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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.
Hilly ride with boys on Saturday, then dodging the rain on Sunday for some endurance.
going to be herding marching band kids, lots of km’s ahead.
Ride my bike and survive a swim. In short, pick up my form where I left it four weeks ago when I left for Haiti after hurricane Matthew.
The weekend long ride. Woot!
This weekend I’ll do my first run after 6 months of inactivity due to… well life.
Long run Sunday!
A Canicross thrashing with my ever ready Siberian Husky training buddy :)
Hoping to give my new cube attain gtc sl a run, even better if the weather’s nice
Wind dying down and temp going up for a few days so disconnecting from Zwift for the weekend!
IMCoz training support for the wife and marathon training for me. 60 mile support bike and 17 mile run planned. And filling up lots of bottles!
just a easy 10km run
I look forward to my new Hero5! Thanks DCR!
I nice easy long run
First outdoor bikeride since over a month, after having broken my wrist crashing
Enjoy a Swift round and wait for ZWIFT IOS!
45 mile ride in sunny Kentucky
A 5k run on Saturday followed by a steady run with my 6 year old daughter. A swim session on Sunday morning and a TrainerRoad session on the bike later in the day.
Take the opportunity of having a great fall weather in Portugal and just RIDE!!
Busy weekend for my son’s birthday. So just a short 3 mile run (and a laser quest party if that counts!)
This weekend we are on holidays with my wife so no training. The mountain of Pilio in Greece is perfect this time of the year. Training will start again on Monday with a 30 minutes run.
Chasing kids around playgrounds and cycle paths will be my Saturday training. Followed by an afternoon trail run. Sunday morning will be a 100k+ coastal ride
Park run on Saturday and plenty of zwift action – KISS (B) FTW!
Riding hard
Rowing time tomorrow, and long easy ride on Sunday.
Doing some intervals on the bike
Quite possibly no training for me this weekend after a pretty rough week.
Sat shall be dedicated to trail running, all night long! Light touring and swim drills on sunday.
I will run 20k in the forest !!
Training ride Sat am cancelled due to the weather. Hopefully fine for first race on the velodrome Sunday pm.
Me please!!
Two “tapering” training runs for the NYC Marathon next weekend!
Hour and a half on Trainerroad on Saturday, nice early morning long ride on the Sunday – a perfect training weekend…
Bouldering and running
Nothing but recovery from flu.
Weather is good so I’ll go out biking and running – still need to complete some ofnthe Strava challenges
A couple of big rides!
A long uphill climb followed by a great, wooded descent on Sunday.
does raking leaves count? Running, running, and a marathon of candy eating.
Beach Run, Paddle Board, Kayak. Yep I’m on vacation!
36.4 mi w/ 1,500 ft of elevation causal group ride on Sunday to start our winter training season!
I’m planning on trying out zwift. Haven’t used it before but am hoping that I like it and can use it a bunch to build fitness this winter.
Easy trail run with a group of friends around the lake – post marathon recovery period for us.
Last trail training run before 50K race next weekend
Some coretraining sessions, a bike ride, and a whole lot of Triatlon-coach lessons.
Still recovering from IM Louisville. Maybe a brisk walk. Maybe I’ll hold my breath for the GoPro Karma. Who knows.
Rest, jogging and rest that is…
LSD run. Most likely in the rain!
Ride and maybe run.
Last long training run before Queenstown (NZ) marathon!
I’m in DC – come back Ray – 50 mile bike on WO&D trail for Saturday and a run Sunday – and have to take my kids to watch friends at Marine Corps Marathon – a truly inspiring race!
A long run in New England’s not so bad fall weather :)
Mexican tonight followed by 18holes tomorrow am. Followed by 7mi run sun. Then it’s taper weer for my first 13.1 next sat.
Recovery :( not nearly as fun as training but sometimes needed… Perhaps a new toy can make it more fun? ;)
Just a wee bit of boring indoor cycling as the weather in Denmark (EU) is shit.
40k mountain bike tour
Cold and rainy weekend so I’ll be on my old cyclops fluid trainer, wishing it was a new cyclops hammer. ???
Tomorrow is my bday!!!!
Send it this way!!!!
My weekends are for recovery. May do some Yin Yoga.
Relay ultra marathon tomorrow with great guys in mountains!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ice skating.
Cyclocross, because it is Cross season and who cares if it snows.
Getting a solid long run in before starting my taper for the Queenstown marathon next month!
Going running for the first time. I’ve never been much for that kind of workout but now’s as good a time as any to start!
Saturday: biking and dinner with friends.
A few rides around Richmond Park in London – just got my wife into riding!
After taking a few weeks off to chill, time to start back up with some slower medium distance runs.
Cycling Saturday and… Cycling Sunday too. As long as the baby doesn’t keep me awake all night, that is!
100 mile cycle done today, another one on Sunday.
Regen tomorrow. Run on Sunday.
Long ride Saturday and long run Sunday
Riding after my son finishes his XC race.
Korean BBQ, BodyPump, SUP boarding, Spinning, SUP boarding again, I don’t want Monday to come again!!!
Thanks for the Giveaway!
Short run and longer cycle training
An indoor ride on Sunday and testing my new Garmin Fenix 3 HR on Saturday :)
A long-ish run, a good bike ride, and some swim drills. But all shorter than I’d like given it’s a working weekend.
Jumpstart a Jetplane so I can get home from midterm holiday ….
Cycling and running
trainer all w-e
Sunday a.m. Zwifting.
Saturday swimming and a combined trainer/running pass on Sunday.
Riding my bike to prepare for the candy.
A morning Ride on Saturday and a turbo workout on sunday while the baby is asleep.
Hard 10k run Friday.
Squats, leg presses Saturday morning; easy ride Saturday afternoon.
Recabling internal-route road frame and bars Sunday = upper body workout.
Run, Run, Run
Century with 5000 feet of climbing in San Diego.
Hopefully some mountain biking!
Ljubljana Marathon !
Recovering from a late night DJ set from Questlove, then a short jog that afternoon and the next morning.
Neglecting the training a bit, and getting in some bike park mountain bike rides while the chairlifts are still open.
2hr mountain bike ride followed by a 20 minute run and Sunday 75 minute hilly run.
changing tires of my trekbike to winter-tires, ~50k Cross-ride & Support a CTF of my bike-sports-club
Likely nothing unless I shake this damned cough
Traveling on business this weekend, so options are limited. Hoping to get a few runs in, but that’s about it
Swimming and bike riding.
First weekend of the off season training….group rides and group runs
Trainer class on Saturday morning/and a short run in the afternoon
Weights + 8 mile run on Sunday, trainer in the evening for recovery
Chasing kids around…
6am swim, 8am 4hr bike and then 20km run with the group. T minus 3 months to Ironman 70.3
Saturday a bike ride to check out the autumn leaves and Sunday a trail run to enjoy more of the season!
Easy run hopefully to get back to running