Ironman Canada 2008 – Day 3
www.dcrainmaker.com/2008/08/ironman-canada-2008-day-3.htmlThen, it was a quick jaunt over to the ‘Bike to run’ bag drop-off, where I stashed my running shoes and Garmin wrist strap.
5 Random Things I Did This Weekend in Malta
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/10/random-things-weekend-malta.htmlAll culminating in a review of all three new cameras (GoPro Hero4 Black, Hero4 Silver, and the new GoPro Hero) more or less the day before/after my Garmin FR920XT review.
Muoverti’s Tiltbike Looks Cool: But It’s A Long Ways Away
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/11/muovertis-tiltbike-looks.htmlI noticed that in one of their ‘everybody at a party riding the bike’ video snippets, the bike in those scenes is equipped with Garmin’s Vector/Rally power meter pedals, which could be used for comparative testing.
Week in Review–April 3rd, 2011
www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/04/week-in-reviewapril-3rd-2011.htmlThe most popular was probably the Art of Pacing post, lots of additional great comments in there too! Here’s all the stuff that landed on the front page: Sunday: Week in Review: March 26th, 2011 Monday: National Half-Marathon Race (and Pace) Report Tuesday Morning: A look at the 2011 Multisport Expo in Washington DC Tuesday Evening: Forerunner 310XT Giveaway Winner! Wednesday: The Art of Pacing with a Garmin Thursday: A day in…the past three years Stuff that I found interesting around the interwebs: Here’s a small smattering of links I found interesting this week: 1) Cycling 6-Pack Beer Holder: I’m not sure this particular item needs much more explanation – but it’s a beautifully designed 6-pack holder for bottles of beer on a bike.
5 Random Things I Did This Weekend: Last Cape Town Edition
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/02/random-weekend-edition.htmlThis year I brought one bike and one trainer, but I handed off the trainer back to Tacx (actually, to Garmin South Africa) – so that eliminated that.
Thoughts on GoPro’s new Fusion 360° 5.2K camera
www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/05/thoughts-gopros-fusion.htmlJust like Garmin, Sony, Yi, and everyone else does.
Hands-on: Wattbike introduces new Atom stationary bike (with ANT+/BLE and more!)
www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/09/wattbike-introduces-stationary.htmlBoth Garmin Edge and Wahoo ELEMNT/BOLT units support FE-C control of trainers, and that would now extend to the Wattbike Atom.
Strava Cuts Off Leaderboard for Free Users, Reduces 3rd Party Apps for All, and More
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/05/strava-leaderboard-reduces.htmlOnly devices like those from Garmin/Wahoo/Hammerhead/etc that have Strava Live Segments can display that for paying members.
Is Zwift About to Acquire TrainerRoad?
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/01/zwift-acquire-trainerroad.html5) “Take your workout Outdoors”: This is again, virtually identical wording to TrainerRoad’s feature for “Outdoor workouts”, which also specifically include just Garmin and Wahoo at this time.
Cycles and Cupcakes
www.dcrainmaker.com/2009/02/cycles-and-cupcakes.htmlThen I loaded it into my Garmin 705 and set off.
The Because It’s Friday $500 Gadget Giveaway!
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/01/because-friday-giveaway.htmlIf you win, you can use that credit for anything from the GoPro Hero6 Black, to a Suunto Spartan Ultra, to a random pair of socks, to the Garmin Vector 3 power meter, or heck, even towards a new trainer.
ROTOR announces new INpower power meters, starting at $779US
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/04/rotor-inpower-meters.htmlyour Garmin).
My 2012 Trainer Recommendations: Early Edition
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/10/my-2012-trainer-recommendations-early.htmlIt’s effectively future proofed by supporting both ANT+ and Bluetooth Smart, meaning it can connect to your existing ANT+ devices and broadcast power meter metrics (for example, to a Garmin FR310XT or Timex Global Trainer), as well as do the same directly to Bluetooth Smart compatibility devices.
The effects of a cold on athletic performance
www.dcrainmaker.com/2008/10/effects-of-cold-on-athletic-performance.htmlHave a good weekend everyone! And yup, I have the Garmin Forerunner 405 write-up planned for Sunday night sometime, based on the results of the vote last week.
5 Random Things I Did This Past Weekend
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/01/random-things-weekend.htmlThus, a Garmin or any of my other tools can’t read the data stream.
Google’s Pixel Watch Hands-On: Here’s What You Need to Know
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/10/googles-pixel-watch.htmlAs one might expect, it’s kinda hard to encapsulate the entirety of a wearable platform (be it Apple/Google/Garmin/etc…) into a handful of bullet points, especially given there’s likely thousands of features to cover.
One way ticket
www.dcrainmaker.com/2009/07/one-way-ticket.htmlBoth my Garmin 705 (barometric altimeter) and the little sign next to where I finished noted the height at 2,000 ft.
A weekend tapering the run, increasing the bike
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/04/weekend-tapering-increasing.htmlUpon finishing up I stopped all the Garmin’s, and then shut down the WASP that I’ve been using.
First Ride: Quarq’s New DZero Power Meter Series
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/09/new-quarq-dzero.htmlIn any case, pretty geeky stuff aside, I got it all paired up with both a Garmin Edge 820 as well as a Suunto Spartan Ultra GPS watch.
Training while travelling
www.dcrainmaker.com/2009/03/training-while-travelling.htmlMotionbased.com is part of Garmin’s portfolio of online sites where anybody using a GPS watch can upload their workouts to it.
Norway in a Nutshell
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/09/norway-in-nutshell.htmlI had put the Garmin Fenix on tracking the full ride.
Kona FR920XT or Fenix2 Giveaway Results!
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/10/fr920xt-giveaway-results.htmlFrom there, it was off to my favorite Random.org to find a winner: So, I then took that number and…
Eurobike Day 2: The Fun Stuff
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/08/eurobike-fun-stuff-2.htmlThis one (below) just happened to be on the bike (not a Garmin employee).
5 Random Things I Did This Weekend
www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/05/random-things-did-this-weekend-46.htmlAside from the 89 variants of ‘If I’ve collapsed, someone pause my Garmin’, there’s virtually nothing out there like these in the running realm.
5 Awesome Things I Did and Saw on Bastille Day 2014
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/07/awesome-things-bastille.htmlThe two exceptions to that camera would be the flyby photo over Notre Dame was shot with a Garmin VIRB action camera sitting in a window recording 1080p video (and then I grabbed a still later), and one of the Eiffel Tower lawn shots during daytime with my iPhone.
