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. Clair Hutchings

    Outdoor cycle in the country, only saw a couple of cars and 1 other cyclist going in the other direction

  2. jonathan

    I’ve been running every day. This mornings run was especially lovely….so many people were out walking around, running, getting out!

  3. Daniel Reynolds

    15k spin into the wilds of the Wicklow mountains, not a sinner about!

  4. Curtis Repen

    Still working (essential medical manufacturing) so stress level is high. Tour of Watopia ride/race to sweat the stress out (and raise FTP!).

  5. Francois

    Ran intervals to get a kite to stay airborne.

  6. Steve Maas

    I did a Zwift Meetup ride with my triathlon team and we chatted on Discord, it was great!

  7. B Hopkins

    I ran a solo 5k yesterday

  8. Adrian Collins

    Went out for a run as part of marathon training for an event that has now been deferred until October. :-(

  9. Terrence Hornsby

    Did a zwift ride followed up with some strength training.

  10. Vitor Campos

    A lone mtb ride.

  11. Pim

    Hi Ray,
    THE new activity for 2020: social distancing workouts. I did a 12k run ?? alone in Rotterdam. Forest was to dark so 2 laps around the park with light. ??

  12. Esteban

    Running at the beach

  13. Cameron

    6km round the park. Keep your distance!

  14. Matt

    Short 4 mile bike ride and strength circuits in my basement.

  15. Steban

    Riding my bike

  16. Tom Helleman

    First ride on Zwift since 2015! Same same but…. more betterer?

  17. Alex G

    Zwift race – WTRL TTT

    A brilliant way of friends riding and competing together in these difficult times.

  18. Artem

    Used some bungee ropes for a “dry swimming” workout on my terrace =)

  19. Nala

    Going for a walk

  20. Jon Niehof

    I barely got a run in last Thursday, which helped open up the lungs a bit and coughed like mad afterwards, but was pretty woozy. Not really workout time for me right now. Soon, soon….

  21. Adam Brady

    Body weight HIIT: 200m run, 10m duck walk, 10 x air squats, 20 x push ups, repeat for 60 minutes

  22. stephen

    5 miles on a treadmill. should do more bodyweight, but oh well

  23. segal71

    i did a 9 km run this morning

  24. James

    Group run this morning…carefully watching the wind to stay out of everyone’s exhale! lol

  25. siddharta1979

    Race + Structure intro training on Zwift!

  26. jww

    Thanks DCR – spreading joy in tough times!

    Last workout with social distancing in mind was SufferFest G.O.A.T. – best & most uplifting soundtrack IMO.

    Love Suff’s focus on low intensity workouts to protect immune systems. Think that’s a great touch.

  27. Paul

    Tour of Watopia stage 5 on my trainer yesterday.

  28. Martin

    A Fartlek run today while running slalom to avoid people walking.
    Would be great if luck takes me and I could buy a smart trainer ?

  29. Dave

    Push-ups in the living room!

  30. Bruno Costa

    I just own a basic turbo from lidl. last Sunday I committed to spend 4 hours on the bike, got so tired of watching YouTube. can’t even use zwift because I don’t have any sensors.

  31. Timothy

    Does chasing my kids around count?

  32. Blake Sills

    Been running outside every day. Easy to social distance if you live in the middle of nowhere.

  33. Ross

    Getting in as many TrainerRoad workouts as possible. Last night it was Tunnabora and today it’s Tallac.

  34. Jim

    A ride on the good old computrainer and a zoom CrossFit workout.

  35. ANW

    Rode around town and got sidetracked onto some trails … with my road bike.

  36. Zane

    I did an indoor recovery ride on TrainerRoad!

  37. Greg Dooley

    Dog walk

  38. steve aitken

    working my way through workout world on youtube

  39. Branden Lyon

    Cat C Zwift race. Got my a$@ handed to me :-)

  40. Brad Isenberg

    Tour of Watoa stage 5 race. I didn’t win. ?

  41. Robert

    Zwift Tour of Watopia Stage 5 race.

  42. JS

    Meetup with a friend for a ride on Zwift: really cool

  43. Martine

    Just walking and yoga

  44. 8 mile run around town with two friends at least 6 feet apart.

  45. Peter Davies

    A keep fit video from youtube this morning was my last socially distant workout :)

  46. Eliott

    Kite skating on icy lake: really nice

  47. Tim

    Some strength training at home. That’s all.

  48. Wendy

    This morning I did a 45 minute yoga practice (yesterday I did a 6.2 mi tempo run for a race that became virtual). I am trying really hard to do some sort of quality workout every day.

  49. Yona

    Woohoo a giveway. Most of my cardio for the last few years has been running. But now with nearly empty streets and social distancing, I’ve dusted off the old bike and have been biking around town – solo and with the kids. I think in the last week, I’ve already exceeded my strava biking total from last year! It’s weird, the streets are emptier now at 5pm on a weekday as they are at 6am Sunday morning. Strange new world.

  50. Aaron

    Riding all alone

  51. Dave

    Jumping rope while kids are trying to distract me with their shenanigans

  52. Matt

    Went for a 3.5 mile run in the rain while the pollen count was down.

  53. Juliette

    just a bit of strength training on a mat

  54. Andy

    Had my first run/walk since shoulder surgery on Tuesday. Felt ok but shoulder isn’t quite there yet.

  55. Morgane

    Just Yoga alone on my mat

  56. PawełR

    Forest solo run

  57. Frank Goehner

    I rode on zwift,

  58. rickz

    Solo bike ride

  59. Alexander

    2hr sweet spot intervals on the kickr

  60. Brendan

    3 sets of 5x1min VO2max intervals on Xert

  61. Dave Dewey

    Solo early-morning spring ride at sunrise in beautiful Western NY.

    Evening before, a Wolf Brigade Public Assistance Project workout with my son in the basement gym: link to wolfbrigade.com

  62. Vano Chu

    Inline skating for 7 miles. Normally this would be “playing in traffic”, but with so few people driving now, it’s (relatively) safe to skate in the roadway.

  63. Matt

    4 mile run

  64. Kerry Scott Sullivan

    Still able to run and bike. A direct drive trainer would be awesome!

  65. Michael

    Tour of Watopia Stage 5, locked in my living room sweating to death.

  66. Daniel Morrissey

    I ran outside utilizing the fantastic Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music I bought after carefully researching all the excellent reviews by one DCRainmaker. And his review was spot on for my personal needs, and love the watch albiet button shortage which was pointed out by DC…but, still love the watch for all the other reasons he mentioned…at least for the 92 days I had it prior to the Vivoactive 4 coming out. Now I have watch envy once again. I always have watch envy…

  67. Asia

    Just 1h nordic walking for relax :)

  68. Miguel

    Netflix on PC and a trainer under my legs

  69. Christopher Orr

    10 mile treadmill tempo run – if my spring race is canceled, I can work on top-line speed for my fall race

  70. Ryan Menze

    A lot of time on the trainer!

  71. Jonathan

    Core work inside and a run around the neighborhood

  72. mario a lira junior

    I spent 80 minutes on a very, very dumb bike trainer just yesterday

  73. Gerhard Herbort

    I went for a run in the park. There was much space to keep the distance to others. :-)

  74. Heino Skovbjerg

    Going full solo on my commute to work and weekend rides. Only time i’m not solo is on Zwift, think thats legal :D

  75. Adam

    Headed to the last open HS track and watched over a workout run by my two college-aged sons.

  76. Kyle B

    Last actual workout was modifying a Ronnestad-type cycling workout for running on a track – 2(13x 30 sec really hard, 15 sec really easy).

  77. Patrick Cooper

    1 hour easy run. Still building that base!

  78. Rick

    TrainerRoad with Zwift keeps me properly social distanced and training hard but also socially together and motivated. A win-win for me!

  79. Caleb Canal

    We’ve been managing to get in a family walk or bike ride nearly every evening. It’s been pretty awesome. Here’s our last: link to strava.com

  80. Christopher Bosken

    Shin splits have been getting to me so my last workout was a ride on the old school resistance trainer.

    Cheers mate!

  81. Scott Saunders

    Did a short run around my neighborhood! Battling Achilles Tendonitis so I’m trying to get back to where I can do a long run! Thank you for doing this!

  82. Nicholas

    I did the TrainerRoad Mount Field workout last night on my KICKR Snap.

  83. Marco Miranda

    running around the neighborhood with my trainning partnet… the dog :)

  84. Jose Pinho

    I’m doing a couple of runs per week to keep myself moving.

  85. Everyday, I make exercise demo videos in my living room and post them to my social media channels. I get out and run with my dog for 5km on days he’s not too tired. I also stream and follow along the noon workout my local gym goes live with on their FB page.

  86. John

    Fortunately running is still allowed, so I ran five miles around town on Wednesday. Sixty degrees, sunny, with a breeze…so beautiful! And so many people taking walks and runs outside, to socially distance from!

  87. Darn

    Mellow friday morning ride on Zwift with some cycling friends from real life, all of us on our smart trainers and chatting on discord.

  88. Bill Gay

    I managed to get in a 5 mile solo run.

  89. Kieron

    I had a run in south east London last night across Blackheath. Didn’t go far or hard, but was a great out after working all day indoors

  90. Samuel Smith

    Socially distance myself by making sure I was always ahead of everyone on my last group ride ;)

  91. David Brand

    “Social Distancing 10K” around my neighborhood to visit friends and talk to them from a distance!

  92. Valere

    Trainer workout with Xert “I Won’t Back Down ” a good one !

  93. Chris Barth

    My rowing machine.

  94. greg steele

    short backcountry ski

  95. Eduardo

    Core and indoor cycling

  96. Thomas

    I ran with my dog at 5 am and only saw one other person.

  97. Cov

    Testing out some structured running on Zwift. Interesting. (Along with testing out some rides.) My indoor training has now become social!

  98. Bret A

    Mountain Bike ride on local sweet single track, but snow’s a coming’…

  99. Mike

    TrainerRoad Geiger, in my basement, with a 20+ year old fluid trainer