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In Depth Product Reviews
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Here’s my most recent GPS watch guide here, and cycling GPS computers here. Plus there are smart trainers here, all in these guides cover almost every category of sports gadgets out there. Looking for the equipment I use day-to-day? I also just put together my complete ‘Gear I Use’ equipment list, from swim to bike to run and everything in between (plus a few extra things). And to compliment that, here’s The Girl’s (my wife’s) list. Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by!
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The Swim/Bike/Run Gear I Use List
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100km on the bike on Friday with club mates. Saturday run with my boy for 4k then solo for another 8k.
Rest of the weekend relaxing with wine and chocolate.
I’m going for a short run today, and a 90 minute bike ride on Monday.
12mi bike ride on a fixed gear. Might “hop” some rope.
Just a recovery run (after 22 w/ 12@MP) this weekend for me!
Training plans : hunting for chocolate eggs and eating them :-)
Couple of short runs to shake out the legs after Marseille marathon last weekend, and to pretend I’m burning off the chocolate calories…
Second road bike ride this year (if it does not rain snow).
Cycling, cycling and cycling. With short transition runs after. Finally opened the roadcycling season here in Finland!
14km run around Acropolis. Cheers from Athens ?
I am training for a 1/2 marathon and then an xterra. For the next several weeks I will be doing the following
Sat – run, get base miles in
Mon – functional training
We’d- swim
Thurs- spin
A short trail run today, weights on Sunday, and a longer run on Monday.
I’ll go for a long ride with friends then take my kids to see Disney on Ice!
Frankly, I already finished weekend training. Bonus of living in Australia, getting everything early :)
330 km on a bike with rather brisk pace. I guess I need another recovery workout tomorrow.
going for a two hour bike with 12-minute intervals followed by a short 15 minute run
Saturday group ride and lots of Easter chocolate.
Two short (40-50k) bike rides, medium/low intensity. Building up from a long time of relative inactivity.
First ride completed this morning in beautiful weather, one more to go.
Still sitting on the sidelines with an injury, so I guess I’m just going to eat & drink – not too bad, in the end!
Swim on saturday.
Chocolate on Sunday :)
In my case, just eating chocolate
I’m going to do some sweet spot workouts in the mornings and top it with mtb rides on the technical trails close to home. Nothing fancy.
I will do stretching mostly…morning in bed and in the afternoon in the couch…
The wife and I going for a run!
Couple runs and rides!
I am tapering for a marathon, so it will be a short run today. Also have a cold, hope I’ll recover in time.
I biked 45 miles yesterday. Today I am running ten miles along beautiful Pensacola Beach!
A 7 mile loop run on the coast Saturday followed by a longer run Easter afternoon. Happy Easter, everyone.
Finishing preparation for Prague half marathon.
Just a walk outside with the family
Hillclimbing and some aero analysis!
I’ll let gravity do the work this week by skiing in Breckinridge Co. What is the altitude here? Lol
No running just chocolate munching
Long run in Parisian woods on Sunday. And then eggs brunch.
Weight training with my wife on Saturday and a 14-mile run on Sunday.
Going for a rehab workout Sunday. 25x (1 minute run + 1 minute walk)
Enjoying the new mountain expansion section of Watopia on Zwift!
Sadly this weekends training plans involve patching up and plastering my kitchen rather than any actual training!
Planning on bike ride Sunday but storms may put me in the gym
2 hr endurance bike, 90 minute Z2 run, swim intervals.
I will do a 5k race called “Eggs chalenge” in Québec city Canada.
Saturday: 1/2 hour easy run
Sunday: 39 Km trail race
Monday: 1 1/2 hour easy ride (first time this year)
+ lots of ham, eggs
I am doing some voleme on vocation at Croatia
Running 5 x 400m interval with my couch potato hubby on Sunday and reward him with wine and steak.
4000m swim today followed by a 22km morning run and a 7km treadmill hill run for Sunday
Just did some rope jumping and burpees outside, since it is surprisingly nice out! Maybe a run or ride later today, tomorrow ‘s supposed to be rain!
10km fast walking
After a good week of skiing I’m taking it easy this weekend. I suspect my toughest workout will be a round of disc golf.
Continued training for the 20km de Bruxelles in May
Pretty much chasing kids around while they pick up easter eggs all while trying to squeeze in a 2 hour ride and 10 mile run.
Eh, not much training these days. Today I am with my sick kids at home. Hopefully 2 hours biking tomorrow with my oldest son (= low intensity) and maybe run Monday afternoon. But after entering your giveaway my day is much brighter :-)
Saturday is a scheduled rest day, maybe some yoga. Sunday is an hour on the bike and 2200 in the pool. Hoppy Easter!
Heading off to Mallorca this very moment, leaving behind Norway to get some solid riding done over the weekend and week to come!
Swift 10k through local woods with trustry dog and Monday same with my daughter …both faster than me..
2×20 today and long ride tomorrow
Running… around the yard helping my daughter find Easter eggs! Also, Cadbury creme eggs. That is all.
Mountain biking 70k in the rain
Get a ride in both days if the weather cooperates.
4 mile run today followed by a hike with the dog and kids.
I’ll be running some low mileage along Lake Michigan
We can’t seem to break through to spring, still stuck in the cold. So hill repeats for me this weekend.
A lot of running to prepare for the maraton in Copenhagen
I was going to go for a cycle ride for the first for ages but I’m feeling grotty. So I’ll be digging into some hot cross buns instead!
Sat- fixing a friends bike. Sun- riding 25-30mi with girlfriend in the nice spring weather. Jelly beans are good on the go :)
Breaking in new shoes with a 40 min run
Saturday – long endurance ride
Sunday – some FTP intervals
First road Bike session of the sensorn! Yay!
Easter egg hunt with the kids then a ride.
Just one easy run on Sunday. I need to change my shoes so i try to take it easy.
I’ve got a 1h20min bike and 30min brick session on Saturday morning and have a rest day planned for Easter Sunday!
A couple of runs to prep for my upcoming race. And some mini eggs for recovery. :)
Weights and 2 hour road ride(to a brewery) on Saturday. 1.5 hours trainer intervals on Sunday.
I’m tapering, so it’s just a 16km race pace today, and a 6km relaxed run tomorrow.
Bike/run session today, then short run in the sun (14C !!) tomorrow.
50 mile road race Saturday, then eating my face off Sunday.
50 mile road race with +4000 ft of climbing. Then hopefully some pizza :) Easter pizza, of course!
30km trail running on Sunday
First, thanks for writing all these articles and reviews, which have lead me to numerous amount of reading hours over the last few months. I have found this site while looking for a GPS watch, and have not stopped coming back ever since. Thanks again!
My plan for the week-end: gym workout today (Saturday), and 5k running tomorrow afternoon.
Happy Easter!
Jorge
I’m working on the in-laws’ farm this weekend, trying to sneak in 2 easy ten mile runs.
My plan is a 10-15K run on sunday.
Taking my 2 year old for a jog in her bob stroller.
Now that the warm weather is moving in I am hoping to get in at least 10 miles of cycling with some hills tossed in.
Thanks for the amazing content and giveaways. This site offers a wealth of information that isn’t available anywhere else!
Get back on track with the training: a gym session and a 3hr ride is in the cards.
Friday – 1 hour trainer workout.
Saturday – 1 hour trainer workout
Sunday – 10k run followed by a 1 hour trainer workout
Taking my favorite spin class
Planning a short ride today and run tomorrow
100km road bike, 1 hour swim, 10km easy run.
Saturday: rest
Sunday: 3x3km fast/1km recover
Monday: 90min SST
XC skiing and enjoy last snow on the ground!
My training plans – first ride already done, a damp ride round memory lane (smashing up some hills) from Aberdeen, Scotland (moved away 18months ago); same again tomorrow, hopefully in the dry; preparing for a couple of 100mile rides tues-wed.
I will doing a long run on the lake!
My plans are pretty fluid for the Easter weekend as the Weather on long weekends in the UK is notoriously un-cooperative. So essentially if it’s raining i’m running and if it’s sunny i’m cycling, i’ll fill in the details on the fly
Ran the Two Oceans half marathon this morning. Not really training, but the end-result of 2 months of training.
I’m hoping to get in whatever amount of miles my recovery from a sinus infection will let me get.
A 11-13 mile run today, another 5 tomorrow morning then some hill climbs on the bike tomorrow evening.
Going for a short 1 hour bike ride!
Yoga and a ride on the trainer.
I’m training for my first half marathon and I have my first 10 mile run this weekend. nervous and excited about rubbing that far.
It was my birthday on Good Friday, so my macros are Totally biased towards carbohydrates, so lots of hiking in the Grampians all Saturday and Easter Sunday afternoon should make for an awesome weightlifting in the garage. Some mobility and yoga on Monday to round the week off.
Eating indian food to celebrate Nawruz a week late. Riding 50-60 mi on sunday and 30-40 on monday
Trail run in the blue ridge mountains
Plan is to stage a minor runaround the mountain I’m staying on for the weekend in the northwestern Magaliesburg (South Africa). Nutrition is whatever is going but looks set to include meat.