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. Mário Sobral

    Being stuck at home, I was able to enjoy a nice fun training with my two boys in our improvised home gym (treadmill, elliptical and a small bench). We actually had lots of fun working out together!

  2. Eric Seger

    alright… another giveaway at exactly the right time… way to go Dcrainmaker

  3. Mike Harrison

    Just did a pack ride on zwift.

  4. Nathan

    Went for a jog this afternoon!

  5. Mike G

    I rode my cyclops 300 pro trainer in front of tv. I need an upgrade!

  6. SUMET N

    Did a YouTube yoga session

  7. KFed

    90 min of over underage on trainer road, the worst jerry, THE WORST!

  8. Bill Pemberton

    Did a Road to Ruins route on Zwift. No one nearby except for the cats.

  9. Anders Larsson

    Headed into the woods on my MTB for an hour to take my mind off things.

  10. Joey Mastropietro

    1 hour trainer ride followed by 30 minute run at half marathon pace.

  11. Andy Harper

    Tour of Watopia stage 4 long ride, it was a grind!

  12. Gamble

    Tried out a fixie for almost two miles, always wanted to try one out…

  13. Kris

    Zoom CrossFit work this morning!

  14. Jay Mi

    Joined a Zwift groupride organised by a local Conti-Team and the National Champ of my country also happened to stop by (who has been riding for a world tour team for a few years now) since he knows some of the guys, racing started and they obviously left me and lots of other guys in the dust. Was super fun nevertheless, 10/10 would do again!

  15. Markus Wråke

    I went for a nice 10 km run in the forest.

  16. Jhony

    I`m infected with the popular virus now, so my activity is: bed –>toilet –> bed :)

  17. Esper olesen

    Managed a 20k cycle in my lunch break while social distancing in centennial park. Gets hard to socially distance before and after work there!

  18. Patrick Young

    Took a 30 mile ride today with 1 co-worker, we did a good job of not drafting and keeping our distance

  19. Ahmad Fairuz Samsuddin

    I did a 14 minutes HIIT workout session at home since our government doesn’t allow any form of exercise outdoors. I miss running and cycling. Sigh…

  20. Ricardo Martins

    30’/6k run around my desert neighborhood.

  21. Stephen Thomas

    Road a trainer in my garage this afternoon. Easy 28 miles

  22. Mac Brown

    I did a zoom workout with the gym!

  23. Michael Daza

    Stage 4 Tour of watopia. But I miss running!! :(

  24. alan rhea

    indoors with just the kinetic and rouvy

  25. Hollyoak

    10k@4’57@71% today around the block !

  26. Marek

    Ride on Zwift, 60 min full gas :)

  27. Steve Simonsen

    I went for a run this morning.

  28. Matt Haber

    A short ride (b/c I have the last vestiges of a head cold) to Tilden Park. My turn around point was El Toyonal, where I get watch happy horses frolic for a bit in the spring sunshine. And I avoided my normal stop point (one the sixty million places named Inspiration Point) b/c of the too many people taking advantage of the one opening in our shelter in place rules–exercise!

  29. Don Hettinger

    Tour of Watopia! Zwift has been a life saver since beta. It has allowed me to make up a lost ride from poor scheduling on my part, to my stage 4 ride a couple of days ago. ??

  30. Doug

    Easy:

    Went out cycling earlier today with my pup, Spyder, for 75 minutes. Didn’t come within 10 feet of a human!

  31. Wayne Schaap

    A TrainerRoad workout in the shed. It was 30C outside and I had the fans running hard. If only there was a way to do group workouts using TrainerRoad. ?

  32. Steve

    Outdoor ride 14k on my roadbike.

  33. John G

    Sprints in the backyard.
    Neighbors think I’m nuts.

  34. Roger

    Gentle walk around the local woods – early in the morning to avoid everyone else

  35. Benjamin Kjeldsen

    Punishing the erg in my living room – the noise ensures social distancing any day.

  36. Etienne

    My last workout was my usual 20 mile (one way) route to and from work on Friday. Unfortunately, my route takes me through a public park, and the lack of social distancing taking place in the park leaves me to commute by car now. I work in a research institute, and we are considered essential.

  37. Chris

    Socially distant on Zwift!

  38. David

    I twisted my ankle something fierce on a trail run last Saturday, and had to hobble 2.5 miles back to the car.

  39. stepanv

    Some running ABC with kids in the garden. With my own kids that is :)

  40. Euan Lindsay

    Nursing a slight back injury so my last workout was a hour walk to, around and back from my local park.

  41. Chris

    Tried a 32km on Rouvy until my phone died! 90 mins deep into the sufferfest on my dumb trainer! Such a fantastic giveaway

  42. Linus

    25 mi easy solo ride

  43. Bruce

    25km Zwift Ride with friends

  44. Bartek Wachta

    More tha ftn likely I won’t be original here, Zwift ride with Fabian Cancellara ?

  45. Wilhelm

    A one hour run in fresh air and severe zig-zagging between the roadsides while passing the slow movers :P

  46. Ryan

    1 hour yoga at my home!

  47. Brian

    A run on the beach!

  48. thomaek

    i’ve just come back from a nice, quiet night run

  49. Matthew Croft

    I went on a 50km ride without my normal group. At least it was a nice ride and the roads were quiet.

  50. Doug M

    Dirt roads bike ride. Don’t think I saw a car.

  51. Another Tour of Watopia attendee.

  52. Aidan

    40 mile solo bike ride(outside)

  53. Charlie

    I could really use a power meter now that they’re finally becoming affordable

  54. Alex Lim

    Half a TrainerRoad workout before a work phone call interrupted

  55. Sam Duncan

    TrainerRoad Workout – Fish -2 (4 x 15 min Threshold Intervals)

  56. Allen B

    Zwifting…Tour of Watopia Leg 5

  57. Anthony Anicete

    Just walking in circles in my backyard

  58. andre

    Last saturday I went cycling. A strong and cold wind was blowing from the north. But the sun was shining and it was doable to keep 1,5 meters distance from other people. Felt good to be outside, in the fresh air.

  59. Niall Gardiner

    Hey club running session (solo) 2 x 6 min 90 sec rec then 16 x 30 sec on 30 sec off – reach for the bucket at the end!

    Love to win this

  60. Frank Satira

    I did a simple group ride with 4 of us together, people with whom I occasionally ride IRL.

  61. Dave W

    Zwift ride with my son…I am in DC and he is in FL, but we rode together!

  62. Konstantin Petoukhov

    Did a group run during which we distanced ourselves by about 100 meters – fastest to slowest!

  63. Ramon

    No specifics this time, just like to win to go for DD trainer… Fingers crossed and no matter the outcome… Ride on ?

  64. dj

    8km run at 6am on a route less travelled

  65. Rob

    Been swifting a lot the last couple of months and doing only a few solo rides outside… But as the time comes i want a new garmin watch or power meter, so i can track my performance even better.

  66. Emily

    I went for a stroller jog with my two kiddos in the double Bob. Hard work pushing 60+ lb of toddler and preschooler!

  67. Badger

    Longtime TrainerRoad user recently decided to give Zwift another go. Enjoying it so far!

  68. Stefan Lepinoy

    Every other day running up to 25km outside with only cows and horses around and the day in between indoor or outdoor cycling with the same companions outdoor, indoor my e-reader and music. Just keep motivation high and focus on the the next goal (competition) will see if it will take place, if not change focus on the next one. Never give up in difficult circumstances.

  69. Mark Tyrrell

    PT exercises for ITBS

  70. Ramon

    No specifics this time, just like to win to go for DD trainer… Fingers crossed and no matter the outcome… Ride on ?

    • Ramon

      Ho that’s a double, please remove… or the other one if this turns out to be the winner ;)

  71. Miles Taylor

    Cycling in the back yard, interrupted three times by:

    a) the neighbour asking how far I’d gone to which I said I’d stayed right there
    b) my wife asking how long I was going to be
    c) my son telling me his little sister had done a poo in her nappy

    Each was during a sprint interval

  72. Mark

    Run with the kids in the “truck stroller”

  73. João Carreira

    My last workout was a bike ride after work. I miss going out on my bike, but hey, I guess the trainer season is here to stay.

  74. Rob F

    A quick ride on my trainer while taking a break from working (from home).

  75. Rado

    Went out exploring our new neighborhood for the running routes.

  76. Robin

    I carried hay to the hay ring for the horses. Does that count?

  77. Pedro Almeida

    Fast intervals on a treadmill!

  78. Chris Jackson

    Last workout was 10,000 meters on my indoor rower. The GPS track is not very interesting. But would love an upgrade to my elderly Suunto Ambit to motivate me toward more outdoor adventures. Thanks for the chance.

  79. Jaime G

    Interval ladder in Canary Wharf (RGT Cycling)

  80. Andrew

    Nice hour long run- no lockdown in northern Virginia and not many people on the roads (trails are a different story)

  81. Ryan Bahm

    A nice scenic ride on some lonely roads out near North Bend.

  82. Nuno Silva

    1hour on my dumb turbo trainer whith some z4 efforts.

  83. Colin

    Rouvy ride in the back den.

  84. Randy Yoder

    Went Zwifting today

  85. Eric F

    Zwift – Tour of Watopia Stage 5 Short group ride.

  86. Rich Meese

    A little bit of zwift, so far.. going to try tacx or similar tomorrow.. doing the rounds before I decide which one to stick with :)

  87. Andrew

    100 laps of my backyard with 400 right angle turns and 100 u-turns. Doing an everesting was easier mentally ?

  88. richard bringas

    trainerroad – dade + 1, 1hr 15 minutes

  89. John Shanks

    I work on a farm no time for riding bikes, every day is a workout here. I run the farm on my own permanently socially distanced!!!

  90. mike masterson

    I got a 30 mile ride in 3 hours before the lockdown

  91. Marc H Simkin

    I’m been doing workouts most days indoors using either TrainerRoad or Zwift with the Kick’r and Climb. I’ve been waiting to get outside for months now, and it just isn’t happening.

  92. Jason Kuder

    Did a run around the neighborhood with my daughter (6 feet away).

  93. Simone Pillon

    Just a Step session…. my reign for a trainer! :)

  94. Dillon TB

    Let’s do this! Time to get in some distancing by putting some distance down on the pavement!

  95. Edwin

    Ran back and forth to the cookie jar while on a video conference. Does that count?

  96. Raphael

    Just some walks right now..but I can see what I would buy with that giveaway !

  97. John

    Hard 5k run outside

  98. Kiersten Kotronis

    Zwift. Bike and treadmill. Whole family is involved.

  99. Jeremy

    Last workout… Wahoo kickr, zwift, volacano circuit. (I like the joke about zwift races being cancelled because someone’s avatar was found to be positive for COVID-19)

  100. Jason W.

    Yesterday, in my basement, on my trainer. Cat’s don’t count for social distancing, right?