A Friday Giveaway

Sometimes I end up with smaller things that don’t quite make it into my larger giveaways.  Sometimes those are items that I’ve bought, and sometimes they are ‘unique’ items that others have offered up.

This time, I’m going to combine the two…just for fun.

Back at the ANT+ Symposium the founder of Brim Brothers offered me a limited edition jersey revolving around the Brim Brothers Zone cleat-based power meter.  It’s the jersey they give to their test team folks.  You remember me talking about it here.  It was for me, but I explained that in general I usually pass on items to you all instead.  So he agreed that was understandable and was good with me giving it away to you instead.  Thus, a limited edition jersey for you.  Apparently there were less of these made than honest politicians.

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(It says test team, and yours will be brand new in a not-so-fancy plastic bag, and in your size)

But, just because I’m known for kicking it up a notch – I figured that if you’re going to be out riding, you should probably have a way to record that ride.  And since you’ll be riding with a power-meter companies jersey, you should probably have a bike computer that’s compatible with such a device.  And soon, the Garmin Edge 500 will be happily compatible with the Brim Brothers Zone – displaying Left/Right power as well as all the usual power goodness.

So because it’s Friday, and because it’s not Friday the 13th (that was yesterday, Thursday the 13th)…I’m going to give away the jersey, and toss in a brand new Edge 500 with a heart rate strap as well.  Just for fun.

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Oh, and I’ll even include a DC Rainmaker sticker. Again, just cause I can.

But, because I want to reward all of you who just read day to day, I’m not including in the title that there’s an Edge 500 in here…nor will I tweet that there’s one.  And, the contest will only run till the end of Sunday, midnight eastern time (11:59PM Sunday the 16th).

Sound good?

If so – just drop a note below.  I’ll keep it simple.  Just tell me your last cycling workout (be it during training or racing).  How long, how far, how many squirrels you hit, etc… Winner will be chosen at random.  Goodness will be sent anywhere in the world.  From Arkansas to Zimbabwe.

Have a great weekend all!

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  1. Didn’t hit any squirrels my last time out on the Schuykill River Trail outside Philly, but I did have to swerve to avoid a groundhog!

  2. Mathew Pottinger

    My last cycling workout was up a rather large hill to get to work from my house. The ride there is very slow going as it is all up hill, but the ride home down the hill after an exhaustive day takes a fraction of the time. No squirrels were injured during this workout.

  3. Biking to and from work. No squirrels hit, just a lot of darkness and rain. And my next workout? The same tomorrow, but maybe no rain.

  4. Limegren

    I just went on an easy one hour cross training ride, went really well.

    Almost ran over an already-dead garder snake though it was exploded all over.

  5. Serious!?! Giveaways just because you can? Awesome!

    I’m at the beginning of a base period at the moment, due to a long work induced layoff, so was supposed to complete a flat hour long ride in Zone 3 HR. Sadly, I had to cut it short at 32 mins due to a strand pain the developed behind my right knee. No warning, not a pre-existing issue, so I’ll rest up a bit and see what happens in a few days when I ride again.

    Awesome blog, I look forward to you posts!

  6. Does the hour trainer ride I just did to keep my head from exploding after getting my wallet stolen count? Yes? Good.

  7. Todd

    A dead flat, boiling hot, high humidity, 25-mile slog in the hair-dryer like wind of Houston, Texas. Pray God but I miss hills.

  8. Riding to/from work (60km total). Smashed my previous best time. Did’nt hit any squirrels but Cane Toad season it about to start and looking forward to hitting some of those 🙂

  9. last “workout” was sunday, bike is still in ups’ hands…

  10. I rode 83km, just over 3 hours on a easy ride to ‘Bald Knob’ on Queensland sunshine coast (Australia). No squirrels sightings or collision for me. It was however one of the damper rides I’ve been on in some time (complete with thunder and lightning!)

  11. Last workout would have been this morning, from home to work via the coffee shop. Beautiful spring morning, no wallabies, wombats or possums today (last wallaby I hit was a while back). Not sure if it counts as a workout because I was enjoying myself too much. 27km, 328m, 55 min (not including the coffee).

  12. Been traveling for work, so did two hours and fifteen minutes on the stationary bike at the Westin in Orange County early this morning. I got into triathlons earlier this year but think I’m getting to the point where I need to start doing more heart rate training to kick it up a notch so this would be awesome. Love your blog! Keep up the good work.

  13. On the local rails to trails. 20 miles. Mellow ride.

  14. My last “workout” was “Australia’s Ride To Work Day”. 60km’s round trip. However, I’m going to smash out a session on the trainer using trainerroad.com tonight (thanks for the heads-up on that awesome piece of software – makes sessions on the trainer awesome).

  15. Jake C

    Hey last ride was just 4 hours ago! Did my 2nd cyclocross race ever. Took 2nd. Nearly died multiple times. Need clip-in mtn shoes and cleats. Almost as much as a need a cool cycling jersey and especially a Garmin! : )

  16. Brian Sauerhage

    We rode 160 miles last weekend from North of LA to San Diego and raised $200,000 for wounded EOD technicians.

  17. i didn’t hit a squirrel, but i almost went over a rabbit. Last workout was a 6 mile run in issaquah. It’s getting chilly here now.

  18. Had exactly 15 minutes to spare between work and picking up my kids yesterday, so I went out, rode up the hellish hill that starts near the end of my driveway, and flew down.

  19. Bill D.

    About a 28-mile mtb ride on some great single-track. No squirrels, but took a nasty spill when I misjudged the size of a rock and clipped it with my pedal.

  20. Not exactly a workout but I went to LA for an interview a few days ago and I rode a cruiser alongside Manhattan Beach, which was quite enjoyable !

  21. Aaron

    the sufferfest revolver. one of my favourites!

  22. Shelby Forrest north of Memphis, TN on my cross bike because my road bike and I were hit by a car. I was chasing Strava KOMs with a friend and forgot to restart my computer after our rest stop. No KOM data got stored after a crushed a few climbs that were sure to beat the old records. 🙁

  23. Ben Richards

    46 miles round trip, up and down Mt Tam (Marin County, CA). Two flats on the way down, one at speed. Yikes! I had just the one tube, but people are amazingly friendly up there, so it turned out all right.

  24. Well I’ve spent the whole week recovering from my last ride. And reading DCRainmaker of course. Last Sunday was the Brisbane to Gold Coast 100k event which kicked off at 5:15am. Yikes. A cool 16C at the start and a steamy 30C by home time some 7 hours later. The race was great, and the ride back was very cruisy. The only wildlife in question were a couple of protective magpies.

  25. tom

    Well, recovering from injury so the last ride was very short (7 miles) and easy, dont want to ruin recovery.
    Thanks

  26. Mine was on my brand new computrainer that does not work properly. I could only manage 20 minutes as the resistance gets too hard to peddle. Waiting on a replacement part before I get a good workout. Luckily no squirrels inside the house.

  27. No squirrels, but there was a hawk-shredded rabbit along the way … last work out was an easy 20 miles of bike path

  28. My last cycling workout was a half ironman. Probably done riding for a while since the weather is turning toward winter in the northeast. Hoping to get a new tri bike this spring!

  29. Last workout was on my singlespeed 29er on a new to me trail under perfect weather. Absolute blast. It was only 10 – 11 miles (I would know a lot more accurate number with an Edge 500), but it was good for the soul.

  30. My last training was actually done on my trainer at home, mainly due to bad weather in Puerto Rico, for my first sprint triathlon event this coming November (had done a beginners oriented super-sprint before). Had to maintain a cadence of 60 for 1 hour using a 53/14 combo. That was followed by a 30 minute run. Needless to say, my legs were a bit sore afterwards.

  31. No squirrels around his time, but a deer almost run into me. Just a 60km ride enjoying a very unusual warm fall in Manitoba

  32. Hi Ray, thanks for the giveaway!

    Last weekend I did a metric century (we were a little short so we ended up going out and back a few miles until we made the 62 miles).

    It took a while, we were going slow, maybe 5 hours including a stop at the pub for lunch.

    We didn’t hit any squirrel, but I did manage to crash my bike, I got too close to a wooden guardrail, lost my balance, got caught on it, my bike stopped, I didn’t, I ended up swinging out over the guardrail, somehow landed on my feet, and barely got a scratch.

    My edge 305 wasn’t so lucky. I must have hit it on the guardrail because the LCD smashed. But at least I got back on the bike and did another 20 miles or so without incident.

  33. You’re quite generous there Ray!

    My last ride was to work and back. I’m in the Royal Australia Air Force and ride up to the base every day.

    Luckily it wasn’t raining for the ride, like it so often does, but it was windy. Hella windy.

    30knots on the nose on the way to work. Slowed me down a bit. But it’s OK, I thought – can’t wait for that as a tailwind on the way home! Wrong. Some miracle of science results in the wind shifting 180deg, causing me to have the same headwind on the way home.

    Sadface!

    Thanks again Ray. Love your blog.

  34. Oh a great new toy… if only you could make it come my way, shipping would actually be cheaper.

  35. Turning dark fast during evenings in Sweden now adays, too fast. Was out 20 km when I started to realize that…. Was really pitch black when I got back to the car and no lights either….. gnarly…..

  36. My last cycling workout was this afternoon in front of the tv on my bike trainer while on a conference call… Gotta luv working from home. Had to stop every 10-15 minutes of riding to interject on the call, but none the less put in a good days of work

  37. The sufferfest…local Hero

  38. My last workout was only 10 kms on Kuakini Highway the day before Kona IM to make sure the bike was OK and to keep my legs ticking over. I raced the next day and plan to rest a while now.

  39. Gotta love your trickery!

    Last cycle workout was Sunday at 43 miles. 2 hours and 45 minutes. No squirrels but there was one that was trying to commit suicide. I barely missed him from bicycle bifurcation.

  40. My last workout was sadly a month ago… Went on vacation and haven’t gotten back in the swing of things. Hopefully i’ll have time on Saturday to put the bike to use.

  41. 50 mile group ride. It was supposed to be 70ish, but I was a wimp and cut out early.

  42. Your giveaways never cease to amaze; thanks for being so good to your readers! My last run was a perfect CT coast ride, from beach to beach. Even got sprayed by the Sound a bit. 🙂

  43. I had a explosive workout on the hills here in Belgaum, Karnataka, India. Didnt hit any squirrels as this is rainy season and most squirrels hibernate. Lovely overcast sky and weather. Just the perfect setting for a good interval training session.

  44. Andrew Tait

    Just finished a 1 hr basement trainer suferfest, fired up the computer and my outlook changed, giveaway from a cool site! No squirrels in the basement but a nasty black spider decided to drop down in front of me while on the trainer. Couldn’t stop, coach Troy kept yelling at me to concentrate and not lose focus, oh well the joys of living in the north and retreating to the basement earlier than most.

  45. My last significant ride was fun on so many levels. Went on a gravel road ride this week on the outskirts of Wichita, KS that started at 6 pm. I had my SS 29er with 2.4s, the rest were on geared bikes, mostly cross. Well, my gear was too short, so I had to spin about 100 rpm to keep up. First bit of fun.

    Second bit of fun: The ride was supposed to be 1 to 1.5 hours. I ate what I normally would for that duration. Didn’t bring any food with me. So of course, we wind up going way, way further on the out portion of an out-and-back. I started bonking about 1:50 into it.

    Because I was flagging, the rest of the crew was up ahead. I could see them, as it was dead dark out and we all had lights. I saw them turn and I kept heading that way. At which point, I hear a number of coyotes yipping and howling. Cool. Until I pick up the sound of a canine running behind me. I only had a bar light, so I could not see said creature behind me. That was the spooky part. Sprint up to the group and my bonked legs nearly lock up. I’m not overly worried about a coyote being too much of a hassle, but I sure don’t want them taking a nip, if you know what I mean. Fun #3.

    Kept slogging on, going slower and slower, until getting back to the lot… 3 hours later. About 34 miles. Oh, and I’m new to the area, so I wasn’t exactly sure where I was going when the group was out ahead.

    All in all, the most memorable ride I’ve had this year.

  46. Last Bike Workout — 20 mile commute from Larkspur, CA to San Francisco. Hills, flats, Golden Gate Bridge crossing.

    No squirrels hit, although in a strange Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom moment, a squirrel was standing in the middle of the road on the one big descent on the ride. Normally no problem, right? Well, it’s not a problem unless a Red-tailed hawk swoops by your head nearly knocking you off your bike, looking for a morning snack. Squirrel ran right in front of me. I had to swerve to avoid the squirrel, but I definitely faired better than he/she did. I didn’t hit it, but the hawk did.

  47. The Black Diamond Half Ironman in Enumclaw, WA on my way to a 2:44 bike split and a 5:33 PR. Great Day!

  48. Last ride was 109 mile AYCE Century in Huntsville, AL with my brother. Good times!

  49. One of my better training rides with our local tri club this evening. Garage ride on our trainers for an hour, I can’t get dropped!

  50. Tour du Neron, Grenoble French Alps.

    Not the last workout, no squirrels, but lots of technology used – there is a geolocalized video of it actually …

    link to youtu.be

    Regards,

    Cornelius

  51. My last ride was on the F1 (Gilles Villenuve) circuit just off the island of Montreal. That was yesterday. Saw a fox and groundhogs,and a couple of squirrels too!! All happy critters enjoying the fall day.

  52. Dan

    My last cycling workout was a very ordinary and mundane 30 minutes on the trainer.

  53. last cycling workout is commute 10 miles in a warm evening at south bay area, CA. nothing special, watching people driving on a packed freeway :p

  54. Rew

    Feeling lucky? Last long cycle was about 60km along the isere river here in Grenoble, France. Training for marathon at the time as injury didn’t allow running.

  55. 56 miles and 7500vf in the Magic Mountain HIM. Run afterwards was painful!

  56. Hi, great site. My last traning run, was a MTB ride on a local trail around Ljubljana, Slovenia. I bet you have to google it to get some idea where that is. 🙂

  57. A short 20 mile ride that passed by a squirrel ( I think) that had been hit and ran over many times.

  58. Was doing a full ftp test according to the “training and racing with power meter” book.

  59. No squirrels injured in my last workout. Indoor trainer using traineroad, 1 hour and killed myself on the into zone 4 on the intervals but loved it all the way.

  60. My last ride was a Olympic distance tri that was going on the same time as the first US tri-star race. I was wishing I ha signed up for that :). PR though so smiles all around!

  61. I’m South African and live in Cape Town, so I cycle the Argus cycle tour every year and it’s time to start training, so last weekend I had the bike on the indoor trainer and while the meat was on the fire I was on the bike. It was a great work out as I kept having to hope off and turn the meat…

  62. Last ride was last weekend, mountain biking in a torrential downpour. Accidentally turned off my Forerunner 205 and didn’t realize it until several miles later. No squirrels, but I did almost get a few birds. 🙂

  63. My last ride was a 35k Saturday.

  64. last time riding was a 100k around some lakes here in dutchie land. And seeing almost no cars made it quite memorable(normally i can’t walk 10meters without crossing as many cars). The only pain i felt was a drafter tailing me for 30k and when i slowed down to eat he just took off. Not a very nice thing to do.

  65. Last ride was actually 4 weeks ago if we don’t count the trainer. 2 hours and 60km with the nice swedish autumn sun as a company.

  66. My last one was a commute to school and back. It’s been far too long, though, since I’ve done anything besides running.

  67. This is Santa Claus stuff Ray.

    My last cycling workout was actually a simulated criterium with my riding group. New kit and Garmin Edge will be nice for my next morning ride.

  68. A leisurely ride around the neighborhood with my 10-year old son.

  69. My last ride was a 100k ride through “Bergisches Land”, an area near Cologne, Germany. Just a nice, relaxing workout…

  70. Didn’t get hit by a squirel, but got stung by a bee on my last adventure that wrapped up my 2011 road season: the Harvest Century in PDX area. Weekend before that was the King Ridge Gran Fondo in Santa Rosa! My next workout? After a nice bit of rest, base training in Nov.

  71. i am in new york for a business trip. I dont have my bike with me but since i miss my bike for 3 weeks now. I tried a bike rental just for fun and biked around manhattan with a cheapo bike but it did the job and at the end of the day. i got to go around the city and enjoying my bike ride

  72. i am in new york for a business trip. I dont have my bike with me but since i miss my bike for 3 weeks now. I tried a bike rental just for fun and biked around manhattan with a cheapo bike but it did the job and at the end of the day. i got to go around the city and enjoying my bike ride

  73. i am in new york for a business trip. I dont have my bike with me but since i miss my bike for 3 weeks now. I tried a bike rental just for fun and biked around manhattan with a cheapo bike but it did the job and at the end of the day. i got to go around the city and enjoying my bike ride

  74. JZ

    An hour on the computrainer given an injured calf and no running. Only the kitchen is being redone, to a fridge, microwave, hot pot, TV, xbox and receiver were plugged into an outlet run. As was the computrainer. Poof went the power when the wife made the coffee. Three times. Ooops.

  75. My last workout was in a outdoor velodrome with a very strong wind. headwind…neutral….tailwind…neutral… repeatx200 impossible to get any rythym! wont be rushing out to do that again anytime soon

  76. Last workout was nothing special just very beautiful autum landscape but VERY chilly 😉

    Awesom work you do – brights up my work days!

  77. My last MTB training was a technique session; so no word on distance, 3 hrs, zone 2-3 :).

    No squirrels out, bit did make a snake bite on my way back.

  78. My last ride was a charity race and i somehow came in 3rd. Been suffering with a cold ever since 🙁

  79. Dave Cochrane

    I did a short 30k blast as a beginning to my buildup for the Auckland 70.3 in March. Beautiful day, and only one squashed possum seen!

  80. Just the everyday ride to work.

  81. 112 mile easy ride in the land of Kona…..Took it easy so I could actually run a marathon afterwards, good training day eh?

  82. Hi, my last cycling workout was about 50 km around San Daniele del Friuli, in Italy. Do you know the famous San Daniele ham? There was a wonderful smell 🙂

  83. A hard hilly 24 mile brick session sandwched betwee two 5 mile runs. Prep for the Ballbuster next month!

  84. woz

    Last cycling workout was a feeler about 5 weeks after an ankle arthroscopy: only ~15 miles on flat ground, but the ankle felt great.

  85. My last MTB ride was:
    link to connect.garmin.com
    70 km, 1500+

    It was in Veneto-Italy, starts in Montebelluna (TV) then:
    – Mercato Vecchio
    – Colle Mostaccin
    – Monte Tomba
    – Asolo (TV)

  86. Last bike ride was cycling to work. 27km in 56minuts starting at -1C at 6:45. Brr…

  87. Last race went badly. Had a flat, a cramp and a broken chain. Next mountain bike race is in 2 weekends time. Can’t wait!

  88. Pick me! Pick me! No squirrels, but a few dead bugs. Added a few miles to my commute ride + backpack.

  89. it was a half ironman race 😀 no squirrels 🙁

  90. Last cycling workout was pacing a friend over the last 25 miles from Carlsbad to La Jolla Shores down the beautiful 101. He didn’t quite get to a century, but we had some good times.

    Thanks, Ray!
    Matt

  91. The racing season is well over here in Switzerland, so my recent and forthcoming rides are all about enjoying being on the bike before the wintry weather sets in (but doing lots of running throughout winter of course, and in a couple of months cross-country skiing season will be here).

    During summer the high Alpine road passes are the highlights, but now for me, it’s mostly about mountainbike touring, some high passes thrown in before they’re permanently snowed in. The main aim is to get away from everything, be in the nature, and be away from motorised traffic. My last tour was part of one of the National MTB routes:
    link to mountainbikeland.ch
    Heavenly!

  92. My last and permanent cycling workout is a new work commute here in Worcestershire England, up something called Wychbury Hill. Nightmare!

  93. My last ride was with a good friend of mine north of Augsburg/Germany on a beautiful friday noon.
    I ended up with 104 km and came home just in time for some afternoon coffee and self made bakery. Delicious.
    link to gps-sport.net
    We just hit a huge road construction and tried to drive around it, but failed. So we had to drive through it.
    Anyway, it was a great ride.

  94. Sad but true, I had to look at Garmin Connect to remember what my last ride was: Saturday, July 09, 2011. Yep, that’s over three months ago and I blame the weather!

  95. Jan

    Biking to and from work 10 days ago. A lot of darkness in the morning and I missed the sunrise. No squirrels. hit. Because of the coldness here in Germany in the morning, I’ve now switched to the gym.

  96. My last ride was on my mountain bike and it was nothing unusual. Just easy spin in the forest. No animals except one little frog.

    Now it’s time to train for an autumn marathon so running is the activity number one. And swimming too, regrettably. 🙂

  97. 2 km easy ride from home to the nearest beach with wife and sons, just to acustom the children to bike riding. Unfortunanely 😉 , no squirrels were damaged

  98. A few months ago my hip got injured kinda badly and I wasn’t able to run for quite a while.
    So, to keep up I borrowed a trainer bike from a friend, the idea was to put the bike in front of my laptop and watch TV-series and workout at the same time. No squirrels in my room though…
    Great fun the first few times but I’m happy I’m back running now =)

  99. Last bike workout was yesterday, easy 40k ride. To the beach; lots of runners, almost no swimmers and even less cyclists. Came back home through the city, gave directions to some backpackers at a set of traffic lights. Nothing out of the ordinary, just some honest and enjoyable training.