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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Lot of horrible hill reps tomorrow! Erg.
12-miler in NYC tomorrow AM for this week’s long run
Looking to knock out 5000 yards in the pool tomorrow, then settle into a massive breakfast!
7 k each 2 morning and one long run on weekend until next year!
4 x 1,5 hours with FTP intervals on kinetic road mashine next week ;-)
Beat my PR for 1/2 marathon in upcoming Hypothermic Half.
4 x 500M in the pool
2 hour spinning ‘winter preparation for ironman’ twice a week. July here I come.
Daily Christmas morning ride, rain, snow, or shine!
Just finished an hour long spinning workout. Earlier today I swam indoors 2.5 km.
Going to the beach on Christmas so I’d like to get in a sandy run during my escape from the North East!
6 mile trail run, very hilly.
Ironman Louisville 2015 to redeem myself for falling apart on the marathon portion in 2013!
Lots of trainer time. And swimming too!
Run around local lake 10km :)
10k Muddy Welly Trail Run
Next Sunday
…followed by mince pies and mulled wine!
Basebuilding for the next year!
A lot of trainer work as my collarbone, ribs and hand recoup from a recent road spill. Tip of the day…..use a torque wrench to tighten your bottom bracket.
Best wishes to all of Ray’s followers and many thanks to Ray and Clever Training for this awesome giveaway!
Tomorrow a 18 kilometers trail running.
~2 hours of riding in the rain.
7-10 all out hill repeats… Don’t want, need to get me a 920XT!
12km walk with crutches :-&
10Km Run on Tel-Aviv’s beach :D
Tomorrow (the 7th of December) on the hometrainer:
Warm up
10 min White Zone
1:30 min Yellow Zone
1:30 min White Zone
Main.
3 x 25 min Blue Zone
Cool down.
5 min i White Zone
One 25K relay leg in the Kurrawa to Duranbah run next Sunday – first organized run over 10k for me!
10k around the lake ;-)
SO… I did a ‘long’ run today. Beautiful day here in CA. here are the details:
Dist: 8mi
pace: 10.01 min/mi
time: 1:20:14
recorded on a Garmin FR220. link to connect.garmin.com
Fingers crossed
Christmas day: Burn 2K calories on the trainer to make room for Christmas dinner :)
Tri Club Group Indoor Mock Triathlon (swim/spin bike/run) 12/13/14.
Trainer road plus sufferfest here I come.
Love me some indoor fun!
I’m looking forward to skiing in the Boxing Day Burn Off XC ski race. If we ever get enough snow.
Long run of 15-18 miles every Saturday with the last 2-3 miles at 7:12 goal marathon pace
Workout: Push a stroller with a small human being in it for 6.2 miles at an 8:15 min/mile pace while stopping to pick up all the bud light cans in the ditch along the way.
The Boxing Day Burn off at Nakkertok!
A cross training hike tomorrow outside of Baltimore!
3km swim on Monday 8th of December :)
Kick off the Wintertrainer Sessions with a 3h easy Ride tomorrow
Icey Atlantic 1 km swim tomorrow morning
Monday evening I will do the “MMM” clubride with my club Team Hustler Rock Shox, basicly at ~2 hour niteride in Hareskoven just north of Copenhagen , and including 2 of our “Strava reference segments” for the intervals.
link to strava.com
link to strava.com
nothing to exciting catch spin class at Y tomorrow.
20 x (30 + 30) @ 400W
Sufferfest on the turbo.
Sub-freezing 5-miler between now and Christmas if the weather cooperates. Love the reviews, and looking forward to another year of them!
Running with my son of 8 months old (in a pram of course), next saturday.
Warmup, 3 x 30min @ 250W, 5min recovery, cooldown.
OK, at 71, still at it. 50K Ultra next Sat. here in TLH. Race# 504. Oh yeah, the Long Run Nick name fits. Current total miles run:81,119.
San Diego Holiday Half Marathon!
race scheduled 27/12 sluis urban trail :)
Finally meeting up with the local group ride. Tuesday morning, 1.5 hours.
starting half marathon training next week – nice and easy 4 mile run tomorrow for a shakeout!
running on the treadmill while my 3 yr old niece is jumping on a trampoline “keeping up” with me belting out Taylor Swift.
Sufferfest Revolver
No runs just some training for next year.
a 5k OWS
14k trail run tomorrow.
My second Ftp test…. Wonder how much progress I made ;-)
15 x 100’s in the pool race pace.
21km coastal run, Monday morning – NSW, Australia
Thanks to the snow and a running injury, I am stuck with Indoor bike training at home for the rest of the year. :(
Entered St. Neots Sprint tri hoping to qualify for European sprint tri champs in 2016.
Viena Marathon in April 2015
USATF Club Cross Country Nationals in PA, December 13th.
So just having reset my FTP (and no 20min test here – I got to sit on the turbo for an hour and see how it went) and done a 30min run test for HR and pace zones I’m looking forward to lots of sessions over the next month that feel hard! Tomorrow sees me in the pool for 2hrs and then 3-4hrs on the bike. Happy days.
1 min/2 min interval training session tomorrow morning, getting used again to the explosive power needed for the ski season! :)
Running with a friend in a marathon organised by East of Ireland marathons in Dublin next weekend.
Thetford Winter Series 2 hour MTB race, Sunday morning…frosty start!
Sunday Dec. 14th, the Christmast Run in Verona, Italy..10K of pure fun!
Yulefest harvard square boston !! wooohoooo!
Alpe D’Huez next July. The Long Tri. 3 mountain climbs on the bike.
Christmas 5K in 10 hours in Inverlieth Garden, Edinburgh
Winter cycling workout. 2+ hours of steady state.
Doing the Runner’s Worls Runstreak. Run at least a mile a day everyday from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day
running an 8k with the local running club on December 27
One mile open water swim in the warm waters of south florida.
No race, just a nice long trail run along the Big Sur Coast.
10k ‘Yule Yomp’ at Tatton Park – getting over a chest infection so will have to take it easy and be well down on my usual times; a new gadget would certainly cheer me up!
11 minute running interval with 1 minute walking X 3. I’m a new runner and that’s quite a milestone for me. I started out 3 months ago barely able to complete a 1 minute running and 6 minute walking interval X 3!
Bruny Island Ultra Marathon, just in a relay for me, was yesterday. Great day and a great celebratory dinner afterwards.
I’m heading out to Chantry Flats right after I post this. SoCal trail running… gotta love it.
Hopefully at least a 40 mile bike ride and a 6 mile run tomorro, in the cold and rainy weather of New Jersey, testing some new cold gear clothes. :)
Tuesday this week, got a 15k off road run after work. Summer is good :)
No races planned for the rest of 2014, just working on getting back into shape after a broken collar bone took me out of action for the end of summer/fall.
6.6km race in a field near the city
7K San Silvestre Vallecana at Madrid this 28th. Just to buen a bit this Christmas food.
Bike 10 miles to my favorite lakeside trail, run 2x 7-mile laps around, and then bike back home.
Can’t run for awhile because of foot surgery, so I’m planning a double/double during Christmas break. Two swim workouts and two bikes, each at least an hour, in one day. Good times.
Rapha festive 500. Ride 500km between Christmas and New Years.
So many! Currently following Sufferfest Intermediate Triathlon training plan. Lactic acid run is a”favourite”. Warm up then 12x 1 min @HR 5 with 1m30 recoveries with a warm down. Tough session especially after a previous day doing a Sufferfest video and run.
bike and running..getting ready fo mini tri.
It’s hard to call it race or workout, it is addiction. Every Saturday 9:30 purkrun pushing a buggy with my son. That’s 5k only but I love it
Half marathon race tomorrow.
Today 40km in the Black Forest, Germany. I like :)
Last race of this year is a Hot Cocoa 10k, my A race for next year is Augusta 70.3
Tomorrow morning 3 hour Endurance ride with every 45min 6 * 10s sprint
Its Saturday (every Saturday I get the chance to, but the next one is scheduled for the 13th of December 2014) and there is only one way to get the weekend rocking!
Pull on the road runners and load up the little man into His V-chariot, match outfits with my triple Comrades ultra Marathon superwife, and then we head out for the 10 km run over Helshoogte pass to Stellenbosch Western Cape South Africa.
Once arriving at Jonkershoek I swap the son and mom for the dad in law as we take our mountain bikes and head into the mountains on 21km of beautiful nature reserve roads heading past first waterfall all the way to White Bridge under Pieke, the highest peaks in overlooking the valley. it’s all downhill from there back home and time to cool off under the trees in the cool dark water, maybe a couple of laps.
Nature’s priceless beauty comes free, for those that Carpe Diem.
Trying to find the training motivation after slacking off for several months. The plan is to start Trainerroad Sweet spot plan using Wahoo Kickr.
Going for a three mile warmup after a long (too long) time off.
Winter Trail Run 2 of 4 on December 20 – NJTrailSeries, Trail 10k in Lewis Morris County State Park. Its a 300-700 foot set of hills, with mix of single track, fire road, foot bridges and easy switchbacks. Great race & organizers.
Grizzly Cub run along the Devon coast in March- very off road and some big hills- need to get in training soon!
National championship in track sprinting on the 30th.
Next weekend I am running 12mi on Saturday and 12mi on Sunday!