Timex Marathon GPS Giveaway!

IMG_7098

With less than a week left in May, spring is flying by!  I’ve been trying to plan out weekends for the next two months, coveting a way to spend each weekend day, usually in the great outdoors.  And often based around training or racing schedules.

Tonight ended up being a perfect BBQ night after a nearly 2hr brick with hill repeats, and thus hopefully the start of many more warm spring hill & BBQ nights.  So with no more complex reason than that, I’m giving away a Timex Marathon GPS unit.

IMG_6637

The best thing though is you’ve got nothing more to do than leave a single comment below (multiple comments don’t count around these parts!).  Simply answer the question below:

What are your training and/or racing plans for this weekend ahead (Apr 27-29th)?

For those curious, I’ll be doing a 10-mile trail run at Fountainhead on Saturday, and a 40ish mile bike ride on Skyline on Sunday.  Definitely looking forward to both!

The entry period will run until Friday Apr 27th, 2012 at 11:59PM Eastern Time, at which point I’ll close the entry period and randomly select a winner. Like the all my giveaways there are no restrictions on where the goods go to – so no matter where in the world you are, I’ll send to you. The winner will get a brand new Timex Marathon GPS unit.

As I do from time to time (though, it’s been a while), this particular giveaway is sponsored by one of the site sponsors (BeMultisport.com), which is an online sports device retailer based just down the road from me.  They paid for the unit, though I’ll pay for the shipping (which, come to think of it, if you’re in Uzbekistan may actually end costing more than the unit itself…).  As always, supporting site sponsors helps support the site.  Circle of life thing.

image

(Note: If you’re active duty US military and deployed, simply shoot me an e-mail and I’ll get ya entered in. For those curious on how the giveaways work, here’s the deets. Through careful planning I picked up a handful of them when they first came available…just so I could give them away to you. Thanks all!)

FOUND THIS POST USEFUL? SUPPORT THE SITE!

Hopefully, you found this post useful. The website is really a labor of love, so please consider becoming a DC RAINMAKER Supporter. This gets you an ad-free experience, and access to our (mostly) bi-monthly behind-the-scenes video series of “Shed Talkin’”.

Support DCRainMaker - Shop on Amazon

Otherwise, perhaps consider using the below link if shopping on Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. It doesn’t cost you anything extra, but your purchases help support this website a lot. It could simply be buying toilet paper, or this pizza oven we use and love.

Tags:

1,195 Comments

  1. Friday: Zone 1 easy 10k run
    Saturday: 35km LSD run
    Sunday: Rest Day + Pizza Eating.

  2. W00t ! First comment. Means I probably won’t win thou’

    Since when has 1 ever been a random number … 😉

  3. toh

    I am planning a 30km trail run. Here in Japan, cherry blossoms season is already over, but we can enjoy the view of beautiful Mt. Fuji!

  4. Bugger, beaten by a short head …

  5. thanks, as always, for offering the giveaway! this weekend i’m spinning on sunday. if i’m lucky, i’ll have enough energy saturday afternoon to make it out for a nice jog, too :).

  6. I’m doing Columbia brick nick with the DC Tri club 🙂 planning on 60 miles bike followed by a 5 mile brick

  7. Whiskey 50 off-road. Only problem is, I am coming back from a broken clavicle (it hasn’t really healed yet). So, even though it is a race, I am going to take some video. It should be fun either way.

  8. Gonna try to get a 6 mile run on Saturday morning followed by a light Brazilian Jiu Jitsu work out in the afternoon, and then a 30-40 mile ride on Sunday morning.

  9. Planning on a 11-12 mile run this weekend. And studying for finals, which is a kind of training, right?

  10. 50k trail race as a (hopefully) training run, followed by another 13mi the next day

  11. My goal is 6 miles!

  12. Road race on saturday and 90 minute run on sunday weather permitting. It could do anything!

  13. Long cycling on the week-end.

  14. @Gabroe: A bike followed by a brick would be a BBrick (see Cevelo for pronunciation). A brick is a bike followed by a run. Don’t mind me, I’m just bitter because my knee is messed up so I’m not doing bikes or runs this weekend, just swimming with a pull buoy 🙁

  15. I will be doing a 12 mile run and hopefully riding my new Trek 2.3 Bike for a nice sunday ride. Marathon next weekend. Gotta take down my brother.

  16. A really, really hard rest and recovery as I taper for IMSG.

  17. I’ll run a 50K trail race on Saturday in Sweden. It’s called Runner’s World Lidingö Ultramarathon. I’ve done it once before. The course around the Lidingö island in the center of Stockholm is awesome!

  18. Friday – Couch to 5K Week 1 Day 3
    Saturday – Yoga and maybe a strength circuit
    Sunday – rest

  19. Cant wait for my first Train half-marathon

  20. Akemi

    Something long and hilly down by the ocean. Hopefully a trail run too, but that remains to be seen.

  21. Heading to the coast for a nice relaxing weekend to celebrate my husband’s birthday, where hopefully I’ll get a nice longish run in. Thanks for the awesome giveaway.

  22. I am unfortunately still rehabbing my knee, so I’ll be doing some indoor strength workouts, then a few easy miles to keep the knee warmed up.

  23. Just a short 20km training run and a swim along with a bike ride 🙂

  24. Bike and run so much I wont worry about swimming.

  25. Most of my weekend will actually be spent at my children’s soccer games (I currently have all 4 of my boys playing- daughter does dance, and I coach one of the teams). I am going to try to work in a 3-4 mile run on Saturday, probably in the evening. Sunday is always a rest day for me 🙂

  26. thank you for the chance

    this weekend
    15 miles training for June 2nd half marathon

  27. Anonymous

    We’ll participate in the so-called “Days of Truth”, a 3-days-triathlon-event in Austria:
    Friday: swim 1.500 m
    Saturday: time-trial 40k
    Sunday: run 10k
    Lots of fun and sweat ahead 🙂

    Love your blog!!! gabi from austria

  28. Will join a 5K charity run this weekend.

  29. Burnrn717@yahoo.com

    I am doing a duathlon on Saturday, it’s my first one ever. Sunday I am going to volunteer at a half marathon.

  30. My plan is at least two long bikerides, one of them on my montainbike.

  31. Well a week to go to Ironman Australia so it won’t be anything particularly astounding.
    Saturday will be a steady ride with some brief big gear efforts thrown in.
    Sunday will be a run to and from the local pool (4k each way) with a 3000m swim in the middle.

  32. Hoping to do a ride with USC Cycling Benefit Ride, 50 hilly miles…cheers

  33. I plan on setting a distance record for the year thus far, 9 miles! Woot Woot!

  34. Hi Ray! My Plan is to do a good long run on saturday, where the last 5k are going to be a bit faster (preparation for a half marathon in 1,5 weeks). On sunday I’m gonna enjoy a slow nice bikeride 🙂

  35. Awesome giveaway! Planning for thirty miles on the bike & a 5k on my toes! 🙂

    Sarah

  36. Ron

    I will be doing a long run getting ready for a Hal marathon!

    Ron

  37. KostasAl

    Not something special planned for the weekend. Just an easy 5 km.

  38. april 27th is the day for terry fox run here in dubai. i’ll be participating hoping that the human race will beat cancer one day. april 28th is the 10K dubai desert run. and i’ll be doing some 50 km cycling later on the same day.

  39. Saturday, probably a long row with my crewmates, i havent check the schedule yet.
    Sunday, i’ll probably volunteer for a local swimming club.

  40. I will be doing a long distance training run for the marathon that I will doing the following weekend.

  41. I`ll be biking easy trying to recover from a discectomy.

  42. An easy 5 – 10K with my sister in PARIS!!!!

  43. I’m planning my last long run in the build up to the Hamner Half marathon the following weekend. I’m also hoping for a 100k+ social bunch ride on Sunday. On a different note typo? (first paragraph) ‘week left in May’?

  44. Hi, I’m training myself for my first marathon here in France.

  45. Running the Eugene (Oregon) marathon on Sunday. Saturday workout is rest day.

  46. I have a 3 day trail race on the cards: 25km mountain, 30km forest, 20km coast (Southerncross).

    should be fun.

  47. 10 km run in the morning + 10 km run in the evening

  48. 20km time trial to get the rust out of the winter legs.

  49. Friday – 14 mile run as part of training for my first half marathon.

    Saturday – 25 mile bike ride for my cross train day.

    Sunday – Rest

  50. Iain

    Trail run in pacific spirit park here in Vancouver Saturday then bike ride Sunday!

  51. Thanks for sharing!

  52. Some MTB Skillz training on sat, (yes, ‘skillz’ with a ‘z’) and a long bike/run brick on sun.

  53. I’m training for the Berlin marathon. This Sat I’ll have the usual long run, Sun is rest day for me.

  54. Friday: stag party
    Saturday: rehabilitation, easy 10K if up to it
    Sunday: 20 K long run

  55. Planning on running with the girlfriend for ~18k on trails in prep for her upcoming half.

  56. Mountain bike session on Saturday and half marathon training on sunday

  57. Friday: Pre-race Rest
    Saturday: Race NSW Club Champs (Australia)
    Sunday: Recover and drive home.

  58. Two hours at LT pace with some technical trails thrown in.

  59. If I can fit time in between helping look after my newly born son (April 19th) and my other 4.5 yo son, I plan on a brick session of 1 hour on the trainer at home and 30 mins of street running around the block.

  60. Swim N Bike

    Prepping for 3K Swim on May st and my first Tri http://www.moganshantriathlon.com

    SO weekend, 5:00 am Bike Ride
    7:00 Swim 2 hours.

    Run on Sunday

  61. Hi there.
    Friday 18 km trail running in C. de Campo in Madrid.
    Sunday 50 km MTB in the north part of Madrid Sierra.
    Thanks for your reviews. Love your blog.
    Cheers

  62. Saturday: 3hour long ride @ steady

    Sunday: 2h long run

    Unfortunately there is no races in radius 250km;/

  63. This comment has been removed by the author.

  64. I recently lost my phone and really really need a gadget to record my runs/rides.
    My current goal is to recover from a knee injury and be able to ride to work on the bike to work day on May 10th.
    Ashutosh Kaushik

    ashutoshkaushik@gmail.com

  65. mk

    just hoping to get out for a ride

  66. Anonymous

    I’m going for a nice, long bike ride!
    toponi@yahoo.com

  67. Ivo

    Saturday: 40 km bike
    Sunday: 2 km swim

  68. Tough Mudder… nuff’ said : )

  69. since it been a while the i not running cuz of hectic weeks, i plan to run at least 10km tomorrow and 15km+ for weekends…. yossshhhh!

  70. Tim

    A 60 mile bike ride.

  71. wanted to be #69, but ill take this 🙂 bring it!!!

  72. I’m going to start my couch to 5K regimen this weekend! WooHoo!

  73. i am a huge fan of your blog!

  74. Might head out to the You Yangs on Friday after work for some mountain biking and then a bit of a run on Sunday. Saturday is daughter’s netball for U17(2) for Drysdale and they are 3 wins and 0 losses.

  75. Maciek maciek_gontarek@o2.pl

    Saturday: 16k easy run
    Sunday: 50-60k bike ride and a bee in the evening 😉

  76. 10k run around the neighborhood.

  77. I am hoping for a 5K cross/country run (grassy groomed course), and a 10K trail run on Sunday. The 5K may be replaced by a 10K road race … depending on a person that I run with.

  78. Peter W.

    I’m still recovering from the 24 hour run for cancer at Sandy Bottom, so I will rest on Friday. Saturday, I intend to explore the forgotten abandoned Camp Patrick Henry in Newport News, VA by running an easy 7-8 miles through the overgrowth of the WWII POW camp. Sunday-an easy bike spin for 45 minutes.
    -Peter W.

  79. This weekend I’m decorating and fitting outside lights :o( Three 5 miler training runs next week though ;o)

  80. In sweden we have Walpurgis Night this weekend which means a lot of partying instead of training.

  81. Back to back 60+ mi hilly local endurance rides with t-runs and a swim thrown in

  82. Getting ready for the Kemah Olympic Distnce Race. Can’t wait to jump off the paddle boat for the swim!

  83. PRK

    Let me see if I can write a lucky comment this time!

  84. Going to the Pyrenees (South of France) for, at least, a long run in the still snowy mountains….

  85. Century ride and beer. Not sure about the order of those two items yet….

  86. First Open water swim of the year

  87. My Garmin 405 is crapping out, finger’s crossed!

    Friday: 6 (e)
    Saturday: 18 (m)
    Sunday: 7 (M) + 6x1600m

  88. I’ll be doing a 5-mile race pace run on Sat, and a 12 mile long run on Sun. I’m training for a Half-Marathon race in Athens, Greece

  89. Dan

    I plan to do a nice Montana trail run with my brand new New Balance MT110s!

  90. after finishing the rocknroll madrid marathon I guess that i’m just going to walk a bit 🙂

  91. Actually going away on holiday this weekend, but I will be putting in 10kms on the beach for a 30km Mountain race I am doing on the 6th May. The Jonkershoek Mountain Challenge in the Western Cape of South Africa. Gonna be 1877m of vertical height gain in beautiful country.

  92. Great! Hope to have some luck this timeee!

  93. I have planned 10mile xc race in Estonia.

  94. Nuno Ribeiro

    Howdy!
    I´m doing a free running night trail!
    Greetings from Portugal!

  95. A bust one planned – a mixture of cycling and rowing: 10km cycle to boat club each morning and then 2 1 hours sessions on the water in a variety of boats 1x, 2-, 4+. Then cycle home. I am still looking for the “one device” that can give me GPS, HR, running & cycling cadence, and rowing stroke rate. any ideas?

  96. Saturday: 7 AM swim (about 2.5k) and 60k ride ride after!

  97. I will run the “Trail des Balcons d’azur” 53km this week end in south of france

  98. Today is rest day 🙂

  99. Training on Texel near my parents house. A ride over the island, with some hilly intervals

  100. Saturday: LSD 25km
    Sunday: Rest