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. Greg Franks

    6km run from my place down to the hospital and back between rain/thunder storms (first storm of the year).

  2. Mike Walker

    A Zwift vo2 max workout on my wahoo kickr. It was a tough two hour session!! Looking forward to tow group ride this afternoon.

  3. Chad Vacarella

    I rode my commuter bike to and from work.

  4. Craig

    Sufferfest TBTITW. Love that ride.

  5. Wes

    6.5 mile solo run on a dirt road.

  6. John Harvey

    Went for a run with the dog. Only saw a couple of people from a distance

  7. ErR

    Just an early morning ride in the pain cave…

  8. Jordan

    An hour of bodyweight exercises as selected by my toddler/UNO cards.

  9. Bernard

    Treadmill Wednesday
    2km easy WU
    12 X 60′ @ 5K PB pace, 60′ RI easy jog
    2km easy CD

  10. Jan

    A 10KM run out in the nature. Hopefully we will be alowed to continue running #Staysafe

  11. Erik Pieh

    I rode my bike to work this morning. It’s getting warm enough, I should probably take off the studded tires.

  12. Magnus

    Going on Zwift regularly since being in lockdown. Last outdoor activity was a short run to the athletics field only to find out that it had been closed off.

  13. ALEKSEY PAL

    Pedaled sufferfest training without proper suffer.

  14. Went for an easy run around the ‘Naardermeer’, NLD. Very quiet, so social distancing was no problem…
    link to strava.com

  15. Jason Fears

    Netflix trainer ride in the basement.

  16. Tommies

    Made a 10km…alone

  17. chufi

    A quick out and back over local hill…weather apps all swore it would be cloudy all day…started hailing at my turn around point. Hahaha….small hail but still

  18. Marcus Puigdollers

    1h30 on the bike trainer! ;)

  19. Graeme Cooper

    Running intervals through deserted town centre

  20. Doug Pricer

    Rode solo yesterday for 45 miles out to the Sourlands for a few climbs, never passing closer than 6 feet and making sure that I pull out to pass other riders at least 50 feet beforehand and remaining out of their line until I am at least 50 feet past them. The wife did her own solo ride yesterday too taking advantage of the quieter than usual roads.

  21. Wim

    A short bike ride with two people as this is the maximum allowed group size in Belgium at the moment :-)

  22. Ara Parseghian

    2 hour trainer ride yesterday

  23. Steven Bass

    last workout on Zwift was 4xx 8minutes @ 105% of FTP

  24. Peter Benjamins

    Just finished a 11km run In Utrecht, with my girlfriend tagging along on her bike. Definitely kept 1,5m for social distancing.

    Be safe!

  25. Mathijs

    1 hour of Trainerroad!

  26. Prisca Adamczyk

    Bike intervals on a trainer!

  27. Kurt M

    Just a ride by myself.

  28. Corri

    I’ve been running through the Financial District here in Toronto. There’s been no traffic or crowds all week.

  29. Patrick

    I did a Zwift race with a friend… he had just completed a trainer road workout before the race and his legs cramped up before the lead-in segment finished lol

  30. ryanrp

    Finally got my Kickr Snap indoor setup again (I had a long hiatus from cycling to focus on running). Got in a quick 10-min shakeout test in this morning after my easy 5k around the block. :)

  31. Martin Mortensen

    Morning core strength workout in the living room. Now that the gyms in the UK are closed I have had to acquire some weights for home use (I feel sorry for the delivery guy).

  32. Ian S

    A socially acceptable Zwift ride, during which my Neo started over heating again….

  33. Greg Grandgeorge

    Treadmill run and rowing machine, at home.

  34. Mike B.

    Just a short run around the neighborhood.

  35. Sharon

    Been riding my bike solo. Feel safer than ever with so few cars on the roads. Thanks for all your great reviews and giveaways.

  36. Bartosz Adamczyk

    Easy run outdoors in the rain :)

  37. Eric W McMinoway

    I was able to get out for one run.

  38. Thomas

    1O KM 3 WEEKS AGO.

  39. Brian

    Completed a 10k tempo run at the middle school track. A good mental and physical workout!

  40. CJ

    I did a virtual ride of Sa Calobra, where I was supposed to be in real life this weekend :(

  41. DaveG

    Yoga attempt

  42. Charlie

    Well. Zwift on the trainer — about as socially distant as I can get! Mind you, I had a beer first and that worked out poorly for me.

    Managed one outdoor ride this week, and that was distant too. I think I passed another bicyclist going the other way on the other side of a 4-lane road.

  43. Denis

    I went out for a run in the neighborhood.

  44. Iñigo Ortiz Ocio

    The hunted sufferfest session ¡¡

  45. Tom Hunt

    Just returned to the UK after being in Asia for 3 months. Gave me the wonderful gift of exploring my home country of Shropshire in glorious sunshine and clear skies, with super quiet roads, sublime..!!

  46. Stepi

    FTP test at home on my trainer. It hurt! :-)

  47. Scott Phillips

    48 mile road ride yesterday.

  48. David

    A horrible 3 mile run on a treadmill, which was supposed to be 4 miles but I just couldn’t take anymore!

  49. Fab

    10 km on the treadmill yesterday. again.
    and the zwift thing does not pair with the treadmill.

  50. Katie

    I rode my cross bike outside yesterday on nearly empty dirt roads :)

  51. Alex

    Hi Ray

    60 min on zwift , doing an structured workout

  52. HWW

    A run around town on the wider streets so I have room to breath!

  53. Ran Shenhar

    Trying out Zwift (and honestly not understanding the hype)

  54. Marten Visser

    Zwift workout, in the storage room…. far away from family, friends en everyone ….. keeping my distance even in zwift.

  55. DQ

    An hour on Rouvy riding virtually with friends.

  56. Ryan

    Yesterday I did an awesome virtual group ride and race with some regular buddies.

  57. Alan

    2 mile dog walk through the neighborhood, with 2 neighbors, walking side-by-side 10 feet apart across the empty streets.

  58. Tim

    Most recent was a family walk with the dog.

  59. Ritchie Champion

    Yoga with Adrian Video

  60. Alan Moore

    base training on Zwift after a long injury layoff – long way to go!

  61. Brian Cooper

    Trainer ride and family walk around the neighborhood.

  62. Neil B

    Went for a 5k run with my son

  63. Frederic

    Train while Healing my achilles!

  64. Alex

    So far my running has just continued as normal. I just hop on the trails by my house and typically don’t see many people.

  65. Paul Thomas

    Braes Bayou East

  66. Steven

    Some core activation in the morning, then a 2.5 hour solo ride.

  67. James Bondra

    30 mile ride outside to escape the boredom of my attic office.

  68. Chris

    Ride to the top of a mountain. No one else for miles!

  69. Alex Schajer

    Yoga on the off day, TrainerRoad the rest of the week

  70. Eva B

    Road ride around the hood avoiding many walkers, joggers, dogs and bikers.

  71. Keith

    An indoor ride usingg zwift for like 50 minutes

  72. Chad

    7+ mile run with my s/o! Paved rail trail was busy on a nice day, by Michigan standards, but with everyone spent up, it made physical distancing challenging on a 10 ft wide path. Most people seemed to be conscientious though

  73. Klaus

    2h lunch break bike workout into the nearby mid range mountains (Spessart). In Germany or at least in my region of Germany we are (still?) allowed to go outside on our own or with people that we live with anyways.

  74. Jaymo

    Just got back from a solo 10 mile easy run this morning.

  75. Andrea

    Went for a run on a nearby multiuse path ’cause it had been cleared of snow (mostly).

  76. Bob

    walking outside to find some calm

  77. Jeff Doot

    Literally almost got hit by a car trying to give a dog walker social distance on my last run.

  78. I did a three-part workout in my basement: Spin to warm up, a crossfit-inspired workout (with the equipment that I have available), and a spin to cool down. My 5 year old son joined me and did a spin the whole time, and we watched an episode of Planet Earth while doing the workout!

  79. Paul Lee

    A 4 mile run

  80. Elliot S Volkman

    I just did a 7 mile run up our second biggest hill in the city… a smaller bridge than our larger one. I’m now self-isolating because the GF is a nurse and may have been exposed. Womp.

  81. MIke W

    Trainer Road workout

  82. Dave Price

    fired up the apple tv for an hour in watopia after the kids were finally in their beds

  83. Dawn Bardon

    90 minutes on Zwift in the basement before a full day of work in upstairs office.

  84. Rui Nelson Pereira Silva

    Done PowerStation from Sufferfest in my garage, aka Suffering Room :)

  85. gordon taylor

    Using up my last day of Zwift trial period….

  86. George H

    Elliptical. Hope to get a 5 mile run in today.

  87. Stéphane Cournoyer

    I did a short gravel ride. I had the roads for myself.

  88. Simon B.

    Lots of miles on the dreadmill…

  89. Makoto

    Ran 8.4 miles during lunch break yesterday

  90. DC

    I managed 35 minutes of yoga with a kid running all over this morning!

  91. faix2

    took the road bike on a spin near my house. mtn biking is off the table with shelter in place :(

  92. Jason Ledford

    I did an hour swim yesterday, I was the only one in the 82 degree pool. It was awesome. They are limiting activities to less than 10, but I was solo!!

    Jason Ledford

  93. Shane

    I was able to run 9 miles near where I live.

  94. Brett Ward

    Trainer Road Base Building Plan in my Basement while watching some Netflix or Amazon Video or Hulu or …

  95. Graham Rose

    Running around the yard with 2 toddlers who have FAR too much pent up energy

  96. Frauke Cairns

    50 kilometers cycling today together with my boyfriend…But in a proper social distance anyway ;)
    In Germany, It us still allowed to go out and exercise. So we are kind of the Lucky ones in these difficult times.
    Stay healthy!
    Frauke.

  97. Simon F

    Sufferfest: The Way Out followed by dog walking.

  98. James Eaton

    Owl+3 from Trainerroad. No commute to take up time, so might as well do the 2hr version of workouts in the morning now!

  99. Chris L

    Zwift tour of Watopia.

  100. Jun Zhao

    Ran on country gravel road where I spotted no one 100 feet from me.