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This would be cool to train with.
This is the one!
Good reason to get the swimming started.
To swim or not to swim…
I’ll take this, but sure wish I hadn’t missed the trainer or power meter – Or fenix2
Quite a package
This contest has kept me on edge all day!
si me toca lo estrenaré en la piscina
I keep working to improve my weakest link…the swim.
Looks good. I’m in!
Make my day!
This would be perfect!! Although I don’t swim (yet) I would give this to my best friend, cancer survivor, amputee Clare Scheller who was a competive swimmer and just joined her first swim team post treatment!!! Just keep swimming!!!
Love it
Great way to finish!
Meeee pleaseeeeee 🙂
Yes please, I need a dip.
ME ME ME
Oooooh!
Drool. Mememe
Yee haw
I bet this would help me swim better.
Splish splash!
Thank you!
Want soooooooooo bad
in…
Last chance!
Sweet
Yes!
Safety first when it comes to open water swims!
and the last one
For the summer!
Yay, I won something!
Thanks, Ray!
Thanks
Good luck
Hmmm I like the buoy
neat
Thanks!
Good luck everyone!
Floaties!!!!
Me me!
This year I am running 4 marathons, it would be super helpful to recover while swimming with some sweet swag, thanks for the giveaway
Swim, yeah!
Yay I managed to enter them all. Thanks again Ray
Nice !
I suck at biking and running. So I obviously need swim stuff!
I would purposely take up triathlon if I won this prize!
This has been great. Now I can finally go to sleep.
very cool very cool!
Thanks Ray
Goodnight!
Thanks again, Ray!
Ahoy
me encanta
Do they call you Rainmaker because you’re making it rain with all these giveaways?
Swimming!
Sure why not!
That would make swimming more entertaining.
Please please please
cool!
This may make me stop skipping workouts.
Great!!!
🙂
Great trio!
count me in !
Cool!
For my wife. Thanks Ray!
I could really use the extra motivation to swim
Swim time
Music to my ears 😉
Oooh. This is it. Thanks for this interesting day.
Thanks
and with this post, I finished my first extravaganza (missed only the fenix2 one)! thanks for doing the giveaways, ray!
I love swimming !!!
Excellent day!
sweet
i want one. Merci. Josee
Mine it will be.
Great work!
Pick me!
This can definitely make an avid swimmer out of me.
Sleep ? Who bedes sleep when there is a giveaway
I love swimming!! But my hubby loves it even more, so I would love to give him this!
Thanks Ray!
Finally my webbed toes are paying off!
Swim time.
I would most certainly like to win this if possible.
Perfect for my last stretch of training for my first Ironman in Mont Tremblant in august.
I wish i will win !
Thx
Steph
please let me have this one!!!
Thanks for the giveaway extravaganza, it’s been fun taking part in it.
Maybe this would push me over the edge to really get my fins on…
I sooo want this one
Last chance
Good night!
Pick me pleeeeeease!!! 🙂
Pick me
yes please
Yeah bra!
Want!
I need this to conquer my swimming boredom,,,