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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 Sports Gadget Recommendations.
Here’s my most recent GPS watch guide here, and cycling GPS computers here. Plus there are smart trainers here, all in these guides cover almost every category of sports gadgets out there. Looking for the equipment I use day-to-day? I also just put together my complete ‘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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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.
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My Photography Gear: The Cameras/Drones/Action Cams I Use Daily
The most common question I receive outside of the “what’s the best GPS watch for me” variant, are photography-esq based. So in efforts to combat the amount of emails I need to sort through on a daily basis, I’ve complied this “My Photography Gear” post for your curious minds (including drones & action cams!)! It’s a nice break from the day-to-day sports-tech talk, and I hope you get something out of it!
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The Swim/Bike/Run Gear I Use List
Many readers stumble into my website in search of information on the latest and greatest sports tech products. But at the end of the day, you might just be wondering “What does Ray use when not testing new products?”. So here is the most up to date list of products I like and fit the bill for me and my training needs best! DC Rainmaker 2023 swim, bike, run, and general gear list. But wait, are you a female and feel like these things might not apply to you? If that’s the case (but certainly not saying my choices aren’t good for women), and you just want to see a different gear junkies “picks”, check out The Girl’s Gear Guide too.
what a wonderful year you’ve had Ray
You heading down to Aus, mate? Where abouts?
To lovely Perth! Looking forward to the weather! And…the riding. Bringing by bike.
Oh well, I’m in Adelaide so that’s no good;) Some time you’ll come there, and squeeze in a sprint distance race!
Given your love of sharks Perth will be superb for you. Just be careful if you go into those waters….far too many sightings lately.
Enjoy the heat. We’ve been hit with 5 straight days of 40c
If you’re on the bike in Perth, highly reccomend a river loop from Perth to cottesloe to Fremantle to applecross and then back to Perth. 50k or so.
Sweet, thanks for that tip! While looking up that route, I just found another page that has a ton of routes on there, good stuff: link to transport.wa.gov.au
I think I’ll also probably head over to the little island on Saturday and do my long run there, and then enjoy the rest of the day on the beach. Is that a good place to run?
Hi Ray,
Did you happen to see any aquatic life while swimming in Bora Bora (stingrays, sharks, turtles)?
I’m not sure if it’s me, but that picture of you infront of the flock gives the impression that you were photoshopped onto the picture (but that is most certainly not the case, just thought I’d share my thoughts).
Yup, saw shark and mantas. See the second link in that section above: link to dcrainmaker.com
As for the sheep, it’s one of the rare occurances where the self-timer picture actually came out really sharp. I stuck it on a tree limb, expecting it to fall off actually (took about three tries to get it right). Pretty happy with that pic. There’s a few others on that post of the area.
Nice (and amazing) year! By now we also know which t-shirt is your favorite one ;-)
Thanks for sharing so much experiences through the blog, have a nice end of year
Seb
Any comment on your carbon footprint?
Carbon footprint?? Hah, who cares!
Some airlines make it easy to purchase offsets, others, not so much. When purchasing for myself, I do on occasion use the airlines site to purchase offsets (for example, United did this up until March 3rd, when they changed IT platforms). For work travel, it’s all handled via a travel agent.
I find myself extremely envious after reading this post Ray!
Sarah
http://www.thinfluenced.com
I really have enjoyed reading your blog in the last few month. I have just started running and your travels, race reports, and goals really motivate me. Keep up the great work and have a great year in 2013!!
So that is what Galveston looks like. I grew up in Hong Kong and the local English language tv used to have Glen Campbell playing Galveston every time they needed to insert a break! (This was during the Vietnam war – a little while ago.)
Do you use the self timer for all of your pics that include you with scenery? I always have wondered that. Also.. do you ever get weird looks from people with you taking random pics? (random to them, not to you or us of course). I always want to take pics of things others might see as random, but I get kind of embarrassed. lol
Mostly self-timer. On rare occasions I’ll actually switch to video mode, and then take a screenshot. But just about everything else is self-timer. I don’t think I’ve ever asked anyone to take my photo for me.
As for taking random pics…I’ve long gotten past that. :)
Did you ever run on Malta, I’m going to Malta next year and was wondering if there are some great streets to run..
thanks
Not yet in Malta…someday!
Hi Rey i like your blog a lot!
Think of visiting GREECE to run or bike some classic runs such as Sparta Athens erc
Hey Ray, you’ll have a great time in Perth! Great weather (the past week notwithstanding) and some really excellent places to swim/bike/run. And the sharks really aren’t that bad! I’d be happy to show you some of these training places in my home city – drop me a line!
Hi Ray,
How about running the Great Wall of China Marathon! It’s every 1st of May and we have a tour package that goes along with it. You can find it on our website. Hope we’ll see you on the Great Wall!!