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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 2024 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.
Long mounta I n bike rides with my wife this weekend!
I’ll be doing a 90 trainer workout on this Saturday and then a 90 minute run on the treadmill Sunday.
Among the usual training runs, I’ll throw in a Christmas eve 10 miler to check out the Christmas light displays in the area.
5x running per week for my first Marathon training…. could use a watch for that instead of lugging aroud my phone!
Running Cambridge 5k’s Yulefest the 14th.
Track meet this weekend
Santa Speedo Run
The Race for the Lights 5K in Oshkosh, WI. It’s a family affair. I’m walking it with my son and my daughter, husband and father-in-law are running it. You run to Menominee Park in Oshkosh and run through the Celebration of Lights in Menominee Park. Very pretty!
Done with races for the year. Continuing my half training and pacing my girlfriend on her 5k training run tomorrow.
Sweating away on the trainer staring at the bouncing ball of pain in trainer road!!
Today on the treadmill: 60 minutes, with 4 x 1 mile intervals at 5K pace with 5 minute rest between.
Local hockey league play-offs
A 5 mile happy dance run celebrating winning your giveaway.
Nice winter run on my regular way next to the lake!
Does a Beer Mile count?
Saturdays workout this week will be a 90 min run on the Edinburg gap where the Old Dominion 100 is run. I am wearing a ton of Blaze Orange.
BT: HIM intervals. Warm up 20-30 minutes. Then complete 4 x 20 minute intervals at HR/Power zone 3 (5 minute recoveries). Aero position. Refuel as you will do in race.
Followed by a 40 min Lydiard
mile swim
5 mile run in the mountains and snow
Running, swimming and a spinning session planned for the weekend…
Just a 5k through a park all lit up with Christmas lights. Not much of a race but should be fun.
Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore on 7 December 2014. Attempting my maiden full marathon.
Running Mount Rinjani Ultra next year as a base training to take part in the Mount fuji race in 2016
Planning my first 30-degree(ish) 10k for next weekend. Not used to running in the legitimate cold (with snow and ice on the roads), so this will be a challenge!
2 hour running workout early on sunday morning ( if my 3 children will have a quiet night…. so that I can sleep too):
blu zone – 30min,
green zone – 8min, blu zone – 9min,
green zone – 8min, blu zone – 9min,
green zone – 8min, blu zone – 9min,
green zone – 8min, blu zone – 9min,
green zone – 8min,
blu zone – 10min
A nice day to everybody!
No racing scheduled for the remainder of the year, though I’m probably going to do a Cyclocross race on January 3rd. Plenty of suffering on the horizon though: Tomorrow is a coach-ordered 20 minute threshold power test on the trainer, guided by those oh-so-gentle souls at TrainerRoad and The Sufferfest.
Ironman 70.2 Dublin in August after a baby due date Mid-March! Wish me luck…
I am running third full marathon this year. Hope to maintain near 4h timing.
Hope to win a Fenix 2.
Ugly Sweater 5K in Cortland on December 6th.
60 minute spin on Saturday
5 hour bike this coming Sunday.
First 1/2 Marathon distance.
3H Brick on Sunday
Looking to up my long run to 16-17 miles by the end of the year.
1 hour run in the forest of Fontainebleau, trying not to run into a boar
Christmas Celebration Workout:
-25 mile bike ride (to celebrate the 25th) before the family wakes up.
-10k off the bike to work off the eggnog from the night before.
-12 oz of eggnog while family opens presents and celebrates (because I earned it).
-Biiiig lunch with family (Turkey and stuffing repeats).
-Rest interval.
-Either a small bike ride or quick run after the sun goes down to play with any new toys :)
A simulation of a half-marathon at a faster that usual pace
Frozen Fools 50k tomorrow morning at 7:00am. 31.2 miles on the Appalachian Trail, first 6 miles uphill, lots of roots and rocks. It is going to be cold and raining all day and yet I am looking forward to it. Must be a glutton for punishment!
90 min trainer Sat, 90 min run Sun.
Not training for anything in particular right now. Just running 15-20mi per week. May do the local Frigid 5K on 1/1/15. Thanks.
Tempo runs to get ready for a New Years Day 5 miler (The Hamilton Hangover)
Recently joined TrainerRoad. Gearing up to test my FTP for the first time.
No races but I’m hitting the pain cave and my Wahoo Kickr every chance I get.
8 mile run tomorrow!
This off season is devoted to body composition and weight loss. My next workouts are AM fasted rowing for between 5 and 10K and afternoon weightlifting. Its not glamorous, but being “that larger guy who runs OK” is getting old!
Simple 10k race pace run to see how I am shaping up for a half.
I’ll complete my favorite ride in SoCal: from home (West LA) to Santa Monica, up PCH to Topanga Canyon, then up Fernwood Canyon and Tuna Canyon, back down Old Topanga/Topanga Canyon and home. About 95km/1,500m.
Then I’ll catch up on any DCR posts I may have missed during the year — the only blog I read every day. Thanks, Ray, for all your fun, insightful posts. Wishing you and The Girl a happy holiday season.
My goal is to break 4,000 cycling miles for the year. I am at 3,562 as of today.
10 km tomorrow morning
My annual Boxing Day Dash 10k to sweat out Christmas Dinner (and the drinks)
The “Run ’til you Snowdrop” 24-hour treadmill run raising money for childhood cancer on behalf of the Snowdrop Foundation.
Run in the annual “Christmas Tree 5k”. The race has taken place annually since 1960.
Have a 15 mile run planned for this weekend.
This may be your greatest giveaway yet! Thanks for it (and the site in general)!
I am getting back to running after a long time away, so I have a whopping 22 minutes to run tomorrow. And 23 on Monday. Then 24 on Wednesday. Sense a pattern?
Bike intervals on one mile hill.
On my trip back to Aus, I have a 3 hour stop over in Dubai Airport. I will be paying a visit to the gym there. Thanks for the Tip! (from your post, July 2011).
18 mile long run this (and every) Saturday this month.
I have the Frosty 5K coming up next weekend.
3 hour skate ski on the Birkie trail Saturday morning!
Flat, warm and humid Cayman Islands half marathon on Sunday!
I’ll go for the squats 2.0 from Ido Portal.
link to youtube.com
I’ll be training in Myanmar for 10 days, on the run up to Christmas day race
Silvesterlauf Zossen- Ludwigsfelde. 18km run near Berlin
I am planing to take part in 11.5 km Christmas run in Kaunas, Lithuania on Dec 22nd.
2 hours with 6×8:00 VO2 max intervals, 7 minutes recovery in between.
Sufferfest chrysalis tomorrow
Local 10k in April and the Runner’s World half marathon in October!
Traveling to Massachusetts for business next week. Going to do some trail running in the Vietnam mountain bike trail area.
Race up Sao Miguel hill this Sunday @ Moncarapacho Algarve Portugal
I am taking an early day from work today to bike to my parents. A good 50 miles of hilly country roads. Hoping for a tail wind.
Run, strength training, yoga. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat
#adventrunning, run every day for at least 30mins during advent.
Tomorows 12-13 hour 160+ km off road fat bike ride in prep for Tuscoba and Arrowhead winter ultras.
Will be doing my normal daily 5k training loop run, now with the m400 and H7 HRM! :)
Outdoors this is running thru snow and puddles.
On Sunday the Turkey Run – 6.5miles mostly off-road
My first Half Marathon attempt to start getting ready for October 2015 Munich Half Marathon. Yay!
Swim and Strength training, repeat bi-weekly….
5K Christmas trail race this Sunday, 12/7, and another 5K on New Years Eve. Other than that, just easy mileage the rest of the year.
Running my son’s first 5k with him next weekend. So excited!
2 half-centuries over Christmas stay-cation. One each week in addition to scheduled winter trainer workouts. And then a 100k charity ride on New Year’s day to start 2015 off right….
12 miles on Sunday
“Antelope” Trainer Road workout this Saturday.
1500 Yard Swim Monday – Strength Training Tuesday – 2000 Yard Swimming with Drills on Thursday
Marathon buildup. So I’ll be runnin’.
DC Break Run 10k – DC classic!
Running a 4 mile loop around the park, with 50 burpees mixed in.
I’m looking forward for some easy running in cold weather.
California International Marathon
Looking forward to the Santa Hustle 5K tomorrow in Milwaukee!
Saturday group rides
10K NJ Trail series Race tomorrow. Should be Cold and Rainy.
Santa Fun Run 5K in frosty Toronto Canada!
Can’t wait for the Huff 50k race on Dec 20!
Getting my bike back from the shop soon and plan on retesting my FTP. Would be so much better with a Kickr!!!
10 mile run this Sunday.
I am going to do a 20K ED running workout tomorrow… in the cold.
Greating,
Tempo run Tuesday!
Traditional base – mid volume I on trainer road on trainer
No races scheduled
But two times a week in the pool. ~1hour/3500 on tuesday and ~35min/~2000m on sundays. Inbetween some indoor cycling on my kettler ergometer with kettler world tour – so i can race (get beaten) by som real people on sone “real” rides (Twice a week ~1hour rides each time) I’ve also just gotten a kettler ergometer cross trainer so will add that to. The weather outside is just to miserable to outdoor training (dark, wet and just above freezing)
I live in the south, so I finally get to bust the tights out for some cold morning runs this week.
First run since completing my first ultra marathon and birth of first child. Really tired so probably just a 5k park run on Saturday morning!