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In Depth Product Reviews
You probably stumbled upon here looking for a review of a sports gadget. If you’re trying to decide which unit to buy – check out my in-depth reviews section. Some reviews are over 60 pages long when printed out, with hundreds of photos! I aim to leave no stone unturned.
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Read My Sports Gadget Recommendations.
Here’s my most recent GPS watch guide here, and cycling GPS computers here. Plus there are smart trainers here, all in these guides cover almost every category of sports gadgets out there. Looking for the equipment I use day-to-day? I also just put together my complete ‘Gear I Use’ equipment list, from swim to bike to run and everything in between (plus a few extra things). And to compliment that, here’s The Girl’s (my wife’s) list. Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by!
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Have some fun in the travel section.
I travel a fair bit, both for work and for fun. Here’s a bunch of random trip reports and daily trip-logs that I’ve put together and posted. I’ve sorted it all by world geography, in an attempt to make it easy to figure out where I’ve been.
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My Photography Gear: The Cameras/Drones/Action Cams I Use Daily
The most common question I receive outside of the “what’s the best GPS watch for me” variant, are photography-esq based. So in efforts to combat the amount of emails I need to sort through on a daily basis, I’ve complied this “My Photography Gear” post for your curious minds (including drones & action cams!)! It’s a nice break from the day-to-day sports-tech talk, and I hope you get something out of it!
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The Swim/Bike/Run Gear I Use List
Many readers stumble into my website in search of information on the latest and greatest sports tech products. But at the end of the day, you might just be wondering “What does Ray use when not testing new products?”. So here is the most up to date list of products I like and fit the bill for me and my training needs best! DC Rainmaker 2023 swim, bike, run, and general gear list. But wait, are you a female and feel like these things might not apply to you? If that’s the case (but certainly not saying my choices aren’t good for women), and you just want to see a different gear junkies “picks”, check out The Girl’s Gear Guide too.
Enjoyed the warm Melbourne weather by cycling in the hills.
I did an hour and a half while watching Icelandic TV, instead of flying over there and getting sick.
Weights, at home :(
cycling around the neighborhood
Starting several 30 day challenges with my wife.
5km run at 5am to avoid bumping into anyone…
180min basement trainer
“this post helps buy me a few more hours time”
$500 for a few hours. Sure beats minimum wage. ?
My workouts since my gym closed have sadly been hearing my son working out. But next week, I promise.
Hit the rower after a core & weight workout in home gym
Solo run up and down the street.
Another home gym session
just did a 2 hour bike ride
I have been doing my runs along the stream, where there are some people usually walking around usually. Now I need to find remote sections along the stream to distance myself away from increased number of people and dogs out. It’s getting harder to find open spaces without people.
Bike ride 10 metres behind other riders doing the same. Same as usual for me as i’m always getting dropped! Quiet roads.
ZHR Audax 100km Zwift ride. Indoors, avoiding people, socially distant.
Run/jog/run – recovering from a ticked off Achilles.
I completed another ride on Zwift, exploring Watopia.
I just did a Ramp Test on TrainerRoad!
I’ve been mostly running in the forests near my home, but moved the cycling indoors and getting to grips with Zwift!
I did a 2 mile run w my days at the dog park. It’s over 3 miles of open space park and we were 1 of maybe 5 families there. Got my exercise and the pups!
My last run was more than 1 week ago, I’ve just been doing body weight exercises at home
Kitchen Run (100x 3 meters), Then balcony push-ups, bedroom cross, living room squats. And again, and again … and march on a place (just to get minimum step amount). What a hard time…
Round Bald +2 on Trainerroad.
A very early morning run yesterday, with only a minor amount of pavement weaving to avoid people!
I did the Sufferfest’s Blender workout.
Running 12k with a friend, staying 2 meters apart.
I rode to Monmouth and back to Bristol on a solo ride. The ride was around 100km with approximately 1100m of climbing. I saw a few cyclists, to wave at, on the opposite side of the road but a pretty quiet day on the roads.
I walked up our local hill with my son. It was a beautiful day.
I rode my bike around on my driveway. Does that count as a workout?
I did a 6k run in the woods yesterday afternoon. Sunny but cold.
rowing machine workout. Learning the basics.
I did a 28 mile bike ride on the trainer inside and then went for a short 4 mile run afterwards….still training for my Tri.
Then had to shower and head into work. No rest for police…lol. :)
Thanks for the giveaway chance.
Zwifting all the time :)
Solo cross-training circuit in my garage for 40s/20s (5 rounds)
SL DL 16kg L
SL DL 16kg R
KB Swing 16kg
Push up
Mountain climbers
Lunge 1 16kg
Lunge 2 16kg
Squat jacks
Shoulder taps
Skip rope
40 minute run in the woods. Can’t ride anymore in France, which I discovered after receiving a fine from the Gendarmes.
I’m in Italy and I’m currently zwifting with my Triathlon Team’s mates or biking mates. Everyday a meetup and everyday an easy ride transforms itself in a RACE! ahahahahahah
A workout with an app for workout without any gym gear
Rode to my local climb and performed a few reps of it to increse my fitness.
I went for a 3km run by doing loops around the perimiter of house, there a a gate on either side and contrete path, it was pretty good.
Last social distancung excerside was a ride into the hills (83.5km).
Meanwhile running is still allowed, but if it will be also prohibited – I will need a good treadmill.
A short trail run in the forest without nobody around
Whilst fiddling with my 9 years’ old son’s new bike, I pulled my back! Does this count?
I finally hopped on my trainer again yesterday just to find out the battery was too low. So this doesn’t qualify as “sucessful” workout, but maybe the core workout (crunches, pushups) afterwards does?
Bike ride to work and back
Did a 30x1min on an industry road in the evening. Held my distance to the few people I met (only seven in total)and switched side of the road when needed.
Zwift, tour of Watopia
I’ve dusted off my old (and still very painful) rowing machine in my garage. Did a 10,000m row this morning. Hands hurt to type, but I feel good.
TrainerRoad Antelope on Saturday in the basement while the kids were napping.
Just lots of trainer rides using TrainerRoad!
bye corona, welcome prize.
Rode out at the mountain bike trails basically alone! Great social distancing!
Sufferfest butter session!
After a slow recovery from an 8 day long high fever likely due to a coronavirus infection,
I did my first short sweet-spot training interval this WE!
(70% of regular FTP but feels good to be back on the bike!)
I just reset my Trainer Road training plan for a peak in July instead of April as previously planned. Hopefully we’ll be racing by then, or at least I can go after some KOM’s with peak fitness by then. My last workout was a 2 hour endurance workout on TR and Zwift at the same time. The TR workout was Boarstone and on Zwift I was doing the group ride previews of a few stages of the Tour of Watopia.
Doing lots of running, mostly on streets and early in the morning – very few people out. Get my intervals in on local school track, as long as it’s near empty.
Structured indoor cycling workouts on my turbo trainer
Stairs workout
I’ve been off work for 2 weeks now and have knocked out 10 solo rides of 90-120 miles through the lonely back roads of Oregon…
A run in the park
Running with ZWIFT has been the salvation these days. Great way to keep me motivated.
Session with Joe Wickes this morning
Trail run!
(Thanks for everything/love this site!)
Ran 5.5 miles on my local neighborhood trail.
Just keep on running through the nearby woods
My last workout was yesterday, 13km solo run at 4:00am. Enjoying the outdoors while complying with social distancing
Solo 100 miler through and around the Blue Ridge Mountains!
did a rainy day park run!
very simple: it snows and nobody wants to join me for running :-)
Jump rope workout as my daily outing :)
Seemingly endless loops of my garden to get in a bare 4.3 miles. Today I now have an achy knee doubtless the result of constant turns.
I went for my long run on Sunday with my fiance. Made sure to cross the road to avoid other pedestrians/runners.
Outdoor running while cursing people for not even making an effort to move over or change direction for social distancing.
count me in
Nike Training CLub video at home
First time up Alpe du Zwift last night!
I had a TT ride yesterday 1h50m pushing hard as if to get away from everybody… dig it early and isolated!
A simple 7km trail run with my wife in the forest right behind our home. Crossed in the passing a lonely biker.
Slow dino run yesterday on Zwift :)
A wonderful Long run yesterday, battling wit the wind.
Zwift all day, everyday ??♂️