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Florence Marathon Packet Pickup Complete!

www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/11/florence-marathon-complete.html

Speaking of which, you can follow along Sunday using live tracking paired to my watch

Sports Tech Week in Review: March 10th, 2024

www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/03/sports-review-march.html

4) The engineering of Redbull’s 300KPH F1-chasing drone: You may have seen the social media snippets of that crazy F1 drone, but just in case you didn’t see some of the engineering aspects, the full Redbull YouTube video is worth a watch.

A quick look behind the scenes at Clever Training

www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/04/behind-clever-training.html

No, you’re not allowed to watch me, it’ll likely result in me spending a lot of time in the water since it's been years since the last time I tried.

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/09/random-things-did-this-weekend-80.html

It’s not like a watch or other device with a screen which has many possible things to show.

Versailles Triathlon 2016 Race Report

www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/05/versailles-triathlon-2016-report.html

Props to the undoubtedly weary folks standing along the pond ready to watch the start.

Spending time with the LeMond Revolution Fitness ANT+ Trainer

www.dcrainmaker.com/2010/09/spending-time-with-lemond-revolution.html

However you can transmit the data wirelessly via ANT+ to an enabled watch that supports ‘Fitness Equipment’, like the Garmin FR60 – which will upload all that data straight to any program compatible with the Garmin fitness units (Garmin Connect, Sport Tracks, Training Peak, etc…).

SportTracks adds Garmin Connect automatic sync

www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/10/sporttracks-connect-automatic.html

It supports any Garmin device that uploads to Garmin Connect, so you can use a Garmin Forerunner watch, or a Garmin Edge device – or the Garmin Fenix lineup.

First Look: Fitbit announces new Fitbit Alta activity tracker

www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/02/fitbit-alta-announced.html

The Fitbit Alta comes almost exactly one month after Fitbit’s announcement of the Fitbit Blaze at CES, which is their higher end ‘smart fitness watch’.

CES 2012 Garmin updates for Vector, FR910XT and more

www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/01/ces-2012-garmin-updates-for-vector.html

Forerunner 910XT Related Items: A couple of items and updates related to the now somewhat available multisport watch.

A Warsaw Runaround

www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/10/a-warsaw-runaround.html

After a few miles, the watch told me to turn.

Week in Review–January 30th, 2023

www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/01/week-review-january-30th.html

3) World Surf League Declares Apple Watch as Official Sports Equipment: This seems to imply that not only does each competitor receive a device, but is also seemingly expected to wear it too, to get real-time tracking of data.

Garmin’s new Index Smart WiFi Weight Scale: Hands-on (or feet-on)

www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/10/garmins-weight-scale.html

While Garmin has tapered support for ANT+ weight scales within their running watches over the last few years, they actually haven’t lessened the visibility of the weight functionality within Garmin Connect.

Week in Review–October 6th, 2013

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1) Epic Mountain Biking Fail (courtesy of riders in France): Just watch, it’ll make your morning (or evening, wherever you are).

Week in Review–August 21st, 2011

www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/08/week-in-reviewaugust-21st-2011.html

Stuff that I found interesting around the interwebs: Here’s a small smattering of all the random things that I stumbled on while doing my civic duty to find the end of the Internet: 1) The coolest Tour de France Cycling Video Recap you’ll see: Just trust me on this, wander over to this link and watch it.

Behind The Scenes: DC Rainmaker Cave Tour

www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/12/behind-scenes-rainmaker-cave.html

Give it a watch, and a subscribe - Matt’s doing awesome work in the sports tech space!…

Week in Review–January 23rd, 2017

www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/01/week-reviewjanuary-23rd.html

1) The coolest Apple Watch charging stand ever: Yes, really.

Thursday Tech Tidbit: Garmin Rolls Out Sleep Cycle Details, including REM Sleep

www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/06/thursday-details-including.html

Day’s that are grey/blank are those I didn’t wear the watch, or in the case of this week, remain in the future.

Week in Review–July 23rd, 2017

www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/07/week-reviewjuly-23rd.html

It’d be interesting to know how this impacts New Balance, who worked closely with Intel on their Run IQ Android Wear watch, whereby Intel did much of the work (including ongoing updates).

Week in Review–December 22nd, 2012

www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/12/week-in-reviewdecember-22nd-2012.html

Watch the video, I like that I can give a quick friendly boop versus a bigger honk.

Friday Tidbits: Trainer App news, FR245/FR945 gets major update, KICKR Bike gets profiles

www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/12/tidbits-trainer-profiles.html

While their preview video is hilariously too short, the 13 seconds that are within that starting at the 11-second marker are worthwhile watching.

Spectating the 2014 Boston Marathon

www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/04/spectating-boston-marathon.html

We left off with yesterday’s ‘5 Random Things I Did This Past Weekend’ post where I outlined the lead-up into watching The Girl run her first Boston Marathon.

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