on the dreadmill yesterday using my foot pod and zwift.

  52. Bruce Watkins II

    Mountain bike ride around the property.

  53. Jarno

    I live in the “polder” enough room for social distance

  54. garrop

    2 hours of flat terrain with TT bike at Z2 for an IM that has now been called off.

    Need a trainer urgently

  55. Matthew

    5 mile trail run!

  56. Zak Katz

    Tried out RGT yesterday in the pain attic. Fun route!

  57. Pat Gill

    Zwift Pebble Pounder Paceline Work

  58. Wheeled my trainer into the driveway and Zwift’d for 20mi while at 2m+ distance from people walking by. Was quite a bit nicer than being in the garage!

  59. Steven Crawford

    I have been able to run outside, so I have. 8 miles last night.

  60. Francois

    Try to run on in the backyard. Long live zwift. I need this so much……

  61. Mark

    I rode 25 miles on gravel and single track. So needed.

  62. Pedro Martínez

    I did 240 laps running to my flat in 40 mintues!

  63. Adam

    Did rounds of burpees in my living room. The wife was my coach.

  64. Ian McGee

    My coach has switched to all indoor training for the time being. Last session was solo but our biweekly group rides are now happening as Zwift meetups.

  65. Stuart Stent

    Clubbell swinging in my home office :)

  66. mark palma

    Road ride last week

  67. Zach Collins

    Ran 8 miles – half through town and half through the woods on a beautiful 60 deg. day.

  68. Gerard

    Yesterday took a longer bike worokout. Nothing fancy, just a longer detaour while biking to the supermarket.
    Weather was perfect, Sunny, nice headwind, cold.
    In de end, I had a TE 4.1 and a good appetite.

    Keep up the sports and stay healthy

    Gerard

  69. Jared

    5 mile solo run outside in Boston

  70. Piotr

    runnning alone at the dawn

  71. Rob Jarvis

    Running on a paved path by the Mississippi, weaving a six foot radius path, as if drunk, around all the other people with the same idea.

  72. Tom

    weightlifting last night in my garage

  73. Maureen

    Treadmill run and squats

  74. Nick

    Went out for a solo ride, ended up crashing right onto a freshly painted crosswalk and having to ride home covered in paint.

  75. Luca Rossetti

    Interval training on a trainer…not smart the trainer…smart the rider!!!

  76. Marcus Nohlberg

    Basic strength training at home.

  77. Yagil

    on Wedensday, just before a partial lockdown, I’ve went to a 35-km mountain bike ride outside the city.

  78. Mark Anthony Marquez

    A group meetup ride in Zwift

  79. Randy Spiessens

    I was used to run alone and now I’m doing the same as before.
    A fresh mind on my own.

  80. John F

    Zwift run, NY City Highline course. That NPE Runn device you reviewed recently works great with my 15 year old treadmill

  81. Mike

    The PE With Joe workouts with the kids

  82. Hugo V

    Yesterday did a 62km loop (alone) around Amsterdam. Luckily that is still OK overhere.

  83. Edwin

    Yesterday evening was the last training I did. It was one of McMillan’s Runner’s Core Routine workouts. Inside my home, so properly social distancing.

  84. Jelle De Bock

    A hard sufferfest indoor workout Indoors. Sweating puddles ?

  85. Nicki Watkikns

    I walk around my house and deal with a 2 year old. I need to get back at it soon!

  86. Tee

    3 weeks on from tendon repair to left shoulder (fortunately not the right for gear shifting) 10 virtual miles in Bravia thanks to my aging but steady Tacx Vortex. Italy yesterday downhill to Milan. Chapeau, to all health workers. ?

  87. Kevin Tierney

    Running solo.

  88. Kjell Ivar Tjetland

    Up Alpe d’Zwift on a MTB.

  89. Tzahy Goldstain

    One hour zwift ride on simple 50usd trainer, 2 days ago. It’s time for another one!

  90. Larry Marshall

    My last social distancing workout was a run with my wife — she’s slower, so trails
    by about 10 yards. Larry

  91. Kalman Szaraz

    Running 10 k, just to be closer to my yearly plan of 2020 km….

  92. Chris

    Solo Zone 2 ride, with some intermittent sprints.

  93. Rebekah

    I went for a walk

  94. Gustav

    Parks are empty :) Just did a 5k

  95. Michael

    Trainer ride with Peloton app

  96. greg padden

    Did a Zwift new york city highline route, lots of climbing!

  97. jeff c

    solo ride in the pollen this morning

  98. ANTONIOS KARRAS

    First Zwift meetup with my friends and team!

  99. FORZA M

    Zwift Tour of Watopia Long ride

  100. MaartenVD

    A recovery run in the sun