The Love You Wanted: $600 Gadget Giveaway

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What’s that?  Your Valentine’s Day was a bust?  No worries, I’m here to try and cheer ya up.  It’s your opportunity to win something you’ll really love (which, may be in addition to someone else you love).

The winner will get a $600 credit to CleverTraining.com, my most excellent partner in this giveaway crime.  By supporting the site through Clever Training you also can save 10% on basically anything they sell.  If you win, you can use that credit for anything from the new Garmin Fenix3 HR to a GoPro Hero4 Black to a water bottle to the PowerTap G3 Hub Power Meter (all of which are under $600!), or heck, even towards a new trainer.  Whatever warms your heart.

How to enter:

Simply let me know what was on your training log for last weekend from a workout perspective.  Quick and easy!

Try to make it more than a few words (i.e. not just ‘10K’), so you’ll avoid the SPAM holding tank (I manually clear it out). And nobody wants to be sandwiched between two pieces of old SPAM.  Got all that?

Good luck!

The giveaway entry period will run through Saturday, February 20th, 2016 until 11:59PM US Eastern Time.  Winner will be selected randomly.  One entry per person.  The selected product/products will then be ordered immediately and shipped immediately, assuming they’re in stock.

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5,803 Comments

  1. Sergey

    Long Slow Distance run for 5km and 13.5km bike training.

  2. Last weekend was a lazy one: A 5km hike and a little mountainbiking on Sunday.

  3. EvelienR

    10K was the weekend run, just an LSD run with a good pace.

  4. stijn

    Being deployed, i’m limited to running on treadmills and riding on stationary trainers (not even real bikes), but i’ve done some hilly intervals running on saturday and and long ride on sunday while reading a book :)

  5. I made a 14K run on saturday and the played some soccer on sunday

  6. Chris R

    Last weekend was an easy short run & then a Sprint Tri.

  7. Siimon

    I did some fitness training and some biking in the fintness club.

  8. James

    A daft fixed wheel ride around the muddy trails on Esher Common. Michelin Pro 3 Race can cut through the mud beautifully.

  9. MartinD

    Weekend Plan:
    60k Bike Ride + 15k Run

    Weekend Actual:
    Running Intervals: 10+ x (running to bathroom with stomach bug) :-(

  10. Borja

    two sessions of swimming pool.

    First:
    2,5Km with mixed series:
    shorts: 6×100
    long:3×500
    relaxing: 400m

    Second:
    1500 splited in three series of 3×500

  11. Colin

    Nothing last weekend as I was away, made up for it Wednesday and Thursday with 113km’s over the 2 days

  12. Nir br

    I did 26k run in preparation to Prague Marathon in May 2016.

  13. Jallal

    Last week, there were just the workouts that are part of my Marathon de Paris 2016 training: interval training, specific pace and mileage, a bit more that the previous week :-)

  14. Tony W

    Last weekend was a week after I completed Geelong 70.3, so a quiet weekend. 5km run followed by a Les Mills RPM class on the Saturday and a 5km social run with mates to relive Geelong. One more quiet weekend, the the ramp to a June marathon starts ;)

  15. Julia Geddes

    I normally run on trails but after weeks of incessant rain they are so boggy it’s impossible to move faster than spludge speed. I did my 8.5 miles on roads.

  16. Neil Evans

    Last weekend was a family training weekend. Big walk with the kids. Managed to squeeze in a 10k run as well…

  17. Bernie

    If Friday counts as weekend, I did the first ride-run brick of the year. Saturday and Sunday I was away and didn’t have the chance for physical exercise. Thank you for this great site and the regular giveaways!

  18. Lars

    Sat.: 90 km bike ride
    Sun.: 116 km bike ride

  19. Youri

    Climbing and running!

  20. Scott

    First short run/walk about several weeks off recovering from injury

  21. Mark Visser

    On Saturday and easy 10km run at 6 min/km, followed on Sunday by a 22 km at 5:50 min/km.
    Progressing nicely towards the marathon in April with training

  22. Damian O'Connor

    2 x 50k rides over the hills of North Donegal on mtb in 3 degrees weather Great Craic!

  23. Samuli

    Easy long walks in the forest with dogs, and a little bit of testing Skinbased skis.

  24. michelangelo perin

    Slowly trying to recover from knee injury, 75km on the bike and still some pain :-((

  25. Ricky Klingvall

    Mon: Running 10K
    Tue: Morning Swim evening Trainer ZWIFT ZTR Race
    Wed: Gym
    Thur: Morning Swim eveninge Trainer
    Fri: Running
    Sat: Ice skating Trainer
    Sun: Swim

  26. Saturday: Morning 6km Cross-Country skiing with the kids, afternoon 13km run on icy walkways with my icebugs
    Sunday: Rest!!

  27. Gerard

    Last weekend I performed the Lactate treshold on the Fenix3. Failed though, as I could not maintain the highest pace due to traffic on the road.

    Greetings

  28. angelo masotti

    This weekend hill training + slow descent, about 25 km at a slow pace.
    Running, of course.

  29. RowLarry

    A 10km row on the Thames, and then a brisk 60km cycle in about 5C! Chilly.

  30. Joshua

    Really working on big strength and decent endurance on the bike

  31. Nicholas Forsyth

    Cold long ride with a local group

  32. Georgia

    Trying to get my boyfriend running more! HA

  33. Dimitrios Athanasiadis

    I run almost 60 miles and i also did a cycle session of 40 miles.

  34. Caron

    Going to buy my son something!

  35. Adam Williams

    Tues and Thurs Zwift races followed by a hike a bike session on Saturday around the Dark Peak!

  36. Per-Christian Bårholm

    55km ride with 4*12mins @ 80785 % FTP intervals included.

  37. Steady 50k as part of my “learning how to road bike” plan :-)

  38. Holm

    Did a 1,5h swim and a GA2 run on Saturday…hopped on the Bike for a 50km ride on Sunday.

  39. Aston

    Watching the rain through a window, then as much cycling as I could fit into 90 minutes at the start of Valentines day, without being told off.

  40. Bryan

    Last week was slow for me training wise. The flu and plantar issues slowed me down. Am getting back into it though.

  41. Lawrence Waldmsn

    Since it was zero out, 10 mile indoor bike followed by 2 mile treadmill run at pace and then 20 minutes of weights. Tryi to get back into it!

  42. josh

    Please please please, need new tech :-)

  43. Davide

    My weekend workout was a melancholy slow 18km run in the rain.

  44. Keep resting from my last half marathon so long distance I’ve run was from sofa to bed.

  45. Cold weather so some gym training and a little of turbo trainer

  46. Jesse

    Lots of trainer time due to several days of snow and ice!

  47. Leah Gregory

    Still doing a few 5k but trying to increase the distance.

  48. BrianF

    Last weekend Connecticut had a wicked cold spell where temperatures were between -10 and +10 degrees. I did a 25 min run Saturday morning. I only saw 1 other runner which was a woman wearing swim goggles to protect her eyes from the cold. Stayed warm inside the rest of the weekend.

  49. Nath74

    À Nice swimming session with m’y husband.

  50. peroni

    100K bike ride with an 8 km steady climb at 6% halfway through the session @full out

  51. Zete

    I ran 5k on Sunday and a long and lazy stretch routine afterwards.

  52. Casper Lassenius

    Easy 10k on Saturday, and a long run of 26k on Sun. Nice ;)

  53. jym

    I did 11 km in 50 minutes of rowing (with a waterrower), and also 7 kilometers in 45 minutes of slow jogging :-)

  54. dieter

    little run on saturday and mtb ride on sunday

  55. Joe

    10k Odlo Crystal Run in Paris – great fun!

  56. Matotato

    Unfortunately no training for me, since I was on vacation with my family in Valencia. Have not seen any of your lost luggage.

  57. Andrii Pogrebennyk

    Logging miles! Progressive run on Saturday and slow 29km run through Vienna forest on Sunday – link to strava.com

  58. Georgia

    Help me get my fiance a cool new watch!! XX

  59. Stephen Hecht

    Friday was a 7trail mile run and Saturday was a cold 6 mile run in 11 degree temperature with winds around 20 mph.

  60. Nicolas

    Some XC skiing on saturday, and a 22km long run on sunday.

  61. Winter

    Only a normal swim session this weekend.

  62. Ron Anderson

    Army PRT on Friday morning, upper body/core
    Long Run Saturday 8 miles
    Sunday rest, stretching

  63. Justin K

    Had 12 miles in the snow

  64. Nick

    Medium Long run of 15 miles Saturday then a slow 5 miler on Sunday, plus a game of football.

  65. John Marrocco

    Saturday was a 66 mile group ride in rolling hills, lots of wind, a good zone 3 workout. Sunday for V-day my wife and I did 94 miles to St. Augustine and back. Steady pace into 20 mph headwinds out, Nice tailwind tempo ride home.

  66. Aidan Campbell

    Well it’s summer, so a triathlon was compulsory – national sprint distance champs. It went rather well!

  67. I was a weekend of Z2, though Z@ son the trainer is tough.

    Mike

  68. Arno

    Saturday – riding the trainer 30min. Sunday – Skate skiing without poles 45min.
    (I enjoy the best of both seasons!)

  69. Henry Holt

    Bike intervals on the trainer with some strength exercises. Winter needs to end.

  70. Sjoerd

    Intervals on the trainer/ spinning-bike because it was poring with rain the whole weekend.

  71. Sean Dooley

    easy 8 miler on Saturday, 20 miler on Sunday

  72. Shan Sharif

    I started training for my first tri so i did a 40 min run, some distance in the pool, and a bike work out that killed my legs.

  73. Linus De Paoli

    A couple of 5k runs on the dreadmill during the week, some weight lifting and 13k on sunday.

  74. Moe

    My weekend consisted of a 15 mile bike workout (darn those hills) and my longest run, in a long, long time, of 6 miles (darn those hills again).

  75. Catrin

    This weekend i will run a half marathon as training for the marathon in spring

  76. Caroline

    i will swim on saturday, maybe rowing with my father on sunday

  77. Hervé

    Last weekend, there was a slow paced 20km workout on nordic ski, because there’s snow over here, and it’s always good to change habits from time to time !

  78. Angus Jeffrey

    I fit in a nice river ride on Sat and a long run on Sunday.

  79. Jean-Claude

    Well as crosstraining on saturday, from 2 big trees to a pile of chopped wood 1 feet long.
    On Sunday, went for a run 10km and then the good ole “apértif” of the club @ 11h00.

  80. Simon Porteous

    I’m recovering from a couple of 50k races in January so my only workout was a hilly fartlek run with no real goal paces or distances.

  81. Leonor Rodrigues

    Handball practice in friday night. Then a lazy weekend.

  82. DeWayne

    It was 15 degrees outside! I rode my single speed 30 miles!

  83. Dagudagr

    Last week I had planned to start Nordic walking training. I bought a sticks and made the first training session – 1 hour, 5 km. Fitbit Flex and Endomondo app helped me in this.

  84. Ivica

    Some running and some swimming.

  85. Daniel Ripoll

    Saturday 1k intervalls, 5x@4.15 with resting 1k inbetween. Total 10k
    Sunday 1k swim, relaxed

  86. Manu

    A couple of runs around 10 to 15k. Another quick run is planned for today :-)

  87. Matt

    So the PLAN was easy 5 on Saturday then 18 on Sunday (marathon in a month!) but the ice storms made that plan a joke, so I got in a few miles on the treadmill both days, then the long run on Wednesday morning (yay flexible work schedule!)

  88. Eshed korachovitz

    I ran 5k with my boyfriend, slowly getting him involved:)

  89. Zane

    Two long indoor trainer rides each day.

  90. Michael Cutri

    Working on the master bathroom remodel (down to the studs) that has been going on for 6 months…the wife is getting tired of the construction zone.

  91. Vicente

    Unfortunately I was sick the whole week-end and couldn’t do anything. I would be curious to know how my rHR changed those days :)

  92. Thomas

    2 times swim training – 2200 m each session

  93. nasos

    I did a workout at the gym for 30minites with Run

  94. 4.2 miles on Saturday – for the run; Sunday 2100 yards in the pool and 1.5 hours on the trainer – intervals. Ugh.

  95. Run every single day. Saturday morning 10km tempo evening 5km easy. Sunday morning LSD 32km. Upper body workout.

  96. Carla R.

    Rest week, so just a short run on Saturday and nothing Sunday.

  97. Sharon Roy

    i did a 23.6 mile ride with some hills. Focused on riding faster and keeping a high cadence.

  98. Matthew

    Consisted of logging some TR-Miles and chasing around the kids.

  99. Max Knee

    Just some cold rides in the woods

  100. Henry Ng

    Swimming for 1.5km and weight train for strength.