Valentine’s Day Double-Gadget Giveaway!

February 13, 2015 by |Blog|Comments (4,879)

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It’s definitely time for another giveaway.  Given Valentine’s Day is tomorrow, it only seems right to show you some lovin’.  But, it would seem sorta awkward to give you a present and not also give the person you love (or, at least kinda-sorta-like) a present as well.  No?

Thus, I’ll be giving away two units as part of this giveaway – one for each of you.  It’ll be like a couples giveaway, though you need not be a couple to enter or win.  I’m sure everyone can find a loving friend that is worthy of a new GPS device (or similar).  If you can’t think of such a person in your life, I’d suggest expanding your circle of friends.

Those who win will get two units valued up to $270US (each) from Clever Training.  This could be currently shipping units like the Polar M400, or, upcoming units like the Garmin Vivoactive once it ships.  As long as the value is under $270US per device you can pick whatever you want from Clever Training.

Here’s a few ideas to get ya thinking:

The Fitbit Surge GPS watch
TomTom Runner Cardio GPS watch (with optical HR sensor)
Garmin Vivoactive GPS smartwatch
Polar M400 GPS watch
Mio Fuse Activity Tracker with optical HR sensor
Suunto Ambit2 S GPS multisport watch

How to enter:

Leave a comment with: A description of your Valentine’s Day training or racing plans.

Simple as that!  As usual, Clever Training is sponsoring the giveaway.  Remember you can save 10% off anything they sell through either the coupon code or the DCR/CT VIP program, plus of course free US shipping for goods over $75US.

Thanks for reading!

The giveaway entry period will run through Monday, February 16th, 2015 until 11:59PM US Eastern Time.  Winner will be selected randomly. One entry per person. The product will then be ordered immediately and shipped immediately, assuming in stock.

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  1. Andy
    February 16, 2015 at 4:05 pm #4708

    1500 yd swim in Tempe, AZ hotel pool

  2. Sarah Leeseberg
    February 16, 2015 at 4:08 pm #4709

    My boyfriend and I are training for the Ironman 70.3 in May. Today’s training is a run and a swim!

  3. Stephen Vickers
    February 16, 2015 at 4:09 pm #4710

    Pizza and beer- finally a nice relaxing rest day with the girlfriend.

  4. Thomas LeBaron
    February 16, 2015 at 4:15 pm #4711

    road century for me and recovery walk with the pregnant wife.

  5. Scott
    February 16, 2015 at 4:19 pm #4712

    Valentines training consisted of -20F temps and thus little in the way of training. Although we watched Kingsman which was full of training, and was overall a very fun movie, worth a watch.

  6. BS
    February 16, 2015 at 4:23 pm #4713

    light treadmill running

  7. Chris
    February 16, 2015 at 4:29 pm #4714

    Absolutely nothing! I’m sick, and I’ll start training 1st week of March. Trying to stay guilt free, but it’s hard when you see other people running.

  8. Christian Bedsvaag
    February 16, 2015 at 4:32 pm #4715

    A long run on icy roads follows by some bottles of wine and a fine steak.

  9. LaRosa Johnson
    February 16, 2015 at 4:33 pm #4716

    Unfortunately my training plans were not, since doctor told me to cool it & nurse my wrist injury, so it was just a rest day.

  10. Rebecca Burton
    February 16, 2015 at 4:33 pm #4717

    Valentiness day park run (5k timed weekly event), first one in Bristol, our new home

  11. Mike Hendriks
    February 16, 2015 at 4:33 pm #4718

    Got out for my first bike ride in a very long time. Renovations and a seven month old leave me short on time! Tracked it with my D2

  12. Jay Bagley
    February 16, 2015 at 4:33 pm #4719

    I ran 14 miles to celebrate. My newly single self was all alone on the treadmill doing something I love. I treated myself with a tasty Valentine’s burrito afterwards.

  13. Julian Middlewick
    February 16, 2015 at 4:33 pm #4720

    Long ride day!

  14. Mick O'Meara
    February 16, 2015 at 4:34 pm #4721

    Was first run in two weeks, 9k at a medium pace. Great way to clear head after two weeks of work & study stress

  15. Adam Neilson
    February 16, 2015 at 4:34 pm #4722

    I spent my day doing a good horizontal jogging interval session…

  16. Ti_tom
    February 16, 2015 at 4:34 pm #4723

    Great idea !
    For me it was a bit of cycling before a diner in a good restaurant

  17. Jus
    February 16, 2015 at 4:34 pm #4724

    Weather is finally great so could do something more major, but just a nice walk around the city this time.

  18. andrew nagy
    February 16, 2015 at 4:34 pm #4725

    6 mile run in the NY cold

  19. Joel White
    February 16, 2015 at 4:35 pm #4726

    Riding some singletrack with my bride, hooray for the babysitter!

  20. Gretchen
    February 16, 2015 at 4:35 pm #4727

    skiing in the cold! Does that count?

  21. Ben Berry
    February 16, 2015 at 4:35 pm #4728

    4 miles on the fat bike was my Valentine’s Day training

  22. Johnny Sellvén
    February 16, 2015 at 4:36 pm #4729

    A long session on the Concept2 indoor rowing machine (yes, I am injured)

  23. Meghan
    February 16, 2015 at 4:36 pm #4730

    I ran a slowwwwww 3.3 miles (recovering from a femoral stress fracture :()

  24. Justin myers
    February 16, 2015 at 4:36 pm #4731

    Took my girlfriend on her first ride on a road bike. She did great! 20 miles on a local trail keeping 14 mph.

  25. Aaron
    February 16, 2015 at 4:37 pm #4732

    50K training! That was the plan, anyway… trails too icy for my wimpy crampons, needed ice skates!

  26. drewids
    February 16, 2015 at 4:41 pm #4733

    Just a quick run3 miles, once it got up to 15 degrees.

  27. Jackie F.
    February 16, 2015 at 4:41 pm #4734

    I donated platelets…does that count as a workout? *grin*

  28. Matt Priddle
    February 16, 2015 at 4:41 pm #4735

    rest day – what’s not to love!

  29. Denise
    February 16, 2015 at 4:41 pm #4736

    At the gym, on the bike

  30. Clas Fredriksson
    February 16, 2015 at 4:42 pm #4737

    Took my bike out for a 2 hour ride.

  31. Robert Garnier
    February 16, 2015 at 4:42 pm #4738

    2.5 mile swim

  32. Randy
    February 16, 2015 at 4:44 pm #4739

    It was spent helping my wife regain simple walking strength following a relapse that again landed her in the hospital. certainly not a spectacular event. But you need to start somewhere.

  33. Jose Carlos Rodriguez
    February 16, 2015 at 4:45 pm #4740

    We started with a run (7 kilometers), this is are “training season” starting for are upcoming events. We then left for a healthy lunch and followed by a romantic but not that healthy dinner.

  34. Pawel
    February 16, 2015 at 4:46 pm #4741

    Resistance training with 5×5 routine and some spinning intervals

  35. Eric
    February 16, 2015 at 4:47 pm #4742

    2:15 interval trainer ride followed by a 30 minute brick run on the treadmill. Wife cannot partake in the fun due to a torn hip labrum but I definitely included her in the third discipline of my Valentines Day triathlon!!

  36. Andy C
    February 16, 2015 at 4:48 pm #4743

    On the 14th I was getting my ass hanefe to me by the local chaingang but on Sunday the girl and I went out for, very romantic, threshold intervals and she paid at the cafe stop on our way home!

  37. Mark
    February 16, 2015 at 4:52 pm #4745

    Went for a short run around the lake before making pancakes with my awesome girlfriend!

  38. Brian Herald
    February 16, 2015 at 4:52 pm #4746

    My Valentines day work out included a 4 mi tempo run at 7:20 pace. Followed by a wonderful valentine’s dinner with my wife.

  39. tex n.
    February 16, 2015 at 4:54 pm #4747

    I just returned from a 3 week road trip to Yellowstone so just getting some miles on my mtn bike this 3 day weekend!

  40. Fran
    February 16, 2015 at 4:54 pm #4748

    Yet another boring trainer preseason ride to avoid the pouring rain…

  41. Pinquin Chou Li
    February 16, 2015 at 4:56 pm #4749

    Easy recovery run with my wife pushing the Bob Revolution Pro with our little Em, sesamoids are killing me…

  42. Ben
    February 16, 2015 at 4:57 pm #4750

    Easy spin session on the trainer. Been off the bike and need to ease back into training 😛

  43. David Haynes
    February 16, 2015 at 4:58 pm #4751

    For our valentines I got up at 4 am with my wife and we drove to nashville tn. We then ran the Hot Chocolate 15/5k. She ran several minutes faster than last year despite the 30 degree weather.

  44. Mark L
    February 16, 2015 at 5:00 pm #4752

    i’ll be doing some squats and push-ups.

  45. Jorge
    February 16, 2015 at 5:03 pm #4753

    800 metres sprint to the florist in order to get a last time present for my girlfriend before she arrived home

  46. Paul
    February 16, 2015 at 5:03 pm #4754

    Did a 2 mile hike from my house up to the state park with my cross country skis attached to my backpack while dodging the snow plow trucks and then skied for 10 miles before hiking back home.

  47. Sebastian
    February 16, 2015 at 5:06 pm #4755

    I did a 10k run in the beautiful region that is Swabia.
    Even though it was really cold and there was snow all around me, I had a great time!

  48. Pedro Moya Rui
    February 16, 2015 at 5:07 pm #4756

    It was also my birthday! 8K run in the morning, make some cakes and 3K at night to burn it xD

  49. Bobby
    February 16, 2015 at 5:07 pm #4757

    Only had an easy 5 miler planned in the morning, leaving plenty of time for Valentine’s festivities.

  50. Srf
    February 16, 2015 at 5:08 pm #4758

    My Valentines morning training was running up and down lines of grape vines at purbeck vineyard, Swanage uk, nice little gradient to liven things up…

  51. Petar
    February 16, 2015 at 5:08 pm #4759

    I’ll get up and make breakfast in bed for my GF, so I can spend rest od the day begging to buy new HR sensor or GPS watch… Maybe go for a hike…

  52. Oliver
    February 16, 2015 at 5:09 pm #4760

    1:15h on the treadmill and it wasn’t fun!

  53. Max
    February 16, 2015 at 5:11 pm #4761

    Well I did my bodyweight training routine: some pushups variations, squats, jumps and pullups to name a few.

  54. Nate
    February 16, 2015 at 5:13 pm #4762

    Winter bike ride together, it was lovely!

  55. Lawrence
    February 16, 2015 at 5:13 pm #4763

    I was the designated driver so I could run a half-marathon the next morning (and ended up getting a new PR).

  56. Sean Dooley
    February 16, 2015 at 5:13 pm #4764

    Ran 10 miles and chased after kids all day.

  57. Mike K
    February 16, 2015 at 5:15 pm #4765

    I had an 11mi run outside that turned into a 4mi run outside and a 3mi run at the gym…Stupid snow and lack of visibility.

  58. luiz otavio
    February 16, 2015 at 5:16 pm #4766

    it´s carnaval in Brasil, so no trainning for today!

  59. David Garcia
    February 16, 2015 at 5:17 pm #4767

    My Valentine’s workout was 40 miles on my bike.

  60. leftride
    February 16, 2015 at 5:18 pm #4768

    Family run with the double BOB.

  61. Jason Jones
    February 16, 2015 at 5:18 pm #4769

    14 miler in subzero temps in Michigan with 18 mph winds.

  62. Naomi
    February 16, 2015 at 5:18 pm #4770

    First day of a 2 day hike up Mount Solitary. Happy Valentines!

  63. Bradley
    February 16, 2015 at 5:19 pm #4771

    I would like to enter. My Valentine’s Day training plans were a simple 4 miles on the treadmill since it was quite icy here.

  64. Monica Lewis
    February 16, 2015 at 5:19 pm #4772

    I did a 5 mile hike with friends!

  65. ChrisB
    February 16, 2015 at 5:19 pm #4773

    Easy day before a hot and sweaty Sufferfest session on the TT in the garage. Yuk

  66. F. Javier González Vidal
    February 16, 2015 at 5:21 pm #4774

    Unfortunately, stretching and trying to recover my aquiles injury 🙁

  67. Dave
    February 16, 2015 at 5:22 pm #4775

    Attempted to ski with the family but we turned the kids into a Popsicle.

  68. Mike
    February 16, 2015 at 5:24 pm #4776

    Jut finished running the Great Aloha run with my running buddy, 🙂

  69. Alison egan
    February 16, 2015 at 5:24 pm #4777

    Sufferfest in the morning and a treadmill run in the afternoon

  70. Mike Pisauro
    February 16, 2015 at 5:24 pm #4778

    I havent been sble to train for a couple of months due to an injury so instead did some strength training and core workouts. Hoping that once I am healthy a brand new gps watch is in my future to replace the old garmin 410. Thanks,

  71. Loren
    February 16, 2015 at 5:29 pm #4779

    Just ran the Great Aloha Run with my running buddy!!

  72. Pete
    February 16, 2015 at 5:30 pm #4780

    Nailed my first 100km link to strava.com

  73. Joe Haimowitz
    February 16, 2015 at 5:30 pm #4781

    We did an indoor bike race at the Peak Centre in Ottawa followed by a 50 minute strength workout

  74. Casey M
    February 16, 2015 at 5:30 pm #4782

    Early morning cross training at the gym!

  75. Alex Pull
    February 16, 2015 at 5:34 pm #4783

    It was 17k tempo run in the morning.

  76. Luke Meers
    February 16, 2015 at 5:34 pm #4784

    Largely a recovery day, a few strength exercises. Kettlebells.

  77. Paul
    February 16, 2015 at 5:35 pm #4785

    Not much… walked the dog. Ran 15km the next day.

  78. Ben M
    February 16, 2015 at 5:36 pm #4786

    Long ride/run in the morning so the afternoon is off and time with the wife

  79. Mikael
    February 16, 2015 at 5:38 pm #4787

    Together, in our cozy little apartment on a supremely frigid winter day, my girlfriend and I slept in – ’till 8! – and while munching on a peanut butter topped salted cracker, set up our trainers for a leg burning two hour ride. The nightstand between our bikes, acting as The Snack Pad, a random selection of various Red Bull World Champs playing on the screen, our legs pumping, faces dripping with sweat, we conquered the ride. Pulling up the weather app, we saw a terrifying sight: -17 degrees (celcius) and -25 with the windchill! We hesitated for a moment – but we are athletes after all! Fifteen minutes of donning gear, the silence broken by nervous quips about the weather, frozen body parts and the meal that awaits; sighs and grunts as compression gear is carefully pulled on, inch by inch. Like gladiators marching into the arena, we marched down the hall, waited 3 minutes for the elevator, and stole a quick glance at ourselves in the mirror to assess our ridiculous look as we pushed the front door open into the howling wind to embark on a 30 minute adventure on foot.

    Returning victorious, a hot epsom salt bath was run, and a meal of epic proportions was prepared to celebrate the day’s conquest, as well the day’s true purpose: the life and love shared between two athletes.

  80. DFX
    February 16, 2015 at 5:39 pm #4788

    I actually did no training on valentines day as,
    a) I love my wife so much I wouldn’t dare.
    b) My wife would not make my life worth living
    But on Sunday I went out for a nice bike ride and tonight I had a good run. My pesky app played up on both occasions. I bet a Tom Tom watch wouldn’t and I sooo want one 🙂
    Cheers, Dave.

  81. Matthew S
    February 16, 2015 at 5:40 pm #4789

    Up before the sun. 110km on the bike. Back in time for a romantic late (very late) breakfast.

  82. Bret Bartness
    February 16, 2015 at 5:40 pm #4790

    10 mile run.

  83. Eli Selzer
    February 16, 2015 at 5:40 pm #4791

    I did an 11 mile recovery run around the Hollywood Reservoir/Mulholland Dam. First time running there; it was nice and scenic. Ended by being the subject at a photo shoot for my wife’s photography class. Husband of the year!

  84. John
    February 16, 2015 at 5:43 pm #4792

    She ran 16, so I didn’t get to.

  85. Progi1984
    February 16, 2015 at 5:44 pm #4793

    My wife has biken while I ran, and we change after 5 kilometers.

  86. Jordy
    February 16, 2015 at 5:46 pm #4794

    I ran very hard to my BF to give him a big hug 😀

  87. Alex
    February 16, 2015 at 5:47 pm #4795

    Training this weekend included double Trainer Road/Sufferfest action to fit in around family staying over. Ready for the Col de la Madone when I go to Nice in a few weeks. Does walking up the bell tower in Lille also count? Hope everyone had fun.

  88. Dan Jones
    February 16, 2015 at 5:47 pm #4796

    Spent Valentine’s day 2000 miles away from home where it is 70 degrees warmer. Spent the next week making it up to the wife. 🙂

  89. Franck
    February 16, 2015 at 5:48 pm #4797

    Trail running!!!!

  90. Thom Wood
    February 16, 2015 at 5:50 pm #4798

    Rest day sandwiched by a bike and a run day.

  91. Gert
    February 16, 2015 at 5:56 pm #4799

    Run for the hills

  92. Ky
    February 16, 2015 at 6:16 pm #4800

    Bit of a spin on some hills on the MTB!

  93. Lee
    February 16, 2015 at 6:16 pm #4801

    Five miles in the morning the. Cooking the wife some surf and turf in the evening.

  94. david
    February 16, 2015 at 6:18 pm #4802

    5 mile run and 1000yd swim. Happy day.

  95. Brandon
    February 16, 2015 at 6:19 pm #4803

    Warm up: walking around at a boat show
    Run: 5 miler
    Cool Down: old bay bagels

  96. Marty
    February 16, 2015 at 6:23 pm #4804

    This was a prefect Valentine’s day! I raced the Krispy Kreme Challenge in Raleigh, NC, 5 miles, a dozen donuts, finished 23rd of 2000+ and set a PR by 90 seconds!

  97. Scott
    February 16, 2015 at 6:23 pm #4805

    Boring 15 mile treadmill run.

  98. William Hamilton
    February 16, 2015 at 6:24 pm #4806

    Biked the local area with the wifey, roughly 11 miles. Short but sweet (and a rare opportunity to ride together).

  99. Mark A.
    February 16, 2015 at 6:24 pm #4807

    Did a 2 hour bike ride

  100. Jose Casas
    February 16, 2015 at 6:25 pm #4808

    1.30 Z3 power Zone in he rollers

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