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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.
I’m going to carb load starting Friday night and all weekend long because I feel it’s best to always be ready for that hi-intensity effort or long distance ride!…I don’t know when my next ride is taking place but I’ll be ready!
50k bike group ride on Sat!
Recovery run enjoying the Indian summer
Thnx Ray!
I hope to be able to ride sunday. If the weather and temperature allows me I’d like to knock that October Strava Gran Fondo.
Austin 70.3!!!
I am very excited to use our new Concept2 rower that showed up this week!
Hiking with my 15 year old daughter, but it’s snowing at the high peaks here in New Hampshire already, so yikes! Time to pull out the winter gear!
Long ride, short run, weights
Cycling!
15k training run
~9 mile run, Speed work on Saturday, bike run brick on Sunday, 40 miles bike, 30 minute run
Sustained a calf injury yesterday, so only going to manage some light turbo
Racing this weekend!!!
Still no snow around here, so cycling will be the right option.
Things are quite easy for me this time of the year! I will do some easy running – like 15 km. Saturday and 22 km. Sunday.
Getting another outdoor bike ride in before the snow season starts!
easy 20mi on the bike!
Marathon training. Base miles with interval work.
Resting and healing. And if it will increase my chances to win, I will find a spot where to setup my spin bike and there will be some safe exercising …
Very light workouts as still recovering from NC B2B 70.3!
Recovery weekend after a month of events. 33 mIle ride and time spent with the family.
Anaerobic Zwift session Sat…long ride over the hills Sun…that’s if I can get my backside off the sofa for some form sprints tonight…
Indoor cycling and running
Couple of easy runs.
Doing my third Dublin City Marathon! WOO-WOO!!! The medal looks so cool; it’s a commemorative edition for 100 year anniversary of the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic.
Hillclimb repeats =)
I’ll run a 5k with my kids in the Chariot for the 3rd halloween charity race to raise funds for my friend’s son who has a rare degenerative genetic disease. Fun to run with a lot of princesses, pirates and Paw Patrol!
Going to test the specialized allez dsw sl sprint comp 2017 on Saturday and on Sunday MTB ride with my nice
Ride with the kids!
rest after last weekend race :)
100km group ride followed by 50km with the wife
a 30 km trail in brussels on Sunday
Short run and long run.
3 hours on the MTB on saterday and an easy 10k run on sunday.
Last long one before NY marathon
Heading out for a ride with my wife! Base building for her first Ironman.
Playing 3 hockey games in 2 days.
Parkrun pacer on Saturday and then south Molton struggle Sunday, 8 miles of mud and fun!
I’ve got a 60 min easy spin on my trainer this afternoon. Tomorrow, I’ve got a 2 hr ride with with 50 minutes in Z3 and a lift. Sunday, I’m going on a nice long run for about 90 minutes.
long run
Run >20 miles for the weekend combined.
10km on saturday, recovering from a long week:)
Looks tricky, might not escape my family for a single run..
Group ride Saturday morning, on trainer now.
Recovery runs or cycling after last weeks half marathon
2.5k with my daughter some k with my 18 y old son and some intervals by my self. I would like to be able to record my running and show the nature to my wife…….
Run >21 miles for the weekend combined.
Peaks Challenge Cradle Mountain Tasmania!!
Ocean State Marathon!
It’ll be an FTP training event. Full Throttle Push weekend.
Technical swimming on saturday
Road ride Saturday and mountain biking Sunday morning.
I want that hero5
2hr bike saturday and 1hr trail running on sunday…
Lots of rest. Unfortunately, I’ve come down with the flu so nothing remotely athletic this weekend.
Resting up this weekend after running 48 miles this week.
Long ride…with a 95% chance of rain!
This weekend involves BJJ and three soccer games.
Orangetheory fitness! I joined a few weeks ago and have been loving the workouts so far.
5 hours long ride Saturday. 1.5 hours recovery Sunday.
Heading out to Chicago (from LA) this weekend to support the Cubs in the World Series. Hoping to get 10 miles or so in the city or on the lakefront.
taper and rest
Torturous speed workout
Trail run watching the leaves change and the running through the mud. Would be perfect to have a gopro.
Cycling in Yorkshire, hoping for good weather!
Running and swimming?
small run saturday, and light bike on sunday… just getting back into it ;)
Even though the weather won’t be great here in New England, I think a Presidential Traverse trek is in order for this weekend. 20+ miles of the best ridge running in New Hampshire!
5 miles run on SAturday 30 mile bike on Sunday
As I’ve been ill, I’ll try to do some gym @home, or at least to go out for a walk with my son, which takes a lot of my energy, too!! ;-)
I will be riding my fat bike on the beach, 1 hour saturday, 3 on sunday.
Trainerroad if it rains and club cycle if it is dry, oh and some trail riding if Velo Cafe Magasin ever get my Chebacco out the door!
Mountainbike ride :-)
Would love to film my rides!
Long ride (6 hours) + 1 hour run on Saturday and a half marathon fun run on Sunday. Oof.
I’ll be trying my second cyclocross race
Training/racing season is over, so it’s time for a trail run!
55 mile club ride and 30 miles z2 on Sunday
Fun Saturday ride with the townies.
Saturday long run 8-10 miles, Sunday track workout.
Run Ambassador and volunteering both Sat and Sun at the inaugural Alameda Running Festival (CA). Then going out for a 1 mile open water swim in the SF bay as part of my Alcatraz crossing swim training. It would be so awesome to win the GoPro To use for my Alcatraz crossing photos and vids!
Bike, run, bike. Hopefully catching up on some recovery sleeping and then more biking and running
Sat will be day 6 for the week at the gym. Sun will involve some HIIT workout.
And of course, another day on the Velocity diet to drop down to my goal weight
Nice bike ride Saturday, on call for work Sunday.
meeeeee
hoping to spin in the basement. maybe.
Run 6, then run 12
Marine Corps Marathon, then food…
An easy spin with the Tri club
Group ride Saturday and race Sunday.
Saturday AM workout with the kid
Sat: 80 miles on a hilly road
Sunday: 60 miles on a even more hilly road
Going for a long on Saturday, and on Sunday a mountain bike with my friends!
Tapering for the Tarawera 50 km ultra marathon – some long interval work today, 2 hr hilly run tomorrow – in Raglan , New Zealand .
Doing a fat bike race this weekend
Hoping to get my October century ride in. I’ve run out of weekends!
A couple of hours on the rollers today and four hours on the road tomorrow – assuming the weather forecast hold true and the roads are dry
25 KM run
9 mile easy run Saturday.
12 hour hospital shift on Sunday.
40k of MTB of course.
Gonna run my first marathon on sunday.
Mountain bike test ride.