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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 GPS Recommendations.
Here’s my most recent gadget recommendations guide (2012) – covering almost every category of sports gadgets out there. Looking for the equipment I use day to day? I also just put together my complete 2012 ‘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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Understand technology and sport in the How-To Guides.
I enjoy explaining new things to folks – especially showing people how to get the most from their gadgets. Here’s an ongoing list of “How to” guides.
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Read my Top 25 most useful posts.
It turns our I’ve written a fair bit of stuff over the past few years – and after it disappears from my front page, a lot of it never really sees the light of day again without Google’ing skillz. Or a photographic memory…which I don’t have. I’ve taken a look back and found stuff that…continues to find a trickle of readers via web searches or forum links.
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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.
Monthly Archives: October 2012
A Warsaw Runaround
I arrived into a dark, cold, windy – and snow filled – Warsaw, Poland late Sunday night. But shortly after getting to my hotel room fourteen stories up I was already plotting my morning run the next morning. Luckily (well, … Read More Here
Paris Blog: Protesting in the ladies department
I was out running errands the other day and stopped in one of the big Paris department stores – BHV. Despite it only being a few blocks away, I hadn’t gone in yet. But I was in need of two … Read More Here
In the bicycle lane with a barrel of wine
I’ve been cramming in lots of workouts over the last week or so, mixing up devices like a merry-go-round, working towards the conclusions of a bunch of reviews. From the Joule GPS to Barfly mounts to BKOOL and Tacx Genius … Read More Here
Week in Review–October 28th, 2012
The Week in Review is a collection of both all the goodness I’ve written during the past week around the internet, as well as a small pile of links I found interesting – generally endurance sports related. I’ve often wondered … Read More Here
Reminder and tips: The triathlon registration season is upon us
Yesterday I was sifting through a slew of e-mail messages in what I’d consider a bit of a ‘junk’ e-mail account – essentially one I use for things like race registration (who really needs that Brightroom holiday photo offer for … Read More Here
A look at the new Polar Beat Bluetooth Smart app
Late last week, Polar released their first iPhone App – Polar Beat. The app aims to bridge the gap between their dedicated devices and the phone market. Most importantly however, it’s actually the first Bluetooth Smart compatible offering from them. … Read More Here
Hands on with the Revolights system
It’s been approximately a year since I ordered Revolights off of Kickstarter. They arrived a few weeks ago, but I’ve been mostly out of town since then. So tonight I finally had a chance to sit down for a few … Read More Here
The Barcelona Runaround
I got into Barcelona late Friday night. Not for a weekend fling with the city, but rather, for an offsite meeting Saturday and Sunday. Thankfully though, I still found a tiny bit of time to sneak in a few runs … Read More Here
Week in Review–October 21st, 2012
The Week in Review is a collection of both all the goodness I’ve written during the past week around the internet, as well as a small pile of links I found interesting – generally endurance sports related. I’ve often wondered … Read More Here
The Johannesburg (Group DCR) Runaround
Toto, we’re not in Kansas anymore. After a 10 hour flight from London to South Africa, I found myself presenting and meeting 90 minutes later for nearly 9 hours. By the time I finished up I was most definitely ready … Read More Here
My 2012 Trainer Recommendations: Early Edition
In time for the winter season (northern hemisphere), or the bulk of the southern hemisphere training season – I’ve got my full list of trainer recommendations. Before you dig into my specific recommendations, spend a moment to understand how I … Read More Here
Garmin FR910XT Giveaway Results
Wow, another crazy packed giveaway! All in, there were over 1,900 entries! Of which, 1,891 were entered in on the site, and another 19 folks came in from the US Active Duty e-mail registrations. Thank you to everyone that entered! … Read More Here
A look at the opening weekend of our bakery
After weeks of preparations (really months), the big opening of our cupcake shop in Paris happened this weekend. Mostly her shop really, I’m just there to taste cupcakes (no really, that’s what I do). Well actually, I’m also there to … Read More Here
Week in Review–October 14th, 2012
The Week in Review is a collection of both all the goodness I’ve written during the past week around the internet, as well as a small pile of links I found interesting – generally endurance sports related. I’ve often wondered … Read More Here
Paris Blog: Watching a fashion show from my window
I continue to be amazed by how real the fashion ‘scene’ is in Paris. Sure, you think of Paris and fashion as intertwined, but it’s not until you see fashion shoots on a regular basis that you realize it’s all … Read More Here
A Triathlon Weekend Giveaway: Garmin FR910XT
For many triathletes, this weekend holds almost as much spectacle as the Olympic Triathlon races held just two short months ago in London. The Kona based Ironman World Championships is watched by not only by those in the sport, but … Read More Here
The Seoul Runaround
It’s roughly midnight, and I’ve been asleep for two hours. Well, was asleep. For reasons unclear to me, my body thinks it’s time to to wakeup. Clearly, it’s confused. Nonetheless, traffic continues to bustle outside – a never ending surge … Read More Here
Interesting photo crowd sourcing service for Kona this weekend
This is a super-quick post, merely because I wanted to draw attention to it before this weekend (as doing it afterwards would be silly). Long-time readers may remember that I’ve ranted in the past about both the quality and pricing … Read More Here
New gadgets delivered via FedEx bike and a hop through Turkey
For the first time since being here in France, I noticed that one of our packages actually came by way of a FedEx bike carrier – which is pretty cool: And the day of delivery was hardly all nice and … Read More Here
Week in Review–October 7th, 2012
The Week in Review is a collection of both all the goodness I’ve written during the past week around the internet, as well as a small pile of links I found interesting – generally endurance sports related. I’ve often wondered … Read More Here
Paris Blog: The Dancing Goose Market
A couple weeks ago around 10AM on a Friday morning a brass band started playing somewhere across the street. Since moving to Paris, we’ve long gotten used to various impromptu musical performances. Full scale marching bands, solo guitarists, religious processions, … Read More Here
Garmin Fenix In-Depth Review
[Updated 11/1/2012 at 7:30PM Eastern]: Includes 11/1/12 2.90 Fenix Firmware updates that address some of major issues I’ve touched on. The Garmin Fenix was announced this summer as Garmin’s first wristband GPS inclusive foray into hiking/adventure and ultra-running products. The … Read More Here
Sweet new partnership with Clever Training gets you discounts
I’m pretty excited to announce a new long term DC Rainmaker Partnership. One that I’m certain will actually bring you real value. But first, a bit of back story. Over the past year or so, I’ve been approached by a … Read More Here
2012 ANT+ Symposium Technology Roundup
You saw my presentation to the ANT+ Symposium yesterday, highlighting my keynote session that I gave last week. However, I wanted to loop back and highlight some of the things that were delivered to me, rather than me delivering to … Read More Here
My 2012 ANT+ Symposium Presentation
For the third straight year in a row, I’ve presented a keynote session yesterday at the ANT+ Symposium. In presenting here I’m able to address the vast majority of the sports technology industry, from the big player names you hear … Read More Here
