While I was enjoying the umpteenth day straight of mind-bogglingly sunny weather here in the ‘City of Light’, it occurred to my that St. Patrick’s day is Monday. Despite the French fondness for any reason to take the day off, it is not considered a national holiday here. Not that it would matter anyway, I get to spend some 12-14 hours on a plane bouncing across the ocean.
So for no other reason than it’s (almost) St. Patrick’s day, and sorta-spring like (lucky charms and all), it’s time for a giveaway.
The prize is simple: A $400 credit to to Clever Training to buy anything from the site you’d like. You can use it on anything they offer, from a Garmin/Polar/Suunto watch to a PowerBeam trainer, or a Quarq power meter. If the item is over $400US, you’ll simply pay the difference, shipping is free either way. The giveaway is open to all readers – including international folks.
To enter yourself in, simply leave a comment below with the following:
To Enter: Give me your weekend workout plans. Simple as that!
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Entries will be accepted through Monday night, 11:59PM Eastern time (March 17th, 2014). I’ll be you giving one device worth up to $400US from Clever Training. Winner will be chosen at random and announced on roughly Tuesday, depending on how tired I am after flying to Mexico City on Monday. One entry per person. The winner can decide on which device after they win. For devices/gadgets/gizmos over $400, the winner can pay the difference.
This giveaway is sponsored by Clever Training, which I’ve got a great partnership with. As you probably remember, by picking up sports technology gadgets from Clever Training you support the site. And on top of that, all DC Rainmaker readers get an exclusive 10% off all products they sell (basically every sports tech company/gadget/device) using coupon code DCR10BTF. Even spring running or cycling gear. And most of all, you support the site in a big way – so I appreciate it!
Note, if you’re US Active Duty Military – you can submit your entry via e-mail. No leprechauns allowed via this method. Mmmkay? Thanks all!
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Fri – Strength
Sat – Bike ride on my new Cannondale SuperX
Sun – Swim
Staring the taper for marathon in 2 weeks – short 12 mile run!
Saturday, easy bike/run brick
Sunday, long bike
Sat: 100k bike and 6k run. Sunday: 4k swim and 8k run hill set. Ouch
Sat: 40k speed ride
Sun: 5k pace run am and an evening technique swim
Easy 5 on Sat, 10ish on Sun.
Ski Friday, Run Saturday (just 2 miles), then relax on Sunday!
To Enter: Give me your weekend workout plans. Simple as that!
Saturday is 4x 3 km progression runs each km gets faster. Sunday is easy long run of 20+ km.
Long mountainous ride to prepare for my first century in two weeks!
13-mile run on Sunday
Saturday 3hr cycle followed by brick run 30-40 min
sunday club coaching 2hour coaching cycling with brick then endurance swim 4 x 1000m at css+8
monday cos its paddys day a early cycle before the parade
2hrs on the bike Saturday and Sunday, short bricks afterwards
My weekend plan is to ride as far as I can south from Oslo/Norway. The rain is coming in from the north and I most likely will have to take the train home 🙂
On a stag do in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Planning on running off the intoxication with a run around the city taking in the sites of the Ljubljanica River and Tivoli Park.
Saturday 80km ride, followed by a 10 km run on Sunday.
3x10k. Keep it simple – hit it where it hurts!
Easy 8k on saturday, long 25k on sunday.
Saturday: Run with my club, probably 8 miles.
Sunday: Run an unknown distance into Manhattan to cheer on my teammates running the NYC Half, then the same distance back home.
I am volunteering at my son’s high school track invitational and running in their community mile race. Sunday I’ll bike a few hills before coaching my daughter’s soccer practice.
Saturday off with family, 2-3 mile run on Sunday!
35 mile ride on Saturday morning and mile repeats on Sunday. More might do an open water swim Sunday afternoon if the wife let’s me
Sunday Runday. Probably 6-8 miles. Thanks for the opportunity!
Shakeout run Saturday, Shamrock half marathon Sunday
Saturday – 7:00 am spinning class, 8:00 am Body Pump (Les Mills) class, 9:00 another spinning class at the local YMCA. Go home, rest, have lunch and then 2:00 pm 20 mile ride (hilly).
Sunday – Ride the bike to the local YMCA (8 miles) for Body Combat (Les Mills) at 8:15. Ride home. Probably use the Tacx trainer later in the afternoon.
I will running 6 miles tempo run on Saturday and a 10 mile long run at race pace on Sunday.
Start all over with a 5K plan after a few months of injury. Looking forward to a fresh painless start!
After signing up for my first triathlon, this weekend I’ll be doing my first brick work out…
Houston Rodeo! (And try to squeeze in a bike ride or two.)
10k in the morning, surprise party for a friend tomorrow evening.
long bike immediately followed by short run
10km of trail running! Woohoo!!!
50 mile ride on Saturday and a masters swim on Sunday.
And,
To Enter: Give me your weekend workout plans. Simple as that!
Got to FTD!
Saturday-St. Pat’s race. Sunday – easy 18
2-3 hour base ride
Im continuing to follow my trainer road plan. I am on week 2 link to trainerroad.com
Saturday: Gym in the morning for a full upper body workout, followed by a light 30km ride. Afternoon, will be a nice trail ride with the wife and the kid here in Erfurt, Germany and then a picnic.
Sunday: Training ride in preparation for my first Tri in June. Then sing Lensky in our production of the opera Eugene Onegin at 15:00 🙂
I will be running the DC Rock and Roll Marathon on Saturday. I will be a couch potato on Sunday.
Last Full Distance run before tapering for a Half-Marathon next weekend
I’m two weeks into my first training program of my adult life so my weekend exercise program is so strange to me!
Fri. Ride to gym. Row and weights. Ride to work. Ride home.
Sat. Ride to gym. Row and weights. Swim. Ride home.
Sun. Ride for fun. Ride to pool. Swim. Ride home.
15 miles cycling Fri., 25 mi Sat., 15 mi.Sunday.
10km of trail running.
Saturday: 60 mile ride in the Surrey Hills
Sunday: Olympic distance Duathlon
All in the sunshine! Can’t wait
Part a) A long slow distance dog walk to wear them out, then a long slow breakfast (because its saturday!), then a long slow uni study session, (because it’s saturday, no-one wants that!).
Part b) A tempo run (to get the blood pumping), followed by a tempo lunch (time is running out!), then a tempo walk to catch up with friends for a evening that will end up being a ‘fartlek’ style bar crawl for birthday celebrations!!
And that’s just my busy saturday, that would be much more manageable with a nice sporty timepiece to keep me on track!
Friday 4 miles, Saturday 4 miles, Sunday 20 miles. Prepping for the SLO Marathon next month.
Sat am 5K park run
sun pm 3x16mins @ 6:30 min mile pace with 2mins recovery
Saturday: AM – Finally some warm weather for an outdoor bike ride (1 hour time trial); PM – Chase the kids around the yard while complaining about how tired I am from the bike ride. Sunday: AM – Long run (13 miles); PM – Gripe about the drastic change in weather from Saturday’s forecast (20 degrees colder and rain). Monday: AM – Swim before work (two miles); PM – Frantically seek out Aspirin to ease the hand soreness from pinching those that did not wear green on Saint Patrick’s Day!
Sat 120 min run
Sun 180 min Rugby trig
45 min speed work
Train hard fight easy!!
Training this weekend include running the Rock and Roll USA marathon and an easy recovery ride on Sunday
Saturday: TRX strength workout, block: 1,5h interval bike+14k run, 1,5h swim
Sunday: 1,5h interval bike – and rest 🙂
Sadly for me and my family the only exertions on Saturday will be walking to the church for my uncle’s funeral. On Sunday I will take my 9 week old daughter for a very long walk along the sea shore in my home town to stretch my legs and to start to build up my core strength before I soon resume running again. (PS Luckily my uncle held his new niece for the first and last time 3 days before he died – now a treasured memory :-))
I’m running my first half marathon (Chicago Get Lucky Half Marathon) tomorrow morning. I will likely take Sunday off or maybe do a short 3 to 5 mile recovery run if the weather is nice and I’m not too sore.
None…just did the LA Marathon last week 🙂
A practice MCAT (that’s a 5-hr slog), followed by a 5-miler in the park.
An easy run before presenting at a conference.
Just heading out for a easy run in Thailand, and 1h openwater swim later today. Tomorrow using the magnificent gym bike (sit down version) for 1h high cadence bike workout + some gym stuff. And also a ~1h openwater swim with 3x500m race pace.
Saturday morning long run 90 min Z2, before the temperature drops again.
Sunday, if the conditions are still good, ~10K cross country ski. Otherwise some time on the bike on the indoor trainer.
Cycling my son 10km for his lessons and back.
30 K CC ski on Saturday (still lots of snow here in Wisconsin)
Either a 2nd ski or a 10 mile hike (snowshoe) on Sunday
Friday – am 10km (easy) pm 20km TT bike
Saturday – 5miles to park run 3km, 5miles back
Sunday – Southern 12stage road relays (5miles)
Long bike rides….. long long bike rides. Gotta do them miles
8 mile run on Saturday, 5 mile easy run Sunday.
I am in the United States Army, so I am going to keep doing what the Army makes me do: Push-ups, sit-ups, 2 mile run. But I do like to go ahead and get some extra running in for some good cardio endurance and I love hiking/geocaching out in the mountains and national forests.
85 km ride with some climbing on Saturday and 10mile run with some surges on Sunday
Saturday: Long run in the morning
Sunday: Group bike ride in the morning, ultimate frisbee pickup game in the afternoon
Anything, anything at all, after a week with the flu.
Saturday 40 min run. Sunday the same. Still recovering from Achilles heel pain.
Running both saturday and sunday because snow came and made cycling difficult
Ciao Ray,
Saturday : bike around the lake (70 km)
Sunday: easy run ( 8km )
Happy St. Patrick
Sat: swim with local masters and run with the new husky in the afternoon. Sun: 1st race in the scottish orienteering league.
Sat morn: 2km swim
Sat afternoon: 40km bike
Sun: 8 pints Guinness!
Doing a long slow 6 miler with my sister-in-law and my wife. I’m training them to their first and second half marathons, respectively.
16km along the lake…
Saturday – hard session on the rollers
Sunday – weights + yoga
I’m helping a friend train for her first 10km race so there is a long slow 10 planned. then I will hit the trails and get some vertical meters in, in preparation for an upcoming ultra.
This time of year is great here in Aus… starting to lose some of the heat.
Hope everyone has a good one.
5 x 3×3 intervals Saturday, Sunday morning 30 minutes light run in nature!
Rest week. Easy swim today, 90 minute “long” run Saturday (probably trail), 45 minutes easy bike on Sunday (then foam roller).
Sat: Trainerroad – Sweat Spot Base – Intermediate Build 1 – 1:30 (End of week 3)
Sun: Yoga
Training for my 2nd half marathon, and my sister’s first half marathon, with my Ironman husband. I can’t tell if us keeping up with him is as hard as him running as slow as us!
Bike workout on TrainerRoad followed by a run on Sat, Run on Sunday!
Squash on Saturday because the weather looks bad. Hopefully a Tandem ride with kiddo on Sunday.
planning few hrs ride on road bike both days, plus some roller skating to check the girls in tights ;-))
Brick workout on Sunday. 1mi ocean swim followed by 60mi bike ride.
I thought losing 100 lbs was hard, but 6 miles?!? Ridiculous! At least it’s not on a boring treadmill!
Rest on Saturday, then try to avoid the bonk on the trainer intervals on Sunday.
Saturday: Swimming 1 hour
Sunday: Core and upper body strength + some foot rehab.
1/2 marathon on sunday (western australia marathon club)
CrossFit 14.3 Sat and a run on Sun!
Saturday I’ll be doing a 2 hour trainer ride, followed by a 30 minute zone 1 run.
Sunday I’ll be hitting the roads for 1:40 long run in zone 1/ zone 2 with a 30 minute recovery ride on the trainer.
I’m going to do a FTP test on my trainer. Then rest on Sunday.
Fri: 10 km easy run
Sat: 18 km hilly long rum
Sin: 10-12 km easy run
On Saturday I’m running 15 miles with 10 at marathon pace,
My 4 year olds birthday party – then a bit of bike for light relief….
I’m getting over a cold, but hopefully a long run Sunday on the Mount Vernon trail.
Friday – Day off to recover from American Red Cross Blood Donation on Thursday night.
Saturday – Ride my indoor bike 25 miles.
Sunday – Turbo Jam & 20 miles on the bike.
Fri: 8 mi run
Sat: 10 min warm up, track workout 8x800m 5:30 pace, 10 min cool down
Sun: 45 min swim
Mountain bike ride on Saturday and hopefully a trail run on Sunday, with a little strength training thrown in for fun
Easy 6-8 tomorrow then maybe a doing the St Patty’s 5K on sunday.
Saturday:
6 am wake up to do crossfit circuit, 30 minute run, suicides and then AMRAP pull-ups, thrusters, squats, and v-ups in 15 minutes.
Later: three rounds max push-ups, two sets of 30 squats, 80 pull-ups, 30 minute bike.
Sunday:
morning stretching with 3 rounds max push-ups with breaks of 30 squats.
Later(in boots and utes): 2 mile run>buddy carries up a hill> buddy drags> buddy belt drags> 2 mile run> 50 pull-ups> 4×400>125 push-ups>50 flights of stairs.
This is my training for Naval ROTC every weekend..