Wouldn’t it be cool if you could pick any gadget that’s on my ‘2014 Winter Sports Gadget Recommendations’ list and call it your own? Yup, I agree. And, so does Clever Training. So they’re offering up to one lucky holiday duck just that.
Be it a new GPS watch, or a super-high end trainer – it can indeed be yours. It’s like the Price is Right Showcase of sports technology products. Minus having to guess the price or pay for it.
The rules are simple here, simply drop a comment below with the following:
To Enter: The details of one workout or race that you’ve got scheduled between now and the end of the year.
Simple enough? Good.
The giveaway entry period will run through Monday, December 8th, 2014 until 11:59PM US Eastern Time. I’ll be giving you one device of your choosing from the list from Clever Training. Winner will be chosen at random and announced on roughly Tuesday, assuming the interwebs work in London for me on Tuesday. One entry per person. The product will then be ordered immediately and shipped immediately assuming in stock.
This giveaway is sponsored by Clever Training, which I’ve got a great partnership with. As you probably remember, by picking up sports technology gadgets from Clever Training you support the site. And on top of that, all DC Rainmaker readers get an exclusive 10% off all products they sell (basically every sports tech company/gadget/device) using coupon code DCR10BTF or now via the VIP program. Plus, there’s still tons of Black Friday-type deals going on. And most of all, by using Clever Training you support the site in a big way – so I appreciate it!
Have a great weekend all!
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Half marathon scheduled for next weekend.
Western Australia Marathon Club New Years run (8km on 31 Dec). The WAMC is seriously one of the most awesome running clubs in the world. I am so honoured to have become a member this year.
Fairfax Four Miler in NYE.
Ironman Arizona!
Ted Corbitt 15K in NYC next Saturday
12 km easy run on Sunday. Trying to avoid snowbanks and slush puddles.
My coach is letting me substitute a ride to my brother in laws house instead of another day on the trainer — woot!
I’ll be doing a double century
I have 10K easy run first thing tomorrow morning!
lots of trainer sessions with a few runs each week as I prepare for my first full marathon
Beer Mile! My buddies from the neighborhood and I are putting on a friendly beer mile around the hood.
I do rope skipping training 4 times per week,3000 rotations in 45 minutes… run 30 km average ,3 times per week…nike 21km in 2015
Would love love a white polar m400 !
an outdoor bike ride!! Our 3′ of snow (michigan) has finally melted. What a treat in December.
Dec 26th, biking from key largo to key west for the first time. Good to see so many with big plans
3 x 15 min threshold effort on the bike trainer. 5 min easy spinning between hard efforts.
36km ride in Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila Philippines
A 10k run in the park on Saturday afternoon.
20min easy run. Dynamic warm ups. 2min strides. 6x1mi @5k race pace. 1min rest in between.10min easy run cool down.
5 hour ride Saturday from Sac to Auburn – probably in the rain.
Easy 7k run tomorrow morning.
Next weekend, I’m running the Magnus Gluteus Maximus 50k Fat Ass. I really need an Aerus Biospeed bag. :-)
4 x 3 min plank
3 x 10 @ 50% bench
3 x 10 @ 50% row
3 x 10 @ 50% deadlift
6 x 7RM squat
8 x 12 @ 50% clean
5 x 8 @ 70% press
Easy 3hrs on the bike this Sunday
Sunday 5k hopefully followed by 30 min. in the pool while on a business trip this week.
More mid volume base training at the weekend using kickr and Training Road!!
SUFFERFEST!!!!!
Rubberglove!!!
Yep its that time again :( but it has to be done :)
Lunch time 5km runs on the trails behind work.
No one particular workout planned, but I’m running with my work-based running group three days a week, which is always a joy. :)
A treadmill run to avoid the cold outside weather.
Setting up a Christmas tree in the space formerly reserved for my trainer.
10km trail run
Just a 5k walk on sunday with the girlfriend. we’re both walking wounded, her still waiting for her achilles tendons to finish healing, and me with a bad knee lately, so no runs for us for a few more months =/
Fat bike ride with my LBS tomorrow morning….we need more snow!!
A short brick on Saturday- 10 bike, 3.5 run.
An hour and a half at the gym tomorrow followed by an hour of intervals on the trainer.
Looking forward to the Honolulu Marathon in 9 days and then the Hawaii Kai ultra the week after.
Annual Christmas morning run before the family is up, presents are opened and too much food eaten!
.5 mile indoor swim with a 10k run in Nebraska. Inspired by everyone on here for my first triathlon.
All I have for the rest of the year are easy trainer rides to help rehab the ankle I broke a month and a half ago.
I have a wicked 2 mile recovery run this weekend
A 90 min spin class on Monday due to 2 inches of ice on the roads.
Sigh. PT three days a week.
havr a few more days to take it easy before I begin speed training on a 10% grade hill. It helped me lower my half marathon time last year and I’m pushing to get as close to qualifying for Boston 2016 or 2017
I am training by biking 10km to work each way. No easy task in Toronto.
42.195 FM at SCMS 2014 on 7th Dec tomorrow…2nd FM this year..tired deary me…
got 9000 yards to swim to reach 100 k.
Tempe Town Lake Run in Tempe, AZ
Tempo Run: 10mi (3mi w/u, 4mi @ race pace, 3mi cool down)
Evening Track Workout
1 Mile WarmUp
6 x [0.75 Mi @ 5K Pace / 0.25 Mi Easy]
1 Mile CoolDown
Follow it up with an hour at the rock gym and 30 minutes on the campus board.
Easy 8 miles on Sunday. (how weird is my life now that I can say I can run 8 miles easily)
Visiting family in Newcastle upon Tyne, looking for a 10k race but not much this time of year so it will be plenty of cold weather workouts for me
Critical power tests 19 December, time to see how the last 2 months in the hurt locker have transferred into numbers
Full scale practice for Challenge Melbourne on Feb 1st. 2km swim, 100km ride, 16km run. Probably December 28th depending on the family.
Every other day, RPM training for one hour
Lots of long bike rides to try and work off thanksgiving before the holidays start
Cadence pyramid on the rollers:
2x 1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1 min @ >110 rpm, HR < 144, 1 min rest between
Treadmill Progression…Start at 7.0 mph and increase the pace 0.1 mph every minute. After 30 minutes, hold steady @ 10.0 mph (6:00 ppm) for as long as I can. ;-)
1.2-mile swim at TRI race pace in a 25m lap pool.
I’ve never swam that far before and will be new to Triathlon in 2015!
Next run is a simple easy 3 miles tomorrow AM!
Ironman Louisville!
I plan to race my kids to the Christmas tree Christmas morning
picking up my 920 in portland or tomorrow. Going to do a 14mi run to break it in soon after.
Since it’s cold in Detroit, MI, I’ll be doing a two hour ride on the rollers in my basement to build my base up after some time off for rehab after a crash.
5k race Bah Humbug
I will be competing in the 20 Km Piru Time Trial on Sunday, December 7th.
Will be starting my training from tomorrow and going for half marathon Strava challenge on 12/28 :)
16 mi run to train for the LA Marathon.
40 mile bike ride on 31st morning. I think thats awesome way to get warmed up for new year :)
Sprint Tri this Sunday in Sydney Australia.
Got fr620 based on ur recommendation. Planning for 3 mile this weekend.
Toys for Tots 5k on Sunday, dressed as Santa with 8 reindeer costumed friends running with me!
2.5 k swim on Monday.
1hr 13min steady run
2 1/2 hour Trainer Road Hespersus bike ride on Sunday.
60 minute easy/steady bike
5 K run December 13 at SeaWorld Orlando, FL
CIM this Sunday in Sacramento. Weather is looking perfect!
Working on getting my 5K time down; currently at 19:09 and would like to get it under 19 by the end of the year.
HITS Palm Springs 70.3!
No races this month. Just trying to get back into shape post-baby!
Easy ride on Zwift beta via Computrainer.
I’ve finishing up a busy 2014 with the San Diego Holiday Half Marathon on 12/281/4. I love this run because it starts near my house and finishes 13.1 miles later down at the beach. The smooth streets and sidewalks allow me to barefoot it all the way down to the sand!! Merry Christmas, everyone!! Whether you’re the gazelle or the lion, when that sun comes up, you better be running!
Doing a routine swim training 3x a week.
Practice triathlon 5K run, 30K Cycle, 500m swim.
Will enter a triathlon next year. Exams going on till december 30)
20 k mtb ride in the local forest
Sunday 7 december: Tacxing the Mont Ventoux to the virtual top!
2500 meter swim at newly remodeled ymca tomorrow am
World Aids Day Half Marathon Road Race – 7 December
High intensiv interval 45/15, 20 reps, then around a hour of strength training :)
20K of steady state on the erg followed by 20 minutes of core tomorrow. Sunday will be an hour on the trainer.
Easy 3-5 milers to the end of the year. Finally getting back to training after WAY to long a post-ironman recovery
A 10 km trail not far away from Paris
Thanks for the giveaway!
8 mile run later as per training schedule for my next full marathon
Rode Haleakala on Maui as a sort of bucket list ride!
12km race in Cologne, from the ‘Winter series’ :)
Run 2 miles with the second, 6-month old kid in stroller and the 4 year old on her bike along the SF Bay.
15 km running from work (5:30 min/km), 170m total ascend.
Planning some easy runs during the week and a 20-30k long run over the weekend to look for some new routes and to explore the parts of city I rarely visit.
12km easy on monday evening for my marathon in April.
A 7km tempo run just before flying off to Japan!
I’m currently training for my first Ironman 70.3, so I’ll be doing a 6-mile run tomorrow. Thankfully there’s no snow on the ground!
A 3h workout on my indoor trainer.