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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No races this month anymore. Just plain old base building.
A 12k workout run with friends, dirt roads, heavy climbs, and tons of fog in the higher hills of my homeland Island of Faial, Azores.
I’ve got a sprint triathlon this very Sunday in a nearby vineyard!
Christmas Day 10k with my sis back home in the Cotswolds – it’s tradition to prepare for all the food
30min on rowing machine each day.
Lots to do but a 5k parkrun on saturday followed by a christmas mountain bike extravaganza on sunday , all morning mountain biking followed by an afternoon of christmas dinner and beer. Ho Ho Ho
A 10k run with 600m ascent, at least two times before Christmas
Within the next couple of weeks I’ll grab my bike and do 170 Km of mountainous terrain through the beautiful landscapes of northern Portugal.
I am going to run everyday to continue my streak which is at 396 days without a miss. I am gearing yup my base mileage for the Sugarloaf Marathon (Maine, USA) on May 17th. I also will be starting an on-line event that tracks the 100 day running streak from Jan. 1-Apr. 1 through my running club, Crow Athletics (Bar Harbor, Maine and the world, http://www.crowathletics.com ).
Knackered knee, so just swimming at the moment – but lots of it!
Still need to run 22 km till 500 km this year and bike about 70 km for reaching 2500 km. Beside that, I’m starting a swimming routine through the winter :]
The 10km new year’s eve run in Forcheim.
Just some running in the woods
Couple of km run this weekend to get back on the horse after another injury layoff.
Daily cycle commutes in the snow, and new trainer arriving any day now for some indoor sessions on the road bike.
Looking forward to a slow 5km run after 4 days of international flights and travelling.
6th: Sinterklaas a.k.a. Chocolate Fest
19th: visit Winterland with some friends a.k.a. Jenever Fest
24th: Christmas evening dinner with my parents, brothers, aunt, uncle, cousins and their children a.k.a. Very Good Food and Wine Fest
25th: Christmas dinner with my parents, my uncles, my aunt and my cousins a.k.a. Very Much Fun Fest
28th: Another (late) Christmas dinner with my parents, my uncles, my aunts, my cousins and their siblings a.k.a. Turkey and Sweetbread Fest.
31th: New Years Eve with some friends.
I admit, not a sportive challenge, but the annual “eat as much croquettes as you can” competition is quite fierce. And I always try to squeeze in some running in between these culinary activities.
Sunday, 200km audax.
Midnight half-marathon in Bangalore (India) on 20th December.
Escalade race in Geneva : 06/12.
Hope I will run Cyprus marathon at March!
san silvestre de vallecas /Madrid 10K run on dec 31st evening
Southwick Parkrun 27th December
Spinervals 13 – Tough Love as a part of The Spinervals Cycling 4th Annual December Challenge 2014.
Rapha festive 500. In the snow.
No races for me, so a workout will do.
It will be one of Trainer Roads sweet spot base workouts. I have worked on some base fitness, will start Trainer Road plans in some days.
Only race left this year will probably be a xc ski marathon on december 21st. Assuming of course we finally get some decent snowfalls over the next two weeks…
Run-bike-run on the beach next sunday!
21 km Half-Marathon in Freiburg (Germany) in March 2015
3km Swim in the local outdoor lido, luckily its heated.
5 easy miles later today in Brussels!
1 hour workout of full gas at the Siena’s Velodrome.
Looking forwart to the Aoshima Taiheiyou Marathon on the 14th
Every year, on the final day of the year, the largest runners club in the country is hosting a new years run. You either run 5K, 10K or half marathon. I will be participating in the half marathon, as i have done the previous two years.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone.
master swim in the new 50 m Pan Am Pool in Markham, Ontario, Canada
My next race is a 13km trail run at Ansteys Hill, South Australia as part of the Yumigo trail series.
It’s all about workouts untill next year, no races.
Mainly LSD to get my riding up to speed.
Ottawa Canada Resolution run 10k, December 31st
I’ve got a 10km run planned tomorrow with 10second sprints every 10minutes.
Training for 10k this Sunday.
The “Santas on the Run” event in Bristol on 14 December – a modest version of your Paris Santa run.
My most memorable workout this year was a ride in the november rain, where I made it home without getting soaked!
Threshold workout on monday with iMobileIntervals and my KICKR:
10 minutes of Warmup with heart rate endurance [ERG watts = 60% of FTP]
10 minutes of Work [ERG watts = 100% of FTP]
5 minutes of Rest [ERG watts = 40% of FTP]
10 minutes of Work [ERG watts = 100% of FTP]
5 minutes of Rest [ERG watts = 40% of FTP]
10 minutes of Work [ERG watts = 100% of FTP]
5 minutes of Rest [ERG watts = 40% of FTP]
10 minutes of Work [ERG watts = 100% of FTP]
5 minutes of Rest [ERG watts = 40% of FTP]
5 minutes of Spindown at zone recovery [ERG watts = 30% of FTP]
Starting my training for the Paris Marathon — with the first Quality workout in Daniel’s book — 15 Miles!
Im in the middle of my half marathon training plan… So I have a lot of runs ahead..
Hakunilan Uudenvuodenjuoksu
Just a casual run this weekend to get going again after a marathon in October. Got a bit sloppy since ;)
Tomorrow! Winterlaufseries in Munich, a 10km around Olympia Park.
The lunch-run today with my colleague – between 7 and 8 km in a cold Gothenburg
Parkrun in Brisbane, Australia. Saturday morning at 7am.
First cross-country skiing session next weekend. Hopefully 20-30 km.
A 45 minutes run with 5*5mins at 3:45min/km next monday
next week sprit distance triathlon in dubai.
Day after an aqualathon. Eeek.
My current 10k PR is 47:55 but where I live is very hot and very hilly. I’m visiting my folks this month. Their city is flat as a pancake and about 20º C colder right now, so I’m definitely hoping for new 5k and 10k PRs.
I got an Ambit2 S, based on your review, a few months back. Great training tool!
Even though I didn’t get the DCRainmaker discount on it, Clever Training still had the best pricing.
I’ve planned a night 10K run for Christmas-Day. :-)
This saturday:
110 Min. T 2 with 5 x 5 min. T 4
The Gutbuster 10 miler on 28th December!! Time to shake off those mince pies!
The next “race” will be in a Dutch themepark running 5k on the 20th of December. Everybody will be dressed as Santa Claus. It will be awesome! An impression of the start of last year (different location): link to static1.q-music.vmmacdn.be
On Monday there is a public holiday here in Austria. The city will be packed with Christmas shoppers, so I’d rather go on a bike trip on my home trail – only about 500 meters elevation gain but full of challenging technical single-track. :-)
5 good days at the Gym, gotta get back into it!!
Planning to run a nice backroads 10 miler workout this weekend since the temp is going to be half way decent.
Challenge Roth on July 12th!
50 km bike/run in mixed pairs – guy and a girl race together and have one MTB in common, they can switch as many times as they want or not at all but all the time they need to maintain visible distance. Half of that is on mud tracks, half is on a concrete.
Scheduled for tomorrow..
31st December 14km Champagne run at Lake Velencei
1000 x 6 intervals Dec 17
The first bike ride in the winter time with my new gloves and long tights this weekend.
Will be for at least 1 hour but maybe more if I’m warm enough :-)
By the way. Thanks for this great web site !!
156 km amateur cycling race in spring, hopefully with my new Garmin 920xt won in this giveaway.
Starting the training routine for a spring marathon with a combination of strength workout and a 7M run this morning in complete darkness and cold weather…
Will be spending Christmas in Cornwall so will be doing the Lanhydrock Parkrun
Short run on saturday, set of indoor sprints 15x 100meters on monday.
A New Year’s Eve 10K race in my hometown. Looking to improve my finish time from last year (51min).
No races before the end of the year – but simple workout will be an 18km easy.
I’m going for the Santas’ 10 km Night Run in Krakow, PL tomorrow.
I’m training for a Half Marathon on January 18 (next year) and am starting on my intense part. The toughest one is Interval 3 x 10 (4) T100% planned for December 26, so right after the holiday meals …
Tomorrow I have my long run 18k, it’s already part of my preparation for the Marathon of Paris.
Progression Run on 16. December, consisting of 5km easy running and 15 minutes at 5k race pace at the end.
Pednor 10 Road race. Raising money Entries still available at link to entrycentral.com
Raising money for link to arctic1.co.uk
10K run in Buenos Aires, followed by a 10K run in Rio de Janeiro a week later!
train for the New Year’s Eve run in Innsbruck, Austria.
Regards from Norway :-)
spinning (Pyramid – 1-5 – 1 min) at Ula platform Offshore North Sea
Planning a 24 mile run home from the office on one of the days we finish early closer to Christmas!
Race season is over for this year so a lot of indoor cycling and treadmill work when the weather is crappy and outdoor training when it’s nice.
“The giveaway entry period will run through Monday, December 8th, 2014 until 11:59PM US Eastern Time.”
So all the entries bellow are useless?
Next Thursday, plan to ride intervals on my regular 500m Thursday climb. Probably 1,2,4,4,2,1 minute (with 50% recovery time).
No race in sight until Dec 31, but plenty of scheduled workouts in the pool, road and track!
My plan for today is a a 2,6k swim (200m warmup, 1k drills, 500m light aerobic, 700m intensity and 200m recovery), followed by a run workout (6k at 5:00 and 8*100m. sprints, with 100m recovery walks in between)
If I was the lucky duck, my choice is obvious, a 920xt in my wrist would be grrrreeeaaaat!! Fingers crossed!!
Ironman 2015 – Austria (Klagenfurt)
I’m on crossfit regiment! Thanks Ray :)
Ride in front of the big fan on the trainer until the pain is too much, then repeat. 4 times a week.
5.20 miles run 26 Nov 2014, 5.28 miles run 1 Dec 2014,
22 Yards Pool x 4o laps Swim 3 Dec 2014. Doing at Myeik, Myanmar
take the newborn kid for a run in the stroller
Riding as much as possible to get bike time in prep for the Otway Odyssey next year!
Cursa dels Nassos. 10k in Barcelona.
Hi Santa Ray,
Tomorrow, a 11km interval session is planned… next race is for next year!
Thx for all Ray.
Simple I just have to go out and start ride again. Prolonged vacation killed my fitness.
No races on the agenda, so just a 15 km training run on build to a half marathon next year.
Christmas day, pre-emptive, 15km with the bro-in-law before food induced coma.
Greetings from Portugal!
I will run in the S. Silvestre 10k race in Porto on the 28th of December =D
Hopefully in less than 45 minutes!
Just a simple race around the town (5-6k)
Valencia (Spain) Saint Silvester Run on 30th. 5.3k. Everyone run dressed like santa or in underwear
I am indulging my off-season trail running fetish by racing my favourite local trail race, the CTS Dorset Coastal Trail Run. I’m doing the half-marathon: a 16.3 mile off road run with 3559ft of climbing. For the brave/insane they do a full and an ultra too! Stunning views and a challenging course.