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In Depth Product Reviews
You probably stumbled upon here looking for a review of a sports gadget. If you’re trying to decide which unit to buy – check out my in-depth reviews section. Some reviews are over 60 pages long when printed out, with hundreds of photos! I aim to leave no stone unturned.
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Read My Sports Gadget Recommendations.
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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Have some fun in the travel section.
I travel a fair bit, both for work and for fun. Here’s a bunch of random trip reports and daily trip-logs that I’ve put together and posted. I’ve sorted it all by world geography, in an attempt to make it easy to figure out where I’ve been.
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My Photography Gear: The Cameras/Drones/Action Cams I Use Daily
The most common question I receive outside of the “what’s the best GPS watch for me” variant, are photography-esq based. So in efforts to combat the amount of emails I need to sort through on a daily basis, I’ve complied this “My Photography Gear” post for your curious minds (including drones & action cams!)! It’s a nice break from the day-to-day sports-tech talk, and I hope you get something out of it!
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The Swim/Bike/Run Gear I Use List
Many readers stumble into my website in search of information on the latest and greatest sports tech products. But at the end of the day, you might just be wondering “What does Ray use when not testing new products?”. So here is the most up to date list of products I like and fit the bill for me and my training needs best! DC Rainmaker 2024 swim, bike, run, and general gear list. But wait, are you a female and feel like these things might not apply to you? If that’s the case (but certainly not saying my choices aren’t good for women), and you just want to see a different gear junkies “picks”, check out The Girl’s Gear Guide too.
My plan is to practice yoga outside
10km run and i will plan to use my road bike for the first time outside
Going to have a long steady 4hr bike ride and then a smaller run on the following day.
yay for training taking over your social life. :)
First roller skating experience on this season
I have ran everyday of the Easter Longweekend, but my kids have received their weight in goodies, so I’m trying to help them get through the mountain of chocolate, and peeps.
no sport this weekend, ban until mid of april says my doctor
Long Zwift mountain training
First time life experience – jump from plane with parachute
Completed 10 mile run Sun morning b4 festivities
Easy endurance ride Saturday (outside, finally!), tempo repeats run ~10miles Sunday.
First half marathon run
I did two short but hard mtb rides, good burning some of good food I got.
In the morning 5 miles run and in the evening 1 mile swim
14k easy on saturday morning followed by 37km Bosoton Marathon Simulaton Run with 16k at race pace
Go for a 10 mile-run this weekend
Some family tennis and a strength workout.
Playing basketball tourney 2×2
Easy 4 mile run on Saturday and a nice 10 mile ride on the cruisers with my wife Sunday morning!
Thank you to Ray and Clever Training for the giveaway.
First hiking trip to local mountains
My goal is to swim!
Velodrome cycling (scratch tournament)
training plans are for the weekend ahead is bicycling 10 km for coffie with friend, and after that same TRX
On Saturday I went for a short bike ride while pulling 2 of my kids in our bike trailer. On Sunday, I did several Easter egg hunts with my kids.
Sprint indoor triatlon, wish me luck
Doing longer as usual TRX session
Doing uphill downhill runs preparing for my first trail competition
I plan to swim my first 2 mile swim non-stop
Indoor volleyball for two hours
Run a few miles on Saturday. Prob stretch or do yoga on Sunday.
The start was quite sporty with a ergo-bike session and a run on the rainy Friday and a swim and a bike unit on the sunny Saturday. But an infect thwarted me for the rest of the weekend.
Going for a long swim and 40km ride with kids.
Training plan is simple run 10K on Friday, Gain 5LBs on Saturday, Sunday replenish liquids.
Happy Easter!!!
Olympic Triathlon next weekend.
Nice trail running with my nephew
This weekends training plan was chasing my little cousins as they rush to find all the Easter eggs and a group ride with friends.
I scootered the beltline in Atlanta, GA with the wife and kids and then gorged myself on jelly beans and rollos
Went gym Friday & celebrated Easter with our daughter, egg hunting and sack race and making giant bubbles and ate a creme egg. haha
Lots of calisthenics, bc we are traveling and I am sadly away from all of my bikes.
Getting a windy and hilly London Marathon training run in, followed by a chilled ride with my sister
Going to a local park for a 5k obstacle course
I’m not planning on doing much…I just had a baby.
My training plans include a lot bike riding and taking on the local mountains
My wife and I ran a 5K for the Philadelphia Phillies charities on Saturday and then a 20 mile long run for us as we train for the New Jersey Marathon on May 1st.
I’ll be running a 5 mile rails to trails race! Probably no training after that.
Harpy Easter Ray!
This week kicks off commuting everywhere by bike, with long weekend road rides.
First training ride up Topanga canyon in Santa Monica CA…Booyah!
Ran 16 miles training for Sugarloaf Marathon in May
Got to hop to it and put in a few short fast tempo runs to test the machine…
monday 20k bike, t swimming 1k, w bike 30k, t running 10k, f swimming 2k, Saturday all day nothing, sunday 21k running
On (Good) Friday, an easy five mile loop around a local lake with our 4YO on his own two-wheeled steed (yes, no training wheels) to assess how well he tolerates that time/distance. After (Easter) Sunday Mass, an easy 6-10 mile family ride at a scenic, nearby part of town that is well bike-laned. Ended up closer to 10 miles, and our little guy managed to handle the entire ride :-).
10k race on Saturday and some mountain biking on Sunday and Monday. Xterra race coming up next weekend.
6.5mi run on Friday and a 11.7mi run on Sunday. Just this Thursday wife talked me into signing up for a half on May 1st. I was resisting quite successfully until I realized the race does not start till 10am — hard to argue that. So need to stretch out my long runs a bit from the usual 10 milers — Sunday wasn’t a bad start. Finished off Sunday afternoon with some Easter baking to replenish the calories.
Tramway Rd, Palm Springs. 3.8 miles, 9.5% avg grade.
Long ride and then family ride on Saturday afternoon.
Saturday probably last skiing this season or a long ride on a bike. On Sunday just a short run.
Weekend training plans include sitting on the couch to heal a hip adductor strain so I can finally get back to training some day.
my goal is to walk fast around our lake with my fresh born daughter
Long brick Saturday, bike Sunday
After a bad accident I will restart running..hoping good.bye
first mountainbike ride – hopefully without too much snow left
I plan to do one long bike tour and also a 10k fast run.
Did 2 5k run this weekend !
My training plans involve chasing after my sugar-fueled kids!
Cycling the hills and coast of Bintan Island, Indonesia! :)
mostly focused on cycling (long rides) – but also some running
burning calories for sure :)
Houston to Galveston and back! 110 miles!
I road my CX bike around the driveway with my 2 yo daughter chasing on her balance bike…perfect training
The plan was to do a long brick.
Watched my husband bike on his trainer, went for a walk, did a little yoga.
I went to Milan this weekend and took a pair of running shoes and some swimwear with me. The plan was to run approx. 40k (in 3 runs) and swim a couple of times from Friday to Monday. In the end I didn’t go swimming, but managed to run the 40k, so it wasn’t that bad for holidays. By the way, nutrition was lots of Italian food!
Had at least one long run planned, but got stopped by a cold.
Run, ruck and log PT
Going to the beach (summer here in New Zealand) and plan for ocean swims, plus at least one ride.
Getting back on the bike for a 60k.
Last weekend (Easter) was spring prep of the outside of the home, then sunday 8 mile run followed by brunch. This weekend should be a 10 mile run and hopefully some bike riding.
Chasing and getting chased by heavy rain showers separating periods of sunshine!
I’m hoping to get in a short run, but I’ve been spending most of my time on weight training. If the weather is nice I’ll likely bike to work next week.
Limit myself to no seconds at dinner.
Going for a nice 10k today – and then trying to get in a 5k everyday until Friday!
I had just a 45 min. ride on the trainer with some intervals. 1 minute sprint, 1 minute rest, just 16 times :-)
Bike ride with the family round the local countryside.
Sortie longue du lundi pour le coup
good evening from Athens .
Sunday 3rd March is one of the most difficult 22k’s trail races nearby. Its called Poikilo Rocky Mountain so wish me luck……………rock rock …….rock n roll
A ride to and from my kids’ chess tournament.
Pulling the kids on the sled in the snow…no running this weekend!
Run 13km @ 5.55min/km , part of my half marathon training ?
Laps around the house chasing the one year old on her trike fortified by sour patch kids!
Went for runs around Chicago and on the lake.
Run with my dear friend Fenix the 3rd.
Tuesday – tempo run.
Wednesday – running in the hills.
Thursday – swimming.
Friday – regenerative run with a whife.
Sunday – a half-marathon race in Bratislava.
Swim to bootcamp on Saturday and a run on Sunday before church
20 mile ride on Friday. Long run on Sunday.
Training for the Kentucky Derby half marathon at the end of April, so I’m looking at building up my long run this weekend to 8 or so miles. Thanks!
My training plans this week is to walk 10-20 miles and start reading doctor Phil book about a diet plan and drink more water and start doing sit-ups here at home again about 30 sit-ups .
Going to make a 10k choco-fueled run [:-
Since I’m banned from training while I recover from surgery my training plans consist of drooling over gear on DCR, especially the P1 pedals, and hopefully ordering some with the credit.
This wick end is first race of the season. Saturday easy run with 2-3 sprints, and Sunday short uphill race 2.4km, ~13min.
A nice and easy 12k on Sunday :).
Climbing, eating, sleeping, climbing. Trying to finally bag a Strava climbing challenge.